GrimPrecise I'll tell you why so serious

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

rzemph Ignoring the music - which you feel you've heard a thousand times before - the first few minutes of this actually dupe you into thinking it might just be watchable. It isn't. The characters and their flimsily made-up backgrounds and motivations are implausible at best, which is not helped by the terrible hamming of the male actors. The whole thing soon deteriorates into Hollywood-style teen horror at its cheapest and most cliché-ridden. In short, rubbish.

michschlueter I watch plenty of horror movies and very often I am bored. The reason is: in this genre, movies often follow the same old story lines. This movie is different and that might be its biggest problem. It is not a real splatter movie, it is not a real haunted house movie, it is not a real fantasy movie or a real monster/vampire movie. It is a unique mixture of many genres and I can understand that some people don't like this film. Are there plot holes? YES! Does everything make sense? NO! Are there lame moments? YES! BUT: I really enjoyed it. I loved the atmosphere, the soundtrack and the poetic moments close to the end. This is one movie that will become a part of my Bluray collection. So my recommendation: Get some nice wine or a good cup of tea and slip under a warm blanket. In my opinion is this a movie for a great evening in autumn.

fedor8 Considering what an utter piece of crap "Inside" was, it's a good thing I didn't know that "Livide" came from the same pens and minds – otherwise I would have avoided it. While with several loose ends, the plot of "Livide" is infinitely more logical than the legendarily idiotic and sadistic-for-the-sake-of-it "Inside": this – in spite of "Livide" being a supernatural horror film, whereas "Inside" is a thriller. Still, at least "Inside" has a lot of style going for it (if only zero substance), having hinted that its creators might be able to achieve something worthwhile eventually; and they did, a surprisingly good job."Livide" is a refreshingly original take on the by-now very worn-out vampire genre. Frankly, if I see another set of fangs going into a screaming maiden's neck, I'll either puke or break my jaw yawning. "Livide" is nothing of the sort though; in fact, vampirism isn't even revealed until about an hour into the movie. Once it is, it is given a whole new spin for the viewer to have fun with. Not to mention how well-filmed all of this is; French movies rarely disappoint in the visual department.Plot-holes abound. 1) What happened to the three young zombie dancers, and who are they? 2) Was Lucie's mother (Dalle) some kind of a witch or perhaps even a vampire herself? 3) Did Lucie and Anna switch minds or not? There is evidence to support both options. 4) Why did Lucie not panic like her male companions, but chose (?) to "go with the flow"? Why did she give Ms. Dracula her hands for a telepathic session for exposition? From the scarce information given, it is quite impossible to connect all the parts of the story into a cohesive whole.On the other hand, there are advantages to the story's unresolved, and later even further deepened, mystery. The viewer doesn't always need to have everything drawn for him. Besides, it is so much easier to forgive loose-ends when a movie is executed so well. And it's unpredictable, which is always both a blessing and a rarity, not just in horror films. I always criticize French cinema for being "style over substance", but the style suffices this time around, and the semi-complete/confusing but original premise and events make up for the logic flaws. And anyway, there are no aspects of "Livide" that make it overtly cretinous; merely a little "unfinished". I do have to wonder though what the French have against little girls. Dozens of their films deal with underage Lolitas having affairs with ugly, aging men; an annoying tradition of pedophilic themes that is almost uniquely French. This time around no young girls flirt or have sex with smelly old men, but an innocent little girl is savagely butchered and dismembered. France, leave them girls alone! Frcrissakes, extreme violence against children should be a no-no in films, I'd think that would be quite obvious.

ernesti I was interested into seeing the director's latest film and i was quite surprised because it was more watchable than the debut he made with "The inside" in 2007. I just simply couldn't watch it as it seemed to have nothing else going on but violence.Livide is a different story. It is a well-made supernatural horror fantasy which left me questioning what i had just seen. It isn't plot driven and it's very linear from start to the end with not so many surprises. I knew from the first moment that the old woman in coma was going to go after the treasure hunters and that it may end in a violent blood shed. So basically the plot isn't original at all but that's not quite so bad because the movie itself is visually stunning, claustrophobic, atmospheric, quite frightening and stylish. That's all what a horror movie actually has to achieve and it just did that.There are connections with the dance academy of Freiburg that was featured in Argento's Suspiria which may be picked up by those who have seen the movie.I found the ending quite silly but however very symbolic and the movie itself has strong symbolism in it. It has something to do with life in itself how we are put to do things against our own will and just like the ballerina was forced to dance until she broke inside, there may and will be difficulties in life but in an order to get through the bad times we must rely in others and help each other. The whole movie is full of this kind of symbolism but that was just the main idea which i think is the whole point. That's not bad for a horror movie as there are dozens of other movies in this genre which just don't make any statements of this kind. Luckily the European cinema doesn't seem to lack any of that... but Hollywood does.In the end even though there isn't much of a plot there is so much more originality in this movie in other aspects so that it is not just another movie.