Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

LouHomey From my favorite movies..

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Simon Williams Essentially if you've watched the far superior Frontier(s), Texas Chainsaw Massacre, or really any slashes film that revolves around a family of cannibalistic nutcases butchering their hopeless victims you've seen Macabre.It's not necessarily bad, i found myself feeling underwhelmed a lot of the time. I feel it's because i didn't really care about any of the characters , they're just coffin fodder, which is fine but it doesn't make for a particularly interesting horror film.If you're just looking for something that has a fair amount of blood and some entertaining gore then sure it's a way to pass a few hours, but really why watch this when you can watch the films mentioned above.Aside from the plot, the characters make incredibly stupid decisions throughout which doesn't help you feel invested in their story at all, essentially i'd say this, i own it in my collection, it's not bad enough to sell but it's not good enough to rush to watch again anytime soon.It's fun, It's stupid, It's average....and a little Macabre i suppose.

PetarDuric As the group of friends try to escape from house that is under control of mysterious women they got brutally attacked. Everything in this movie is just so bad from the bad acting to overacting and finally to totally unreal scenes. Almost every scene with some kind of fight seems fake and it was due bad production of the movie. Attackers also seem like real super humans that have no limits and are made to be horrifying but they are really laughable as they seem unstoppable. There is easily to spot every single fail in almost every scenes and it was so annoying besides that there are quite violent and brutal scenes that are worth watching but that is just not enough for the movie to keep it's potential. Acting is horrible, scenes with violence and brutality seem like they are stolen from some fantasy about vampires where they just jump around unharmed and keep killing everybody. 0.5/4

ichocolat Darah, or known internationally by Macabre, is arguably the best Indonesian gore/slasher film genre to date. It exceeds expectations, and delivers on what it promises; great scenes, and tensions that will keep you awake until the end credits.The film starts rather slowly, but it soon picks up tempo at around the 20-minute mark.There is a lack of substance in the plots, but the scenes made up for it. The graphics are cruel, crude, and certainly not for the faint-hearted.The slashing and the blood spilling continues right until the end. The wide-eyed Maya (the woman who eats human flesh to stay immortal) is downright creepy. But the person who takes the credit for being brutal is the baby-adult, an adult which dresses like a child, bespectacled and looks retarded. He is brutal, chopping heads from the body, and looking creepy without even trying.I commend the effort of the directors which takes the road less traveled. Nowadays, Indonesians film are littered with sex-oriented themes, and this film tries to run from the perceptions.A cool 10/10 for its effort, and the punches it delivers!

ebossert There were a few things that kept me from putting "Macabre" (2009) on my high priority list. This movie is a feature length spin-off of the "Darah" short film that was originally part of the horror anthology entitled "Takut: Faces of Fear" (2008). I wasn't particularly fond of the short film. It had some good violence but the protagonists irritated me a bit too much (especially their moronic decision-making). Obviously, I put off watching the spin-off for months. Another factor is that I'm still timid with regards to Indonesian horror films due to the scarce number of online reviews and ratings that make the selection process analogous to walking in a mine field. There's really no way to predict whether you're in for an instant classic like "The Forbidden Door" (2009), a cool flick like "Kuntilanak" (2006), or a total turd bomb like "Hantu Perawan Jeruk Purut" (2008).I finally ended up watching "Macabre" tonight and I must say that it was more entertaining than I thought it would be. Within the opening five minutes I already felt at ease once I saw the lovely Julie Estelle grace the screen. Even when she's in a bad movie like "Kuntilanak 2" (2007) she still makes it somewhat watchable, so her unexpected presence automatically raises my rating of this film by 1 or 2 points. Now, fans of Julie's ghost movies are in for a shocking experience when watching "Macabre" because her role here demands a much more physical, emotional performance. She pulls it off very well and this is likely the best performance of her young career.The plot is basic and involves a group of friends who help a young woman by giving her a ride to her home. Things get nasty when her family turns out to be homicidal maniacs. In this sense "Macabre" follows a similar route taken by films such as "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974) and "House of 1000 Corpses" (2003). There's nothing new here, but in this genre it's the execution that counts and in this film there's a healthy dose of gritty, nasty, bloody violence and gore to keep most horror fans satisfied. It doesn't reach the glorious blood overload of "Inside" (2007) (one of my top 10 favorite horror films of the decade), but it holds its own. After the brief setup this is a non-stop mix of suspense and bloodshed. A few of the death scenes are certainly memorable and will help "Macabre" to carve out it's own little identity in the genre.One major problem that I have with loony, murderous family movies is obnoxious antagonists. Just because you're a ruthless, sick family unit doesn't mean that you have to yap your mouths all the time and act like juvenile lunatics. (One of the reasons why I'm not a huge fan of Rob Zombie's movies.) I much prefer the quiet, intelligent, menacing killers who calculate and go about their business with a twisted calmness. You know, the seemingly normal folk that are serving you tea and biscuits one minute and then slicing you in half with a chainsaw the next minute. In "Macabre" that's exactly what they are, and in some ways those quieter qualities help to muffle the bad decision-making that frequently creeps its head in movies such as this. What I mean by this is that the intelligent antagonists quickly handicap the protagonists, which limits their options and creates an entirely realistic scenario. The filmmakers loosen the reigns later on though and eventually the sense of realism recedes until you're left with some unrealistic elements. There are a few bone-headed decisions, but not enough to significantly detract from the positives. In addition, some of these characters take an incredible amount of brutality without kicking the bucket. On the positive side this provides for some long-lasting showdowns as well as some sweet death scenes."Macabre" is definitely worth seeking out, and would make a great Indonesian horror triple feature with "The Forbidden Door" (2009) and "Kuntilanak" (2006). Actually, you can add "The Raid" (2011) and "The Raid 2" (2014) as well to mix up the evening with some fantastic martial arts action.