Little Necro Red… Where to begin? First of all, the storyline that I read beforehand wasn’t really what I thought it was. Of course, I had no assumption about what kind of movie this would be before I saw it. When talking about a missing daughter that the police cannot find, my mind immediately goes to kidnapping and being held captive somewhere for perverted or sadistic reasons. That’s what I thought I would get.
I thought that since it seems pretty lowbudget, the Little Necro Red would exploit this part to the fullest and try to show as many outrageous scenes as possible in that perspective. It didn’t take long until I realized that I was wrong though. I was thinking in the lines of a sadistic thriller, and what I got was over the top gore and splatter.
The story about the missing daughter can pretty much be ignored and it makes no sense most of the time. I think they have thrown in just about everything they can think of just as an excuse to also put in as much violence, gore and spatter in there.
I don’t complain. Sure,I would have wanted the story to follow some kind of philosophy but I can’t really see it. Of course I’m exaggerating. There is a story but it’s rather thin and seems to have been put together with a shoehorn to fit everything in there. It’s easily the most downletting part on Little Necro Red.
On the other hand, you hardly can go wrong when you include the word necro in the movie title (even if it in this case suggested some necrophilia in my mind). I actually don’t understand what necro has to do with anything in this context. Of course, there is death, and creatures that don’t seem to really live (or die), possibly some kind of demons. Maybe the Necro is referring to them, I don’t know.
But back to the story. The daughter of Angela – Annie has disappeared. But it seems to be a long time ago and her mother is kinda obsessed with the idea of finding her alive. At the same time there seems to be some kind of stalking against her, possibly her own demented paranoid mind playing games on her.
Then there is this private investigator who is connected by a former journalist to search for clues to unravel the mystery. It’s also set in a world where journalism is not allowed anymore, there are curfews occurring between 6 pm and 6 am everyday, so it’s obviously a society in dystopian decay. I don’t understand what that has to do with anything though. It seems totally unimportant.
So, the whole point of Little Necro Red is not to dissect its world while trying to understand the plot. I sure didn’t understand it. And on top of that we have some strange cult, where the leader is speaking in Italian and seems to perform rituals with human sacrifices to keep “the wolf” at bay. The wolf is probably one of the countless creatures that occurs in the film. They are well made! Maybe they could’ve been even better with a higher budget, but that might also have ruined the effect. There’s something about those latex masks that just hit the right spot.
Most of the effects seem to have been traditionally made. It’s really hard to say, but some seem to have also been manufactured in a computer. I don’t like that as long as it looks good and fits the production. And that’s what I think is the strength of Little Necro Red. There’s gore, a lot of it. And it’s well made!
Now, I’m not much of a gore hound these days. Maybe I was in my youth but I’ve steered away from it. Maybe because it never really looked any good. I’m also not too fond of looking at an intestine that’s supposed to be human but probably comes from a pig. There are scenes like that here as well, but I think they fit the production when we have all the other crushing skulls, and other brutal violence as a lead. It’s really something else when it comes to the special effects. Sure, you can see that it’s sometimes not perfect and that it’s not totally believable at all times but I’d rate the effort very high.
So, my view is split. The plot and the storytelling isnät very good. It’s even bad and that would have needed some improvement. But the gore… oh! the gore! That’s what makes this film stand out and be watchable.
