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Travelling cross-country, Astrid (Sylvie Tonarelli) and Tristan (Adrien Malvoisin) are spending the night in a cabin in the middle of nowhere, France, and they're actually a little ill at ease spending the night at the strange house, and not only because their new neighbour, Loup (Thomas Lesserteur), proves to be a bit of a nutjob. However, who they really ought to worry about are Ma (Emmanuelle Escourrou), Charlot (Fabien Hintenoch) and Jeanne (Capucine Lamarque), three hardcore hermits who, without their knowledge, live in Astrid and Tristan's basement, and they're not exactly happy about the newcomers - so much so that they make their way upstairs to tie up and torture Tristan and Astrid, and eventually kill them, too. And they would have succeeded as well if it wasn't for weirdo Loup's interference which somewhat levels the odds in favour of Astrid and Tristan. But still, they're up against a trio of determined sadists with weapons, a situation they most certainly didn't come prepared for ...

Now The Hermits doesn't exactly re-invent the home invasion thriller genre - but what it does it does very well, and that's providing the audience with an equally entertaining and nerve-racking suspense piece that has all the tension, the jump scares and the outbursts of violence in all the right places and that moves along at a swift enough space to keep one at the edge of one's seat throughout. And that the whole thing is carried by a competent, relatable ensemble cast of course helps to make this one pretty awesome genre entertainment.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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