This is great filmmaking in the sense that overplayed virtuoso guitar shredding is great music -- which is to say, not at all.
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10/23/07
The Living and the Dead (2006)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:9
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.8/10
Theatrical Release:Oct 24, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: To prove himself, an unbalanced young man (Leo Bill) tries to take care of his sick mother in this unsettling drama. However, once he is alone with her, events quickly spiral out of his limited... [More]
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1 - 10 (sorted by rotten rating)
The Living and the Dead is not an easy movie to sit through, and its darkness may be a little mannered, but it's an elegant construction with real emotions buried deep inside.
10/25/07
Top Critic[F]ans of small horror stories and British indies with a dark side will certainly be entertained, though cross-over appeal to non-horror fans will probably be limited.
04/26/06
A striking study of madness that skirts horror territory.
06/23/07
Top CriticA bizarre psychological study of degeneration and dependency, The Living and the Dead is a horror movie only in the most literal sense.
10/24/07
Top CriticSo genuinely horrific and unrelentingly sad and grim, many people will not have the stomach for it.
07/18/06
This is a truly haunted movie.
10/25/07
...has elements of horror, as the plethora of knives and hypodermic needles point to, but this is a unique entry for those who like thought-provoking concepts served up with their grue.
03/31/08
Part neo-gothic horror, part empathetic schizoid freak-out, The Living and the Dead suggests an unlikely cross between Spider and Requiem for a Dream.
10/24/07
A devious and admirably twisted little mind-bender of a genre flick.
04/20/07
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