INSIDE SCREENING

"I leave you to discover, through covered eyes, the gut-splattering delirium to come."

-Nathan Lee, VILLAGE VOICE

"For those who like their blood by the barrelful, INSIDE is just the ticket.  Awash in red liquid that drips, oozes, spurts and pours, pic restarts the French gore genre with an over-the-top sadism sure to please fans of schlock horror."

-Jay Weissberg, VARIETY

"INSIDE is an instant modern classic en francais, along the lines of HAUTE TENSION, IRREVERSIBLE, and DANS MA PEAU.  Don't miss it."

-Staci Layne Wilson, HORROR.COM

A prime example of the new extreme horror genre currently making its way out of Europe.  Taking gore to a new level, these films are often linked to American 'torture porn' like SAW and HOSTEL, yet different.  Not an 'art film' like TROUBLE EVERY DAY or IN MY SKIN, but not artless by any means, INSIDE shows a parallel movement in French Cinema toward the extreme.  Despite their obvious differences, there are numerous similarities in theme, the permeability of skin, and form, techniques used to cinematically express pain, to the previous films under analysis. 

Suggested Secondary Screenings:  MARTYRS (Pascal Laugier, 2008), THEM (David Moreau and Xavier Palud, 2006), FRONTIER(S) (Xavier Gens, 2007)