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Ep 71 - CALVAIRE (aka THE ORDEAL) (2004): HOLIDAY HORROR WITH AN ACCENT!!!
CALVAIRE (aka THE ORDEAL) (2004) d. Fabrice du Welz (Belgium)
After his car breaks down en route to the next holiday gig, low-rent crooner Marc Stevens (Laurent Lucas) stumbles into a backwards backwoods community devoid of women. Taking shelter at a nearby inn, he soon finds himself captive in a nightmarish scenario that manages to surprise and unnerve without resorting to eviscerations.
This genre offering from Belgium, which arrived on the cusp of the new "French Extreme" movement of the early 2000s, presents a few novel twists on the well-worn "travelers off the beaten path" trope. Kudos…
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