| Snuff-Movie | |
| Director: | Bernard Rose |
| Producer: | Lisa Enos Donald Kushner Pierre Spengler Brad Wyman |
| Starring: | Jeroen Krabbé Hugo Myatt Lisa Enos Teri Harrison Alastair Mackenzie Lyndsey Marshal |
| Music: | Matthew Schultz |
| Cinematography: | Bernard Rose |
| Editing: | David Gamble |
| Studio: | Capitol Films |
| Distributor: | Lionsgate |
| Runtime: | 92 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
Snuff-Movie is a 2005 gothic horror film written and directed by British director Bernard Rose.
It stars Jeroen Krabbé as horror filmmaker Boris Arkadin, whose pregnant wife Mary was supposedly brutally murdered by a Manson-like gang of hippy psychopaths during the 1960s. An eccentric recluse, Boris makes a comeback when he invites some actors to a large mansion in the English countryside to 'audition' for his new film. Unknown to most of them they are being filmed by hidden cameras linked to a snuff website.
Though set in London, the movie was filmed in Romania, on a budget of £6 million.
Philip French in The Observer wrote, "the movie is no fun, makes little sense and takes itself rather seriously".[1] Empire called it a "lurid, DV-shot sleazefest... Disturbing and distasteful, and not in a good way".[2] Derek Elley wrote in Variety, "Dialogue is cheesy in an unfunny way, plotting is unbelievable, even on a genre level, and performances are worthy of summer stock."[3] The Guardian called it "preposterous".[4] Time Outs reviewer wrote, "If there’s some fun to be had it’s in its frenzied plagiarism. It certainly fails as a thriller".[5]
ScreenDaily was more positive: "a deliciously Machiavellian horror movie which has cult hit written all over it".[6]