Woensdag
| Woensdag | |
|---|---|
 DVD released by Arts Home Entertainment | |
| Directed by | Bob Embregts Jean-Paul Arends |
| Written by | Bob Embregts Jean-Paul Arends |
| Produced by | Bob Embregts Jean-Paul Arends |
| Starring | Reine Rek Cefas Hoofs Corne Heyboer Sjanett de Geus Nadia Huffmeijer Marisa Goedhart Ronald van den Burg William van der Voort |
| Cinematography | Bob Embregts Peter Schrijvers |
| Edited by | Bob Embregts |
| Music by | Ruud Jolie Jorg van Beers |
Production company | Asura Pictures |
| Distributed by | Arts Home Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | Dutch |
Woensdag is a 2005 horror film written and directed by Bob Embregts and Jean-Paul Arends.
Plot
Eight people are chosen to compete on Camp Slasher, a new horror-themed game show in which the contestants must complete challenges while trying to avoid a masked killer, one who is based on a local urban legend. Unbeknownst to the cast and crew of the show, an actual homicidal maniac resides in the woods where they have decided to shoot, and after massacring the program's behind-the-scenes personnel, he sets his sights on the competitors.
Cast
- Reine Rek
- Ronald van den Burg
- Marisa Goedhart
- Corne Heyboer
- Sjanett de Geus
- Cefas Hoofs
- William van der Voort
- Nadia Huffmeijer
Reception
Bloody Disgusting praised the gore, criticized the screenplay and acting, and gave the film a 3/5, writing, "Woensdag may not be a great movie but it sure is entertaining and it being a relatively short movie (75 minutes) helps keep the pace and our attention up". [1] A 2/5 was awarded by Slasherpool, which summed Woensdag up with, "Disappointing slasher flick from the Netherlands which won't likely impress anyone who lives outside Holland. It's a very dull slasher and the concept has been done to death in several, much better flicks. It doesn't help that it's almost impossible to see what was going on for most of the movie either". [2] The acting, dialogue, story, and production values were panned by Neerlands Filmdoek, which gave Woensdag a 1½, but admitted, "Nevertheless, there is still something to enjoy for lovers who have no objection to these shortcomings; the film is never boring and has enough amusing horror moments, fitted with the necessary gore". [3]
References
- ^ "Woensdag (Wednesday)". bloody-disgusting.com. Bloody Disgusting. 24 June 2005. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ Fred, Anthro. "Woensdag". slasherpool.starbase.se. Slasherpool. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ Peters, Kasper (12 October 2007). "Woensdag - DVD Review". nlfilmdoek.nl. Neerlands Filmdoek. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
External links
- 2005 films
- Slasher films
- 2005 horror films
- Dutch horror films
- Dutch-language films
- Films set in forests
- Films about television
- Mass murder in fiction
- 2000s independent films
- Directorial debut films
- Dutch independent films
- Films set in the Netherlands
- Films shot in the Netherlands
- Reality television series parodies