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Five young individuals live in an isolated lodge, filming their daily activities, but the house is locked down, and they encounter a murderous serial killer.Five young individuals live in an isolated lodge, filming their daily activities, but the house is locked down, and they encounter a murderous serial killer.Five young individuals live in an isolated lodge, filming their daily activities, but the house is locked down, and they encounter a murderous serial killer.
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Kim Simms Thomas
- Dr. Waldman
- (as Kim Thomas)
Ivan Battee
- Det. Byers
- (as Ivan Batee)
Joann Wabisca
- O.R. Doctor
- (as Joanne Wabisca)
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A group of 20-somethings are lured to a house under the guise of doing some sort of Big Brother type reality show and they end up getting killed one by one in various grotesque ways.
Kolobos doesn't really make that much sense, but it's well made, decently acted, and has a handful of unforgettable images that will stick with you for awhile and I'll take that over a generic, by the numbers Hollywood movie anytime. I suppose you could chalk all the weirdness up to the nightmare logic of the film. In this way, it does resemble a Bava or Argento film. The dialogue, character arcs, and storyline might be a bit flat, but it's never dull and the film looks excellent.
The ending seems to be the major issue with everyone and I'd agree - it feels tacked on and strange and almost like they were trying too hard to explain everything while, somehow, managing to make everything even more convoluted.
Besides that, Kolobos is a likable and enjoyable piece of nightmare cinema that comes highly recommended.
Kolobos doesn't really make that much sense, but it's well made, decently acted, and has a handful of unforgettable images that will stick with you for awhile and I'll take that over a generic, by the numbers Hollywood movie anytime. I suppose you could chalk all the weirdness up to the nightmare logic of the film. In this way, it does resemble a Bava or Argento film. The dialogue, character arcs, and storyline might be a bit flat, but it's never dull and the film looks excellent.
The ending seems to be the major issue with everyone and I'd agree - it feels tacked on and strange and almost like they were trying too hard to explain everything while, somehow, managing to make everything even more convoluted.
Besides that, Kolobos is a likable and enjoyable piece of nightmare cinema that comes highly recommended.
- tildagravette
- Jul 11, 2019
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Did you know
- TriviaAt one point a character picks up a (fake) book titled "The Making of El Matador" by Robert Rodriguez. It's a clear homage to "Rebel Without A Crew" by Robert Rodriguez. The covers are nearly identical. "Rebel" is about the making of "El Mariachi", and is a fairly legendary book among low-budget filmmakers.
- GoofsWhen the group arrives at the house, we clearly see it is a two storey house. Yet after they are already upstairs, they climb another set of stairs to go to the attic. There is clearly no third floor for an attic in the exterior shots of the house.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Horror Geek: Kolobos Is Basically Saw Meets Big Brother... On Drugs (2020)
- SoundtracksTake You Away
written and performed by Volcanic
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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