Hidden in the Woods – It manages to both suck and blow

Hidden in the woods opened Frightfest for me. I suppose it is notable for that. It is also notable to me that Patricio Valladares’s film may well be the ugliest, most stupid film I have ever had the displeasure to see. It truly is an abhorrent film of no charm, wit, intelligence or talent. It is certainly the film deserving of least plaudits of any I can recently recall. What more can I say? It’s a foul ode to misogyny without thinking itself to be. It’s utterly humourless without thinking itself to be. It looks like shit while making the mistake to think it’s intensely stylised. It’s translated by someone who does not know English or punctuation. Its violence is not only leering and salacious but also laughably executed. The director said after the film that the Chilean government now hate him. He seems to think this being because he has made such a controversial, uncompromising film. It’s not. It’s because they clearly have more than one iota of taste.

A heinous bastard