À l'intérieur (2007)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Directors:

Alexandre Bustillo
Julien Maury

Writer:

Alexandre Bustillo (writer)

Release Date:

13 June 2007 (France)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Four months after the death of her husband, a woman on the brink of motherhood is tormented in her home by a strange woman who wants her unborn baby.

Plot Keywords:

Night | Baby | Christmas Eve | Death | Hospital

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Béatrice Dalle	...	La femme
Alysson Paradis	...	Sarah
Nathalie Roussel	...	Louise
François-Régis Marchasson	...	Jean-Pierre
Jean-Baptiste Tabourin	...	Matthieu
Dominique Frot	...	L'infirmière
Claude Lulé	...	Le médecin
Hyam Zeytoun	...	Policière municipale
Tahar Rahim	...	Policier municipal 1
Emmanuel Guez	...	Policier municipal 2
Ludovic Berthillot	...	Policier BAC
Emmanuel Lanzi	...	Policier BAC 2
Nicolas Duvauchelle	...	Policier BAC 3
Aymen Saïdi	...	Abdel

Also Known As:

Inside (USA) (festival title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence, gruesome and disturbing content, and language.

Runtime:

83 min | USA:75 min (R-rated cut)

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX | DTS-ES

Certification:

France:-16 | USA:R (cut) | USA:NC-17 (orginal rating) | Japan:R-18 | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) (cut) | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | Argentina:18 | Mexico:C

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

La Fabrique de Films

Trivia:

In the scene where the three policemen come check on Sarah, you can see to the left end of the screen the house number, it's 666.

Scary, Disturbing, Bold and Gore

While driving in a rainy day, the pregnant photographer Sarah (Alysson Paradis) crashes her car against another one in a road with no survivors. Four months later, in Christmas Eve, Sarah decides to stay alone at her home, grieving her deceased boyfriend Matthieu and preparing to go to the hospital on the next morning for the delivery. During the night, a stranger (Béatrice Dalle) wearing black heavily hits on her front door asking to get inside, but Sarah calls the police and the woman vanishes. Later, while sleeping, Sarah is attacked by the woman that broke in her house with a pair of scissors and she runs to the bathroom. During the bloody night of terror, the woman attacks Sarah's visitors and discloses to Sarah who she is and what she wants.

"À l'Intérieur" is one of the most brutal and gore low-budget movies that I have ever seen, comparable to "The Descent". The story is scary, disturbing and bold but the storyline is very simple and with few characters; therefore it is not difficult to guess who might be the evil woman in black. Very few directors and writers would dare to submit a pregnant woman to the graphic violence of this slasher, therefore for the fans of the genre like me, the debut of the promising Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury could not be better. There are some flaws along the story, like for example why Sarah does not shout out when the police rings the bell and arrives in the living room; or why Sarah does not use the revolver the detective had given to her; or why the last detective has not called for backup when he heard the gun shots. Last but not the least, this movie is not recommended for sensitive persons and pregnant women. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "A Invasora" ("The Invader")