Directed by:
John V. SotoScreenplay:
John V. SotoCinematography:
Stephen F. WindonCast:
Michael Dorman, Trilby Glover, Tahyna MacManus, Jane Badler, Jessica Marais, Travis Fimmel, Ben Mendelsohn, John Jarratt, Khan Chittenden, Murray Bartlett (more)VOD (1)
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Following a bitter legal battle over his late father's belongings, archaeology student Ben Rutherford comes into possession of a strange 18th century mechanical device known as "Le Vaudo Mort". Later that night, after a party at his university campus, Ben flaunts the machine in front of a group of friends. However, when it disappears from his room the next morning, things take a sinister turn when he finds out that the device may have deadly supernatural powers. One by one, Ben's friends begin to die under strange and horrific circumstances. Now he must reunite with his estranged half-brother, Marcus, a forensic photographer, and delve deeper into their father's past to work out who is behind the grisly murders. As the terror mounts and the clues seem to suggest the unthinkable, a surprising twist reveals the true identity of the killer. (High Fliers Films)
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I’m not 100% sure that it’s good that Australia is getting attention again because of this film. But first I should explain what Needle is. It’s a teenage slasher, a sub-genre that is basically immune to originality, with an average of one interesting idea per decade (Halloween / A Nightmare on Elm Street / Scream / Final Destination), so I don’t mind much that it failed to surprise me in anything. What I do mind, and very much, is that it wasn’t fun, not even a little. I don’t quite understand who the creators are trying to appeal to, for me it was boring below-par, something we’ve seen many times over the years.
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The Australian horror movie Needle tries to be a different slasher with a different type of killing spree and is somewhat original in that respect. It features some nicely done special effects, even though it forgot to include an interesting climax to the story, so it does not work as a movie. The characters also do not work, and if this were simply about a series of deaths, it would have exactly the same effect.
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