Taboo - The game to death
| Movie | |
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| German title | Taboo - The game to death |
| Original title | Taboo |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 75 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Max Makowski |
| script | Chris Fischer |
| production |
Chris Fisher , Ash R. Shah |
| music | Ryan Bevedige |
| camera | Viorel Sergovici |
| cut | M. Scott Smith |
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Taboo - Das Spiel zum Tod (Original: Taboo ) is an American horror film from 2002. Directed by Max Makowski .
action
Six young people, all of whom are in some way connected, have got together for a round of taboo in an old house and, in the course of the film, confide in each other some intimate and embarrassing secrets. At the beginning, a mysterious envelope appears with a set of cards on which a number of negative traits and role assignments such as homosexuality, rapists, prostitutes, hypocrites etc., whose meaning is initially unclear, appears. One of the friends - Adam - playfully takes on the role of the rapist and harasses his ex-girlfriend. She pushes him back and flees. When she returns with her new boyfriend, Adam is apparently dead. They try to hide the body while the others also play the game.
In the further course various misconducts become apparent, which Elizabeth had threaded in advance from a long hand in order to blackmail her. Elizabeth is confronted by Christian and admits to what the others admit: They had set this trap for Elizabeth in order to expose her and Adam's death was only faked. Elizabeth flees and Christian, who has sided with the others, follows her while Piper and Adam invite gay Benjamin to a threesome. In the course of the game she initiated, she seduced Christian, who had actually turned away from her. She explains to him that she is his sister and claims the inheritance. Christian considers killing her, but then makes a blood pact with her to keep the matter to himself. To cover up traces, he first shoots Benjamin, shortly afterwards Adam and kills Piper. After the last friend is killed, Christian and Elizabeth are alone and eat. Christian poisoned himself and Elizabeth with the wine to preserve the family honor.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote that the mixture of psychological thriller and teen slasher did not understand how to combine the genres despite “numerous tricks and twists” . Nevertheless, so the résumé, the work is "not without charm for fans of the genre" .
Web links
- Taboo - The game to death in the Internet Movie Database (English)