Il bosco 1

A vacationing couple (Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni and Diego Ribon) head up into the Alps and end up running into a lady who begs them for help from some attacker. They drive her to a small village, she runs away, they meet a local crazy with a voicebox who warns of witches, they go camping, run into the woman again and get attacked by her. Oh, and this femme fatale has a large claw that extends from her groin and tries to kill people. This Italian film is heavily influenced by THE EVIL DEAD, but you can see director Andreas Marfori just doesn't have the talent to pull it off. It is like he watched Raimi's film with no translation. It is a shame as the film has many things going for it (nice camera work, great locations, tons of gore), but Marfori just can't get it to gel thanks to his incredibly wonky staging. He also overdoses on the use of the steadicam. The final scene with Coralina walking away from the carnage while followed by the steadicam goes on so long that it becomes a joke. Just when you get tired of it, the director then cuts to her continuing to walk with the camera in front of her for another minute or so. Jeez, such a shame.

First of all I was surprised to see that this film is not one of those typical TROMA-releases. It's an italian production and (sad but true) not one of those splatter-comedies like "Class of Nuk'em High", "The Toxic Avenger" or all the other funny flicks that made TROMA so popular. While watching this film, you won't even have a single chance for a smile. It's completely different from the flicks mentioned above. The story is one of the worst ever and the acting is nothing but amateurish. The only thing this film can offer is gore!!! So, if you're a fan of Ittenbach's "Premutos" or Schnaas' "Violent S***"-Trilogy this one's the right one for you! Decapitation, chainsaws, Zombies...- all that stuff a real gore-fan could expect. If you're not related to this kind of film, you better don't buy or even rent this splatter-flick.

Have you ever wondered what the most blatant and shamelessly uninspired horror rip-off in history looks like? In that case, you are warmly invited to seek out the low-budgeted and amateurish Italian trash flick "Evil Clutch". This crazy thing so badly and so desperately wants to be "The Evil Dead" that it almost becomes pitiable. Fans of brainless and straightforward 80s splatter are still likely to have fun with it, but make no mistake, it is terrible.

Two young lovers on a trip through the Alps encounter a couple of demon creatures that first try to mislead them, but then rapidly turn out to be pure evil. There's a woman, who early in the film already clawed off the family jewels of a random guy, and an oddball motorist with a voice-box. When there's gore and bloodshed on screen, "Evil Clutch" is amusing enough, but most of the time it's dull and uneventful.

Should you choose to watch "Il Bosco1", make sure it's together with friends and turn it into a drinking game! A shot every time the film flagrantly imitates Sam Raimi's horror landmark, for instance. During the moments when the "evil" roams through the woods at high speed and just above ground is guaranteed to get you drunk!

This movie would would be totally lame and would never receive a 9 star rating if it didn't have such rad gore. sure it's nowhere near as sweet as EVIL DEAD but what is? plus what do you expect from the French? Italy can often make up for it's lame attempts at ripping off American films by offering lots and lots of gore but i've never heard of the French doing the same. anyway that's what happened with EVIL CLUTCH... the movie itself totally sucks but there the gore is so rad that it doesn't matter. basically if you love gore and can get past the goofy French accents then this baby is not to be missed; but if you're looking for a well thought out original plot than run for it. hey it's got cool zombies and lots of splatter and that always rates good in my book.

Weird and dark. Dark and weird. Weird and dark. Weird film. Dark lighting. I usually fall asleep while watching it. But it's pretty cool. Just weird and dark.