Calvaire
Directed by Fabrice Du Welz
A traveling entertainer falls victim to a dangerously unhinged innkeeper determined to keep him captive. An unsettling and underseen gem of the New French Extremity, the newly remastered CALVAIRE makes its streaming debut.
A traveling entertainer falls victim to an unhinged innkeeper in this underseen gem of the New French Extremity.
Cast: Laurent Lucas, Brigitte Lahaie, Jean-Luc Couchard, Jackie Berroyer, Philippe Nahon, Jo Prestia
Member Reviews
this is decently put together along a few technical axes, but it's really just a long parade of someone's naive aestheticized idea of Madness. movies like this were regressive in the 1970s. aimless and bigoted.
I watched this movie a very long time ago when it was on VHS (yes awhile) It disturbed me so much it has stuck with me all these years. Just be fore warned that is has very disturbing scenes with animals and male rape. Even after all this time this movie still bothers me.
It is just ok. I expected more. The first half was interesting, and then the second half got weird, boring, and underwhelming.
Saw this movie 20 years ago and never forgot it. It's beautifully framed, shot, and I'd say equal parts bleak and... not silly -- maybe absurd? Not nonsensical, though. The storytelling is perpetually surprising, though it pays direct homage to some classics: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Carnival of Souls, Deliverance, and Night of the Living Dead. That being said, it strikes me almost like a character drama. I get why the reviews are so polarized below. I think we come to Shudder for different reasons. This is by no means a slasher. I love 1981's Possession, Hereditary, Giallo... weirdness and beauty and an actor's commitment to depicting profound fear. And the object of everyone's misplaced desire is a dude. Check out Allelujia if you can find it and Adoration.
the first 2/3 of the movie is just Misery but worse, and the last part shows promise but peters out to just meh.