Beyond Remedy (2009)

Very well executed

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

BEYOND REMEDY is zero budget German horror flick with an international cast drawn together to make the film sellable to foreign audiences. Thus alongside the nondescript German supporting actors we get the likes of Rick Yune (THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT) playing the villain of the piece, although I have to say that the sheer worthlessness of the production makes this a stain on the careers of all involved.The narrative involves one of those 'scientific experiment' type story lines in which a group of students come together to conquer their various phobias. What it boils down to is a bunch of whiny characters wandering around an abandoned hospital setting, occasionally finding themselves exposed to spooks and/or gore effects. It's all completely horrible, with bottom-of-the-barrel production values and no reason to watch whatsoever.

Well, after reading the reviews I was expecting some absolute god awful film, however, it was not entirely that bad... The storyline had the potential to be amazing however it was a little bland, the acting was not as bad as some films i have seen and the twist at the end had a little to be desired for but it was OK, SPOILER COMING... my one concern was what did the old man and the Chinese guy really have to do with it...? i'm not quite sure. maybe I missed something, anyway, if your having a rubbish day and you just want to sit on the sofa, eat rubbish, watch rubbish and drink rubbish, then maybe this is the film for you.

I have always loved horror-movies from outside the US because they can surprise you in a positive way. This German product however does not. It is the typically 13-in-a-dozen horror movie (or slasher) in this case. To distinguish itself in the sea of horror-movies that is spilled out over the audience one has to come up with some new ideas but Beyond Remedy fails to surprise. Even if the purpose is to entertainer the viewer for 90 minutes I cannot say that the makers of this movie succeeded. A story which we have seen many times before. Poor acting achievements, mediocre directing and a very poor script. This story contains large plot holes leaving the viewer with a lot of (unanswered) questions. For those who adore the horror-genre and can stand just about everything that is released in this genre, I can recommend Beyond Remedy, for the others I can only advice to leave this one behind.

I believe in having low expectations when watching horror movies, since four out of five are usually quite bad. Even so, this movie was an utter disappointment. It's most likely a low budget movie, and if this was a school project I might give it a four. For good effort and nothing else. Don't get me wrong, I love horror movies.The "acting" is terrible. Simply terrible. I wouldn't be surprised if someone held up cue cards for the "actors" to read from and everything was made in one shot without rehearsing. The cutting of scenes is so incredibly crude. If you can't afford to shoot scenes, don't just cut them out, OK? Some imagination, such as panning or using another camera angle would have done the trick.The plot isn't much better, rather silly with a twist that barely works.Unless you feel the need to watch every horror movie ever made I would not bother with this one.