Review of Amer

Amer (2009)
7/10
Belgium arty giallo
5 May 2011
I have seen so many reviews of this flick in foreign magazines that i thought that it was worth searching. It was easy, it came out straight from my country. But I know how Belgium movies are. Mostly they are, sigh, so typical Belgium, it's about swearing and eating. Now and then some do are successful and are remade in the US, just look at Vanishing (spoorloos), the Belgium version was better or at Loft. But now it's all about Amer. A not so typical Belgium one, it should come straight out of the mind of Dario Argento or David Lynch. The techniques used at the editing did remind me of Lynch's work or even the work of Lars Von Trier. But it's more than that. The use of colours only blue or green did remind me of Suspiria or Inferno. And by that we said it all, it's an arty giallo. The killer with black gloves, you know it all. The special effects used for the old man and the slaying is excellent. Extremely close-ups of the razor going into the flesh. It's almost for the whole part unspoken so really, it will not be for slasher fans but for those who are into the old giallo's I surely recommend it, and just ask yourself a question, where did I hear that soundtrack before.
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