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Leave it to the French, the only filmmakers more twisted than the Japanese, to come up with this messed-up home invasion story, which on the surface doesn’t seem so big a deal. With its minimal cast and locations, Inside doesn’t promise to stretch the boundaries of horror overmuch, but just wait.

It’s Christmas Eve and Sarah (Alysson Paradis) is preparing to give birth to her first child when she’s imprisoned in her home by a mysterious woman who kills anyone that attempts to help her. This stranger turns out to be the midwife from hell, determined to deliver the child, steal it and raise it as her own.

Though it came out in the middle of the so-called “torture porn” wave, Inside doesn’t really belong in a box with Saw, Hostel, Captivity et al, and clearly wasn’t made for an audience of teenage boys. Turning their back on the lowest common denominator, directors Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury instead amp up the claustrophobia. Their forthcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel must really be something.