Visions of Suffering (2006)
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Directed by: Andrey Iskanov
Starring: Alexander Shevchenko (Man in glasses), Andrey Iskanov (Priest), Alexandra Batrumova (Girlfriend), Svyatoslav Iliyasov (Beret man)
Country: Russia
Language: Russian (English subtitles)
Runtime: 02:06:01
Genres: Bizarre-Surreal, Gore-Gruesome-Splatter, Small Creatures, Violence against Women, Vampires, Drugs, Necrophilia
Plot – Spoilers:
Couple of guys are having some trouble with recurring nightmares that share a similar setting. One of them is on the verge of paranoia holed up in his apartment, while his girlfriend zones out in a fetish club. The other guy seems to be a priest having ideological differences with his faith. The priest also has fantasies/memories of the same club and other guy’s girlfriend.
Constructing a plot beyond this (if this was even correct) is left to the viewer’s imagination. Visions of Suffering like a lot of films in the genre is best experienced, rather than understood. From an effedup viewpoint, in addition to violence on the dance floor, there’s also a necro scene – though not sure if a vampire fucking a dead woman counts as necro.
Yay, many thanks for adding one of my requests admins:D A great fit for this site, imo, kinda surprised it wasn’t here already tbh. Iskanov’s other film, Nails, would be great too for down the road… Btw admins, thanks especially for having the foresight to have the Effedup watermark white this time instead of the usual yellow, which would’ve been an eyesore in a film like this w such drab colors;) I’ll start right out by saying if u like experimental films, then view this bc chances r you’ll enjoy it! For others tho, it might b hit or miss. Regarding the plot, from what I gather, our protagonist has nightmares when it rains, and upon further discussion with his friendly neighborhood phone repairman, learns vampires can use these visions of suffering (ha) as a kind of doorway to u, but only if u know about them. So by that token, the repairman just kinda fucked him over by telling him that, hence, now he is beginning to see the vampires. The overall message is less clear cut tho, at least to me. Perhaps to not go all Freud status trying to overthink and psychoanalyze ur own dreams, lest it lead to worse? Some good cgi effects generally, some looked very poor tho esp the screen overlays, sacred geometry trip-scenes, and title/credits (specifically reminded me of talentless screamerclauz cgi lol). It wasn’t horrible tho, esp considering this was an independent film, from ’06 at that. Same w the gore sfx,… Read more »
Not for me this one? didn’t get it at all I’m afraid
Terrible movie. badd
BVB always
love this one need more like it