The Loved Ones (2009)
Genre: Horror
Duration: 84 minuten
Country:
Australia
Directed by: Sean Byrne
Stars: Xavier Samuel, Jessica McNamee and Richard Wilson
IMDb score:
6,6 (47.053)
Releasedate: 13 September 2009
The Loved Ones plot
"Don't break her heart"
Brent is a 17-year-old college student who is still grieving the loss of his father. He is invited to the prom by the quietest girl in the whole school, Lola. But Brent refuses and he is kidnapped by Lola and her father. He will have to fight to survive the macabre surprise that Lola and her father have in store for him.
Actors and actresses
Brent Mitchell
Lola "Princess" Stone
Daddy Stone
Jamie
Holly
Mia
Paul
Carla
Judith
Bright Eyes
Reviews & comments
Collins
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- 7282 messages
- 4306 votes
Pretty fun, this Australian horror.
Although story bends and events sometimes seem a bit improbable, the film still has an oppressive and uncomfortable effect. And, because the focus in the story is very much on the characters, they are mainly responsible for evoking those feelings. Without empathy, no oppression and discomfort.
Since the skeptical gaze is certainly triggered at certain events, but also disappears surprisingly quickly to focus on all kinds of repulsive scenes again, the acting performances are believable and good and empathy is apparently the order of the day. Good thing, too.
A crazy plot calls for crazy characters. So there are. Father and daughter take the cake from a psychopathic point of view. Their degree of madness subtly and incrementally becomes clearer and more terrifying in each successive scene. They are haunting scenes. They are horrific scenes. Much is suggestive, but the shocking impact is no less intense than is the case with explicit horror. Father and daughter are scary.
The other characters are especially strangely phlegmatic. Initially, this behavior evokes aloofness and impassiveness. In the course of time, other emotions seep through these outer shields more emphatically. Anger, fear, pleasure and frustration are increasingly visible under the skin. And so the viewer's empathic ability goes to work unnoticed.
It has been filmed nicely. Few side issues besides the central issues. No major effects, little distracting theater or other spectacular fireworks. Sober is effective.
The score is nice.
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IH88
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- 9725 messages
- 3182 votes
“Bring the hammer, Daddy.”
Wonderful horror movie. The Loved Ones is pulpy, and you have to love that strange and absurd atmosphere. But I had a great time. Nice and bloody and exciting, but also with the well-known teenage problems.
Sean Byrne's directing is strong, and he manages to deliver an effective and impressive film with few resources. With strong camera work and acting. Especially McLeavy as a timid girl, who slowly turns into a mad and murderous femme fatale, is fantastic. But all the other actors are also doing very well. The Loved Ones shows that you don't need much to deliver a chilling horror film.
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Alathir
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- 2125 messages
- 1635 votes
In terms of background, it is of course very vague and the premise is quite simply worked out. Still, I think the film doesn't really need this and you can see that in the scores. The tortures are quite psychopathic, almost incestuous, cannibalistic, brutal, raw, gruesome. I think the comparisons with Saw are very warped, Saw has a completely different concept. Hostel certainly belongs to the torture genre but is also significantly different in atmosphere and cinematically. No, I think this movie stands alone. Australia shows once again that they can make top horror.
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