Horror (2003)

the audience applauded

Powerful

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

After this film's godawful, multi-coloured opening credits I really didn't think that matters could get much worse, but they do: Dante Tomaselli's Horror is quite possibly the most incoherent piece of garbage I have ever seen, the story veering erratically from one scene to another with absolutely no attempt at narrative cohesion, the acting uniformly terrible, and the 'special effects' laughable. I have a pretty high tolerance for bad movies, but Horror had my finger hovering over the off button more than most.To give you an idea of how bad this film is, a goat gives by far the best performance in the film, and probably would have done a better job at directing had it been given the chance. There's a moment when a guy turns blue with cold—I've seen better face painting at a kid's party. To be honest, I didn't understand what the hell what going on, but I really didn't care enough to try.If you're determined to give this film a go, I suggest trying my drinking game to help make the experience a little less painful: take a shot every time the goat appears and whenever a door swings shut by itself, but don't be surprised that, even when totally s**t-faced, this film proves to be a complete and utter bore.

Very eerie, abstract film, with terrific sound design. You can play this on your machine while you're writing and slip into a trance from the mood-drenched noises.. While it's a much better film than Desecration, (which still has great potential but not enough funding behind it) in terms of acting/production design, It causes more of a subconscious reaction than an obvious one. It's kind of like David Lynch's creepier works..you're not sure why you're nervous.OK, it doesn't have ten million behind it or big stars..WHO CARES? I have yet to see a good horror film made for $35 million yet...To the people on the boards mindlessly ragging on it-have you made a film to match it? Look at some of the raves from the (real) online critics. For some people, they want a straightforward scare flick, and that's OK..this is not one of them. Tomaselli, with this film, is dealing with dream/nightmare logic. It's not that he can't tell a straight story, it's that this is not intended to be one of them.The whole point in this film, IMO, is it's an unsafe world where nothing at all can be trusted. Memory, logic, behavior, perception, all of it is fragile and deceptive in this film. The characters are not safe at any time, and that's what the director nails. Very cool. I think that his next film, Satan's Playground, will satisfy both camps since the storyline will be more linear, but the visuals and sounds just as trippy.

Tomaselli has essentially made every horror movie he has ever wanted to make by making HORROR (duh... I think the title says it all). Pretty darn good for a rookie director. But just like Lynch.... C'mon man don't make me watch the movie more than twice! It has now been viewed in my house 3 times, and guess what? THERE IS NO MEANING!!!!!! JUST FUN! YOU MUST SEE SUICIDE CIRCLE... YEAH YOU

I like horror movies. Don't let the title mislead you, this was not horror it was CRAP. A van full of losers escape from rehab and end up being pursued by bad visions, some evil folks and a Big Black Goat That Is Supposed To Scare You.Slamming doors, horrible done "evil" pumpkin heads and an entire cast of characters you won't have a shred of empathy for.I've seen worse, but not much.