ATROZ

Atroz (Atrocious) is both a police procedural and a found footage film. It is a prime example of the excellent films emanating from Mexico today and strongly carries on the legacy of legendary Mexican directors, such as Emilio (El Indio) Fernandez, among many others. Atroz is not photographic comfort food. It contains an abundance of brutal and disquieting scenes. that linger long after the movie ends. The director's commentary by Lex Ortega, who speaks fluent English, addresses Atroz, film making, and life in bustling Mexico City quite well. Highly recommended.

This is something special. It's more than just torture and gore, there is plenty of hardcore violence, but it does have great creative use of found footage scenes edited into the main movie which is shot in HD. It's a murder investigation and they're finding these murders on tape, and grilling the killer over the footage and trying to find out where the bodies were dumped. There's a really clever narrative that leads to some crazy twists that are all perfectly built up, and there's a big twist ending, which I've seen some reviewers not understand the first time through, but I got it. I consider this to be the underground horror equivalent to The Usual Suspects. Nothing said or shown is just there. It all builds to the main plot and the twists, there are some flashbacks later on and things to keep you from getting too lost. It's more about telling a grizzly story, and the most disgusting scenes of violence are saved for the last found video tape. I'd rank the violence close to the first August Underground and a bit of AU's Mordum, just this is a bit more restrained and focused than Mordum, which helps.

It was pretty good but not for everybody

Decent amount of gore, but the story fell apart at the end. The subtitles showed up well after the characters had spoken so it was difficult to follow. Some characters motivations didn't make sense. Buy it for the gore only. Don't expect a good story.

Movie was as described it was brutal and tough to watch I would highly recommend watching

While I enjoy horror movies and can stomach more than most, I couldn’t get past about 7 minutes into this movie. If you enjoy torture porn, this movie is for you.

Ok well if you don't like gore not only are you boring but you will also not like this movie. This movie starts off a little slow but get very interesting very quick. The special effects are pretty good. The acting is believeable and they look the part there playing unbelievably well. It had a couple unique moments and ideas that I haven't seen in any other movie before and I've seen a lot of horror movies. It also stays pretty close and true to its original short film. And the ending is just as adorable as the rest of the movie! I give it a 10/10. That's my opinion.

There are some shocking moments, sure, but awkward editing, bad acting and a sole reliance on gross out gore all take away from something that could have been a pretty cool film. But by the time I reached the ridiculous ending, all I could do is roll my eyes.