Them
by David Moreau, Xavier Palud
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Actor: Michael Cohen, Olivia BonamyDirector: David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Brand: MPI
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Anamorphic, Color, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 77 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-25
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Dark Sky Films
Product features:
- The Film That Terrified Europe Has Come To America A young couple lead a happy, quiet life in the countryside. But little do they know they're being surrounded. When night falls, the couple will come face to face with THEM. They are everywhere, even in their home. Who are they? What do they want? The answers will take them to the very limits of fear itself." Format: DVD MOVIE G
Movie Reviews of Them
Movie Review: Parfait! One of the best horror films of this decade. Dvd features below.
Summary: 5 Stars
Writer and Director team David Moreau and Xavier Palud know fear and have made a tense horror film with moments of greatness. They know it's not what you see that scares you but what you don't, tapping into childhood fears such as the dark, strange noises, and thinking you've seen something which helps with brilliant camerawork.
The film starts in Bucharest Romania with a mother and daughter arguing in their car when they have a car accident. The car accident in itself is scary because the filmmakers have chosen to do a documentary style which adds that, this is really happening feel along the lines of Tobe Hooper's classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. That real feel is appropriate being we are told at the beginning the film is inspired by actual events and again reminded in greater detail about said events at the end, so you can't necessarily repeat this is just a movie to yourself. As a side note the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie trailer plays automatically once you put in the dvd and is also freaky and gets you ready for the film, but back to the accident. The mother crashes her car into a utility pole and gets out to open the hood while her daughter starts the car, we can't see the mom from where the daughter is and she suddenly stops responding. When the girl gets out to look she cannot find her mom so she calls mom over and over to the dark woods and finally a voice other than her mom's answers back from the woods.
The next scene we meet Clementine (Olivia Bonamy) a beautiful school teacher from France who is finishing up a long day and heading home to her lover Lucas. On her way to their secluded new home which they appear to be renovating she sees police and tow trucks tending to the car mentioned above which crashed not far from their house.
A conventional scene of Clementine and Lucas joking around and eating dinner shows an intimate side of the characters which invites us into their lives. Following dinner Lucas doses off on the couch only to be awakened by a stray dog barking who visits from time to time. Lucas goes outside to provide the dog with a snack and then heads to bed.
What follows is a home invasion that is done with some of the most effective scares I've seen in this area of horror. First, before Clementine heads to bed she receives a strange phone call, after which she is awakened by a car radio outside, their house is far from the road and secluded so this alarms her, all this is done ever so subtly and realisitc. She wakes up Lucas and they both go downstairs turning on each light as they go, like most would. When they look out their kitchen window they notice Clementine's car has been moved.
It is subtle real scares like this that are terrifying because we can put ourselves in those situations. The actors are great and in the making of documentary we learn that Olivia Bonamy who plays Clementine had a fear of heights (which she had to overcome in the film utilizing this fear for the part) and mentions this film is the only one that stuck with her after it was over, adding it's hard to sleep at night. There is also a scene of her crying but not for the film, from exhaustion and injuries she got while filming, and being in a constant state of tension. Also on the making of documentary there is no joking or laughing, everyone took this film seriously and it shows.
I give this the highest recommendation possible, this horror film is a must own. This is not in your face blood and guts, it's tapping into hardwired fears of the unknown and evil that exists that there are no answers for. I feel the film will get scarier on multiple viewings after knowing everyones fate.
DVD FEATURES
The Making of Them - About 25mins very informative. The actors come across very intelligent with an appreciation for what they've done. Everyone seemed to take making this film seriously.
Composer Rene-Marc Bini Featurette
The Torture of Clementine Featurette
Trailers
English Subtitles
Summary of Them
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