Three serial killers team up at the US/Mexican border town of Juarez and go on a killing spree.Three serial killers team up at the US/Mexican border town of Juarez and go on a killing spree.Three serial killers team up at the US/Mexican border town of Juarez and go on a killing spree.
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- Alternate versionsSupposedly edited to get and R-Rating, there are some deleted scenes and a slightly more violent death scene on the special features, but nothing graphic.
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Lommel goes south of the border.
Story Synopsis: A fictionalised account of what was responsible for the deaths of more than 400 women, mainly prostitutes & tourists, in the US / Mexican border town of Juarez. Three shady characters team up to kill as many victims as they can. With them in the area, nobody is safe.
Film Analysis: This is yet another of the staggering number of cheap horror films made by former German New Wave legend turned Hollywood hackmeister Ulli Lommel. As is the case with practically all of his post-millennial works, he takes a true story – in this case the mysterious force killing hundreds of women in the US / Mexican border town of Juarez – & uses it to mount an abstract film.
Borderline Cult is one of Lommel's better films, although strictly mediocre. There is not much to the film than three despicable characters luring female victims to an isolated spot in the hills & killing them. That's all you're going to get & Lommel keeps things going by using all the tricks he's learned after decades making art-house films in his native Germany & cheap hackwork in the States. It is like watching a zombie rise from the grave & stagger about with no real aim other than pure instinct. That is how the film feels to me.
The acting is disturbingly good – Christian Behm makes quite an impression as the intelligent brute who enjoys killing women & has a habit of comparing parts of his life to history's worst killings. He has made acting appearances in most of Lommel's post-millennial films & outdoes himself here. It is a shame that the film isn't entirely up to scratch. Also making an appearance is producer Nola Roeper, who appears as a fortune teller.
Film Analysis: This is yet another of the staggering number of cheap horror films made by former German New Wave legend turned Hollywood hackmeister Ulli Lommel. As is the case with practically all of his post-millennial works, he takes a true story – in this case the mysterious force killing hundreds of women in the US / Mexican border town of Juarez – & uses it to mount an abstract film.
Borderline Cult is one of Lommel's better films, although strictly mediocre. There is not much to the film than three despicable characters luring female victims to an isolated spot in the hills & killing them. That's all you're going to get & Lommel keeps things going by using all the tricks he's learned after decades making art-house films in his native Germany & cheap hackwork in the States. It is like watching a zombie rise from the grave & stagger about with no real aim other than pure instinct. That is how the film feels to me.
The acting is disturbingly good – Christian Behm makes quite an impression as the intelligent brute who enjoys killing women & has a habit of comparing parts of his life to history's worst killings. He has made acting appearances in most of Lommel's post-millennial films & outdoes himself here. It is a shame that the film isn't entirely up to scratch. Also making an appearance is producer Nola Roeper, who appears as a fortune teller.
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