Language: Dutch Year: 1988
After Rex spends three years looking for his partner when she mysteriously disappears, he is contacted by the perpetrator who offers to reveal what happened.
What follows is a genuinely disturbing psychological thriller that builds to a terrific finale. Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu is great in the role of 'menacing nut-job' creating an unnatural balance between psycho and family man.
Based on the novel by Tim Krabbé and adapted for the screen by the author himself, this is a horror classic that doesn't resort to CGI or sudden jumps to create a deeply unsettling picture. A rare film to score 100% on rotten tomatoes this is a truly original horror.
Also, don't accidentally watch the 1993 remake. I'm reliably informed it's horrendous.
