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Four young
thieves are running from the cops during
the riots in Paris. They seek shelter at a trashy
bed and breakfast on the countryside, hoping that they
will be safe from the cops there. Well, they may be
safe from cops but they'll soon wish that they had
just turned themselves in as the family running the
bed and breakfast is totally fucked up and has turned
the B&B into a human slaughterhouse.
Thank god for France. Thank god. I've watched so many
awful horror movies these last couple of days and it's
nice to finally get to see something great. There's
been a lot of controversy around this film, the movie
was rated NC-17 and got pulled from the Horrorfest
schedule, it had rating issues in France, and it's
sure to be banned in several countries. So is it as
brutal, violent and gory as people make it out to be?
Well, it is brutal, violent and gory, that's for sure
but it didn't shock me like Haute Tension did. The
characters weren't very likeable, the emotions didn't
really work and it seemed to try just a bit too hard
to be disturbing.
Frontiers isn't anything new really. It's a mash-up
of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hostel, Saw, Haute
Tension and even The Descent but these are all great
films and Frontiers manages to merge the best elements
from these films together quite well. The story revolves
around four criminals who are running around the
streets of Paris with a big bag of money during the
riots caused by a political election. With the cops
trying to hunt them down, they decide to seek shelter
in a small, rather filthy, bed and breakfast. What
they don't know is that the family running the B&B is
a bit deranged. In fact, they're neo-Nazis - and not
very nice ones. Gore and blood splatters everywhere
as the teens struggle to stay alive through the night.
This movie is divided into three parts; the first one
being the friends trying to escape from the cops, the
second one being the friends getting tortured and
killed and the third one being when one of the friends
is forced to join the family. The first two parts
aren't really anything out of the ordinary, it's when
the movie kicks into third gear that things start
getting interesting. This is where the movie really
kicks off and it does so with a bang. From start to
finish this movie really is all about the action and
the gore though and it's all done with such class that
it doesn't feel cheap. In fact, the end scene is out
of this world - it's extremely beautiful (in a weird
kind of way). I don't think I have to tell you that
I really enjoyed this film - but I'm sure many of you
won't. If you're a fan of Inside and Haute Tension,
you'll most definitely get a kick out of Frontiers.
France really is the new country for horror flicks.
They know what works and they know how to create a
good atmosphere and really draw the audience in. This
may not be a mainstream horror flick but it is
insanely gory and simply outstanding. For once, here's
a movie that actually lives up to its hype. If you're
a hardcore horror fan, this is definitely not to be
missed. It's got gore, action, good pacing and a whole
lot more. One of the best movies of the year.
I'm not even going to get into this part. It's insanely
gory, that's all I'm going to say.
Tight and fast-paced, just like the movie. Good stuff.
Frontiers isn't the most original horror film that I've
seen but it's still one of the best horror flicks of
the year. It's brutal and gory and has a tight and
solid story. This movie was simply outstanding in terms
of freaking its audience out. A must-have in your collection.
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