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Directors François Descraques and Guillaume Lubrano present a bilingual anthology featuring all manner of nasty things that’s just as fun as the classic portmanteau movies of the Amicus years.
A surprise delivery for a mum turns out to be a rather scary-looking doll. One that won’t let her leave, but she attempts to placate it and stop it harming her sleeping child with some creepy tales.
The stories vary from whimsical to downright terrifying and cover almost every horror trope from ghouls, ghosts, zombies, and more. Some of the highlights include paintings that eat people, a corpse waking in the morgue and literally dropping his guts before becoming a Darkman-type avenger, and a ‘jinn’ spirit keeping a woman awake at night.
You certainly won’t be able to tell that it’s all recycled from what was originally a French TV series. People with pediophobia (doll phobias) should probably avoid the wraparound and second story, but in general, the stories are of the kind horror fans love: atmospheric and with enough humour to make them re-watchable. One of the longer segments is also the most serious, but it’s packed with genuine scares and manages to get firmly under the skin. It’s always great to see Dominique Pinon on screen as well, and he’s a scream in the story of a farmer who believes aliens have made him the chosen one.
