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El final exagerado eclipsa todos los males de los clichés del guión y el remate predecible. Y con él, la película deja de ser un slasher de clase B y se convierte en un drama trágico. Un final que se aproxima a Braindead: Tu madre se ha comido a mi perro de Jackson como ningún otro, aunque sin zombis, en el mundo real en una casa de una calle vecina. Un splatter de explotación ultrabrutal que no tiene miedo de graduar en un fondo electrónico palpitante, porque sabe que sonará aún mejor en el momento adecuado con un piano fatídico. Un manjar para los fanáticos del subgénero y un horror imposible de ver hasta el final para los espectadores comunes. (17.02.2015)

The display of explicit violence is wonderfully intertwined with uncompromisingly wicked tension, creating a unique atmosphere that will make you bite your nails, and that’s in the best case. It is surprising that, given the rules of the genre, the film still maintains a level of relative plausibility, both in terms of the behavior of the characters and in the layering of the butchered bodies, thus taking on an even more twisted and brutal dimension. In certain cinematic disciplines, the French are beginning to look like unrivaled champions. (18.04.2008)

The French have become very good at horror and Inside is one of the best horror films of 2007 for me. A nerve-wrecking spectacle that blends the bloodiness of High Tension (but multiplied several times) and the atmosphere of Them. It tells the story of a pregnant woman who lost her husband in a car accident four months ago, it’s Christmas Eve and her home has been invaded by a psychopath, unleashing hell. I must warn that this film is not for people who can’t bear the sight of blood, because there is a lot of it. Unfortunately, on a second viewing that bloodiness is no longer that unsettling and you start noticing some very big issues with the behaviour of the characters that become truly massive by the end. As a result, the rating goes down to 85%. (10.02.2008)

An interesting premise drowned in hectolitres of blood and purposeless brutality, which is perhaps meant to mask the zero psychology and bland characters of the two protagonists. The attempt to combine exploitation, Giallo, slasher and French creepiness against a backdrop of bloody carnage and unpleasant atmosphere may blend nicely and leave the viewer breathless, but none of the ingredients work on their own to make for a truly powerful experience. Sarah looks strange and unlikeable and the only reason we don’t wish her dead it’s because she’s pregnant. Moreover, her character is probably only in the film so that the make-up artists can play with her body, and there’s absolutely no attempt to get closer to her or get to know her past. The same applies to the deranged visitor, who has a clear motive, but her actions are incomprehensible and her exaggerated brutality is at times almost ridiculous. Yet the filmmaking quality is there, the twists are unexpected and several scenes had a real horror feel. Unfortunately, the result is a maddeningly overwrought and self-indulgent film that, as has been the French habit of late, will only be remembered for its shocking brutality. 45% (23.05.2013)

Over the thousands of movies I’ve watched, I’ve gotten used to the fact that some directors like to indulge in spilled guts. Each and every time I see a similar movie, I keep thinking that there’s probably some sickos who enjoy them, but I just always feel like I’m gonna throw up. Cinemax offered me a horror and I didn’t really have any clue what it’s about and decided to watch it because I just didn’t wanna go to bed yet. Now I wish I did, because as tame and relatively normally bloody the beginning was, the ending was properly brutal. I don’t think that it was any sort of filmmaking breakthrough, but as far as slashers go, it’s probably a high-quality attempt. For most of the movie, not much really happens with the scissors, but then in the end, a cut belly, a C-section, the most brutal child birth ever and a bleeding-out of the main character totally make up for it. Some freaks will probably take delight in it – I just know that it’s an absolute zero-star trash. (21.03.2015)