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Während sich eine junge Taxifahrerin blutend in ein Polizeirevier schleppt, begegnet Polizeipsychologe Dr. Rossini in einer Bar der geheimnisvollen Nora, die ihn äußerst merkwürdig anflirtet: sie erzählt von ihrer alten Freundin Luz, die vor Jahren auf einer chilenischen Klosterschule das rebellische Potential von Teufelsbeschwörungen entdeckte. Mitten im eigenartigen Gespräch der beiden klingelt Dr. Rossinis Piepser. Die Polizei braucht dringend seine Hilfe. Eine Taxifahrerin wurde verletzt und ohne Erinnerung aufgegriffen. Der Name des mutmaßlichen Opfers: Luz. (Bildstörung)
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After watching the promising trailer, I was looking forward to Luz and had high hopes for it. I expected it to be an intense horror hell in the style of atmospheric 70s and 80s horror films. In the end, this turned out to be a grossly mistaken judgment. The trailer included almost all horror-looking scenes that the movie contains, so you won't see anything extra - except for babbling. Essentially, it's a stylishly shot conversational horror about possession, where you'll hardly understand what's going on. A significant part of the film takes place in one room during a bizarre reconstruction of a certain event using hypnosis, and everything unfolds from there. The beginning looked promising, the film tried to build some tension and I was expecting for a while that it was going somewhere and that it would soon take off. However, nothing happened, all my hopes quickly faded, and cruel boredom took over. At some point, I gave up on it all and just wished it would end. Apart from the excellent retro stylization, I don't think the film offers anything that could significantly interest genre fans - in fact, I have no idea what kind of audience this will appeal to. However, one trick was successful for Tilman Singer - he managed to create a convincing time illusion in which 70 minutes feel like 2 long and grueling hours.
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The German movie Luz is an example of an art-horror movie. Sure, it has a certain atmosphere, although that is not because of the horror element but rather how strangely the movie was shot. I can imagine this being shown in art house cinemas to a cult audience. As a horror fan, though, I did not find it particularly exciting and it was just a sort of experimental movie.
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