The Russian Bride - Until death do us part
| Movie | |
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| German title | The Russian Bride - Until death do us part |
| Original title | The Russian Bride |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael S. Ojeda |
| script | Michael S. Ojeda |
| production | Philip Day, Jeff Miller , Oksana Orlan |
| music | César Benito |
| camera | Jim Orr |
| occupation | |
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The Russian Bride is a 2019 American horror film directed by Michael S. Ojeda .
action
Nina and her daughter Dasha want to escape life in Russia, especially Dasha’s violent, drug addicted father. So Nina gets involved in a catalog marriage . She travels with Dasha to the former surgeon Karl Frederick, who lives alone on a huge property with his housekeeper Maria and helper Hagen. At first everything goes well, the two celebrate their wedding, at which Nina's uncle Yuri also attends the party. But he is killed on the way home from Hagen.
In the following time, the life of Nina and Dasha slowly turns into a nightmare. She finds out that Karl Frederick is a drug addict. In addition, his former son and wife allegedly died. When Dasha finally reports that the landlord sat down by her bed at night and touched her, Nina had enough. She confronts Karl Frederick about it. The situation escalates and in the ensuing fight Nina loses several fingers on each hand. Then she finds herself in a dungeon again. From there she managed to escape through an old secret shaft, where she also found the remains of Karl's wife. She is then overwhelmed and drugged again.
Then Karl Frederick reveals his plan. His son is actually still alive, but urgently needs a new heart, a lung and a stem cell donation . That is what Dasha is for. The operation is now to take place, for which Karl Frederick has invited a number of specialists. Nina herself is supposed to serve as his son's surrogate mother. However, this hits Maria hard, which is why Nina secretly wants to get rid of it. However, Nina manages to escape despite being stunned when she can get over the coke supplies from Karl. With the help of a hammer and a screwdriver, which she can attach to her hands, she overpowers all the surgical assistants from cocaine. Meanwhile, Dasha is freed from the ghost of Karl's wife. In a confrontation with Karl Frederick, Nina finally manages to kill him. Nina and Dasha are waiting for the police to arrive.
background
The film premiered on March 2, 2019 at the Fantasporto film festival in Portugal. It was then published on the Internet in the United States. In Germany it had its premiere on Blu-Ray and DVD on June 18, 2020 via New KSM / Koch Films . Due to the violence shown in Germany, the film was not approved for young people aged 18 and over.
Parts of the film were financed through the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo . The shooting took place in Michigan .
The film contains some allusions to other films. Scenes from Frankenstein from 1931 and from Das Haus auf dem Geisterhügel from 1959 are explicitly shown. There are other allusions to Shining (story of the Donner Party , tracking shots), The Stepfather , Get Out , Tanz der Teufel (eye expression scene) , Rebecca and The Dentist in which Corbin Bernsen played a similar role.
Reviews
Dax Ebaben reviewed the film for Bloody-Disgusting.com and awarded 2½ out of five stars. There he described the twist as "memorable". The film would break some boundaries, but the film is not very strong until then.
Marcel Demuth discussed the film on Filchecker and came to the following conclusion:
“In some places a very aesthetic and exciting thriller with some unexpected scenes, which in a satisfactory finale discharges pleasantly bloody. Definitely too long and, despite the unusual compilation of various genre references, quite generic as a complete work, but worth seeing once for genre fans - there are no half points here, so just miss the 6 - 5/10. "
Web links
- The Russian Bride - Till death do us part in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for The Russian Bride - Until death do us part . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ The Russian Bride - Till Death Do Us Part in the online movie database . Retrieved July 16, 2020
- ↑ David Gelmini: Michael S. Ojeda's The Russian Bride Comes to Indiegogo. Dreadcentral.com, accessed July 16, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Brad Miska: 'The Russian Bride' Kicks Ass and Gets Covered in Blood [Trailer]. In: Bloody Disgusting! December 4, 2017, Retrieved July 16, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Funxton: THE RUSSIAN BRIDE. In: In my heart, many films have room 3.0. June 27, 2020, accessed on July 16, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Dax Ebeban: 'The Russian Bride' Only Half Works But Earns Points for a Wild Final Act. Bloody disgusting, June 26, 2018, accessed July 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Marcel Demuth: Film review: "The Russian Bride - Until death do us part" (2019). Filmchecker, accessed on July 16, 2020 .