Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

artpf Medical student Paula Henning wins a place at an exclusive Heidelberg medical school. When the body of a young man she met on the train turns up on her dissection table, she begins to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, and uncovers a gruesome conspiracy perpetrated by an Antihippocratic secret society operating within the school. Haven't we heard THAT one before?It's not an especially good film. It's clearly directed for the youth, but all of it is so predictable the suspense is non existent. I was rather bored for most of it.Also there are really dumb scenes.....For example Paula thinks someone is going to kill her and there is an extended scene where she runs away but then once she is safe, she doesn't even report the incident. Reality check.I will say that I say the English dubbed version, which may have taken some ooomph out of it. I know for example that there are other German flicks I've seen with subtitles and then re-watched dubbed and the dubbing takes away from the experience. Dead Snow is one of those. The Troll Hunter another (altho in this case, not German).

Matt Kracht There may be some slight spoilers in this review, but no worse than what you'd get from reading the plot synopsis.I'm surprised that people are comparing this to Scream and other teen slashers. The protagonists in this movie are students in medical school, not high school kids. That may be a minor distinction, but the movie is obviously targeted to a slightly older demographic than teens. For one thing, most teen slashers are rated PG-13, making them really quite limp and inhibited.At first, I thought this was going to be more "torture porn" than anything else, given the outrageous and over-the-top torture sequence early in the movie. Interestingly, it actually turned into a somewhat derivative slasher movie, despite having an interesting setup. The basic plot involves a gifted medical student discovering a secret society in her university. Long thought dead, they are composed of Machiavellian physicians who believe that sacrificing a few innocent people to advance medical research is more important than ethics. Predictably, they have some psychopaths among them who are more interested in live dissection than any kind of research.I liked the idea of this secret society, and there were some truly disturbing scenes in this movie. The whole concept of that secret society got under my skin, partly because the characters really did seem to believe that what they were doing was for the greater good. However, there were so many stupid scenes involving the characters being goofy and horny that I found the movie difficult to take seriously. As I understand it, this is mostly because I watched the dubbed version, which is supposed to truly destroy any mood or atmosphere set by the original German actors.Still, I liked it, despite the best attempts by the American voice actors to sabotage the movie. If I'd seen the original German version, with subtitles, I think I'd like it better. Still, no matter what language the characters were speaking, I think there was too much filler in the middle and not enough time spent developing the secret society.I recommend this movie to people who like conspiracy thrillers and slasher fans. However, thriller fans might be grossed out by the horror elements, and horror fans might be bored by the dramatic elements. Make sure you see the subtitled version. I've heard worse, but it's still distractingly bad.

BA_Harrison Talented anatomy student Paula (Franka Potente) is delighted when she wins a place at a top medical school in Heidelberg, but is shocked to discover that the esteemed establishment is home to a secret society, The Anti-Hippocrates Lodge, who dissect live human subjects in order to advance medical science.Although German horror flick Anatomie occasionally strays a little too far into clichéd American scary movie territory for its own good, for the most part it is a refreshingly original effort that delivers a wonderfully sinister premise, plenty of suspense, a macabre atmosphere, stylish direction from Stefan Ruzowitsky, a morbid sense of humour, and solid performances from the largely unknown cast (only Potente has achieved much success outside of her home country).Despite the film's extremely gruesome subject matter, the level of gore is kept surprisingly low; plenty of nasty stuff happens to the characters, but careful framing and editing keeps it from being overly explicit. What gore there is, though, is very well handled (there's a great scene in which a victim stares down at his hand to find that parts of it have been stripped of skin and flesh to expose muscle and bone).One of the best things about this film are the dissected plastinated corpses on display in the university's gallery which were inspired by the work of creepy German doctor Gunther von Hagens, best known in the UK for performing a live televised autopsy on Channel 4. Not the 'real McCoy', but rather amazingly accurate plastic replicas created specifically for the film, they are quite fascinating—stunningly detailed, grotesquely surreal works of art.Also pretty damn eye-catching are the impressive curves of actress Anna Loos, who plays blonde nymphomaniac/brainiac Gretchen; unfortunately, despite playing a total slut, she never strips down past her undies, which is a crying shame. Had Loos gone the whole hog for the sake of her art, I'd have possibly given this an 8/10; as it stands, it gets a still very admirable 7/10.Oh, and if you enjoy this film, I also recommend Pathology (2008), which explores similar themes (and is much gorier).

Boba_Fett1138 Every horror fan should feel excited at the very least when they read the premise of this movie. It's something that seems fit for a "Saw" movie or an Eli Roth movie perhaps. It makes it all the more a shame that the film-makers seemed oblivious for the great material they were granted to work with. They all too obviously were not at ease within the horror genre and basically had no idea what they were doing.Not to make it sounds like the worst horror movie of all time but it's just such a shame to see how they waste all potential, by taking a completely wrong and stupid approach to its story.Problem is that this an horror movie, that has not idea how to handle or build up its tension or mystery. Or rather said; it doesn't seem to care about its mystery or tension at all. It's more busy with the soap series like developments and problems of the characters, that are more drama related than anything else really. I don't even think you could call this a thriller, since there is complete lack of the right required type of build-up.It causes you not to be grabbed by any of the movie its tension or mystery, which in return also makes you less interested in the overall movie and all of its characters. Another strange thing is that the main character, played by Franka Potente, disappears for too long out of the story a couple of times throughout the movie. All things that show how poorly told this movie is and how lacking its approach by director Stefan Ruzowitzky is.Of course the movie is not without its gore and it also has a pretty good atmosphere but the rest of the movie really brings it all down. As a genre lover I really wouldn't recommend this movie, despite its great (sounding) concept.If you are still looking for a movie to watch on Halloween...this is not the one.5/10 http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/