Sella Turcica

October. 13,2010      
Rating:
4.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A paralyzed soldier returns from war to his family in worse shape than anyone at home could imagine.

Camille Keaton as  Karmen Roback
Jade Risser as  Ashley Roback

Reviews

Karry
2010/10/13

Best movie of this year hands down!

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ChicRawIdol
2010/10/14

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

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Fairaher
2010/10/15

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

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Invaderbank
2010/10/16

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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D. Ceased
2010/10/17

Let me go on record as saying I like some Toetag and Fred Vogel movies. Redsin Tower, August Underground's Mordum, they're decent movies (if very grisly and not for the squeamish.) But this one is absolutely terrible; it's easily Toetag's worse movie.Brad returns home after his time in the service, but his family does not rejoice as they should have. See, Bradley was involved in some sort of accident and his health has been deteriorating more and more every day, moving to the point where he needs help to do everyday things. He spends time with his family, while getting worse. Eventually (and I mean in the last 10 or so minutes), he freaks out and kills off a few family members before being killed. Inside his head is a little alien.This movie is so ####ing boring, it goes on and on and on, the dialogue is so pointless and meandering, it's almost a contest against the viewer's attention span. If you manage to stick along for the slow ride, you're given two very good gore scenes and that's it.The acting is very bad, even Camille Keaton (I Spit on your Grave) gives a very bored, tired performance in this. None of the dialogue works because no one is invested in anything. We can't feel for the main character or his family, or care about his situation because the actors don't.The worst part is, this movie could have been good. There's a decent plot in there, but it gets wasted on terrible, terrible, terrible character development. If we could even give half a #### about any of the characters, maybe it could have worked, but with how inept the writing and dialogue is, we just can't. Go watch Redsin Tower instead, much better.

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ricktr
2010/10/18

There were some good and bad things about this movie. The good were really good and the bad were mostly awful. I'll start with the good. GOOD- Actors- I don't have all the names, so I'll just refer to their roles. The guy who played Brad was excellent. The sister and mother were pretty good. FX- The special effects were excellent. Photography- Professional. Plot- Mostly good except for certain things (see below)BAD- (Here is where the **SPOILERS** come in) The Sound- The sound seemed muffed or something. I could barely understand what the actors were saying. I kept rewinding it to try to catch the words, but I still missed a lot of it. Actors- The guy with the weird hair was not a good actor. Very wooden and robotic.The two girls were a little better. Now I come to the main thing that ruined the movie, the big-lipped "Freestyle". He was the most annoying thing in the whole movie. Every time things started getting good, he'd show up and throw off the whole mood. I also got tired of seeing him slobber all over the blond girl. Why do these movies always insist on showing an ugly black guy with a cute blond girlfriend? Why don't they have an ugly white guy with a cute black girlfriend? Talk about racist. The Dance- The dance the sister did was terrible. I don't know if it was supposed to be bad on purpose, but it sure was. The Ending- When everything started going bad, they try to call the doctor and get the answering machine. Then they give up. Why didn't they call 911? The ending would have been better to show the police and ambulance showing up after everything happened. Suggestions for the future- No more "Freestyle" or guy with weird hair. Work on the plot before filming. Better sound or clearer pronunciation. Keep the actor who plays Brad. Keep the FX team.

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channel-kdk12
2010/10/19

Sergeant Brad Roback is coming home from Iraq in a wheelchair. With no memory of the attack, or what occurred afterward, and with the loss of function in his legs, it is natural that Brad is confused and dazed. But something more is wrong with Brad. He looks half-dead, with red sunken eyes and a ghastly pallor. He cannot eat; his body oozes black fluid, the stench from which is like the stench of death. As Brad deteriorates, his family gathered round to support him but unable to reach him, the full toll of war is seen. Sella Turcica is a brutal, brilliant statement about the terrors of war. With excellent acting that brings home the heart-breaking horror of what is happening, highly effective makeup and special effects, and a story that will fester i your brain, Sella Turcica is one of the best anti-war horror films we've ever seen.

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hhop1
2010/10/20

I'm not sure if this has ever been raised but IMDb needs to have some sort of a system to filter dishonest reviews. Well, it must be really hard to do, almost impossible, I realise.Anyway, I just could not believe the 3 positive reviews submitted. As someone already mentioned, they must be from the morons who made the movie.Other than those 3, enough is said about the movie. The budget should be $20, not $20,000.Get your remote control and be ready to fast forward. I'm glad I did that otherwise I would have wasted more 90 minutes of my time. The movie is extremely SLOW with no story at all. If you want some gruesome stuff then just watch the last 5 minutes.AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

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