Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

nepostojim This film starts off well with the premise of a young in-house carer for elderly people being shown the ropes on her first day on the job by an experienced carer. It seemed as if the film was going to build on the hinted (super)natural rapport the young girl seems to have with the acute patients, but this does not happen. instead, after we are introduced to a comatose old woman residing in a secluded old mansion and there is a casual hint dropped by the experienced carer that there may be a treasure in the house, any further character/plot development is abandoned for a breaking and entering treasure hunt in the house by the young girl and her two male friends. what ensues is a thrown together series of Gothic clichés straight out of a Cradle of Filth film clip: undead ballerinas with their eyes sewn together, rooms with mirrors as the only entry point, vampires (or maybe it was zombies - wasn't really explained), dolls with scary animal heads, some sort of a never explained light in the grass.... etc. all of this is about as scary as... a Cradle of Filth video, but one with the running time of 93 minutes. if you are still curious about the film i suggest you simply play the trailer on youtube with the sound muted whilst listening to your favourite metal track on itunes. you will see all the gory parts, maybe have a bit of boogie around the room and add 91.5 minutes back into your day. -seriously! the film footage not shown in the trailer adds absolutely no value to the experience.

Red-Barracuda In the last decade there certainly has been a significant cycle of French horror films. Quite a lot of the most famous ones have focused on the more sadistic end of the genre, presenting torture, gore and general nastiness in new, often unusual, ways. Livid clearly indicates that Gallic horror comes in many shapes though, as this one relies considerably more on atmosphere rather than full-on violence. Its story has three young thieves breaking into a remote mansion one Halloween night; the only resident of this villa being a very elderly comatose former ballet teacher who they have heard has a 'hidden treasure' stashed away somewhere in the house. The trio, however, encounter far more than they could ever have bargained for and a night of uncanny horror ensues.This film is typified quite a bit by being a hybrid of genres. It's not strictly a haunted house film, although it often feels like one, it has fairy tale aspects yet could never be exactly described as a pure fantasy and while it does rely largely on atmosphere it often has scenes of visceral violence. This undefinable aspect is amplified further by a storyline that wilfully never makes complete sense and has many aspects that hang in the air somewhat. Unlike a lot of other people seemingly, I can't say any of the above really bothered me at all. In fact I thought it added up to a distinctive bit of Gothic horror.It's very nicely photographed throughout and the detailed, dusty interiors of the house are an interesting setting. There are many macabre things in here and some are quite strikingly different; the clockwork corpse being a good example of original thought from the film-makers. Pleasingly, it does get quite scary from time to time as well, with the evil old woman and her undead daughter being pretty sinister adversaries and interesting creations. As the story progresses flashbacks are used to explain events. But these generate as many questions as they do answers and by the end there is a definite enigmatic quality to much of what we have just seen. This ambiguity has been earned though; sometimes it's best for a dark fairy-tale to not reveal all its secrets.

TdSmth5 In Livid, Lucie who has heterochromia is on her first day as a practicing care giver and goes on rotation with a more experienced care giver named Catherine. They take care of older patients. Lucie isn't invited to see the last patient of the day, but she decides to go anyway.The patient is a creepy old woman in a coma who lives in a large house in the country. Catherine tells Lucie that the old woman used to be a famous ballet instructor and that it's rumored that she has a treasure hidden in the house and that she had a daughter Anna who died. Incidentally, Lucie's mom also died recently. The old woman also has a key around her neck that Catherine has tried on every door. Catherine also tells Lucie to pick one of the many books in the room. Lucie opens one and a moth flies out.Later Lucie tells her boyfriend about the treasure. He's poor and works for his dad on his fishing boat. He now dreams of a bright future and together with a friend/relative they decide to break into the house at night.So far everything is straightforward. The kids break into the house, grab the key from the woman and explore the rooms. They find a room with automaton figures at a dining table. Each figure has the stuffed head of a different animal. They also find what could be the woman's treasure- Anna's corpse mummified/petrified in a ballet position on top of a large music box. Suddenly the music box starts turning. As the kids separate, Lucie starts having visions of the woman and Anna's past. The woman also apparently wakes up from the coma to get her key back. One of the guys disappears into a mirror only to be killed by ballet girls. When he comes back out of the mirror he attacks Lucie's boyfriend. And now things get bloodier and murkier.Usually I don't appreciate movies that don't bother to explain themselves. But that is because usually obscure movies don't have anything to explain, they just have lazy writers. Livid doesn't suffer from that. On the contrary, it gives you plenty to think about, but doesn't provide answers, which is fine because the plot is more poetic, fantastic, and imaginative.The movie is so well-directed that even the first hour, which is relatively slow, is still engaging. In the last half an hour things get really wild and the horror aspect finally comes out. Livid is so different and unique, even though it borrows from old horror movies, it's quite endearing and you can forgive the slow start and the absence of clarifications. There are so many different elements here that allow for interpretation- the heterochromia, moths and larvae, automatons and human automaton hybrids, vampirism, a lot goes on and everything matters in the end.This movie succeeds because the writers/directors know how to write a story and direct a movie. But the problem is that they are the same who gave us the outstanding Inside. As such, this movie is a bit of a letdown and should really have been a movie that came prior to Inside. After having watched Inside, you do expect more from this team.

Pedro Grilo Sorry guys, I'll try to keep the spoilers to a minimum, but I don't think I can avoid a few.Well, this movie has two very distinct parts.The first part goes from the beginning until the main characters find Mrs. Jessel's daughter. The movie is quite nice that far. The house is great, very good mood, plenty of suggestions… In two words: well made.The second part goes from the finding of Mrs. Jessel's daughter on, and let me tell you, the movie turns into something rather horrendous to watch (unless, of course, you are into teenage horror cheap movies). From them on, you have characters making crazy impossible assumptions, unsustainable with what they know; the suggestions I mentioned turning to strange creatures that we never get to know full well what they are; and the inevitable "coming back one more time when all seems over" of the bad guys.The cherry on top, the spoiler that really illustrates what this movie is about, and that, had I known, that would spare me the time I lost watching Livide, is seeing the main character, Lucie Klavel, punching the… well, monster that haunts the house in the face, and throwing it/she over the stairs all the way to the ground floor.And basically it comes to this: If you enjoy teenagers and monsters going at it, you might like this movie. If not, you'll probably find it terribly bad, as I have.