Arrow Video

After discovering that he has died at the scene of a car crash, a man descends into the depths of hell, where he is doomed to experience the pain of tortured soul. 

Director Quarx’s 2023 French-language anthology horror movie was shown at last year’s FrightFest and was lauded for its originality. It arrives for home viewing on a limited-edition release from Arrow.

Nathan (Hugo Dillon) and Daniel (Arben Bajraktaraj) are both killed in a road accident and are presented with doorways to Heaven or Hell. Unfortunately, you can’t enter the former if you’ve committed sins, and Nathan goes through the door that leads to damnation.

While in the hellish void of Pandemonium, he encounters the tormented souls of a murderous girl and a grieving mother, with their stories both played out to us. These vignettes are imaginative and shocking, leading in to the resolution of Nathan’s story.

Arrow’s disc has interviews with writer/director Quarxx and FX supervisor Olivier Afonso, footage from the film’s 2023 premiere in Paris, a Making of featurette and the trailer. This limited edition also has a reversible sleeve with new artwork, a double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and an illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film.

Verdict: Imaginative Gallic horror that’ll keep you guessing. 8/10

Nick Joy

Pandemonium releases on Limited Edition Blu-ray and ARROW from 27th May https://www.arrow-player.com/