Jan 05, 2023loella rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The Vanishing focuses on two men, Rex (Gene Bervoets), the new husband of Saskia (Johanna ter Steege, marvelously juicy in her screen debut), and Raymond Lemorne (Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu). The latter abducts Saskia while she and Rex have…
Dec 02, 2022hesselugano rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Way better than the Hollywood version starring Jeff Bridges. An interesting psychological plot that explores the scope and the limitations of free will.
Aug 16, 2021akirakato rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Claustrophobic nightmare. When I watched it for the first time, the last dark scene made me really really profoundly get scared, but for the second time, It turns out extremely ridiculous because it's the original novelist's fantasy.…
Nov 04, 2015Joezinho82 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
You should watch this! This movie delves into the pain a man endures after the love of his life is kidnapped and has vanished. The pain and uncertainty that the loved ones of those who have disappeared (kidnapped) feel can never be…
i remember seeing this film at the Bytowne and at the time thinking, ok, this wasn't bad, but God, it could have stood to loose about an hour of time... It is unfortunate that people who like to think they're better than everyone else and…
Mar 28, 2015Elfarran rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
The movie is something of a story that would happen in an actual neighborhood with a neighbor you can actually know but not know what he is capable of because his appearance of a family man never sends any signals of danger.
This is a…
Oct 24, 2014A_Falkov rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Forget the American re-make that was content to let a successful concept do the heavy-lifting at the expense of the art; frisson & tension that had zapped a chilly life into this Scandinavian original. Like ''Hard Candy'', once you've…
Aug 14, 2013i_am rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Based on the novella 'The Golden Egg' written by Dutch author Tim Krabbé, the award winning film 'Spoorloos' (The Vanishing) is a deeply disturbing film about a young man whose wife mysteriously disappears at a rest stop during a pleasure…
Mar 25, 2013Ron@Ottawa rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is a low-budget, but intelligent, horror film about a psychopath who lives the life of an ordinary family man but also commits hideous crimes. No gore and no blood letting seen here, but the horror depicted is very disturbing. Great…
Oct 12, 2010kcousins rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is a suspense film, but I also think it's fair to say it is a horror film, though it contains no overt violence.
I generally find most horror or suspense films predictable. This film is so effective at evoking unexpected emotional…
Feb 12, 2010bemficaa rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent movie, but also one of the most disturbing I've ever seen. The american remake has a different ending, to soften it a bit (it also looses a lot for it...). Interestingly enough, the director of the original dutch movie is also…
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