L'Antre - Le Film le plus meurtrier jamais réalisé

Original title: Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made

2018
18
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

4.9/10

YOUR RATING

Nicole Tompkins and Rowan Smyth in L'Antre - Le Film le plus meurtrier jamais réalisé (2018)

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A young boy and girl enter the forest to dig a hole to Hell. Said to be a cursed film from the late 1970s, "Antrum" examines the horrifying power of storytelling.A young boy and girl enter the forest to dig a hole to Hell. Said to be a cursed film from the late 1970s, "Antrum" examines the horrifying power of storytelling.A young boy and girl enter the forest to dig a hole to Hell. Said to be a cursed film from the late 1970s, "Antrum" examines the horrifying power of storytelling.

Directors
- David Amito
- Michael Laicini
Writers
- David Amito
- Michael Laicini
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

4.9/10

YOUR RATING

Directors
- David Amito
- Michael Laicini
Writers
- David Amito
- Michael Laicini
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 nominations total

User reviews135

Featured review

7/10

eerie images, creepy atmosphere, interesting film.

7/10

I liked the film. The film succeeds in creating a creepy atmosphere. It is not as scary as some people in the review mentioned, it is definitely creepy and an interesting watch.

Plot: The film starts by introducing the legend of the film named Antrum. It is said to be cursed and anyone who saw it died. The Antrum starts. A boy has nightmares that his dead puppy Maxine is in hell, so his older sister takes him to a forest where with help of a mysterious book they can dig into second layer of hell and save the soul of Maxine. On this journey things gets increasingly disturbing and the question arises are we really in a forest or descending into hell.

The imagery is effective and creepy. We see lots of sigils, markings and blurred face of demons. The editing is done intentionally in a way that makes seem like made with some sinister purpose. The cautionary tale in the beginning is very clever, it makes the viewing feels like something we shouldn't be doing.

The acting is amazing, there are some twists there. Which makes sense and was hinted early on. The characters of brother and sister is likable.

The film has similar feelings of The Blair Witch Project. Towards the end film gets intense. Enjoyed the film.

its-me6611
Nov 29, 2019
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Trivia
Blink and you miss it: There are several phrases in latin scattered all over the movie. These phrases are shown in at least one frame: 15:54 min 'Abyssus Abyssum Invocat' (Deep calleth unto deep). These words are part of the Psalms, chapter 42, verse 7, of the King James Version. 44:45 'Facilis Descensus Averno' (the downward path to death/Hell Is easy), from Virgil's Aeneid, Book VI, Line 126. 55:07 'Cave Hominem Unius Libri' (Beware the man of one single book). A variant of 'Homo Unius Libri', a phrase attributed to Thomas Aquinas. 1:10:02 'Nihil Pretiosius Veritate' (Nothing is more beautiful than the truth), attributed to Francisco Sánchez de las Brozas, from his opus 'Minerva sive de causis linguae latinae', Book I, Chapter 1.

Goofs
The chest of the sculpture used as an oven is decorated with two metal disks, they are bicycle brakes, introduced only at the end of the 90s.

Quotes
Title Card: LEGAL NOTICE: By continuing to watch this film, you agree that the producers of this film have made you aware of the history and dangers associated with Antrum. The producers, distributors, cast, crew, unions, and theater management on all levels, are released of all liability for any event that occurs to you during or after your screening, including but not limited to illness, injury, mortal danger, or death. If you disagree in any way with this notice, you must leave the theater now.

Crazy credits
A second set of credits is shown 10 minutes in for the deadly film, after the documentary-style introduction. The cast and crew names are mostly written in Cyrillic letters, with a few exceptions, which use the Latin alphabet.