Broceliande (2002) 5/10

So I'm a huge fan of the recent new wave of grisly french horror. I picked up Broceliande thinking that although it wouldn't be gory, perhaps it would still be compelling. It was, up to a point.

Broceliande is about a young girl attending archeology school. She helps to uncover a druidic temple with her class, but when her teachers and class mates end up dead its up to her to discover who, or what is killing these people.

I was expecting some crazy awesome ghost or monster killer type stuff and in the last fifteen minutes there is indeed a monster of sorts but by that point it was really to little to late. The film progresses much like an Italian giallo up until about the halfway point and after that the film devolves into a chase sequence through ancient catacombs....for about 45 minutes. The film completely goes off the rails at this point and becomes nothing more then a silly action sequence that isn't competently acted nor directed. I will say that the monster is pretty damn cool looking and its a wonder why they didn't pull it out earlier.

In the end Broceliande's pacing is terrible and seems like half a giallo, half an American action cheese fest, but it adds up to a mediocre forgettable film that does nothing to further the french horror cause.

Gore- mild

Nudity-mild

Overall - 5/10