Masseba (1989)
Genre: Sci-Fi | Postnuke
Country: Czechoslovakia | Director: Milos Zábranský
Language: Czech | Subtitles: English (Optional, embedded in Mkv file)
Aspect Ratio: Cinemascope 2.35:1 | Length: 95mn
Dvdrip H264 Mkv | 1016x432 | 25fps | 1.36gb
A tribe of survivors take possession of a large but rundown building, killing all who put up resistance - but they don't know that the building is cursed by some demon god and haunted by a girl in white that seems to know some secret ...
Of course, in 1989, post doomsday films were not exactly hot news anymore, not even in Eastern Europe, and this movie is reminiscent of many classic (and not so classic) films of the genre, first and foremost perhaps Zardoz - yet Masseba is fascinating in its own right, a film that relies not so much on its (not exactly original) plot but on its poetic cinematic language that gets the most out of its limited sets (mainly a rundown building, actually) and on carefully composed sequences that are more reminiscent of an art performance than a science fiction film, a film that keeps its dialogue to an absolute minimum (the whole script for this 90+ minute movie probably contains no more than one page of dialogue) to keep the film from becoming bland, that relies on atmosphere rather than on action, and that (successfully) attempts to give its tried and true story a political dimension - and unfortunately it is also a film that has over the years become incredibly rare and deserves rediscovery on a large scale. Recommended.
Of course, in 1989, post doomsday films were not exactly hot news anymore, not even in Eastern Europe, and this movie is reminiscent of many classic (and not so classic) films of the genre, first and foremost perhaps Zardoz - yet Masseba is fascinating in its own right, a film that relies not so much on its (not exactly original) plot but on its poetic cinematic language that gets the most out of its limited sets (mainly a rundown building, actually) and on carefully composed sequences that are more reminiscent of an art performance than a science fiction film, a film that keeps its dialogue to an absolute minimum (the whole script for this 90+ minute movie probably contains no more than one page of dialogue) to keep the film from becoming bland, that relies on atmosphere rather than on action, and that (successfully) attempts to give its tried and true story a political dimension - and unfortunately it is also a film that has over the years become incredibly rare and deserves rediscovery on a large scale. Recommended.
Masseba (1989)
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