LITTLE OTIK is a strange film that will probably be of some interest to those that dig dark-humor, horror, or both. Not a "great" film (though I believe it had the potential to be...), and definitely a little long as it tends to drag quite a bit after the half-way point or so - but I'd still recommend it as a "one-time watch"...
The story is based on a fairy-tale (that I remember here in the States as being called THE FAT CAT, and involved the same basic story line, except it featured a cat as opposed to a wooden baby...) that comes horribly to life. A couple are incapable of conceiving, which makes the wife all the more obsessive about children. The husband carves a (very strange looking) "baby" out of a tree-root - and in response to the "loving" (and completely insane) care of the "mother" - one day the thing comes to life. Unfortunately, baby likes to eat and is not real discriminatory in his feeding habits, eating anything from cats to humans. Obviously this is going to cause some problems for the family. Meanwhile, a little girl who lives in the same apartment complex is the only one who seems to get what's going on, and eventually tries to "befriend" little Otik...
If you're looking for a splatter-film, this isn't it. The "horror" elements are mainly implied, except for a few short scenes that won't be considered very graphic to any "seasoned" horror-fan. I also felt the ending seemed rather abrupt for as long as the film seemed to be. There was also a pedophilac undertone running throughout the film (involving the little girl and a dirty-old-man who lives in the same building) that some may find disturbing, but the scenes are handled in a funny way, and aren't very lewd. Definitely an "interesting" film to say the least - but flaws in the pacing and ending drop it a few notches in my book. Worth checking out...7/10
The story is based on a fairy-tale (that I remember here in the States as being called THE FAT CAT, and involved the same basic story line, except it featured a cat as opposed to a wooden baby...) that comes horribly to life. A couple are incapable of conceiving, which makes the wife all the more obsessive about children. The husband carves a (very strange looking) "baby" out of a tree-root - and in response to the "loving" (and completely insane) care of the "mother" - one day the thing comes to life. Unfortunately, baby likes to eat and is not real discriminatory in his feeding habits, eating anything from cats to humans. Obviously this is going to cause some problems for the family. Meanwhile, a little girl who lives in the same apartment complex is the only one who seems to get what's going on, and eventually tries to "befriend" little Otik...
If you're looking for a splatter-film, this isn't it. The "horror" elements are mainly implied, except for a few short scenes that won't be considered very graphic to any "seasoned" horror-fan. I also felt the ending seemed rather abrupt for as long as the film seemed to be. There was also a pedophilac undertone running throughout the film (involving the little girl and a dirty-old-man who lives in the same building) that some may find disturbing, but the scenes are handled in a funny way, and aren't very lewd. Definitely an "interesting" film to say the least - but flaws in the pacing and ending drop it a few notches in my book. Worth checking out...7/10