Just shy of maximum score because so much of it was so dark. Having said that I'm not sure I really wanted to see even more than I did of what was going on in this gruesome, gory French horror. A real achievement, particularly as a first film, this pulls no punches whatsoever and surely sends a clear signal to US film makers who seek to produce such fare. Don't mess about - just do it. But isn't this just the most harrowing and bloody, violent film ever? Well, maybe not ever, but that remains believable and involving from beginning to end. Where you want to look away but the action is so compelling you cannot. When you hope maybe there will be a pause in the nastiness but the makers just crank up the awfulness again and again. I have never seen a female attacker be so violent or so relentless outside of Japanese cinema. A remarkable achievement.

While driving in a rainy day, the pregnant photographer Sarah (Alysson Paradis) crashes her car against another one in a road with no survivors. Four months later, in Christmas Eve, Sarah decides to stay alone at her home, grieving her deceased boyfriend Matthieu and preparing to go to the hospital on the next morning for the delivery. During the night, a stranger (Béatrice Dalle) wearing black heavily hits on her front door asking to get inside, but Sarah calls the police and the woman vanishes. Later, while sleeping, Sarah is attacked by the woman that broke in her house with a pair of scissors and she runs to the bathroom. During the bloody night of terror, the woman attacks Sarah's visitors and discloses to Sarah who she is and what she wants.

"À l'Intérieur" is one of the most brutal and gore low-budget movies that I have ever seen, comparable to "The Descent". The story is scary, disturbing and bold but the storyline is very simple and with few characters; therefore it is not difficult to guess who might be the evil woman in black. Very few directors and writers would dare to submit a pregnant woman to the graphic violence of this slasher, therefore for the fans of the genre like me, the debut of the promising Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury could not be better. There are some flaws along the story, like for example why Sarah does not shout out when the police rings the bell and arrives in the living room; or why Sarah does not use the revolver the detective had given to her; or why the last detective has not called for backup when he heard the gun shots. Last but not the least, this movie is not recommended for sensitive persons and pregnant women. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "A Invasora" ("The Invader")

Note: On 22 February 2014, I saw this movie again.

While this movie starts off on a more dramatic note and seems to drift into the psychological themes of it's story (threads),it eventually gets very brutal! And bloody and disgusting. Fair to say, that this isn't for the faint hearted!

Not that much plot to be found here, the movie delivers on every aspect, it tries to reach with this film. People/characters in it, do behave a certain way (not clever mind you),but it's nothing that should bother you too much! That is if you're going to watch the uncensored version of it. In Germany they only could release it in a cut form (with an adult rating)! Enough said, if your stomach is strong enough, you can watch this!