It's been some time since I watched both <I>Laid to Rest</i> films. After chatting with <A HREF="http://letterboxd.com/ari_hellraiser">Ariel</A> about one of our favorite films, <I>The Collector</i>, she recommended that I watch (revisit) these two films. There are similarities between the two - a silent killer who wears a mask and abducts people, and then tortures them in gruesome ways - but they are completely different in nature. Chromeskull, the villain, wears a camera to record his crimes, drives a fancy car, and wears a suit. He doesn't say a word, moves quickly, and then does his stuff. That's it.
<B>Setup</b>: I watched <I>Laid to Rest</i> with our <A HREF="http://letterboxd.com/lgoled">LG OLED in Perfect Black</A>. It's a dark film with a lot of moving parts, and attempts to recreate some of the <I>Saw</i> essence, but doesn't fully deliver in the end (which is why a sequel comes into play).

Laid to Rest
Evil is only skin deep.
Rating
3.0 (1)
Release Date
3/18/2009Runtime
90 minsOverview
A young girl wakes up in a casket with a head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by a serial killer and she must fight to survive.

How It Feels
Read from this film's synopsis, keywords and credits, and used to work out what it sits beside.
A relentless exercise in terror that traps you in the perspective of a desperate, disoriented victim hunted by an unstoppable killer. The horror comes from confusion and powerlessness as much as the brutality itself.
Mood
Dread-soakedClaustrophobicParanoid
Themes
SurvivalIdentity
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Propulsive
Look
HandheldNaturalistic
Structure
Single location
Heads up
Graphic violenceSexual violence
Reviews
Laid To Rest Collection
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