Roseville [DVD]

didn't realise it was subtitled hard to follow

This is a boring Bulgarian film, which isn't much of a horror, as nothing much happens in it, and there isn't much of a plot.

This film is not in english so had to stop from the start would be helpful if amazon prime could state that films are subtitled before paying to rent a film

One of the worst films I have seen in a long while. Awful acting and a lame storyline.

this film is not in English its in Russian or Bulgarian could not keep up with the subtitles so had to turn it off

Bad. In every way.

Disappointed, this was a foreign film

This Bulgarian horror boasts that its story is based on a ‘real unsolved crime’. Whether or not that is true, it is a triumph of atmospherics and unease. Set mainly in 1985, Newly-weds Vassil and Nadya (Kalin Vrachanski and Lydia Indjova) are sharing the Roseville mountain resort with George and Dora (Plaman Manasiev and Elena Petrova). They provide each other with pleasant, well-meaning company that instantly becomes strained and awkward once wayward American photographer Steven (David Chokachi) arrives. Unpredictable, verbally aggressive and confrontational, hugely arrogant and something of a sex-pest, he also seems to have some secret vendetta against them all.Big strong Vassil is the first to become unnerved by events, and changed too, from a loving new husband to boorish and clearly troubled. Equally, the relationship between George and Dora constantly and subtly confounds our expectations. Little is explicit, and as is the way of things, little is as it seems.Director and co-writer Martin Makariev really does a great job with this. Although watching ‘normal’ people slowly become ‘subnormal’ because of an outside influence has been done before, this is all accomplished with great style, in beautiful but humbling surroundings and conveyed by a great cast playing believable characters. At nearly two hours, this might have benefitted from some pruning, and the ending might have been a little more comprehensive … but like many films, the destination doesn’t matter so much when the journey is so enjoyable. Whilst primarily a subtitled film, there are also scenes (mainly those involving Steven) spoken in English.