Memorable, crazy movie

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Well done. It is a thriller and a horror film in many ways but it mostly affected me as a meditation on obsession and our fear of/attraction to the unknown. I had seen the remake of this film years ago. The original is much better I think.

I came across this after reading River Phoenix's interview talking about this movie which persuaded him to accept the role, Boy, in Dark Blood which is also directed by George Sluizer and I'm so happy that I got the chance to watch this wonderfully beautiful movie.The tension slowly builds up with Saskia telling Rex his dream of being stuck in an egg, then them being stuck in a dark tunnel, Rex dreaming the same thing and the antagonist being pulled over by the police for not wearing his seat belt gets away by pointing that he's claustrophobic; I don't know why I didn't see the ending coming. As a claustrophobic myself, I found this movie very very disturbing, and by disturbing I mean.. Good.It's not a horror movie to make you jump outta your seat from time to time, but it'll haunt you for a long time.

Compelling film that still resonates with me decades later. Even re-watching it whilst knowing the story does not spoil the experience.It is more compelling than enjoyable - so you need to be in the mood to be challenged. It leaves you with a reinforced impetus to enjoy the minutes that you are given, whilst looking out for loved ones. Every one fits their roles and the sum makes a greater film than the original parts.Total Film reviewed it in their 'Classics' section in the issue July 2016.The Hollywood remake is laughable - it just shows the difference between challenging original and the comforting remake.

Certainly not the most spell-bindingly entertaining film I've seen this month/year, but still a remarkable piece of work nonetheless.In fact it seems rather out-of-date at times, as well as being a dreaded 'foreign language' film with subtitles, and positively meandering in places, so what's the attraction? Fabulous character development and a sinister story.If you've already seen the film then you'll remember it as a pretty straightforward plot with a couple of major questions, what happened to Saskia and will Rex find out?However, what makes this film thought provoking is the character development. Or rather, the non-development of the sub-characters. I questioned the Director's choice of cast at the end of the film - the boring, rather unattractive wife; the dull, rather obedient future girlfriend; the unstated nature of the entire film, until I realised that that's the point - an intelligently directed film which makes you ponder the previous events after its conclusion and delve deeper into the curious personalities of the equally unstable male protagonists.I suppose you could classify 'Spoorloos' as a mild thriller on first viewing, but gradually ramp that opinion up to unnerving horror over time. A rare film that I'll no doubt watch again just to re-analyse my initial understated judgement of the main characters.