Seed (Uwe Bolls neustes Werk)

Uwe Boll talks NC-17-level Seed

Fango recently caught up with much-maligned schlock director Uwe Boll, who—fresh from beating up his critics in the boxing ring (see story here)—gave us a sneak peak at a number of scenes from his new shocker SEED (which we last reported on here). Unlike the filmmaker’s video-game adaptations, SEED—in which the title character, an electrocuted but not-quite-dead Death Row prisoner, comes back for blood revenge—is a totally original script, written by Boll himself. From the scenes Fango was treated to, Boll is tempting an NC-17 rating, particularly in one sequence featuring the prolonged bludgeoning of a female character (mainly done with CGI FX).

“Yes, I believe this scene will get the movie an NC-17, but the point for me was to make a movie that is completely uncompromising,” admits Boll, whose previous fare has been far more fantastical in tone. “The hammer scene with the woman—this is the scene where even the hardcore horror fans will walk out of the cinema because it is really disgusting,” he laughs. “But, look, I wanted to make a movie that was frightening. I was tired of the advertising of SAW, HOSTEL, HILLS HAVE EYES boasting about being the ‘hardest’ horror movies, and we will definitely top all of them. We’ve done things that are more brutal and bitter.”

The director promises that SEED, which stars GLADIATOR’s Ralf Moeller and frequent Boll collaborators Michael Paré and Will Sanderson (pictured above), will almost certainly rescue his critically damaged reputation. “This is a very bitter horror movie—it is not fun, it is kind of depressing—but after ALONE IN THE DARK and BLOODRAYNE, I wanted to do something that was not sci-fi or fantasy-driven,” he says. “I wanted to do a really, really dark, serious horror movie, and SEED is one of the hardest, and most depressing, horror movies ever made.”

Quelle:
http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=2930

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Dread Central review Seed



Dread Central reviewed Seed. The film received 2 out of 5 points.
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Watching Seed you get the feeling that Uwe Boll is pissed at everyone and everything. With images of torture, mutilation, and real-life animal snuff, there’s an overwhelming sense that he’s trying to channel his rage into some sort of nihilistic exploitation piece. Unfortunately his demons have taken the form of a laughable psycho who looks and acts like a dumbass WWE reject. While this is yet another in the good doctor’s long line of failures, Boll at least delivers something resembling a tone and includes several kills that are downright jaw-dropping.