Not for the squeamish: Frontier(s)
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When I go see movies by myself or with friends, I tend to go for the stuff that is polar opposite to what I go to see with my daughter. Don’t get me wrong, I loved Enchanted, The Water Horse, Horton Hears a Who, and all of the other G and PG rated films we have seen together. She and I are pumped about the upcoming release of the new Narnia movie, too.
But, what happens is I overload on the sweet stuff. I want to see grit. I want to have a movie scare me, or at least horrify me. I want to have that sense of needing to slide down in my seat and cover my eyes with my hands.
There is a new movie coming to theaters on May 9 called Frontier(s). In a controversial marketing ploy, it will follow in DVD format on May 13. The reason it will only be in select theaters for one week is that the film earned an NC-17 rating for “extreme sadistic gore and violence”. The filmmakers did not want to make the necessary cuts to get the film an R rating, so they left it uncut, and unrated.
The film’s unrated status means a super limited theatrical release, but After Dark Films was determined to make it available for those who want to see it on the big screen. So, if you cannot find it in a theater near you, you can absolutely get your hands on the DVD. And to tell you the truth, I’m not sure which way I want to go yet. The movie’s website is almost enough to freak me out. I was hovering over some of the images and my index finger quite literally froze up while my brain was telling it to click to view the clips and the trailer. I wanted to, but I was scared beyond reason, you know?
The basic story is that four kids fleeing Paris find themselves hiding out at a hotel on the Luxembourgian border run by neo-Nazi cannibals. One person who has seen it called it the ‘French version of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Hostel”.’ The same reviewer mentioned that this film is not actually as outright gory as the aforementioned films, with much of the violence suggested, as the camera pans away or jump cuts.
Not for the squeamish, that’s what I’m saying. And, certainly not for the kids.
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