Rabies
Ahron Keshales & Navot Paposhaddo, 2010, Israel, 90 min
Saskatchewan Theatrical Premiere, One Screening Only
Saturday, October 1 2011, 12 midnight, The Broadway Theatre
$10 (Admittance restricted to persons over 18)
Film contains foul language, sexuality and graphic violence
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Synopsis
A brother and sister in their twenties, run away from home after their dark secret is discovered. They find temporary refuge in a deserted nature reserve. When the sister falls into a hunting trap, set by a psychotic killer, the brother sets out in a race against time to rescue her. A forest ranger and his old dog, two apathetic cops, four tennis players and a murderer, wandering carefree amongst his traps, will all be gradually drawn into a whirlwind of misunderstandings, fears and violence.
Buzz
"Takes the standard stupid-kids-in-the-woods formula and inverts it to delicious, hilarious and extremely mean effect." - Salon.com
"All right, let me try to be a tad more concrete: you sit there watching Rabies, waiting for a serious weakness to reveal itself, but the editing, pacing, humor, compositional angles, direction of the performances, music, and so on--none of these elements disappoint. Rather, Rabies distinguishes itself as one of the most original and deeply horrific films in recent memory." - Twitch
"Rabies is another post-modern horror film which isn't shy of using outrageous black humour in order to break the moments of genuine tension, as well as providing buckets of gore too." - Quiet Earth
John's Opinion
Israel's first horror movie is a doozy. It comes at you as a standard slasher in the woods yet by the end of RABIES you will have witnessed a horror that takes the genre tropes and turns them on its head. I am sure there are are those who will be able to explain how RABIES reflects the religious and political unease of the region which it comes from yet I will tell you that the the way the film uses black humour and a slow escalation of violence is what drew me into the film. So many slasher movies try to put a new twist on the genre yet fairly few succeed. RABIES is the rare exception which does indeed offer something new.
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