THEM (2006) - French horror filmed in Romania, Poster and Trailer
June 2, 2009 / 9301
THEM (2007, France, aka ‘ILS’)
On region 3 PAL DVD from Thailand (PMEG)
There haven’t been many French horror films until recently. This is one of the ‘new wave’ of hard-hitting and effective genre movies from France, like Switchblade Romance (aka Haute Tension), The Ordeal (Calvaire) and even Brotherhood of the Wolf. It’s received quite a decent release worldwide, considering it’s a low-budget movie shot on video, and has been reviewed extensively, but I’d like to add the following…
A French couple have settled down in a large remote house on the outskirts of Bucharest, while teaching French in a Romanian high school. Little do they know, there’s been a mysterious murder nearby, and at night it’s their turn to be victimised, frightened, then hunted…
The opening scene, of a car breaking down on a forest road, builds nicely to a somewhat cliched climax. Read more …
