The Hunt

When it comes to grim horror films, no one beats the French. Unfortunately in recent times French Horror has hit a bit of a dry patch, so you could imagine my excitement when I realized that The Hunt was being released and it was in fact from France!

Being a lower budget film you can guess the flaws the film would have. Some of the camera work isn't up to scratch with a lot of the more widely known French Horror movies. It actually reminded of the terrible "Lady Blood" but thankfully this movie actually demonstrated that even low budget film makers can make a worthwhile movie.

It is a movie that doesn't rely on a solid storyline, but a grim and tense atmosphere. I thought the setting of the woods was very beautiful and haunting at the same time and you could sense the danger around every corner. Our main character didn't really have any charm to him, so it didn't matter whether he survived or not, which can ultimately hurt a film, but once again, the movie didn't rely on that.

What is manages to do is keep you in its suspense. By the end of the film you will be left thinking that something is missing, but this director has all the right things to make him a bigger player in the French Horror world. It has the brutality and nastiness to it that is evidence that this director realizes that French Horror is the leading force in World Cinema and that he wasn't going to steer away from that.

So to summarize, the movie has its flaws, but it is a worthy addition to the ever growing French Horror scene! If you can excuse some of the budget problems, you will get yet another nasty French experience.