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3. Livid
Hopes were high for Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury’s follow up to Inside, Livid which squeaked out on to DVD this past summer.
Inside was a massive hit with horror fans for its unflinching violence and creepiness. Livid was something different so is widely regarded as a disappointment but perhaps because I didn’t have a lot riding on it, I found it wonderful.
It’s a haunted house movie at its core that starts off much like Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs but rapidly gets more and more creepy and surreal leading to a feeling of general unease and some great visual set pieces. By the climax it turns into something akin to expressionist cinema. Is it about vampires? Have the criminal teen home invaders lost their minds?
No answers are given but it’s all about the atmosphere and style which this underrated film has in spades.
