Director: Cédric Dupuis
Year: 2012
Country: France
Alternate Titles: Devil’s Weekend
Genre: Exploitation
Plot:
Gathering his friends together, a delusional wannabe filmmaker prepares to shoot an ambitious horror film with his friends at a remote cottage in the woods, but as the shoot continues and their unprofessionalism upsets him he turns to murder to make a better entry than what his original plans were based on.
Review:
This here was a decent enough if somewhat flawed genre effort. Where this one works well is the generally psychotic and unrestrained atmosphere present here as the film goes along. The whole point of this one isn’t that he’s going to snap due to their actions while filming but seeing what he’s going to do once he does lose control that leads to a rather grizzly and gruesome series of events that take place throughout here. These are all generally given a boost by the highly effective and enjoyable kill scenes that take place here involving his deranged activity towards the group as they’re pulling off undesired antics on-set, either through the continuous disagreements that emerge or their own personal motivations that bring about his rampage which are quite brutal and shocking. Having some of the shocking acts and graphic gore in the kills on display here is quite effective and somewhat nauseating, this one does generate some overall effective moments at points.
There are some big issues to be had with the film. The biggest issue here is that it’s virtually impossible to care what’s going on here since we don’t really have any interest in seeing him get through the filmmaking process. With so much of the film focused on him trying to get the project going by skirting around the issue with his wife, forcing his friends into compromising positions for their performances, and taking character motivation from his perceived thoughts on their actions doesn’t allow this one much to get invested in his tale. He’s a self-centered, unhinged lunatic with a delusional streak regarding what he wants out of the film and doesn’t have much in the way of redeeming qualities to make us care about the film or his stranded relationships that start troubled and just get worse as time goes on allowing him to get more deranged and unhinged without much provocation. That really makes this one a struggle to get through and lowers this one the most.
Overview: **.5/5
A brutal yet overall flawed genre effort featuring enough to really like if you're a fan of the style but still weighed down by several big flaws, it's a generally watchable feature here. Those who enjoy this kind of brutal exploitation effort or are curious about the subject matter will have the most to like here while those who don't go for the style or approach should heed caution.
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