INSIDE (2007)

With special guest Kimberley Elizabeth

Intro, Math Club, and Debate Society (spoiler-free) 0:00-17:26
Honor Roll and Detention (spoiler-heavy) 17:27-57:57
Superlatives (so. many. spoilers.) 57:58-1:15:05

Director Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo
Screenplay Julien Maury & Alexandre Bustillo
Featuring Beatrice Dalle, François-Régis Marchasson, Alysson Paradis, Nathalie Roussel

Opened (France) June 13, 2007
Opened (USA) Oct 17, 2007
Budget €2,400,000 (estimated)
Box office $792,184 worldwide

SPOILER-FREE SYNOPSIS

Four months after surviving a horrific car crash that killed her husband, pregnant Sarah is alone and depressed on Christmas Eve, and due to have her baby the next day. Violent protests are happening in the streets, but she doesn’t want to be with anyone, despite her mother and boss Jean-Pierre offering her opportunities to come to parties, or keep her company. So Sarah settles in for a night of knitting, when suddenly… a knock on the door. Who is it? The woman behind the door just wants to use a phone, but she also knows Sarah’s name. And what begins as an indoor-outdoor game of cat and mouse turns into a cascading symphony of violence, with nothing less than the fate of Sarah’s baby hanging in the balance.

SPOILER-FREE GUEST BIO

Kimberley Elizabeth is the Co-Founder, Editor, and Host of Nightmare on Film Street, a horror outlet and top film review podcast. She's a Rotten Tomatoes certified film critic, Spooky Screenwriter, and Sometimes Director. As mentioned, her home base is in Manitoba -- but she spends much of her time on the road exploring across North America in her motorhome. Favorite recess snack: Sodalicious fruit snacks.

EPISODE NOTE

Music from Inside by François Eudes.

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ORIGINAL MINI-DOC PARTS 1 AND 2

TRAILER

SUPERLATIVES

The Gaspar Noe Award for Most Disturbing Scene
Kimberley: The C-section performed by scissors
Eric: Sarah performs tracheotomy on herself in kitchen
Bradford: Policeman is basically decapitated by gun in bathroom, splattering Sarah with brains

The Ellen Ripley Award for Character Who Most Deserves to Live (But Does Not)
Kimberley: The cat
Eric: Sarah
Bradford: Sarah

The Michael Myers Award for Character Who Most Deserves to Die (and Does)
Kimberley: The Woman
Eric: The Woman
Bradford: The Woman

The Ken Russell Award for Most Baroque Screen Moment
Kimberley: Sarah’s hand is impaled on the wall with the scissors
Eric: The entire end sequence on the stairs (C-section)
Bradford: The makeshift flamethrower scene in the kitchen

The Brad Dourif Award for Character Who Could Have Been Played by Brad Dourif
Kimberley: The Woman, the scene in which Jean-Pierre shows up and she has to play Sarah’s mother
Eric: The Woman, the scene in hallway when film starts ‘glitching’
Bradford: The Woman, in general

FINAL LETTER GRADE

Kimberley: A
Eric: B
Bradford: A