Genre: Horror
Directed by: Michael Haneke
Cast: Arno Frisch, Angela Winkler, Ulrich Muhe
Running Time: 110 minutes
Benny is the teenage
son of a wealthy Austrian family who spends most of his time watching various
videos. One home video he is particularly obsessed with is one where a pig is
slaughtered on a farm with a bolt pistol. Benny brings a girl he just met to
his room to show her this video, and, after talking with her for a while, he
kills her with a bolt pistol. His parents, upon finding out, try to concoct a
way to sweep the murder under the rug.
This film is of the
psychological horror type. Someone looking for fast-pace scares would be better
off looking elsewhere. Here, the pace is slow and deliberate. The main ingredient
is tension, and it has a chilling effect. You can feel the isolation in this
unsettling look at modern mass media culture and violence. This was really well
done.
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