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Saturday 29 October 2011

SHEITAN [2006]

France has produced some truly grotesque and horrific cinema in the past decade. Some of it's startlingly good. Some of it's just plain bad.
Sheitan falls somewhere in the middle of that.
It's incredibly bizarre and unpredictable but it's also thin on any riveting ideas or any good scares. I laughed out loud quite a few times due to the outrageously demented sense of humor sprung forth at the strangest moments possible.
Vincent Cassel is a riot as the crack-brained lunatic that seems to have downed a couple too many energy drinks.
It's fun, deranged and not that great. If you're looking for a good French horror film there's plenty of others to chose from that are far better. If you're a Cassel enthusiast then I would recommend seeking this one out for his performance only. I'm still chuckling at this moment thinking about it and I guess that's got to count for something.

2½ goats in the ER out of 5

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