Some things I liked some I did not.

Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

This may contain spoilers, you have been warned. I have been a fan of horror movies for many years. In my opinion an example of a truly gripping film combining suspense and gore to produce horror is "Hostel". It has a plot, characters developed just enough to engage my emotions and make the subsequent torture hit me in the gut. This film lacks anything to stir the emotions. No explanation of who the victims are. No set up. No plot. Three giggling idiots filmed by a cameraman with palsy. No back story. Why should I care about these people or their victims? David Vogel is known for his special effects abilities, yet I found all the on screen blood unconvincing. There is a LOT of blood. There is one scene involving a bathtub that I found genuinely disturbing but, without a plot or characters you care about, one scene does not make a movie, even if you are a big fan of splatter films. I BOUGHT this movie. Wasted ten dollars. Its cover promises "genuine snuff" (according to Rue Morgue Magazine). It's genuine trash. I gave this film one star because I couldn't give it no stars. Do not waste 77 minutes of your life on this failure.

Sickly-looking Goth Whites display their taste for acting out on camera in all manner of Shocking Ways (tm). From "August Underground" to "Sandman", too bad this and other examples of this 'sub-genre' are not legitimate filmmaking but rather the inevitable result of those with borderline personalities having access to video equipment. Needless to say, (or maybe not) *actual* human or animal suffering or death are never acceptable in *any* so-called film. As well, decontextualized acts of violence and silly-looking gore effects do not constitute a worthwhile experience for the end viewer. For those so inclined, watch a *real* genre film instead and learn to appreciate cinema- instead of just fake vomit and vicarious brutality.

I feel that I need to take off my hat to this film, because it is extremely artistic, well executed, and clearly does exactly what the director would have wanted the film to be. However, as a consequence, it is not a wildly entertaining film, and it begins to lose it's iconic aggression as the film develops.There is no real plot that you need to know about with "Mordum", because the film basically hasn't got one. All the film does is it follows the lives of serial killers, who feel the need to carry out violent torture scenes to fulfill their fantasies. Since this is in fact a simulated snuff film, it does make sense that there is no plot at all. But that doesn't forgive the pathetic second half of the film.The first half or so of the film is an assault on the senses, as your ears are filled with the screams of victims, and the disturbing comments from the killers, while your eyes are forced to put up with scenes including self-castration and sexual assault. The film quality is low and grainy, which gives the film an arty touch, while the violent executions are worryingly realistic. I must admit I was quite disturbed by many of the scenes, and will stay with me for a very long time.The main problem with the film though is it's rather laughable second half. Whether it was designed to give the audience a break from the repeated face-beating they received from the first half or not, it turned from a horror into a comedy as it began trying to show that serial killers have a social life. I believe this may have been to suggest that anyone could be a serial killer, but despite that the execution didn't make it seem like that. The final execution that followed the social life element didn't make up for it either, being disappointed when compared to other scenes, which didn't lend it a hand either.While I am not a fan of the torture porn genre, I did find this film very impressive artistically. Unfortunately, the film dropped in standard just after the halfway mark, which ruined the effect the film had on me. If the film had had more of a story, or had been less silly towards the end, I may have enjoyed it enough to want to buy it on DVD from the States. But it hasn't. So I won't...

Alright since this last week was horror week for me i viewed the most violent sick brutal and disturbing videos ever made and yes i also saw 3 guys one hammer which i couldn't bear to watch cause its real. Though saw of all was most difficult for me to watch though only a bit , i never looked away. But this movie... well its missing maybe one of the most important features a film needs to have ; being dragged into the movie and be glued to the screen and i have to say the movie was just plain boring to me.It just didn't bring the message. Only one of the last scenes disturbed me a bit. The maniacally laughter and giggles made me think of jack ass and dirty Sanchez(same formula of jackass) which were both entirely fake when it comes to laughter and actually having a lot of fun. Also the characters in this movie seemed to be more primal and dumb than any cavemen EVER was. The most 'intellegent conversations' where between the murderers and the victims and trust me, that is not a good thing. The only reason I'm not giving this a 2 or 1 is because how its being filmed actually do make it look real in many scenes but there were just too many dumb scenes in it for me to like it and many things are very unrealistic when u think about it like how come NO ONE ever heard those maniacs making so much noise all the time ? Thats just one example. Im giving this a 3 instead of a 2 cause i couldn't find subtitles for it so i cant entirely judge the quality of the conversations between the killers simply cause i couldn't hear it clear enough.Only for the perverted and gore obsessed if u ask me..