Inside

Unrated

Directed by Julien Maury, Alexandre Bustillo

Starring: Beatrice Dalle, Alysson Paradis, Nathalie Roussel, François-Régis Marchasson, Jean-Baptiste Tabourin

Genius Products (TVN), 2007, DVD

Product Description

Four months after pregnant Sara loses her husband in a horrific auto accident, she is visited on Christmas Eve by a mysterious madwoman. Alone and desperate to save her unborn child, Sara fights to stay alive as each of her potential rescuers die at the womans sadistic hands.

Hailed by several critics as the first great French horror film this millennium, Inside opens on a gory note and stays true to the bloodfest throughout. But rather than using splatter-gore for comedic effect, as did young directing team Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo's predecessor, Hershell Gordon-Lewis, this duo timed their gore to build tragic suspense, scene after disgusting scene. The strength of Inside's plot is its simplicity, though the film is slow at first. Pregnant photojournalist, Sarah Scaragato (Alysson Paradis), has just lost her husband in a fatal car accident and is in recovery when her baby is due on Christmas Eve, in fact. Morose, she rejects friend and family visits, opting to stay home. A bewitched predator, played by Beatrice Dalle, senses Sarah's vulnerability and seizes upon it like a spider capturing prey in its web. The tale, woven around maternal psychosis, reveals Dalle's haunting preoccupation with stealing Scaragato's unborn baby. Each character who enters Sarah's house, the "war zone" as one doomed policeman puts it, encounters the wrath of two women fighting with mirror shards, knitting needles, scissors, hurled kitchen appliances, and even a homemade bayonette. Like the best horror thrillers about motherhood — -Rosemary's Baby, Don't Look Now, Alien — -Inside seizes ample symbolic opportunities to exhibit the primal obsession women have with babies. Even better, Inside invites feminist critique as do other female-centric horror films such as Ginger Snaps, whose plots not only include strong, vengeful female victims, but also sympathetic, criminal femme fatales. An entertaining "Making of Inside" featurette follows, revealing makeup and special effects techniques. Inside is for a specific audience; as scenes get redder and wetter, the squeamish may find it sickening — -beware and enjoy. —Trinie Dalton

Product Details

Title: Inside (Unrated)
Sales Rank: 3864 in DVD
Actor: Beatrice Dalle, Alysson Paradis, Nathalie Roussel, François-Régis Marchasson, Jean-Baptiste Tabourin
Director: Julien Maury, Alexandre Bustillo
Studio: Genius Products (TVN), 2008-04-15, Theatrical Release: 2007
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Acpect Ratio 1.66:1
Languages: French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), English (Dubbed)
Audience Rating: Unrated
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 90 minutes
Item Dimensions: 1 pounds
Package Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches, 0.2 pounds

Customer Reviews

Gore galore: Inside doesn't disappoint with its gory nature, its violent and extreme portrayal of human turmoil or with its picturesque evilness. The movie is suspenseful and mysterious eough with its dark set, unique camera angles and talented actors. Where Inside fails short of 4 stars is in its premise.
***SPOILERS BELOW***
The movie begins with a car… More reviews

fantastic grassroots horror..by the french?!?!?: This is one of the best horror (or any other film for that matter) that I have ever seen. The story is very tightly crafted and engaging the whole way through. I have read some of the comments and questions related to this film; and let me say that there are no zombies or vampires in this movie so don't believe everything… More reviews

over the top gore yet realistic: I would say this movie is one of the most violent movies of the 2000's 2nd to murder set pieces director's cut. overall i would rate this film 5 stars just on sheer brutality alone!!! i would give this french classic 4 stars.It has a solid storyline very good acting and a load of gore .For a hardcore horror fanatic this is exactly the film… More reviews

Terrible, unimaginative slasher boredom: This is a truly pathetic excuse for a horror film. It's features innumerable scenes of staring into nothingness and sulking, not to mention the more (abeit) memorable scenes of crawling on the floor screaming. It's poorly acted, poorly concieved (pun intended), hideously paced, and remains nothing but a buildup to an orgasm of gore.
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Mission Accomplished...: INSIDE is the perfect movie for heartless psychopaths to see with their unsuspecting, pregnant girlfriends! Yes, this movie is all about the truly unthinkable actions taken by an insanely obsessed female of our species. The woman (Beatrice Dalle) is driven, determined, and absolutely relentless in her pursuit. Our impregnated heroine, Sarah (Alysson Paradis) is still devastated by the death of her… More reviews