User Reviews

First of all let me point out that this movie is made by people who says they love making movies, and have watched these types of films all their life. But as we all know one don't have to be a good filmmaker for having seen a lot of film. And I truly believe that this is the best example of that I have ever seen. People who make movies for fun can get a huge thrill out of showing they're product to friends and family. This is always a good laugh. And that should have been the case with "HORA". Instead it hit the stores in Norway a couple of weeks ago.

The lowest of low of short films on you tube have better quality than this vicious attempt of "making" a movie. It seriously look like fifteen year old that have discovered daddy's old VHS camera in the attic. But seriously people! Sometimes that camera should be left alone. "HORA" is a mix of bad camera-work, shitty lighting, if any. Sound was lousy, editing was painful and let me just say that the acting is so horrible it almost ripped me a new one. Poor Isabel Vibe. She should seriously stick to making porn. But also, she doesn't even strike me as a porn-actress either. And the lead bad-guy is so weak that I can't find the right words to explain it. It was written in the DVD-booklet that he has worked as an actor for many years. LOL! Calling yourself an actor these days doesn't mean a lot. And these are just two of them. They're also bragging about having the great Norwegian actor Jørgen Langhelle in the movie. He is seen on a television set in the beginning for a few seconds. This is a great example of false advertisement to get some attention around what the makers hopefully see is crap for themselves. But I think not.

I usually love bad exploitation-films. We watch them at parties accompanied with loads of drinks and laugh at the screen. "HORA" however is the biggest party-killer i have ever experienced. I think we went home after seeing it. "HORA" has gone way beyond that limit were film is so bad it's funny. It's just extremely poorly made, and boring as h**l.

For an exploitation movie it's not even shocking. The rape scenes looks bad and tame. Maybe that's because of the horrible way they are shot? Maybe in fact it is shocking, but the quality of the whole thing is so low that i lost focus on what I was watching? I was mostly gasping through the whole thing. I never expected it. If these "filmmakers" actually made this film so bad on purpose, fair enough. But really bad choice. Things like these don't go away. And if these "filmmakers" actually are filmmakers they should seriously consider changing their line of work. Because if people and companies find out about their involvement, they'll never see any work in the business again.

I see that someone has written a review that the film doesn't look like "I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE" Please! The director obviously has great admiration for it, and has no creativity on his own. So why not do the easiest. "I spit.."really knocked my socks off. Shocking and disgusting. Exactly what these films are about. If Kiil would have pushed the boundaries in "HORA" a bit more it might have been a little memorable. At least for the right reasons.

I never urge people not to go see movies if they stink. More the opposite. I want them to see it so we can talk about it after-wards. So by all means people. Go out, buy, rent or in this case I strongly recommend downloading.

I read that the film took ten days to shoot, with a budget of 200 000 NOK.(Norwegian funds) Although this is extremely low even for a low-budget, I can't imagine what they spent it on. It couldn't be the crew, because they all lack quality. Not decent equipment either, cause this is completely absent in "HORA". It looks like old VHS-camera quality. So I have no idea what this money was spent on. Probably food.

The Norwegian horror scene has really risen in the last decade. "VILLMARK", "FRITT VILT I & 2", "ROVDYR", "DØD SNØ", "SNARVEIEN" and now coming "FRITT VILT 3" proves that we know horror. Although "HORA" is not a "horrormovie", most people think of it as one. And it gives the genre a really, really bad name. Kudos!

The cover art (which by the way is so ripped off from "ROVDYR") also tells us that the film has been nominated at several festivals, and even won an award at one called "but". I'm trying to picture what kinda festival this is, since "HORA" won best picture. I'm seeing a dark basement with projector, cigarette smoke and bottled beers. And also plastic food-hall-chairs to sit on. And who's in the jury of this thing? Are they deaf AND blind? And slow? I would love to experience a festival like this just to see what other films they screen there. Troma is probably Oscar-material compared to it.

But I'm gonna end this comment with something positive. To all of you out there with a dream of making a movie? Just do it. It could never be as bad as "HORA" even if you try to fail. And you'll also see nationwide DVD-release ☺

An attempt at Grindhouse or not, this movie is awful. No dialogue, no plot, useless violence and horrid rape scenes. Sound is ridiculous and it kept switching to this fake film flickering thing. As some one who remembers the flickering of a broken film at the drive-ins during the 70's, this over use of it is especially annoying.

