So, I ran across White Skin under my TiVo suggestions. It was on the Love / Romance channel (not porn but sappy love stories; think of it as Lifetime or Oxygen on crack). Figured it wasn’t anything interesting, although it was listed as horror and suspense.

I started watching it and it’s hyper twisted! It’s set in Montreal, and tells the story of Thierry and Henri. They are roommates, Thierry is an aspiring writer / literature student on scholarship. Henri’s job or career isn’t really spelled out, though he does play in a band with some friends during one scene.

Through a series of experiences with his roommate and his newfound girlfriend and her family, a story unfolds that is disturbing, intriguing and sometimes ludicrous. Kind of like seeing an accident on the highway, you sometimes just can’t look away. It’s a cool flick, maybe in the tradition of the Hammer Studio horror films of the 1960s and 70s.