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Barricade (2007)
WOW ! What a great movie!
I got my DVD today and YES: Barricade is one of the most seriously disturbing films of the last 50 years. Great gore and story! Everyone should see this flick as I enjoyed it and I'm sure others will as well! This is my top event of the year!I think Barricade" will be the hottest Indie horror film of the year. I also found this in the internet: Gorehounds rejoice
THIS is your movie!! A wise person told me not too long ago that B-movies need reinventing. Barricade is most certainly a step in the right direction. Timo Rose could very well be the Next Big Thing in horror. If he were to move to America and get a studio-sized budget behind him, a la Alexandre Aja, I have no doubt that he would be embraced here on a large scale. I'm almost ashamed to admit that this is my first exposure to his work; but, thanks to the magic of online movie rental sites, I'll be changing that in the very near future. He got great performances out of his cast. The video switches from clear shots to intense flashy to the 70's grainy film look when a scene calls for it, and spared no expense on the blood & gore effects. Unlike most gore fests these days, this movie has a plot as well, which also makes it stand out from the pack an actual plot to go along with the carnage. Yes, it's gory unbelievably gory. And this is where everyone's tastes come into play, as I am not by definition a gorehound, but in my own personal opinion here the gore serves the plot and moves the flick along. It's more akin to the brutality of Hills Have Eyes or Wrong Turn as opposed to the over the top hokey torture scenes of Hostel. Mutilation aplenty is on hand here folks, leaving nothing to the imagination. Yes, the unthinkable has happened I was fouled out on more than one occasion, which hardly ever happens to me, making this flick go up a notch in my book for simply accomplishing that feat congrats, Mr. Rose. In my own humble opinion, splatter fiends have found their 2007 Movie of the Year, and it's only February. The gore in this flick makes Haute Tension look like Sesame Street.
WATCH out for BARRICADE !