Need a Saw in the woods? Ahem. Film Brain reviews this French horror film that's pretty efficient case of revenge for horror fans, but hardly the cutting edge of originality.
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00:00It's a clear-cut case for revenge in the French horror thriller Schlitter, Evil in the Woods.
00:05As a boy, Lucas saw his abusive father kill his best friend Mathias with his car and cover it up.
00:11Now as an adult, Lucas returns to his childhood home after his parents die in a house fire,
00:16but Mathias' father wants to avenge his son's death.
00:19In case you're wondering, a Schlitt is a type of sled used for carrying wood,
00:23up to £500 worth according to this movie,
00:26so you don't want to be, say, strapped to the front of one or have it come directly down a hill at you,
00:31but it makes for an excellent death trap if you're a lumberjack.
00:34And Mathias' father constructs at least one elaborate booby trap that even Jigsaw would be proud of,
00:39which enlivens an otherwise fairly conventional horror film originally made for French television,
00:44and you can tell it was done on a fairly tight budget.
00:47Debut director Pierre Maché does show some flair for the genre,
00:50and like a lumberjack, he keeps things very workmanlike.
00:53It's lean and efficient at just 73 minutes and does exactly what it needs to and no more.