Cold Sweat

People being used as guinea pigs is not something new. People doing it out of boredom has also been the subject of movies. Still while this does not give us much new things to root for (no pun intended), it is shot very well and the suspense is there.

Not the best but also not the worst horror movie. Due to its depicting of violence but also the theme I reckon, this was (and still is) banned in Germany in its uncut form. Some things are not easy to understand and make people only more curious to watch this. There was no reason for that, but there we go

First of all... the reviews here are all fake obviously. This movie sure looks nice and features some nice effects and slow motion sequences but thats it. I guess there was no script, they just went for it.

They had a creepy house and 2 basic ideas: " Hey, lets make the evil guys seniors with crutches" and "Nitroglyzerine is totally explosive and awesome, lets use that!" Thats it, there is no storyline. The movie starts with a guy and girl in a car, setting up some random story about a girlfriend captured through a guy from an internet chat and off it goes. They go into a creepy house, girl gets captured by evil seniors who lure in dumb internet-teenagers, guy is off to rescue her and his girlfriend.

The dialog is painfully dumb, luckily there is not too much of it although the movie consist of 90% nothing or nearly nothing happening in slow motion. Obviously the movie is heavily influenced by modern horror clichés and goes for some torture-cellar style way. But except for one ludicrous scene there is no real gore here, so its not the selling aspect. This is not a horror movie, its a comedy and I am sure of that because of these scenes: - Guy watches torture through a one-way window with a talk-back feature and gets freaked out when a senior listens back in to him so he has to be veeery quiet in one of the first ridiculous endless slow motion pseudo-suspense scenes of the movie. Its a senior by the way and those are known for their bat-sense listening powers as well as their calm hands (comes in handy later!).

• Guy sneaks into torture chamber and hides behind senior with crutches torturing his friend with boring questions. Obviously the senior is extremely dangerous because he has nitroglycerin and crutches... so the suspense is unbearable not just when he hides behind the senior but also when he has to remove a bottle of nitroglycerin from his girlfriend in slow motion.

• Guy finds his real girlfriend covered in nitroglycerin. Obviously she can't move and has to undress her drenched clothes very careful in slow motion with plenty of close ups and her friend watching with sweat dripping from his head.

• Senior with crutches chases them (in slow motion), girlfriend crawls faster and you wonder why she undressed in slow motion and doesn't explode now.

• If you think its laughable enough to have a crutched senior handling nitroglycerin and scaring everybody ... he also has a syringe with acid and he sprays it in slow motion. I have never been more terrified of a bad guy ever! - The guy who in many scenes has to handle nitroglycerin extremely cautious and slooooowly kills one bad guy by throwing a bottle of nitroglycerin at him... he THROWS nitroglycerin to make someone else explode... IN SLOW MOTION!!! There are scenes in here that are so ridiculous its hard to find words for it. I won't go into the pseudo-stories about some zombie slaves in the cellar or something about a secret service organization stealing dynamite crates or the random math questions they ask their victims. It makes no sense at all, nothing adds up. Those fragments are dropped in without any connection or sense and the movie ends as randomly and sudden as it began.

Its a shame they wasted the good slow motion cinematography and effects on this joke. If its a comedy I'd give it 4 points but as its obviously a horror movie 1 point is the sure way to go because the script, acting, dialog and music heavily counterbalance the good cinematography. There are many insanely idiotic horror movies out there like "Train", "Uninvited"... but in many decades of horror-stupidity "Sudor Frio" sure takes the cake.

Simply boring.

You may see lots of films like this one on a festival, but let me tell you all: big tits does not create a good movie (by fact they weren't so big, it's just a manner of say).

Actin: was very poor along the movie. Music/soundtrack: doesn't make you get into the scene. Camera motion: at least hire people with a bit of experience.

Again: TOTALLY BORING. It's not worth seeing it

I've not seen movies of this genre coming from those countries including what it takes to be more than low cost productions and this one is not helping to turn that away.

This film had a great idea. A plot with so many twists that it could actually have worked out right. But, the many ways dilemmas are resolved throughout the script are way beyond suspending judgment. And I find that boring, sad and hilarious. The film is very well done and has very good acting. The sets are amazing and photography, well, amazing.

There's a clear (more than clear, it's sometimes a copy) reference to many of Dario Argento's films. The super slow-motion, ultra-dramatic scenes are just one example. The way music is used is not only reminiscent of Argento, but with almost exactly the same choices of genres and styles. This could've been great in that time; today it really distracts the audience from the continuous and completely unjustified drama you watch.

The way the script (or later decisions) resorted to the "forgotten wild women" lair, is gratuitous and very, very funny, but it gets in the narrative so deeply that it is a pity to watch. Good entertainment, lots of blood, extremely well crafted gore, beautiful super-slo-mo and a creative torture made me give the film 6 stars. But films are about stories, and here, we have one that came out a bit uncooked and way over the top.

I came by to read the reviews after watching this movie and I'm surprised they're so negative! I didn't expect much of it after recently watching another Latin American horror movie, Somos lo que hay, which I found insufferably boring, but this one was really worth my while. The atmosphere is dark and gritty, the main characters are likable and believable, and I loved the soundtrack (I'll be looking it up on the internet now). It might not be a cinematic masterpiece but it's definitely more entertaining that your average cookie-cutter boring torture movie. I had a great time with this movie and I recommend it to anyone who wants to have a fun and tense evening with friends. There is some nudity on it and some gory moments, but it it more centered around the plot than around blood, boobs and guts.