The Advent Calendar

2021 [FRENCH]

Action / Horror / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 62% · 30 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 62% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 7545 7.5K

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Plot summary

Eva, an ex-dancer, is now living in a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life: some of them good, but most of them bad... Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again… even if it causes death around her.

Director

Patrick Ridremont Photo
Patrick Ridremont

Top cast

Honorine Magnier Photo
Honorine Magnier as Sophie
Cyril Garnier Photo
Cyril Garnier as Boris
Janis Abrikh Photo
Janis Abrikh as Antoine
Elsa Erroyaux Photo
Elsa Erroyaux as La malade de l'hôpital
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966.43 MB
1280*536
French 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 6
926.27 MB
1280*534
French 2.0
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25 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 2
1.94 GB
1920*804
French 5.1
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 11
1.68 GB
1920*800
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
25 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 15

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by portal1790 7 / 10

Very Refreshing Narrative

The Advent Calendar is within the genre of the most surprising films of 2021. Although it doesn't bring anything new, the film has a very well-developed story without falling into the genre stereotype and has something different that captivates the narrative. Very interesting.
Reviewed by meddlecore 7 / 10

A Brilliant Concept, Very Well Done & Genuinely Creepy Film.

You have to tip your hat to Patrick Ridgemont on this one...because not only has he made a pretty cool film...but the concept itself is downright brilliant...as it's replicability is designed right into the story.I'm sure he was influenced by the Saw series...and felt he could do better than the goofy spiral eyed character from the Saw films.Because he does exactly that here with what is almost certainly a prop based on the dybbuk box- which was an alchemically sealed wine cabinet said to be harbouring some sort of demonic Jewish spirit that was sold on ebay.Only, here it's been extrapolated into this really rad looking German advent calendar (the film is Belgian, but in French by the way) that seems to target people with disabilities, as a sort of puzzle box of death...in what can only be described as a f***ed up game where they're given the choice to live free from their disability, in exchange for...let's just say...a bunch of murder...The whole thing is incredibly creepy. The monster is pretty cool. And there's a pretty rad little twist in the end.So it's a pretty decent and worthwhile little film!With big potential to become a full blown Christmas horror franchise.As, obviously- like I already mentioned above- it sets itself up for a sequel, in a way that is very easily replicable, with a model where you can change up pretty much everything to suit the shifting context.I guess you might argue that they'll eventually run out of disabilities to cover...but you could always go niche...to space...the hood...las vegas?... I dunno...have some crossover fun with Evil Bong?!Or just change the rules, I guess.Anyways...it's a shudder original film, so I'm sure they're pleased as santa's piss they've got a little franchise on their hands here.Hopefully they don't go and mess up what is currently a good thing!7 out of 10.
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