Film Review – Borgman

Hollywood has attempted to make terrifying home invasion pictures, often employing imagery involving masked intruders as a means of horror. The Dutch chiller “Borgman” basically follows the same routine of domestic violation, only the results are far more insidious and wholly effective as a screen nightmare. “Borgman” is a fantastic example of how a slow-burn effort gradually reaches for the throat, using mysterious events and puzzling characters to vaguely define ghastly acts of intrusion, helping to secure an unsettling mood that’s marvelously maintained by writer/director Alex van Warmerdam. It’s a disturbing feature, flirting with incomprehensibility at times, but its way with mounting unpleasantness is frequently masterful, tilted with moments of dark comedy. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com