YELLOWBRICKROAD
Alternate Title:
Yellow Brick Road
USA, 2010
Directors: Andy Mitton & Jesse Holland
7,5/10
At the 25 minute mark it gets pretty creepy as some old-fashioned 30s/40s music begins to fill the woods - the source is unknown.
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Alternate Title:
Yellow Brick Road
USA, 2010
Directors: Andy Mitton & Jesse Holland
7,5/10
Nope, this is not your average backwoods-slasher, and no, this has nothing to do with Elton John or the Wizard of Oz - "YellowBrickRoad" is in fact a pretty unique and immensely unsettling psychological horror-movie that impressed / disturbed me a lot.
The movie starts out as weird and slow but pretty atmospheric and eerie non-mockumentary version of "Blair Witch Project" - a few researchers and explorers try to find a mysterious mountain trail where the entire population of a small community disappeared in the 1940s
At the 25 minute mark it gets pretty creepy as some old-fashioned 30s/40s music begins to fill the woods - the source is unknown.
At the 40 minute mark it gets quite disturbing when one guy rips off the leg of his sister with his bare hands (shocking scene).
And at the 50 minute mark it gets completely scary and frightening, right until the end: the music gets louder and wilder, every single character loses his mind and becomes insane, the atmosphere is depressing, people kill each other or commit suicide - I was a wreck when the movie ended!
Kudos to the directors/writers Andy Mitton & Jesse Holland who created a fascinating and intriguing horror film with great camera work and an unbelievably haunting soundtrack. The acting is decent (especially the gorgeous Anessa Ramsey) and the characters are all believable.
Apart from the disappointing, absurd and pointless ending, I totally fell in love with "YellowBrickRoad"!
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Awesome. I've had it in my Netflix queue for a while now. Heard a lot of blah shit about it, which made me want to see it because I end up loving what most people find boring or horrible, lol. Will check it out soon.
ReplyDeleteAre you f**kin' kiddin' me?! I barely survived this horror wannabe trash of a movie. I thought it was one of the worst of 2011 along with The Woman and A Horrible Way to Die.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I overreacted a bit. :) LOL. I'll remain silent and accept your love for this one.
Did you check out my Cabin in the Woods review?
@Eric:
ReplyDeleteYeah, there are loads of bad reviews all over the Internet but I don't care, I had a 'great' time watching it.
@Neb:
Wannabe trash NOT! A disturbing little horror gem, but of course not as awesome as A Horrible Way To Die which I simply adore.
Sorry, hated both.
ReplyDeleteI thought A Horrible Way to Die was brilliant, as well.
ReplyDeleteYeah, this has been sitting in my queue unwatched for a while too. I'm still a little unsure about it, but we seem to be on the same page about most movies so when I get to it (it's kinda far down on the priority list right now...), hopefully I'll like it!
ReplyDelete@George:
ReplyDeleteNo need to apologize :)
@Eric:
Yes, it's brilliant indeed! Almost blew me away when I first saw it.
@Michele:
It's a love-it-or-hate-it movie, but I guess you will enjoy it.
sounds pretty intriguing. I think I can keep an eye for this one.
ReplyDelete@Kai:
ReplyDeleteGo, see it. Really excited what you think about it!