If you want to see a good Norwegian horror Dead Snow is a much better choice. Like other reviewers, I also feel it was ripping off a number of other horror movies.

The violence was pretty bad but at the same time lost its edge with the horrible directing or miss-timed shots which I am sure was intentional.

I fast forwarded just to see if there was something redeemable about it. There was not.

A solid slasher film from Norway. The argument is taken from many US exploitation movies, and is not terribly original. Nevertheless, it is competently made (despite its almost zero budget) and it held my attention for an hour and a half despite seeing it late at night, when I was ready to go to bed. The plot: A young woman returns to her rural hometown for an unspecified reason; soon she is harassed in the remote house where she stays by two young men she knew from her childhood (there are some issues about something that happened in the past between them, but I never made sense of them and I honestly don't think they are that important). Eventually, these men (the Norwegian equivalent of rednecks) enter her house and brutally rape her. Her even more brutal revenge on them is the movie's final act. Featuring a hand held camera, editing tricks and amateurish acting (the main actress, reportedly a famous porn star in Norway, is quite effective in her role) is a good example of a slasher film, not particularly original but very effective.

This movie surprised me a lot. I had so little hopes for this after all the bad reviews on the net. It is said that Hora is a plagiarism of ISOYG. This I will begin by saying is pure bullshit. If you like no budget films then this a top 10 's. Really! Enjoyed it just as good as the first time I saw Evil Dead and Bad Taste. It surprised me as much. The fact that people say it is a copy of ISOYG is only because there are so many spoiled people out there who are not into like zero budget films. people who have forgotten or never experienced the era of VHS Video Nasty and Razzel. Hora is about a woman who goes to the country and where she tortured and raped by three rednecks. So she takes revenge. This is the story of Hora. Same is the ISOYG. But one should be so picky you can say that all slasher films are copies of Friday the 13th or Halloween because it's about a gang of youths who gets killed by a man / woman with a knife. One by one they die. There are ingredients in a slasher film. Just as rape-revenge are the ingredients in a rape revenge film;) But Jennifer in ISOYR does not die. But Rikke in Hora does. She comes to life as a demon who later referring to the Hora. It's a completely different universe with this meta-expression. You do not really understand the meaning of this sub Hora, but it is easy to understand after you have seen the sequel. Layers of movie film on film. And this I have actually never seen before. Seen Kufs series where he spoke to the camera. I've seen the Whore from 91 how much of the film is narrated documentary, but the basic story is told in a fantasy story. And I've seen many documentary films with meta universe. The Naked Gun could have been called a meta film. but have never seen a meta movie that plays as deep as Hora.

The film has bad-good Gorr effects The film is hard too watch some times because of the brutality The Acting is bad, but good for such kind of film. The film has very much nudity The film has a dirty expression The film has a beautiful and nasty cover The film has good special features. I have the Dutch DVD The picture is a bit muddy and the sound a tiny bit weak. But in total, it is precisely this that surprised me the most. For the sound and the picture is really good for being a zero budget. One of the best I've seen to date.

When I put on film, I had no idea what I would be presented with! It had a cool exploitation cover with guns and blood. It looked nasty gruffly on the back of the cover. And the text told me that the film had been banned and that people have passed out of it. I can not quite get this out of the movie. But the movie worked very well on their way. With a lot of dark and bleak humor. Cool poor 70's effects. And many plot holes that you see the director has brought out on purpose. Hora is a film I will never forget. And given all exploitation films made in Hollywood a hit in the face when this cost just 20 000 dollars in the budget stretches far above everything else they manage to do in USA. What I can warn of is that the film brought out something in the viewer. Not like Baise Moi does provide you with the nasty scenes that make you sick. But Hora bring up the guilt in you. You are looking forward to the rape. When I Spit On Your Grave appeared, people dreaded the rape. But Hora makes you Iver. It gave me a sleazy feel to the body. While there are many scenes in the film is incredibly well filmed. And I liked the music very well! The negative I can say is that the dialog is very low. I do not understand much Norwegian, but it is impossible to understand something when it feels like they talking with there mouth shut. The acting was not that good. But I think Isabel Vibe and the retarded dude did a good job.