Rabies
Directed by Aharon Keshales
In this clever Israeli slasher, a group of people get caught in a serial killer's web. There are two siblings who've committed a major sin, four teen athletes, a forest ranger and two pervy cops. As each of them enters the woods where the psycho lurks, their decisions lead to terror and torment. But this isn't just a standard slasher in a foreign tongue. RABIES takes horror conventions and veers away from them at the drop of a hat, creating a brilliantly twisted thriller that explores how everyday emotions lie at the root cause of even the most brutal violence. (In Hebrew with English Subtitles)
In this clever Israeli slasher, a group of people get caught in a serial killer's web.
Cast: Lior Ashkenazi, Ania Bukstein, Danny Geva
Member Reviews
A heavily-trailed Israeli slasher, Rabies is not your standard splatter fare and that is going to bother some viewers. The conceit of the movie — our characters find themselves in a serial killer’s hunting ground but are killed by their own weaknesses, appetites and foolishness, rather than by the murderer — is reminiscent of Eli Roth’s Cabin Fever, in which the fever doesn’t get a chance to kill anyone before their own poor decisions bring about their demise. Rabies is competently shot, and features some decent practical and make-up effects, but it suffers from an underdeveloped screenplay and uneven performances. The social commentary on violence as both infectious and self-inflicted isn’t overwrought but nor does it say anything terribly original or profound. Israeli horror is still a relatively emergent genre and while Rabies is unlikely to be remembered as a definitional title, it is interesting to watch as a stage in the development of the country’s horror cinema. In Hebrew with English subtitles.
dont waste your time , this was ridiculous , stupid story line , bad acting , total waste of 90 minutes
shockingly awful story line, but lots of bloody killing, not too bad
It can't decide if it wants to be a comedy or a horror movie. Waste of time.
Damn dude! This is like some sort of undiscovered wacky shakespeare tragedy or something, the one that he wrote whilst time travelling smoking his way through some seriously good weed. The serial killer doesnt even get a look in, hes completely out classed by our age old nemesis "bad luck". Its like the writer wrote down a bunch of tragic absurd events on scraps of paper, put them all into a tombola, and then drew them out at random and handed them to the director and said "heres your script... go!", but the weirdest thing of all... it actually works!! This movie is not half as bad as a lot of people are making out. I can see it becoming a cult classic in a few years time. I even learned a few words of Hebrew. Win.