Before I begin, I’ll just apologise for the lack of a podcast this week, it’s school holidays and various podcast members have plans. We’ve decided that it’s better if we don’t put one out this week rather than a podcast with only two members which would very likely, suck.
Now forgive me if i miss anything important during this review, seeing as i watched it during a brief spell of insomnia early one morning before school. Them is a low budget French horror film written and directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud in 2006 based on “true events”. The action takes place during over just a few hours when a young French couple who have recently moved to a rural part of Romania have their house broken into and are attacked by a group of hooded menaces.
This really is Horror cut back to the bone, no snazzy special effects or camera techniques, all the suspense comes from a combination of sound and lighting. It may be a dangerous thing to do, but I’m going out on a limb here; it’s a bit like Hitchcock, in both the way it’s filmed and the suspense that the audience feel. Them is also about performance, both leads are top notch and without the quality of acting from Olivia Bonamy and Michael Cohen the film wouldn’t be half as successful.
If you’re like me and own a sky movies subscription check ‘Them’ out over the next few weeks while it’s still around, otherwise this is well worth renting on DVD. If you get a chance a home theatre system is near essential because the sound, more than anything makes this film something special.
By James
