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Heather (Lindsay Smith) and Steven (Ryan Kotack) are just having the
most romantic of weekends together ... when they are gassed in their own
car, and when they come to, they find themselves in a basement with no
apparent way to escape, a basement that besides them only contains a
telephon and numerous suitcases with number locks. Eventually, they
receive a phonecall from the very man who holds them prisoner (voiced by
Henry Rollins), someone they don't know, and who doesn't claim to know
them ... he just wants to torture them. Oh, he doesn't do any first-hand
physical harm to them, mind you, he just insists they behave as well as
can be (whatever that may mean) and he always seems to be informed about
all their actions, and even the fact that Heather's pregnant. Thing is, he
doesn't necessarily feed them, but has them fulfill little tasks (like
hitting one another) in order to get the code to yet another suitcase -
which might contain regular food, but at times also a dead rat, a handgun,
ammunition and whatnot. This way he drives them to despair, to a point
where he tests if they are broken enough yet to kill one another or
themselves - and Heather's miscarriage might just be that breaking point
... In the House of Flies is a very mean film - but in
the best possible way: It's not that the film is very explicit in its
depiction of violence (as a matter of fact it shies away from quite a few
gruesome images - to make them a lot worse in your imagination) but
because of the cruel situations it exposes its main characters to - all of
which is carried by two great central performances that show the
characters in states of increasing decay (also helped by the makeup
department of course), and a directorial effort that really succeeds to
get the most out of the very limited sets and does very well in the pacing
department. Plus, the movie's script makes a point of not explaining
everything away but instead letting the suspense build, which is a welcome
deviation from the usual route. That said, the film is certainly not for
everyone, it's deeply unsettling (and intentionally so) and will probably
leave you with a nightmare or two ... but after all, that's what good
horror's about!
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