Film Review – Martyrs

It’s difficult to tell if there’s still an audience for a movie like “Martyrs” in 2016. The product of a bygone era in horror filmmaking, the feature is soaked in pain and agony, spending most of its run time in state of panic. Now that we’re past the “Saw” era, it feels little strange to be pulled back into a suffering machine such as “Martyrs,” which isn’t scary or intimidating, it’s just persistent. Working to find a sense of profundity in the midst of ugliness, directors Kevin and Michael Goetz (“Scenic Route”) try to make an artful, intense picture, but they come up short, battling a one-dimensional premise that’s entirely constructed out of feeble attempts at shock value. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com