Rob Van Eyck

Slashing Through Review:

Movie: Afterman 2
By: Orlok666
Date: June 8, 2012
Born to be cult

Absurd. That is the word that springs to mind when watching the Belgian no-budget film “Afterman 2”. In the opening scene a man tries to make a call but is ratted out by a woman. So when the car arrives of the authorities a couple of muslims get out and arrest the man. Then their commander gets out -a male dressed as a SS officer- executing the woman and having the hand of the man cut off. And all that happening in the year 2012, Belgium. If that had your head spinning, read on because it gets a lot more absurd.Read More »

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What I have the honor of reviewing here is something totally unique and probably ranks quite high on the worldwide list of obscure Sci-Fi/horror movies. “The Afterman” is a Belgian post-apocalyptic thriller, but even in its own country of release (which is really small) it only received a minimal distribution and finding a decent copy on VHS is about as rare as encountering a salsa-dancing elephant. Fortunately – or unfortunately if you wish – there are not many people on the lookout for this film and that’s mainly either because they don’t know it exists or because the reputation of writer/director Rob Van Eyck isn’t exactly favorable around here. His most famous film “Blue Belgium”, inspired by the infamous Mark Dutroux pedophilia scandal, is generally considered as one of the worst Belgian movies ever and doesn’t really stimulate viewers to check out the director’s other works. Too bad, actually, since “The Afterman” is a truly special and deeply intriguing cinematic experiment, accomplished with an absolute minimum of financial means yet with a massive amount of controversial themes and downright shocking ideas in the screenplay.Read More »