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Snuff-Movie | |
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Directed by | Bernard Rose |
Written by | Bernard Rose |
Produced by | Lisa Enos Donald Kushner Pierre Spengler Brad Wyman |
Starring |
Jeroen Krabbé Hugo Myatt Lisa Enos Teri Harrison Alastair Mackenzie Lyndsey Marshal |
Cinematography | Bernard Rose |
Edited by | David Gamble |
Music by | Matthew Schultz |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Lionsgate |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Snuff-Movie is a 2005 gothic horror film written and directed by British director Bernard Rose.
It stars Jeroen Krabbé as horror filmmaker Boris Arkadin, whose pregnant wife Mary was supposedly brutally murdered by a Manson-like gang of hippy psychopaths during the 1960s. An eccentric recluse, Boris makes a comeback when he invites some actors to a large mansion in the English countryside to 'audition' for his new film. Unknown to most of them they are being filmed by hidden cameras linked to a snuff website.
Though set in London, the movie was filmed in Romania, [1] [2] on a budget of £6 million. [2]
Philip French in The Observer wrote, "the movie is no fun, makes little sense and takes itself rather seriously". [1] Empire called it a "lurid, DV-shot sleazefest... Disturbing and distasteful, and not in a good way". [3] Derek Elley wrote in Variety, "Dialogue is cheesy in an unfunny way, plotting is unbelievable, even on a genre level, and performances are worthy of summer stock." [4] The Guardian called it "preposterous". [5] Time Out's reviewer wrote, "If there’s some fun to be had it’s in its frenzied plagiarism. It certainly fails as a thriller". [6]
ScreenDaily was more positive: "a deliciously Machiavellian horror movie which has cult hit written all over it". [2]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (February 2024) |
Snuff-Movie | |
---|---|
Directed by | Bernard Rose |
Written by | Bernard Rose |
Produced by | Lisa Enos Donald Kushner Pierre Spengler Brad Wyman |
Starring |
Jeroen Krabbé Hugo Myatt Lisa Enos Teri Harrison Alastair Mackenzie Lyndsey Marshal |
Cinematography | Bernard Rose |
Edited by | David Gamble |
Music by | Matthew Schultz |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Lionsgate |
Release date |
|
Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Snuff-Movie is a 2005 gothic horror film written and directed by British director Bernard Rose.
It stars Jeroen Krabbé as horror filmmaker Boris Arkadin, whose pregnant wife Mary was supposedly brutally murdered by a Manson-like gang of hippy psychopaths during the 1960s. An eccentric recluse, Boris makes a comeback when he invites some actors to a large mansion in the English countryside to 'audition' for his new film. Unknown to most of them they are being filmed by hidden cameras linked to a snuff website.
Though set in London, the movie was filmed in Romania, [1] [2] on a budget of £6 million. [2]
Philip French in The Observer wrote, "the movie is no fun, makes little sense and takes itself rather seriously". [1] Empire called it a "lurid, DV-shot sleazefest... Disturbing and distasteful, and not in a good way". [3] Derek Elley wrote in Variety, "Dialogue is cheesy in an unfunny way, plotting is unbelievable, even on a genre level, and performances are worthy of summer stock." [4] The Guardian called it "preposterous". [5] Time Out's reviewer wrote, "If there’s some fun to be had it’s in its frenzied plagiarism. It certainly fails as a thriller". [6]
ScreenDaily was more positive: "a deliciously Machiavellian horror movie which has cult hit written all over it". [2]