In case I hadn't mentioned,
Little Otik (2000) full film is available to view for free on Youtube.com (in parts)
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9DAC66706DFAE2DF
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Originally Posted by Giganticface
Also, if we don't have at least one film from the New French Extremists in our list, at least as Honorable Mentions, I will have lost all faith... IMO it's an indication that personal taste is trumping the choosing of noteworthy happenings of the decade.
Inside
Martyrs
Haute Tension
Frontiers
Trouble Every Day
Ils
In My Skin
Irreversible
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While we're waiting on more input for #22, and while we're on the subject for one of these for HM, I did some research on all these films. From what I've read, "Inside" has a few steps on all the other films. Inside appears to be the one most considered for one of the best horror films of the decade, and completely representative of the new wave of French Horror, and highly rated by critics and audience. Also, I read there's various problems with the other films about making sense, at least within themselves, or otherwise having a worthwhile point. Inside reads as being rather straight forward (a crazy woman wants to steal a woman's unborn child).
Irreversible sounds the most interesting to me (shot in reverse chronological order). but I'm a bit apprehensive, as one reviewer wrote about the violent content leading to nothing more than 'nihilistic fate'. But that maybe inaccurate considering reading violent history in reverse doesn't equate with nihilism or fate.
My point being, High Tension reads as though it's basically about folks being killed by, and trying to evade, a psychotic killer; where the plot and characters are flat (& received 41% Critic RT Rating). Whereas Inside may be a better choice for us to support. (I'll be supporting Inside.)