Originally titled
C’est Arrivé Près de Chez Vous (which translates to “It Happened Near Your Home”),
Man Bites Dog is the infamous brainchild of
Rémy Belvaux,
André Bonzel and
Benoît Poelvoorde. Presented as a fly-on-the-wall documentary about a charming serial killer played by Poelvoorde himself, the film follows “Ben” as he carries out his sociopathic urges on everyone and everything, engaging in multiple murders, pretentious monologues and ultimately compelling the documentary crew to also take part in his sick antics.
In some ways, this so-called “black comedy” can be described as the
Spinal Tap of horror, parodying classic documentary tropes as Ben goes about his gruesome day-to-day business while also accompanying innocent interactions with his loving family. The crew even loses sound technicians much like the band kept losing drummers in Rob Reiner’s classic, and there’s no denying the inherent humor behind Ben’s irrational hatred of postmen. However, this comedic façade soon gives way to some of the most violent and disturbing imagery ever put on film, ultimately leading to a bleak finale that wouldn’t feel out of place in a Found-Footage production.
It can be said that our fascination with serial killers began long before the term was even coined, with famous murderers like Gilles Garnier and Jack the Ripper paving the way for more recent monsters like Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy. It seems like we only get more obsessed with these deranged...
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Man Bites Dog -- a european horror black comedy, in english.
it pushes boundaries ... has a Gummo feel for how raw real visceral it makes you feel
if its on Shudder, Id def give it a watch. hard movie to find.
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