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Title: Nails (2006)
Format: DVD
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Starring: Alexandra Batrumova, Andrey Iskanov, and Svyatoslav Iliyasov
Director: Andrey Iskanov
Rating: Unrated
Runtime: 60 minutes
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Review of Nails

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• Posted on 2008-08-13
  PLEASE BE CAREFUL!!!!
  
  This is a good movie, but please BE CAREFUL WHILE WATCHING IT!!!!!! The movie is lout, and it'll make your head hurt after you watch it. It made my head hurt, but I didn't have a headache. This is a strange movie. The Russians are very good!
  
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• Posted on 2008-07-18
  Nailed this one!
  
  The Production values are a little scant, and the first ten minutes I viewed with some unease. Gazing over at my Amazon receipt hoping it said: "used". BUT! As the film marched on fear was replaced with admiration. This great storyline was not wasted. The director does a terrific job of creating an intense psychological atmosphere. I was impressed at the way my biggest criticism (low budget) ended up giving it a certain charm. The primitive element of the presentation added layers of animated paranoia. This movie does not take itself seriously and there is an element of humor that carries throughout. There are some bonus psychedelic visuals that are artfully presented also. I don't know, Maybe I'm just a sucker for a guy hammering nails into his head. But I would be very interested to see more from this young Russian director.
  
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• Posted on 2008-02-02
  LOVERS OF BIZARRE HORROR
  
  To tell the truth I only saw some of this but what I saw was
  really bizarre a manikin spitting up blood a man obsessed with
  putting nails in his head and a girl who loves wearing water
  goggles while hitting her victims with a hammer??? Again
  I have not seen but 20 min of this so can't really review it
  but wanted my HORROR Bros(you sick devils know who you are)to
  be aware of this. From what I saw if you love SCHRAMM-ERASERHEAD
  JACOB'S LADDER-TIDELAND-MEATBALL MACHINE-VISITOR Q and THE BEGOTTON this might be up your alley.........WEIRD
  
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• Posted on 2007-06-10
  Can the Russians do no-budget horror? YES!
  
  Nails (Andrey Iskanov, 2003)
  
  If you haven't yet heard the name Andrey Iskanov, you should have. Russia is not a country that's been known for its horror films over the years, with its best-known directors all living up to the stereotype of heavy, slow dramas. Iskanov intends to change all that, and Nails, his first feature, does a fantastic job of throwing down the gauntlet.
  
  The story concerns a hit man (Aleksandr Shevchenko) who is subject to strange, unsettling visions. After reading about the process of trepanation, he decides to see if it might help him; rather than go the normal route, though, he decides to pound a six-inch nail into his skull. Rather surprisingly, the technique seems to offer him some relief, and he goes on about his life. As with any temporary measure, though, he builds up a tolerance, and pretty soon he turns to somewhat larger, more destructive implements...
  
  Nails couples the body horror of David Cronenberg with the surrealist sensibility of Jan Svankmajer. While it's probably jumping the gun to say a (relatively) new director is on the same level as those two, I think Iskanov certainly has the potential to have his name mentioned in the same breath once he's got a larger body of work under his belt. (Those who would argue that the cheese factor of Nails would stop this comparison from being valid, let me direct your attention to Rabid and Alice, respectively.) Simply put, the kid's good. Very good. I grant you, Nails is not for everyone, but for those who find that sort of thing amusing, this is a film you absolutely must see at the earliest opportunity. **** ½
  
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