Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival

Review of "Framed" by The Headless Critic

Framed – 2017
Production by: Creatures of the Dark



"In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." –Andy Warhol

In a live-streaming world where everyone gets their fifteen minutes of fame the depraved will go further to stand out from the rest. A group of friends gathered together are about to experience a different kind of home invasion. Broadcast to the world three intruders invade their home and induce madness. Drug induced rape, cannibalism and murder are broadcast live to the world. Their viewers are growing and so is the insanity captured on camera.

Spain has been increasingly crossing the lines of horror in recent years. The latest import from director Marc Martínez Jordán doesn’t hold back. Under the guise of being willing to do anything to increase their viewership, the three home invaders headed by Àlex Maruny force their victims to have sex with each other, eat shit, eat their own flesh and to die. It is brutal.

Àlex Maruny gives a maddening performance reminiscent of a depraved Joker that even Heath Ledger didn’t reach. With a script similar to the original The Purge, these home invaders are out to do more than kill. Rhys Wakefield’s Polite Leader has nothing on the insanity that follows. Writers Marc Martínez Jordán and Jaume Cuspinera reach the demented depths of their minds in a social commentary on what we as human’s encourage because we’re willing to watch.

Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival screened Framed as the WTF (What The Fuck) screening of the year and for good reason. It’s not a film for everyone. Also screened this year was the comedy Clickbait which has the same social commentaries told in a completely different way. Framed isn’t a light-hearted laugh. The depravities the film sinks to are as unlimited as to what humans are willing to watch. Are you willing to watch it?

Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival


4 out of 5 Headless Critics