Drama Foreign Film Criterion Edition DVD

An intelegent Kidnapping film with a very good plot. A couple goes on a vacation when the wife gets kidnapped. The Husband becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to his lover. The villain is an intelegent person who taunts the husband with postcards and such. Very much worth the watch, I really like how this plays out and the story isn't full of Hollywood fluf. I couldn't find this any where to watch so because of the love I just bought it and im happy I did.

Concerning the Criterion Edition DVD, the audio track is only a Mono 1.0 ch track but it sounds decent. The video quality on the other hand is not that good, it's not detrimental but there is throughout a lot of it a blue faded line from the left of the screen, WHY?

Wow, I forgot just how unsettling this movie truly is.

Raymond Lemorne has got to be one of the most frightening, brilliant, insane villains in movie history. Hannibal Lecter's got nothing on this guy. And the way the audience finds out his goals and methods and strategy - without resorting to exposition - is simply masterful.

So much has been said about the climax of this film, so I will say no more and let you experience it for yourself. You will not forget it.

Beer: Samuel Adams Blackberry Witbier - 3.5/5 (an oldie but goodie!)

Twenty-fourth film of my "31 Days of Horror"-project.

I've been looking forward to this one. I knew it wás going to be good. Just had that special feeling regarding it. And I wasn't wrong.

A slow, silent, subdued and (eventually) intense thriller with a good finale and a nice focus on characters, it's a very good thriller with a nice sadness to it in the end.

I don't usually like thrillers were we see things from the culprit's POV, but here it felt needed, important and, as the film went on, different, than some of the other films who do the same.

The reason for me only giving it four stars is the ending, which was a bit anticlimatic. In addition to this, my computer crashed in the middle of the film, which made it lose some of its atmosphere.

Already very interested in rewatching this one; hopefully, that'll raise the score even more.

A calm water that flows into a rocky fall. It gives a very different approach on seeing a sociopath. A great character study.

The same movie made twice by the same director, it's really odd to watch, specially since they were only done 3 years apart. The sad part is that the remake really loses most of the good qualities of the original which is really good. The chemistry between the couple is much better, the sociopath is much more interesting. His relationship with the daughter works much better in the original, in the remake the girl is forced into weird territory, she never actually managed to portrait the daddy's girl tone.

One of my first books was 'Het Gouden Ei' from Tim Krabbé.
A book that I picked, because it was a small book from about 100 pages. I don't really like to read books, but thanks to mister Krabbé my passion for reading became stronger.

This movie is based on the book 'Het Gouden Ei' and directed by George Sluizer. And I have to say he really did a splendid job!
The story is exactly like the book, and the acting was well done.

I still prefer the book, because you can let your imagination do all the work. That's why I'd recommend to read the book first, before you see this movie.

Tim Krabbé, wat een held.

Heerlijk!

One of the creepiest, most unsettling movies I've seen in a long time. Extraordinary.

I couldn't stop thinking about this film for days. Disturbing.

Hauntingly understated and utterly terrifying. It'll linger with you for weeks.

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.