movie poster for FUNNY GAMES (ORIGINAL)

Flicks ID

8637

Cert

18

Running time

104 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

FUNNY GAMES (ORIGINAL) (1999)

MICHAEL HANEKE

Plot

An indie thriller so dark and dangerously involving that the subtitles are completely unobtrusive. An inoffensive middle-class family set off to their secluded lakeside holiday home for a restful retreat. However the arrival of Peter and Paul puts paid to that as the pair embark on a truly chilling campaign of terror, intermittently turning to camera to consult the viewer as to what should happen next, cleverly implicating their audience in the unfolding horror. Superbly unsettling.