I loved it myself.

8/10 (A-)

B+


Anatomy is the best thing Germany has achieved in the horror genre over the past 20 years or so. Of course it doesn't have that much to compete with in first place.

First seen as a typical Scream knock-off, the film is actually a lot better than just that. Of course it does follow a lot of the typical slasher films' conventions and can't avoid some of its pitfalls either (the main survivor is obvious right away and it isn't hard to guess the killer either). It does take some of them, though, and turns them on their head. For instance the blond bombshell isn't just a stupid sexpot waiting to die. She's the smartest student in her entire year.

Then there's a great visual style to the film. Ruzowitzky has a good eye for that and the medical settings are of great benefit here. Franka Potente is a pretty good "scream queen" here, doing pretty much all that is expected of a role like hers and I liked that the whole thing was not just a mad killer, but that there's a bigger story behind all what has happened. That distinguishes this film from the likes of I Know What You Did Last Summer or Urban Legend. Definitely worth checking out.