JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Connianatu How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Billy_Crash Four men want to bust out of jail – with the help of a little black magic.French horrors have been quite riveting the fast five or so years. Although this movie may not fit in with the disturbing MARTYRS and INSIDE, this fantasy delivers a quality story with a wonderful group of eclectic characters.Alexandre Charlot and Franck Magnier bring together a tight script with idiosyncratic characters to keep the audience on their toes. Stylishly directed by Eric Valett, with exceptional cinematography by Jean-Marc Bouzou (who makes us all feel like we're the fifth prisoner), we are taken on an intriguing ride. And it's such a great trip we forget that the movie is four talking heads in a French jail cell.This fast-paced mystery is sure to attract more fans around the globe with its ensnaring tone, excellent dialogue and stellar cast.

fedor8 In a French prison cell a sociopathic transsexual with very large breast implants cuts off his insane lover's fingers, one by one, whenever his lover wishes to spend some time in the prison's infirmary. His lover, a giggling mentally-challenged masochistic mess, had been raised in a pig-sty, and when he had escaped from it the first thing he saw was his little sister, whom he then proceeded to cannibalize. The transsexual occasionally "breast-feeds" this loon. The third celly is an old, quiet, well-educated geezer who killed his wife "during two minutes of dementia", and who blames books for the murder. The old man allegedly isn't gay, but he occasionally requires the sociopath to sodomize him, simply because "it means I make choices which means I have freedom".You get the picture.Yes, this is very much a French movie. No opportunity is missed to wallow in perversion, debauchery, sexual violence, degradation and gore, that's how movies are made over there, especially in recent years. What is it with the French psyche that makes them so over-the-top nuts? Their cinema has become the no.1 world leader in perversion and sadism, even Japanese films can't compare, and if you think this is a coincidence, think again. Two words: French Revolution.The scene of the retarded kid eating his little sister is strangely absent from the movie, but don't think it's because the director thought it was too tasteless. Most likely the reason was so all the events stay within the prison walls. Otherwise we would have doubtlessly been forced to watch that, too, in all its full big-screen "glory".While the movie is well-acted and interesting, the first half has to be somewhat endured rather than enjoyed. Watching old men getting nailed by a muscular transsexual with large droopy boobs is not my cup of tea by any means, so it's almost a relief when the movie finally moves into horror-movie territory. The last half hour is a marked improvement over the preceding events, turning this into quite an original horror flick.And yet I believe there was potential for a much better movie. If only a competent, level-headed American or British director had tackled this script. (I am not implying this director is incompetent, but merely French.) That could have resulted in a brilliant horror film, without all the unnecessary "French perversion baggage".

Indyrod Watched this French horror film last night and pretty much liked it. The whole movie takes place in a prison cell with basically three prisoners who find a hand written journal in a wall from a serial killer that had escaped the prison 20 years earlier, somehow without leaving his cell. As they look through the diary, they discover it delves into the black arts and commands that might be their way out of the cell and to freedom. What they find out, is something completely different, and horrifying to say the least. I like low-budget horror films, that deliver the goods in a fairly quality way, and tell a good story. This movie does just that, despite taking a while to get going. The result and the horror they unleash is very interesting to me, and I enjoyed the ride. Not a lot of gore, but that wouldn't fit the story, although the gore it has is pretty good.

pmdawn Now this is what I'd call a good horror. With occult/supernatural undertones, this nice low-budget French movie caught my attention from the very first scene. This proves you don't need wild FX or lots of gore to make an effective horror movie.The plot revolves around 4 cellmates in a prison, and each of these characters (and their motives) become gradually more interesting, as the movie builds up tension to the finale. Most of the action we see through the eyes of Carrere, who has just entered prison and has to get used to living with these 3 other inmates.I won't say much because this movie really deserves to be more widely seen. There a few flaws though: the FX are not that good, but they're used effectively; the plot leaves some mysteries open; and things get very confusing towards the end, but Malefique redeems itself by the time it's over.I thought his was a very good movie, 8/10