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    Nails

    Time for some Russian horror surrealism...



    "Nails" is a stunningly graphic tale of the descent into madness of a lost and haunted soul. The debut film of director Andrey Iskanov ("Visions of Suffering", "Philosophy of a Knife") this Russian horror gem takes you on a halting journey of paranoid depravity.

    Set among the grey concrete apartment buildings of a rundown and soulless town in Eastern Siberia, a mentally tortured assassin for the Russian government becomes disenchanted with life as a killer. He retires to his seedy apartment and, hearing voices in his head, he decides to experiment with "trepanation". By drilling holes in his skull, he hopes to be able to see beyond the veil of everyday reality, a reality he can no longer endure.

    With each nail he drives into his skull, he gets ever closer to the demons on the other side. What awaits him is pure insanity and has awful consequences for himself and those around him.











    Available on DVD and no doubt you'll be able to find it some where online although for a change I don't think its available on CG.

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    Although not my first Russian film (that belongs to the kickass Viy) this was a movie I was dying to see just from the concept of a movie about a man hammering nails into his own skull sounded fantastic. I had no idea what I was instore for was beyond a horror movie but more along the lines of a surrealistic nightmare.

    The movie starts off in black and white showing how mundane and basically lifeless the main characters world is. Although he hears nothing but god awful sounds and noises in his head and after reading an article about a mean who put nails and screws into his own skull he attempts the same to relieve himself of the pressure and pain. After the first nail the movie becomes very vibrate with colors, and we watch as the character is almost seeing his world for the first time.

    The movie can be looked at as almost a metaphor for drug addiction (atleast thats how I saw it) the further he moves along through the movie he is driven to constantly drive more nails into his brain and when that is not enough he moves onto drilling. Which really opens his eyes and allows him to see the "souless" ones, demons of sorts.

    We get to watch a character basically deal with addiction thinking the nails help him to get rid of the noise he hears and the pain in his head, with that we also get to watch him slowly descend into madness as his eyes are opened with each step he takes to go to the next level.

    Andrey Iskanov uses every tool at his disposal to create this nightmarish world, using various colors and amount of light. The movie also has a very unique sound to it, as its not just typical ambient noise and a soundtrack everything is given a unique sound, even when he is trying to find something to eat. The food is given a very squishy and disgusting sound to match the look of it. Often times the movie takes on the the old look of LSD/psychedelic movies from the 60's as it almost looks like we are experiencing a drug trip.

    All in all a great movie and a recommended one. The effects may not be up to par with certain peoples expectations but they are good for a movie that was made for less than $1000.

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    I've been meaning to check this out ever since I started to get excited about Philosophy of a Knife
    Always seen this movie in shops, but never bothered.

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    Well maybe you should wait just a bit longer since Andrey said himself if you start off with any of his movies you should start with Philosophy of Knife.

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    Ah, I see. Well, I can do that. I seem to be having a hard time watching movies nowadays anyway
    But I did watch Viva La Muerte yesterday.

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    Tit. Glad to hear your thoughts on it. Been curious about that movie since I first heard about it, but to busy slacking off to order it.

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    I loved Nails. When you concider he made it for 2 hundred dollars it's even more impressive.

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    I didn't know it was that cheap. I knew it was only made for few hundred but not an exact number. 200 bucks...Damn. Looks like the prop for the brain drill/brain removal scene would have cost that in itself.

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    Been wondering about this as well as Visions of Suffering for a while now but haven't gotten around to checking them out.

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    The screens and description makes this look great. I'm a huge fan of surrealistic feeling films so I will probably love this one. And for $200 dollars? That is just insane. It doesn't get much cheaper than that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snuggle View Post
    The screens and description makes this look great. I'm a huge fan of surrealistic feeling films so I will probably love this one. And for $200 dollars? That is just insane. It doesn't get much cheaper than that.
    I definitely recommend checking this out and Visions of Suffering (I'll make a post on that later on) and remember the name Andrey Iskanov. I have a feeling once Philosophy of a Knife comes out and the recent travesty that has fallen upon him becomes more known, he is going to blow up huge.

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    This movie was total greatness...I loved everything about it..saw all three of his movies now....hoping to see more of Andrey Iskanov work in the near future..Visions Of Suffering was very intense for my ..head..I needed to take a break after to get some air....very mind stimulating

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    bump....

    Pulling up some UG films that are gore~geous...check 'em out.

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    I got to watch this a few months back. I really did enjoy it. The person watching it with me normally hates movies with odd cut and strange storytelling but they even got into it. It was a really pretty movie.

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    This sounds bloody awesome, thanks for bumping it wooden

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    This looks like shit.
    Someone above used it in the same breath as Philosophy Of A Knife and that was the worst film I've ever sat through.
    I'll pass

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fulcento View Post
    Someone above used it in the same breath as Philosophy Of A Knife and that was the worst film I've ever sat through.
    I've been wanting to watch Philosophy of a Knife. Now I don't know if I should watch either of these movies.

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    Iskanov is not for everyone. Very artsy with his horror and visuals (which I do enjoy). Philosophy of a Knife is a fucking marathon, it's long and draining and it leaves you beat to death. I watched it once when I bought it and probably won't be watching again anytime soon. Nails and Visions of Suffering are nothing like POAK. I am anxiously anticipating his new film "Ingression".

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    Quote Originally Posted by WickedNik View Post
    I've been wanting to watch Philosophy of a Knife. Now I don't know if I should watch either of these movies.
    Depends, if you think you'd enjoy 4 hours of snow falling from every conceivable angle, close ups of needles and test tubes presented in a contrived avant garde fashion while experimental noise splits your eardrums then go for it. If, on the other hand, you're not completely tapped in the head then avoid it at all costs. It's a confused, pretentious arthouse wannabe although I would highly recommend it if you suffer from insomnia. Pop this on and you'll be out like a light within minutes.

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    Visions of Suffering, although brilliant, is very draining. I needed to get some air after seeing this visual treat. I only watched it once. Nails & POAK are also fantastic. Looking forward to Ingression and The Profane Exhibit immensely.

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    Hell yeah man!! The Profane Exhibit is gonna be the shit!

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