Inside
On a grief-stricken Christmas Eve, a pregnant woman fights to protect her unborn child from a relentless intruder who turns her home into a slaughterhouse.
Overview
A pregnant woman faces her worst nightmare as a mysterious intruder threatens her unborn child on a dark Christmas Eve.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- visceral
- claustrophobic
- foreboding
- late night horror marathon
- extreme horror viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as stylish, expertly paced, emotionally grounded extreme horror distinguished by relentless suspense and inventive gore.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Sarah's pregnancy and imminent delivery are the central targets of the intruder's violence and the film's physical terror.
The house becomes a night-long battleground as Sarah is trapped inside while the Woman repeatedly breaches or attacks her refuge.
The film is widely identified as a landmark of extreme French horror through its uncompromising gore and brutal treatment of bodily vulnerability.
Critics repeatedly emphasize the inventive, realistic, and exceptionally bloody presentation of violence.
Films like Inside, and why
Martyrs
Shares extreme french horror intensity, claustrophobic domestic setting, graphic violence, and sustained psychological terror.
High Tension
Shares french extremity, relentless bodily threat, disturbing imagery, and uncompromising splatter aesthetics.
The Strangers
Shares home-invasion suspense, trapped protagonist dynamics, brutal violence, and oppressive single-location tension.
The Devil's Due
Shares pregnancy-centered body horror, maternal anxiety, and an emotionally harrowing confrontation with invasive violence.
Movie Details
- Directors
- Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury
- Release Date
- 2007-06-13
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (974)
Cast
- Alysson Paradis
- Béatrice Dalle
- Nathalie Roussel
- François-Régis Marchasson
- Jean-Baptiste Tabourin
- Dominique Frot
- Claude Lulé
- Hyam Zaytoun
- Tahar Rahim
- Emmanuel Guez
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Inside about?
- On a grief-stricken Christmas Eve, a pregnant woman fights to protect her unborn child from a relentless intruder who turns her home into a slaughterhouse.
- What is Inside like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Inside as breakneck, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Inside violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Inside as graphic.
- What did critics think of Inside?
- Critics broadly regard the film as stylish, expertly paced, emotionally grounded extreme horror distinguished by relentless suspense and inventive gore.
- Which films are like Inside?
- Films with a similar feel include Martyrs, High Tension, The Strangers, and The Devil's Due.
- How long is Inside?
- Inside runs 83 minutes.
- Where can I watch Inside?
- In United States, Inside is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
