H6: Diary of a Serial Killer (2007)

Best movie of this year hands down!

Overrated

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

As most of the other reviews here suggest, this isn't terrible movie, but it isn't a great one either. What I did like about it is the way it treats its main character. His serial killing is presented in a kind of run-of-the-mill way; like it's all just part of his day: chat with the wife, cup of coffee, maybe some ham, pick up a prostitute, torment torture and dismember her, then greet the wife when she returns. For what it's worth, I'm not sure if I've seen a psycho movie that takes quite this approach. Having said that, I did find it a tad dull. This pseudo-mundane, quotidian approach also tends to make everything seem a little unremarkable (outside the torture and dismemberment, that is). The killer's fascination with the diary of Landru, a notorious French murderer from the early 20th century, and his wish to emulate him, had the potential to be interesting, but nothing much comes of it, other than certain events at the very end of the film (which I won't give away; I'll let the viewer be underwhelmed without my *spoiling* it).The single most irritating thing about the movie--and this may seem really shallow and dumb--is that the lead character REALLY looks a lot like Brad Garrett (you know, the big dopey brother from Everybody Loves Raymond). He even kind of sounds like him! (in Spanish, of course!) Profile, hair, even certain mannerisms--Brad Garrett! As you may imagine, it's pretty hard to take 'Robbie' seriously as he wields a chainsaw over a strapped-down Spanish prostitute in a splatter-proof room.Overall, it's not SO bad a flick, but there's no way it belongs on your must-see list. 4 apathetic stars.

I thought that H6: Diary Of A Serial Killer was a good but brutal horror film. H6 tells the story of Antonio Frau, a serial killer set free after serving 25 years in jail for the murder of his girlfriend. After inheriting and old motel from a relative he never knew, he sees this as a place where he is able to do his tasks of relieving the grief of those who have lost the will to live. He takes his victims to room Number 6 in the motel where he 'purifies' them, while, at the same time, continues his everyday life next to his wife. I thought that this was a very brutal, but a good horror film. The film contained quite a lot of strong violence and torture.

A man out of prison for strangling his girlfriend inherits an uninhabited "guest house" that had been used as a house of prostitution. Inspired by the unexpected gift and by real life serial killer Henri Désiré Landru, he prepares room 6 to starve, interrogate, humiliate, rape, and kill prostitutes he invites in from the street. He thinks he can somehow purify them, but his motives aren't all "good," as he's interested in money and fame for himself as well. Like Landru supposedly did, he keeps a detailed diary with Polaroid photographs (now a thing of the past) as evidence of his crime, since he manages to destroy all the other evidence he doesn't care to have discovered.Meanwhile, he also manages to be a loving husband to his new wife, even tolerating her open affair with a doctor at her hospital where she is a nurse. The inspector who had arrested him for his first killing is the one who comes to suspect him of the recent ones.There is plenty of blood spray in the movie, and some cannibalism, but the cuts themselves are not shown, so if that's your bag, you'll be disappointed. I found the movie to be engrossing enough and very well-shot for it to hold my attention.

I read some comments on the internet about this film like "...harder then Hostel...", "the camera never screens of when it's getting really brutal...". But none of them is true. The camera never screens of, because there is nothing to screen of. The same scene is repeated hundred and hundred times again. Women lies on a table, killer rapes women a few times, killer cuts women into pieces (you never see this during the whole film!). Police come and arrested him. Killer fools the jury. Film over. In Germany we would say :"Viel Lärm um Nichts". All in all, one of the most boring films I ever see. Absolutely non-recommendable.