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1. 2002. Gaspar Noe's "Irreversible" would not strictly fall under the heading "horror". However I include it here because it contains two horrifically unsettling scenes that would rival any horror that you could think of. The film's events are shown in reverse. Which effect was used in an attempt to make the viewer feel uneasy?
2. 2004. Pascal Laugier is quickly becoming a name synonymous with the French horror genre. His feature length debut was originally given the title "Saint Ange". It concerns a young woman who has been tasked with cleaning up an abandoned orphanage who begins to hear strange noises and the sounds of children talking, leading her to believe that the house is haunted. What was the English language title it was given upon its international release?
3. 2006. "Ils" (released in the UK as "Them") is a French/Romanian movie centering on Lucas and Clementine, a French couple who have recently moved to a remote house in the Romanian countryside. They realise just how remote the house is when their peaceful life is shattered one night when their house is invaded by a gang of hooded thugs. The thugs are identified as a group of 10-15 year old children who are arrested at the end of the movie. What reason do they give for terrorising the couple that highlights their young age?
4. 2007. The streets of Paris are mobbed with rioters following a particularly unpopular political election. A group of young thieves cash in on the madness by pulling off a lucrative heist, which goes awry when one of their number is badly injured and they gun down a policeman. They flee the city, taking refuge in a countryside inn that, unfortunately for them, is owned by a family of Neo-Nazi murderous psychopaths. What is the title of this movie?
5. 2007. If you fancy watching something extremely disturbing then "Inside" is the film for you. The film follows a seriously deranged woman who infiltrates the house of the heavily pregnant Sara. Sara is due to have her baby delivered the following morning but it is going to be a long night as it quickly becomes clear that the mysterious intruder intends to steal the unborn child by any means necessary. Which two actresses were lauded for their performances in the starring roles?
6. 2008. Pascal Laugier returned with a film that almost rivalled "Inside" for its disturbing content. Laugier's second feature tells the story of a girl called Lucie and her friend, who pay a visit to a family that Lucie believes were responsible for kidnapping and torturing her when she was a child. What follows is a completely mental hour and a half of murders, suicide, buckets and buckets of blood and a secret society carrying out human experiments to unlock the secret of the afterlife. What is the name of this controversial movie?
7. 2009. Next up we head to a derelict apartment block where a group of police officers have infiltrated the hideout of a criminal gang intent on getting revenge for their murdered brother. However, the good guys are forced to team up with the bad guys when out of nowhere the zombie apocalypse rains down upon them. What is the title of this movie?
8. 2009. "5150 Rue Des Ormes" (released in the UK as "5150 Elms Way") is an excellent Canadian, French language psychological thriller. The film's protagonist makes a grisly discovery at the house of the Beaulieu family and is subsequently kidnapped and locked up in a room by the man of the house, the deranged Jack Beaulieu. Beaulieu tells him that the only way he will ever be allowed to go free is if Yannick manages to beat him at what game?
9. 2010. Written by Patrick Senecal, who also brought us "5150 Elms Way", is a revenge thriller called "7 Days". After his daughter is brutally murdered, a father takes the law into his own hands by breaking the killer out of prison and taking him to a secluded holiday cabin where he subjects him to a period of sustained torture. The movie poses the age old moral question of "do two wrongs make a right"? Complete the tag-line for the movie: "Justice is blind. So is ______."
10. 2011. Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury ("Inside") returned with the film "Livid", which follows young carer, Lucy, who takes a job looking after Mrs Jessel, a coma patient, who lives in a large, derelict house. Lucy learns that an unidentified treasure lies somewhere within the house and, along with some friends, decides to search for it. It emerges that Mrs Jessel was not living entirely alone when they stumble upon the body of Mrs Jessel's daughter, Anna. When it becomes clear that Anna is not exactly dead, what item which is readily available in France would have been of use to Lucy and her friends?
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