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Why this movie sucks (spoilers)

posted 14 years ago by Londinieres
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Thats 90 minutes down the pan, so I may as well waste a few more:

So, the cops raid this illegal rave which moves around the catacombs every week - yet still has a permanent entrance via the street with an enormous queue.

The doorman of this club is Hugo who's opening line is "Sava?" and when he receives "je m'appelle Victoria" gives Victoria a "We only speak English round here..." line??
Anyrates, once Hugo has let in Carolyn and Victoria he appears to resign from door duty and gets drunk (in a private suite which happens to be next door to an illegal rave. That's right, the rave that "constantly moves around the catacombs").

So, the cops clear everyone out and lock up without a cursory glance to check no-one's on the floor, and leave anyone in there to perish.

Then we get Henri, the 1st of a number of people who prefer running up to people in the dark rather than call out with "'allo 'allo". I liked Henri, he had potential menace and was the spookiest part of the film. Unfortunaltely Henri didn't speak English (so how did he get into the club)?

Despite all this, the worst part belonged to Carolyn. Her plan was to invite her sister (who she doesn't like) 5000 miles to have a go at her about pills and skinny-dipping before giving her a nasty scare. And when that scare turns to tradegy, start laying into Victoria...???

I hope Henri got out!!

Pants!

[–] I_Guard_Tanelorn 14 years ago

Yes, in the end, Henri was the most interesting part of the story.

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[–] woohoocations 14 years ago

Many of these same things annoyed me too. But they did attempt to explain some of the things you brought up.

Where do you get the idea there was a permanent entrance? I got the impression they just gave people the location of the nearest entrance to the party. Plus, either way they had to follow a map to get to the actual location, so there's no indication it doesn't move around like they said it does. Although I don't know how many giant caverns there could possibly be.

What he says is "Ca va?" It just means "How are you?" Maybe he was just waiting for his girlfriend (Carolyn) rather than being the doorman? And I think the "private suite" was just a smaller unoccupied area nearby.

I agree there's no way the cops just leave her there. Not to mention all the other people running out - what, they just trample over her? And then when she wakes up she does the most annoying, stupid thing ever (besides her incessant screaming) and instead of following the path out, she turns around and goes back to where the party was despite the fact that it's clearly deserted. I was screaming in my head for her to just follow the trash. Stupid girl. Plus she wastes battery life by leaving the flashlight on when there are overhead lights.

I'm pretty sure Henri wasn't there for the party. If you'll notice, he leaves her and picks up bottles of wine, which he then gets drunk on. He seems to have been on a solo mission to find old bottles of wine.

And yes, I couldn't stand how people just run up behind Victoria rather than yelling to her. But at the end, Carolyn does say that they were screaming her name the whole time, so apparently Crazy Lady just hallucinated that they weren't yelling at her and were just chasing.

I knew right from the beginning that the only possible ending was that it was either a prank or a hallucination on Psycho's part.

[–] Londinieres 14 years ago

I must admit, I was waiting for a final twist at the end, perhaps one of the 4 french chaps not being dead afterall, just a bit chopped-up. As he's about to make his painful way home, the 'real' Catacomb monster would have made a cameo appearance before having him for supper.

As for Henri, he was definitely at the party, though I conceed that could have just been a vehicle for his endless search for old vinegary wine. And here's me thinking the French were fussy about that sort of thing...

[–] whitespirit26 12 years ago

"And then when she wakes up she does the most annoying, stupid thing ever (besides her incessant screaming) and instead of following the path out"

She did follow the path out, which led to the locked gate. As for the trampling thing? Yeah..some people in a panic WOULD just run past her.