Snuff-Movie

This article is about the 2005 film. For the purported genre, see Snuff film. For the 1976 film, see Snuff (film).
Snuff-Movie
Film poster
Directed byBernard Rose
Written byBernard Rose
Produced byLisa Enos
Donald Kushner
Pierre Spengler
Brad Wyman
StarringJeroen Krabbé
Hugo Myatt
Lisa Enos
Teri Harrison
Alastair Mackenzie
Lyndsey Marshal
CinematographyBernard Rose
Edited byDavid Gamble
Music byMatthew Schultz
Production
company
Distributed byLionsgate
Release date
  • 23 August 2005 (2005-08-23)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom

Snuff-Movie is a 2005 gothic horror film written and directed by British director Bernard Rose.

Plot

It stars Jeroen Krabbé as horror filmmaker Boris Arkadin, whose pregnant wife Mary was supposedly brutally murdered by a Manson-like gang of hippy psychopaths during the 1960s. An eccentric recluse, Boris makes a comeback when he invites some actors to a large mansion in the English countryside to 'audition' for his new film. Unknown to most of them they are being filmed by hidden cameras linked to a snuff website.

Cast

  • Jeroen Krabbé as Boris Arkadin / Mr. Maezel
  • Lisa Enos as Mary Arkardin / Wendy Jones
  • Teri Harrison as Pamela / Angie
  • Alastair Mackenzie as Justin / Andy / Freddy / Peter
  • Lyndsey Marshal as Sandy / X / Janice
  • Hugo Myatt as Dr. Culpepper / Leon Bank / Desk Sergeant
  • Tedy Necula as Marco Arkadin
  • Joe Reegan as James / Jack

Production

Though set in London, the movie was filmed in Romania,[1][2] on a budget of £6 million.[2]

Reception

Philip French in The Observer wrote, "the movie is no fun, makes little sense and takes itself rather seriously".[1] Empire called it a "lurid, DV-shot sleazefest... Disturbing and distasteful, and not in a good way".[3] Derek Elley wrote in Variety, "Dialogue is cheesy in an unfunny way, plotting is unbelievable, even on a genre level, and performances are worthy of summer stock."[4] The Guardian called it "preposterous".[5] Time Out's reviewer wrote, "If there’s some fun to be had it’s in its frenzied plagiarism. It certainly fails as a thriller".[6]

ScreenDaily was more positive: "a deliciously Machiavellian horror movie which has cult hit written all over it".[2]

References

  1. ^ a b French, Philip (29 October 2006). "Snuff Movie". The Observer. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Goodridge, Mike (22 April 2005). "Snuff". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  3. ^ Harrison, Genevieve (29 September 2006). "Snuff-Movie Review". Empire. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  4. ^ Elley, Derek (1 September 2005). "Snuff-Movie". Variety. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  5. ^ Rose, Steve (27 October 2006). "Snuff Movie". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  6. ^ Hammond, Wally (24 October 2006). "Snuff Movie". Time Out. Retrieved 23 February 2024.


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