Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Edohotep
Director/writer: Dick Maas.
Cast: Huub Stapel, Egbert Jan Weeber and Caro Lenssen.
Release Date: 31 October 2011.
Holiday gift giving can't come any sooner than in Sint, and no, Halloween is not the season being referred to. December 5th is a big day celebrated in parts of Europe in honour of the real Saint Nicholas, where he drops off gifts to children and everyone praises him for his generosity.
In the Netherlands, however, that has a different take. A meaner Saint will ravage the city on December 5th when there is a full moon. This monstrosity only appears about once every 32 years. In the past, this bishop is behaved very much like King John from Robin Hood, where he is out to rob from the poor. He made a decree where he would take a high amount of penance and taxes from the citizens.
On the very same night, the townspeople banded together to put a stop to his greed. They tracked him down to his boat and set it afire. But at the same time, these people brought about the curse that would plague Amsterdam for all time.
For the rest of the film, it moves with the speed of a typical slasher movie. Saint Nick, the killer, is picking off unwary high school students one at a time. Sadly, viewers cannot really care much for these kids. They are portrayed as horny and juvenile. To see them pecked off one-by-one is welcomed.
When Frank (Egbert Jan Weeber) starts to figure out what is happening to his friends, he takes the movie by the reigns and offers a plot. After meeting a survivor from the last culling, Goert (Bert Luppes), a story does develop and the film attempts to make some kind of conclusion. But will there be more?
This film is a simple cheap thrill. The production quality of the intro is of a high caliber. Even with a language barrier, this popcorn movie is an enjoyable watch as long as it is not taken seriously. It is supposed to be a comedy, but the humour is very light.
As an action flick, to see an undead horse racing over rooftops is far better than any ghost riding a flaming motorcycle. A subtitled and dubbed version of this film exists but that is a product touring film festivals than existing as one to own. And soon enough, when a proper North American DVD is released, comparisons to Robot Santa from Futurama can be made. The satirical nature of these two characters is very similar and viewers can wonder who is worse: a robot killer or a zombie one.
At least the motives for the cartoon character are known but the zombie needs clarification. Not even the victims he chooses are fully explained. Ideally, they should be the ancestors of those who made him this way. Questions really need be asked but this film stands well without any of them being answered. Unlike the slasher films of North America, this one leaves a lot of details out.
If the Saint proves to become popular, hopefully director Dick Maas does not have plans to send Nick to Mars. Whether or not the Saint will face opposition, his challenger can be an icon from the American screen. It definitely won’t be a Silent Night if Killer Santa is nearby.
Overall: 7.5 out of 10.
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