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I decided to buy it after a brief recall of seeing it when it was released originally. It is a very average horror film, the cast isnt bad certainly the best character will be that played by Andy Serkis who adds a wild edge to the role. But it ends up with the expected amount of gore in a 1918 war environment, the soldiers find themselves in a german trench and over time, one by one strange occurances seem to be driving the men mad and some unknown enemy seems to be taking matters into its own hands. One character Shakespere a young scared, 16 year old private seems to begin to understand whats really happening, but can he save anyone? One main problem is the film is quite annoyingly dark so being able to watch the film is more guess work and verbal at times, I certainly wouldnt loose sleep over this dvd.Read full review
1915. The Western Front. One million or more Allied and German troops face each other across the scarred, cratered plains of northern Europe, thick with mud and blood, the air fetid with the suffocating stench of death and gas. Hundreds of thousands of young men are already buried in this terrible wasteland; hundreds of thousands more will die here before the senseless slaughter ends. It is here that one young man, only 16, much like you or I, must face his deepest fear, that he will die a coward. Private Charles Shakespeare is convulsed with terror. Death is all about him, the bodies of his closest comrades carelessly shredded by machine-gun fire. He and the last few men of Y Company are utterly lost, deep in enemy territory. Their only shelter is an abandoned German trench, a claustrophobic maze of blind corners and underground tunnels, overflowing with war dead and infested with rats. Here, exhausted and terrified, they seek refuge, waiting to be rescued. But no-one will come to rescue them. And, one by one, the young men of Y Company begin to die. Others, driven quite mad, turn on each other. Yet what is this horror they face? Is the soil possessed by something even more terrible than the war that surrounds them, something ancient and unholy? Have centuries of bloodshed infected the very earth? Is the trench itself alive? In this cursed, lonely place, Private Charles Shakespeare must overcome a terror greater even than his own deepest fear, a terror beyond all human understanding...Read full review
Horror genre set in a world war one backdrop. This film does well considering it had a low budget. The acting defines each character well and the location and set design is realistic, basic and stark. I liked this film for instantly transporting me into the atmospheric and dark reality of ordinary men struggling to adapt as soldiers to the essentials of just surviving. Whilst their expectations of survival are at it's lowest ebb, in waiting for the Hun to counter attack. They are faced with an even greater enemy and from an unexpected quarter. It leaves the viewer wondering what that enemy might be and if raw terror can be overcome when ones survival is at stake.
Not the best horror film you will ever see and a lot shot in poor light conditions.You have to wait right till the end to get the point of the horror element.All very confusing. The embarrasing self abuse scene added nothing to the story.
I bought this film as I am a huge fan of Hans Matheson's work, and was pleased to see Laurence Fox was also in this film. I loved this film, it is set in WW1 but has a horror twist to it. Co-starring My Family's Kris Marshall and Jamie Bell, this cast is possibly the finest team of actors we have in the UK. Gory but not too gory, we see the story of the soldiers and how they all die one by one. Would recommend highly.
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