Out of This World / Hors Du Monde (2021)

After its UK premiere nearly two years ago at the Glasgow Film Festival, Marc Fouchard's grim, affecting serial killer picture is getting a Digital HD release from Bulldog Distribution.

Leo (Kévin Mischel) is a composer who lives in his car and earns money as a taxi driver. He becomes smitten with one of his clients, a deaf ballerina named Amélie, with whom he begins a relationship. But what Amélie doesn't know is that Leo is a serial killer who has found stabbing of women to death inspires his creativity.

A measured journey into the mind of unique serial killer, Marc Fouchard's film achieves much of its effect through the use of visuals and music, with long sequences devoid of dialogue. So effective are these that when someone finally does speak you wish they hadn't because the spell has been broken, almost. The music Leo composes is hauntingly beautiful and the soundscape he creates is juxtaposed with the brutality of the murders he commits extremely effectively.

Fouchard leaves you with plenty to think about, not least the history of Leo's abuse by his famous classical singer mother. Like the best films of this type, you cannot help but feel sorry for Leo while at the same time being repelled by the acts he is driven to perform. OUT OF THIS WORLD isn't for everyone but if you're an art house horror nut this one is unmissable.

Marc Fouchard's HORS DU MONDE / OUT OF THIS WORLD is out on Digital HD from Bulldog Distribution on Monday 5th December 2022