The Couchpotatoes So apparently a lot of people hate this movie. Well I can proudly say I'm not one of them. I thought Vincent Cassel puts down a great performance. But then I like to watch movies with messed up characters. And Cassel did really great with his role. He was really believable as the village psychotic weirdo. And totally different of what he normally plays. The plot itself was not that bad at all. The whole demented atmosphere is maybe not for everybody to watch but I thought that the dialogues were a mixture of vulgarity and humor and they perfectly fit in this movie. In fact I enjoyed every single minute of the movie. It's maybe not the usual horror movie but then again is that a bad thing?

megaruda The movie is alright, it is entertaining mostly but not in an overdone clichéd way. The characters are clearly defined unlike many horror movies where they just throw a bunch of archetypes in a mix and people start dying. It is not a thriller but it ends up like one, in the Dumbest way possible. They could of created something new and with no precedents, instead they decided to go for the obvious just so we could see Vincent Cassel more time on screen.There is not much wrong with the movie technically, it was an interesting attempt, but the ending made seem ¨House of the Devil¨ like a good movie, some of the characters make good decisions, but then they just throw it all away and kill the cutest one, not enough gore, not enough comedy, not enough suspense, not enough anything, good character development in a bad story which does makes sense but tries too hard and uses a very cheap resort for the ending to fit in.

the_wolf_imdb This is the second worst piece of multicultural propaganda dressed as horror / thriller I have ever seen. A group of people of various ethnic and religious backgrounds do some bad things, then they visit some strange guy and nothing much happens. The only thing that connects them is absolute lack of any moral values, they are simply a bunch of idiotic jerks who want to get drunk and copulate but remember, most of them are Muslims. To be honest, the picture of this "new French youth" is probably the most horrifying part of the movie. It somehow shows France as the country that descends into middle-ages tribal and completely amoral culture.What happened to the France that started to make such movies? Why are we presented with such stupid vomit with no thrills and horror? Why we are faced by "sheitan" which is Islamic word for devil, even when this devil is somewhat supposed to be somewhat related to the Christmas? What is the meaning of most scenes in the movie? Are we just supposed to get sick with it? Note: The "worst" grade still applies to the "Attack the Block" piece of multicultural crap made in Britain that not only lacks horror, but promotes violence of young immigrants as something, well, admirable and adorable. And that pile of crap was made with the use of public money that makes it somewhat worse than this pile of crap.But some bare butts and a little blood does not make this pile of crap good thriller. Not by a long shot.

prettyh This is one of the more bizarre movies I've ever seen, and that's saying quite a bit. As the blurb tells us, a group of rough-and-tumble college kids are out clubbing on Christmas Eve when they're persuaded to spend the holiday at the country house of a pretty girl; after getting ejected for a bar fight, they all pile into a car and off they go. Horror movie tropes tell us this isn't going to end well, of course, which is what keeps us at least mildly interested.I won't say much more about the plot, as it's fairly self-explanatory as you watch things unfold (although the writers/directors don't seem to worry too much about making things make sense to the viewers - there's no backstory or explanation about the strange, creepy fringe characters, but perhaps it's not necessary). Vincent Cassel is nearly unrecognizable as Joseph, the insane-right-off-the-bat gardener, especially compared to some of his more recent roles (I'm thinking his suave, sexy ballet master in "Black Swan," or his Russian gangster in "Eastern Promises," for example), and he really makes this movie all on his own. His strange obsession with Bart, one of the college boys, is quite disturbing to watch, especially once we find out what his true intentions really are. You can't help but perk up with interest, dread and morbid fascination every time Crazy Gardener Joseph is on screen.All in all: Not a great movie by any stretch, but passable as a creepy horror film, and Cassel is THE reason to see it. If you're already a fan of his, put this in your rental queue. If you're not, this role may repulse you enough to never want to watch him in anything else!