Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Direction
Haneke's clinical sadism, forcing you to watch yourself watching.
Writing
The fourth wall break that indicts every horror fan alive.
Director
Michael Haneke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Haneke shot the 2007 American remake shot-for-shot because he wanted the same message to reach U.S. audiences who skip subtitles.
The golf clubs reference 'A Clockwork Orange' — Haneke's response to Kubrick's 'fascinating' violence, which he found morally irresponsible.
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