I honestly have mixed feelings about this: On the one end, I loved the tension, creepiness & graphic gore of this movie! Very effective & will stay with me...
On the other end, I feel there were stupid, unbelievable decisions made by quite a few characters, including the lead, that kind of took me out of the movie and required more suspension of disbelief than I was ready to give. Not to mention the graphic gore was way over the top & completely unnecessary at times (i.e. gore simply for the sake of gore, not to drive the story/plot in any way).
I'm sure there are other French horror films (I haven't seen), but I can't help but compare it to "High Tension" (2003) & "Martyrs" (2008). One has graphic gore, but is too over the top, and the other has graphic gore but each violent scene has a purpose & drives the overall story, respectively. The violence of "Inside" is like a combination of the two, but is closer to "High Tension". The French seem to love their women serial killers!...
Overall, I liked "Inside" more than I didn't & I'll mildly recommend it, especially for gore-hounds! A soft 6 out of 10 for me.
On the other end, I feel there were stupid, unbelievable decisions made by quite a few characters, including the lead, that kind of took me out of the movie and required more suspension of disbelief than I was ready to give. Not to mention the graphic gore was way over the top & completely unnecessary at times (i.e. gore simply for the sake of gore, not to drive the story/plot in any way).
I'm sure there are other French horror films (I haven't seen), but I can't help but compare it to "High Tension" (2003) & "Martyrs" (2008). One has graphic gore, but is too over the top, and the other has graphic gore but each violent scene has a purpose & drives the overall story, respectively. The violence of "Inside" is like a combination of the two, but is closer to "High Tension". The French seem to love their women serial killers!...
Overall, I liked "Inside" more than I didn't & I'll mildly recommend it, especially for gore-hounds! A soft 6 out of 10 for me.