Synopsis
A surreal world you may never wake from.
Demons cross the divide between the world of dreams and waking reality to capture a victim and drag him back to their nightmarish realm.
2006 ‘Видения ужасов’ Directed by Andrey Iskanov
Demons cross the divide between the world of dreams and waking reality to capture a victim and drag him back to their nightmarish realm.
This is a crazy ass movie. Highly recommend. It is quite sexually explicit so watch with caution.
This has some of the most haunting and creepy imagery and atmosphere I’ve honestly ever seen. The use of green on a dull tainted lens with the somber sounds of wind through trees in the background is literally nightmare fuel. And what’s even better is that that is what the movie is about. Vampires and nightmares.
Some of the scenes look cheaper than others, and the movie drags a bit in the middle before picking back up, but overall its a really good “extreme” film.
If you want to watch this it’s currently on Amazon Prime for $3.99.
WATCH THE 85 MINUTE DIRECTORS CUT, NOT THE 2 HOUR VERSION.
Number of watches: 2
I have nightmares almost every time it rains. These dreams are so real that I can smell death after awaking. But I thank heaven that I can always wake up.
And that's how the movie starts. A nightmare that ends with a death sc. The story is about the link between dream, death and raining.
- Dream, as a reality rejected by our minds.
- Death, as an eternal odyssey that haunts everything and everyone.
- Rain, as a magical tool that lets you see the reality in a totally different light.
Considering these favorable elements of mine, put into such concepts like that, it became so clear to me, what the mysterious repairman quotes in the middle of the movie:
If you die in your sleep when it's raining during the day, you'll stay with the dead forever.
Absurd visions. Great movie.
obviously very stupid but it's funny enough and maybe self aware enough to pull that off? some genuinely pretty great imagery too, often reminding me of great abstract work. watched the super final directors cut thing which for some reason is only available on Amazon lol, check it out if you like edgy nu metal horror
A great example of the patented Iskanov Braindrill Technique™ (IBT™): nonsense interludes to anesthetize the senses followed by onslaughts of DV-vomit and bodily goos. Just barely worth the abominable runtime even if it's just for the Shevchenko soundtrack and the scattered tidbits of nastiness.
sorry but this was boring asf
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Usually I'm not fond of criticism that a film is too slow or that it should be edited for length. This isn't a very convincing argument from my perspective, and shows the impatience of the viewers and misunderstanding of the cinematic value of pacing. I preface my comments this way to illustrate the gravity of my suggestion that Iskanov should have crafted a much more tightly edited film. It's two hours long and, despite the interesting visuals on display, suffers from bloated subplots and lingering shots. Much of this is tedious in an unforgiving arthouse style.
The substance of the film, then, is the pure madness that Iskanov conjures up. Visions of Suffering had the potential to be a surreal…
Film 23 of my 100 movies watched in 1 month challenge
I watched the 85 minute Final Directors Cut over the 2 hour version. I’ve seen a lot of complaints of the film being boring but they must have seen the 2 hour one because this movie wasn’t boring at all. The atmosphere Iskanov created is excellent and feels like someones living hell. The imagery and sounds are haunting and atmospheric. The end was meh but didn’t at all take away from the rest of the movie. Bought on DVD. (No Blu-ray)
BUT-Festival Film #4
Visions of Suffering ist einer dieser Filme, für die das BUT gemacht ist. Die Bildquali war so mies, dass es wirklich wie eine runtergenudelte Schwarzmarktkopie rüberkommt, die in Underground-Snuff-Fankreisen kursiert.
Das einzige andere passende Dispositiv ist folgendes:
Ihr geht auf den Polenmarkt zu Pawel. Pawel ist 73, hat eine Augenklappe und verkauft Jin Ling-Zigaretten, Naziuniformen und gebrannte Pornos. Unter seinem Verkaufstisch steht eine Kiste mit kryptischen Symbolen, Pawel meint das bedeutet 'Dachboden' (könnte aber auch Metzgerei heißen). In der Kiste sind Köpfe von Porzellanpuppen, ein ausgestopfter Dachs und eine unbeschriftete VHS-Kassette, deren Papphülle einen Wasserschaden hat.
Neben Pawels Stand tauscht ihr noch eine Flasche Becherovka gegen eine akkubetriebene VHS-Röhrenfernseher-Kombo und macht euch auf Richtung Wald. Dort angekommen…