The Insatiable
by Chuck Konzelman
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Actor: Charlotte Ayanna, Michael Biehn, Sean Patrick FlaneryDirector: Chuck Konzelman
Brand: THINKFILM LLC
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-18
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Movie Reviews of The Insatiable
Movie Review: 13th review
Summary: 4 Stars
The horror of obsession to the point of self-destruction is what this film was about for me.
I am the 13th reviewer and the other reviews give a good idea of the film, but I think I can add a few things.
Boy, I can imagine all sorts of different reactions to this film! I suppose I could get into a mood where I could get a lot of laughs out of it, thinking, "That dumb nerd was so hard up that he let some sexy chick lead him around by "the nose" and drag him down even though he knew she was a vampire. It was hysterical!"
Or, I could get into a mood where I would say, "This is just an example of how guys so typically go crazy over sex and can't think straight. Sure. But there could have been more blood and less talk, dude."
But actually I was in a mood to find it extremely creepy. There have been a lot of films about how guys can be driven into terrible compulsions by sex or some emotional longing. Baby Doll comes to mind. Rain/Miss Sadie Thompson. Reflections in a Golden Eye. Apartment Zero. We can all think of films we have seen. And terrible crimes of passion are on the TV every day. The hungry heart commonly makes fools of people and even criminals and this is an important theme about human nature that has been worked and reworked.
This film could be placed in that genre but is distinctive in a few ways. Obviously using a captive vampire as the object of desire should get an A for imagination and taking risks.
Also, there was indeed a lot of talk, and that worked for me. Without the dialogue the basic theme of a lonely guy falling for a vampire would have been over the top and probably not very interesting to me personally. The mind games that the vampire played with Harry were interesting to follow, as well as the mind games that he was playing with himself and his struggles with denial and rationalization. The film did not stoop to hamming this up and the director and actors did a pretty darned good job playing it straight. I very much appreciated the drama taking place in the mind games in the dialogue. There were some moral dilemmas and conflicts of interest with some substance to them and I wondered how they would come out.
Summary of The Insatiable
Harry Balbo (Sean Patrick Flannery) a shy salesman witnesses a violent killing by a female vampire who rips the head off her victim. But when nobody believes the story Harry decides to track her down before she strikes again. Upon finding her he is seduced by her beauty and cannot kill her. Instead he captures and imprisons her in a cage in his cellar. Now a prisoner she must convince Harry to feed her or she will slowly die. Not wanting to kill her and not able to release her Harry is faced with an impossible choice - give in to her seductive powers or save innocent lives from a gruesome fate.System Requirements:Running Time: 103 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating:?NR UPC:?821575556156 Manufacturer No:?TF-55615Horror DVD Video
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