Visions of Suffering
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Movie Reviews of Visions of Suffering
Movie Review: One of a kind...
Summary: 3 Stars
First off, let me begin by saying that I do not condone getting online and trashing a movie to it's core. I know that there are as many different interests as there are people in the world. Saying that, I will never say this movie is terrible, don't watch it, blah, blah, blah. I will simply state what I saw while watching this...
I bought this shortly after reading some of the other reviews on this site. All of the talk about this being "just like the 1 1/2 min segment on the ring" and "not viewing this more than once a week" got me completely interested. Even the product description made me think this was going to be an absolute terrifying movie.
What props I will give the movie is that it is completely original. The visiuals, storyline, and score are all different. The camera work is amazing. I see what people found frightening about the fish sandwich and maybe even the dog.
As for the rest of the film, I can't say much about it. I was not in an altered state of mind, which might have helped. I was completely sober with my eyes glued to the tube, and I still cannot say that I understood anything outside of the fact that Russians eat too many shrooms. I didn't see anything outright scary about this movie, which is why I purchased this in the first place. The stroyline jumped without reason, and the small amount of gore was so fake and drawn out that I actually felt uncomfortable after watching one death segment for around 5 min.
While I do appreciate the artistic value of this film I can't say that I would watch it again. I'll piggyback on one of the other reviews; this movie is not for everyone. If you like the artsy type of movies, then you might dig this. If you're looking for a real horror movie, I suggest you look for the Evil Dead series.
Movie Review: ok ok ok i get it you want to be David Lynch
Summary: 2 Stars
Well this little art house flick left me wondering what i just seen and why i wasted 2hrs to see it. The film is shot so terribly that it gets to the point of annoyance. The plot to this movie i have no idea, the horror in the movie laughable i really don't understand the hype that this movie is getting on here.
if you are a horror fan especially disturbing movies like cannibal holocaust or i spit on your grave things of that nature this movie will leave you bored and wondering where 2 hrs of your time just went. i know i keep saying 2hrs and that may be the biggest problem with this movie. the length and filming with strobe lights camera angles that make no sense black and white grain every 5mins a half lit screen most of the movie just gets annoying after about 20mins let alone 2hrs.
hate to say it but this is one of them film festivil arthouse flicks that got way over its head and way over rated on here.
Movie Review: A nightmare on film
Summary: 3 Stars
Have you ever gone to bed right after a meal of hot, spicy food? Did you keep waking up and going back to sleep again? That gives you an idea what this movie is like. It feels like one of those surreal "waking dreams". I don't know any other way to describe it. If you've seen David Lynch's Eraserhead or Luis Bunuel's An Andalousian Dog, then you might have an idea what I mean. Don't expect it to make any sense, at least not in an orderly, linear way. You have to be in the right mood for this one.Movie Review: WHAT THE **** DID I JUST SEE????
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm writing this review on a whim to let my Amazon horror friends know about this. I've watched this movie twice now, and I have no idea what the he11 is going on? A few words that come to mind to help describe this movie:
Dark, Disturbing, Symbolic, Metaphoric, Sureal, Uncomfortable, Haunting, Abstract, Ambient, Schizophrenic, Disorienting, Scary.
This is a Russian film and the basic story is about a man who is experiancing nightmares whenever it rains. In his dreams, there are these black jellyfish type of creatures that are later refered to as 'vampires'(loosely). Then, the 'creature' on the cover appears and proceeds to stalk our protagonist(I still don't know his name). After consuming a 'substance' at a club, the nightmares 'bleed' over into the real world, from that point on it is almost impossible for the protagonist(and the viewer) to tell what's real and what's a hallucination.
The story is almost as if David Lynch directed a combination of 'Jacob's Ladder' and 'They'(nightmares becoming real). The basic story is easy to pick up on, but outside of that the movie is chalked full symbolism and metaphor.
The cinematography is WILD! think of the video tape in 'The Ring'(Ringu) streched out to 2 hours with a touch of the boat ride in 'Willy Wonka'. There's alot of experimental 'arthouse' shots going on, think of what Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' would look like if it was a 'horror movie'(and I use that term loosely). During a good bulk of the movie, and during 'real time' the edges of the screen are heavily shaded in. At first, I thought this was a major problem with the transfer. However, upon the second viewing, I realized this was done on purpose to create a 'closed in' feeling to confuse the viewer.
There is very little dialoge and the sub-titles are easy to read(it seems that English sub-titles were NOT included with the original release).
The soundtrack is just as wild. The score and sound effects are used to assualt the viewer just the same as the visuals. It moves from a haunting gothic score, to New Age, to ambient sound effects, to techno all for the purpose of keeping you on edge.
The Editing is wild also, The film seems to move from VERY disturbing imagery with quick jump cuts, to dark metaphoric 'arthouse' scenes, then back to more sickness. There's alot of jump-cuts for the purpose of creating and uncomfortable feeling, The movie never lets you 'settle in'. If there is one 'relatively' negative thing that can be said, it's that the club scene goes on much to long.
Some will not like this. This is not the usual horror movie with traditional 'mechanics', and will appeal more to the arthouse and surealism crowd. Fans of 'Begotten', 'El Topo', 'Holy Mountain', 'Eraserhead', David Lynch movies, and dark disturbing arthouse/surealism get ready for a 120 min. epileptic sezuire.
****WARNING*****
If you watch this movie under the influence, permanent damage may result!!!
Movie Review: A very dangerous film.
Summary: 5 Stars
Use CAUTION when watching this movie! Dont watch it if you have epilepsy, and in all cases i would suggest using the buddy system for every viewing. Also...i personally feel that it is irresponsible to watch "Visions of Suffering" more than once a week. Your brain may need to recover.
I bought this movie at a horror convention, based only on the cover art and the sellers statement that it was "really weird". Well...he didnt lie. I have NEVER seen ANYTHING like this movie. The best way i can think to describe it is...okay remember the cursed videotape in "The Ring"? That little minute-and-a-half long sequence of just one stressful, frightening image after another? Think something like that....for two hours.
The story is about a guy having an unimaginably bad drug trip and director Andrey Iskanov (who also plays "the priest" in the film) conveys this concept extremely well through the use of wiggling textures, bizarre camera angles, and sounds. If you WERE to watch "Visions of Suffering" in an altered state of mind, theres probably a very serious chance that you could ruin your life forever. EVERYTHING in this movie is frightening, and not often through the use of gore. There is a cocker-spaniel puppy that is absolutely terrifying. And the fish sandwich....oh man. The "shape" of the letterboxing is also changing constantly. Im not even actually sure that the movie is presented in widescreen, but instead some kind of blurry, ever changing black borders that seem to constrict the size of the picture on your tv screen, creating a consistantly claustrophobic sensation.
I love this movie and I show it to everyone. I actually own two copies so I can lend one out to people. It changed the way I think about film making. If you are confident in your ability to maintain a grip on reality in the face of pure, unadulterated terror...then give yourself some dvd-induced Visions of Suffering as soon as possible.