At the end, you feel they should have thrown out Rosemary's baby with the bath water.
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02/26/07
Sheitan (2006)
53 %
Reviews Counted: 17 Fresh: 9 Rotten:8 Average Rating: 5.2/10
Rated: 18
Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins
Theatrical Release: 23-02-2007
Synopsis: Vincent Cassel (LA HAINE) plays a psychotic groundskeeper who welcomes in the daughter of his employee after she has enjoyed a hard night of partying with her friends (whom she also brings along). After Cassel's character spooks the visitors with a tale about Satan things really get spooky as... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Roxane Mesquida, Olivier Bartelemy
Director: Kim Chapiron
Reviews
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If only Cassel had saved his performance for a collaboration with the League of Gentlemen.
02/26/07
Despite the air of brutish aggression and sexual predatoriness, little happens until gory retribution finally rears its head.
02/23/07
The film, shot in a demented, headlong style, seems to have no idea of its direction other than the shelf marked "cult".
02/23/07
As a grotesque parody of the hillbilly-terror genre, it has a real wit and energy.
02/23/07
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A contrived and very self-conscious genre piece of hardcore black-comedy horror in a 1970s vein.
02/23/07
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Has plenty of atmosphere but can't make up for unpleasant characters and a meandering story.
02/23/07
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Vincent Cassel is the overpowering presence here; his perma-grinning, unkempt Joseph is brilliantly unsettling.
02/23/07
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Despite some pretentious touches – a night-spot named Club Styxx, a guard dog called Cerberus – Satan doesn’t take itself too seriously.
02/22/07
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Entertaining and genuinely creepy at times this boasts strong performances from its French cast.
02/22/07
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Manages a playful sensibility, reveling in its repugnance and enjoying the heck out of its twisted ending.
03/16/07
Without being overtly graphic, this audaciously boorish and naughty film delivers the familial conspiracy of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with unnerving Deliverance-like hicks as slapstick riffs...
12/24/06
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