Them
Co-writers and directors David Moreau and Xavier Palaud's French-language horror picture Them take audiences on a ride of sheer terror as a couple fight for their life when an assault on their home turns deadly. The story opens with the homicide of two Romanians -- a woman and her young daughter -- who crash their car along a rural road and are promptly butchered by a shadowy figure. Meanwhile, in Bucharest, schoolteacher Clémentine (Olivia Bonamy) climbs into her car and drives to the isolated mansion that she inhabits with partner Lucas (Michaël Cohen), not far from the site of the murders. Soon the couple overhears someone stealing their car, but a call to the police accomplishes little. The lovers gradually realize that an outsider is attempting to break into the house with homicidal intent. Thus begins a nasty, brutal battle of wills that can only end in the death of the victims or the assailants. more..
Director: David Moreau
Starring: Olivia Bonamy, Michaël Cohen, Adriana Mocca, Maria Roman, Camelia Maxim
One of the most intelligent and unnerving horror films in recent memory.
A welcome change from horror movies like "Hostel' and "Saw" and their mind-numbing gore and violence.
The movie is scarier if you know nothing about it going in. It has no larger agenda. Itâ??s not an allegory, a satire or a commentary. Itâ??s just a modestly relentless suspense picture that propels its characters through a series of dreamscapes.
Them is surprisingly tight, efficient and economical, conjuring a super-creepy atmosphere and incredible tension seemingly out of nothing at all.
You'd better deliver the goods. And Them, despite some moody imagery out of the "Blair Witch" school, never does.
Best Foreign Horror/Thriller Trailer
Golden Trailer Awards (2008)
Best Feature Film
Neuchâtel International Fantasy Film Festival (2006)
David Moreau
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival (2006)
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