aka À l’intérieur

Writer: Alexandre Bustillo
Directors: Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury
Cast: Béatrice Dalle, Alysson Paradis

Dimension Extreme / NTSC Region 1 / Enhanced 16×9 Widescreen / French with English Subtitles and English Dubbed Versions / French and English Dolby 5.1 / EXTRAS: Making of Featurette; Theatrical Trailer / Purchase at DiabolikDVD.com

A pregnant woman named Sarah and her husband are in a horrible car accident in which he dies. A few months later she is released from the hospital just days before her baby is due. Amidst social and political upheaval, she is left by herself to continue grieving and plan for her new life with her child. That night she is alone at home, thinking of her beloved husband, when there is a knock at the door. An unknown woman wants to come in and use the phone because her car has broken down… or has it? She soon reveals that she knows Sarah’s name and that her husband is dead and she wants in the house. But why?

A few reviews ago I praised the new wave of French horror when I wrote up Frontière(s). À l’intérieur or Inside as we Americans call it, is part of that artistically violent and terrifyingly intense crop. From the opening prelude of the horrific car crash and the beautifully gory opening credits we are lambasted with the most perversely satisfying carnage I can ever remember.

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Review by Greg Baty of The Playground Movie Review