"This is not a horror film. This is a Santini film!"Gilderoy (Toby Jones) a meak English sound engineer moves to Italy to work on a film. He sound finds himself alone and uncomfortable, working on a grissly horror film. As he immerses himself in his work, and that of the films grisly content, Gilderoy starts to feel homesick, and his mental state comes in for a battering.
Fish out of water drama, which establishes a wonderfully creepy atmosphere, as it fetishises sound and analogue sound equipment, and gives homage to Italian horror and Giallo soundtracks. The films one low point is its ending with no resolution, leaving the viewer baffled and disorientated, but may be that is what the director intended, as it mirrors the state of the main character.
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