Barricade (2007)

 

(out of 5)

 

 

Barricade (2007)
directed by:  Timo Rose
starring:  Raine Brown, Joe Zaso, André Reissig, Manoush, Thomas Kercmar, Andreas Pape, Sabastian Gutsche, Stefan Lenger
special effects:  Timo Rose, Manoush
Format:  NTSC Region 1:  Personal Collection
Tagline:  Welcome to Hell, Welcome To Barricade

     Talk about a splatter film!  Timo Rose is one of my favorite german splatter directors for one reason and one reason only...Barricade.  I watch this film quite frequently usually 4 or 5 times in a year at least.  Sometimes with two other films Carver and Scarce if I can but this is by far my favorite of my reoccurring triple feature.  Why?  Well the gore effects for one done by none other than Timo himself.  Reason number two Raine Brown she is a personal favorite of mine in the indie world and has starred in more than one of Timo Rose's films. 

Barricade is a pretty simple formula but there's nothing simple about the delivery in my opinion.  Did it scare me?  No.  But this film wasn't about being "scary".  Just outright freaking you out with the gore and antics of the family of murderers living in the woods somewhere in Germany. 
     It starts off with Nina visiting her friend Michael in Germany.  Michael has other intentions other than just a friendly visit as he has fallen in love with his friend Nina.  Michael's  best friend David just loves to dig on him about it and continues to do so when Nina arrives and the three of them go on a nice comfy camping trip.  Everything seems so right in the world.  The only problem is they go camping the Black Forest far too close to a family of murdering psychos and when I say psychos I'm being nice.  Anywho add in a few extras for kills and let the onslaught begin. 
     My favorite of the family being the mother played by Manoush who has starred in several horror films overseas including a few of Timo's other films.  She can be really scary when she wants to be and fit the role perfect as she has done in everything I've seen her in. 
   The fx really go off the charts in this and as stated before Timo does the work himself.  The fx are what stuck with me the most in this movie.  Very realistic to say the very least.  German splatter at it's finest.  Only the man himself Olaf Ittenbach rivals Timo in the awesomeness of German splatter in my opinion.  Schnaas was my first introduction into German splatter with the Violent Shit films but Barricade has such a serious tone it remains at the very top of my list for the sub-genre.  That and the well ranged performance of Raine Brown just make Barricade for me to be the best. 

     Will Michael ever get the girl of his dreams and survive Barricade.  Well my reviews don't tend to spoil it all so go see it for yourself...any gorehound won't regret it.  Very highly recommended.