Trauma - Das Böse verlangt Loyalität

With its filmmaking qualities, unsurprisingly somewhere on the level of an East German porno when there’s no “humping”, it is actually funny. The “humping”, though, is more than average and will satisfy anyone who’s into it. But there’s no use pretending that this is something exceptional, or that the film has more quality elements than the gore (like a script or cinematography, hahaha!). Any expectations that Trauma will reflect seriously on what the Pinochet regime did with the soul of the nation are downright risible. For the creators, that motif is nothing but a fig leaf to hide the fact that they just wanted to shoot brutal brutality. This is made very clear when two lesbians show up, the lesbian sex will start in the second scene, at the latest, and we will see everything about it. The inspiration on actual events evidently begins and ends with Pinochet, or maybe with the fact that in Chile sometime someone raped somebody. Some of the decisions of the characters in the second half of the film are just pure fantasy. 5/10 and I’m being nice. (31.12.2018)

The most twisted film of this year belongs to Chile and after all this year's exploitation flicks, the clear king. Trauma is a film that can literally traumatize some viewers, especially women and people with weaker stomachs. The very opening scene, when the son is forced by the soldiers to rape his own mother, is one of the highlights on the level of A Serbian Film and that's just the beginning. Four friends, two of them lesbians, go to visit a rural town in Chile, but the first night will mark them for the rest of their lives. They are assaulted and raped by a sleazy redneck and his son and I have to say, if anyone didn't feel good about the rape in I Spit on your Grave, they won't be able to handle it here. The scene lasts about 10 minutes, is uncut and feels very real and disturbing at the same time. After that, it's more or less a classic revenge flick with some awesome gore and even though the budget is low, the attempt to shock the audience worked brilliantly. An unpleasant, evil, unfunny and traumatic film that won't entertain but will disgust and shock you and for me it paid off. Additionally, I praise the best lesbian sex ever filmed in a movie and the very pretty actresses. 80% (30.12.2018)