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Atroz - Unearthed Films |
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Written by Richard Taylor
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Friday, 08 April 2016 |
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AKA:
Atrocious
Directed by: Lex Ortega
Written by: Lex Ortega, Sergio Tello
Produced by: Abigail Bonilla, Gabriel Castillo, Diego
Cohen, Luis Flores, José Antonio Hernández, Maria Morad,
Ricardo López
Cinematography by: Luis García
Editing by: Elena Morales, Lex Ortega, Mario Ivan Ponton
Special Effects by: Jaime Lopez, Alfredo Olguín
Cast: Lex Ortega, David Aboussafy, Laurette Flores,
Aleyda Gallardo, Dana Karvelas, Patricia Leih
Year: 2015
Country: Mexico
Language: Spanish
Color: Color
Runtime: 1h 19min
Studio: Grotesque, LSD Audio, rABYa Producciones
Distribution: Unearthed Films
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This Mexican shocker crept up on audiences from practically out
of nowhere, with legendary Cannibal Holocaust director
Ruggero Deodato having his name in the lime light as an
associate producer. Director Lex Ortega delivers the horror from
the streets of Mexico where the film states over 28,000 murders
go unsolved each year and another quote on how anyone can get
away with murder there. In the introduction of Atroz (Atrocious)
we get this very urban feel to the movie -- a great intro
showing the gritty streets and all the seedy characters
(derelicts, prostitutes and the regular people of society all
existing as one).
Unearthed Films
guru, Stephen Biro has an eye for sinister material and gets
only the best films on his roster. With this
indie horror production, there is
no exception. The sheer ferocity and merciless nature of Atroz beats you savagely over the head and
doesn’t let up. It’s fast paced, well edited and moves along
with the storyline in a break-neck pace. What’s more twisted is
director Lex Ortega taking the reins as the main character so
the man knew what he wanted out of this movie, what he was
aiming for in both direction and acting.
The storyline is well constructed and simple, but it works
effectively. A woman has been brutally struck down by a car and
the two drivers have been obtained by the police. The unorthodox
commander-in-chief decides to check out the assailant’s car for
himself and makes a gruesome discovery on a camcorder. The video
recorder features the relentless torture and murder of a
prostitute. The police decide to deal out some justice of their
own -- justice that would make even the criminals cringe -- by
interrogating their perpetrators, they discover more videotapes
exposing even more sexually deviant torture and murder.
Without giving much of the juiciness away I can honestly say
Atroz delivers the violence and gore tenfold, but does so in
a manner of such savagery, with these crazy first person
point-of-view camera shots and probably some of the most
uncomfortable scenes of anal violation ever put on celluloid.
Feces, incest, menstrual blood, gore, castration, sexual
mutilation, it’s all here and then some! This is an intense
experience which is solely told by gritty video camera footage
which frequently switches back to present time when the
criminals are questioned.
Where I question Atroz is not in its delivery but how
everything was caught on video camera. Even the main killer’s
fucked up childhood humiliation from his parents. Who in their
right mind films all this, all these fucked up scenes in their
life with a video camera? I had a hard time stomaching this but
it didn't lessen the experience for me.
Ortega has bludgeoned everyone over the head with Atroz.
No mercy is shown and I can honestly say this movie is one of
the most intense viewing experiences I've had in a while and not
soon to be forgotten. I hate comparisons but it’s easily up
there with the infamous big guns such as A Serbian Film
and American Guinea Pig: Bouquet of Guts and Gore. I
recommend every underground horror film enthusiast to seek this
out for their collection. Lex Ortega is a filmmaker to be
watched. Unearthed Films and Biro have got another winner on
their hands. Soon Unearthed Films will take over the world and
turn shit into solid horror gold.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 08 April 2016 )
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