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Reality Can Be Sicker Than Nightmares
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Sitges ’09: My Sitges Story—Part 8
(From Fangoria. 14 October 2009, 2:37 PM, PDT)
Fangoria to be celebrated at Spain’s Sitges film fest
(From Fangoria. 24 September 2009, 9:52 PM, PDT)
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(Credited cast) | Nuot Arquint | ... | Mortis |
 | Ottaviano Blitch | ... | Fred |
| Gianpiero Cognoli | ... | Avventore |
 | Chris Coppola | ... | Buck |
| Emilio De Marchi | ... | Doctor |
 | Jake Muxworthy | ... | David |
 | Matt Patresi | ... | US sergeant / lieutenant |
| Karina Testa | ... | Angeline |
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Beautifully shooted and really well made, Shadow was one of the more ambitious and interesting films showed at Frightfest in London.
A young soldier returning from Iraq(Jake Muxworhy), goes on a mountain bike adventure, then he meets a beautiful girl (Karina Testa the intense french actress of Frontiere's) but as they meet a pair of nasty and cocky hunters, a crazy and breath-taking chase takes place.
They'll find themselves in a foggy and creepy forest hunted by a more dangerous and malevolent enemy, played by the incredible and buzz-building Nuot Arquint, who's gonna drive you into a crazy escalation of horrors, from torturing them with gory and gruesome scenes (reminding a bit to the recent Torture porn style), to an unbelievable sequence of toad-licking!!! YES, not kidding,this guy will freak you out.
The film was labeled as "The renaissance of Italian horror", and it's easy to see why. Shades of Argento, Bava and Deodato are clearly part of Shadow's building,even though the director Federico Zampaglione proves a strong personality and he definitely has an eye for striking and shocking imagery.
The photography is excellent and the production design looks remarkable. Good acting by all the actors involved with a special mention, like i said, for the stunning "baddie" Mortis (Nuot Arquint) which is without any doubt, one of the scariest and truly disturbing figure of villain ever seen on a screen.
The ending was heavily debated by the folks, someone hated it, someone else (including me) loved it. I don't want to reveal too much but i can tell there's a topic twist at the very end, which opens to a different level of fear, making clear the tag line "reality can be sicker than nightmares"
Intense and potent example of Italian horror by new generations! loved it