You should watch this! This movie delves into the pain a man endures after the love of his life is kidnapped and has vanished. The pain and uncertainty that the loved ones of those who have disappeared (kidnapped) feel can never be understood by those who have never experienced such trauma. There is a sense and need for closure that absorbs every molecule of that being's heart, mind, and soul. That sense of closure and the need to find out what happened to his loved one consumes the main character character and its final conclusion is met with sheer terror.

Suspenseful, creepy, and entertaining.

i remember seeing this film at the Bytowne and at the time thinking, ok, this wasn't bad, but God, it could have stood to loose about an hour of time... It is unfortunate that people who like to think they're better than everyone else and love pretending anything dull, dreary and overlong made in IKEA-ish countries is so much better than anything else, keep heralding films like these as masterpieces. While they are just decent little drama, more concerned with silences and landscape and establishing moods than really telling a story. This is basically a few-character film study, a CRIMINAL MIND that ends badly and that's that... Not a masterpiece, only a mooooovie, as Hitchcock would say...

The movie is something of a story that would happen in an actual neighborhood with a neighbor you can actually know but not know what he is capable of because his appearance of a family man never sends any signals of danger.

This is a movie that shows how far a man would go for the love of his life.
We see both struggles of prey and a calculating hunter who will stop at no means to have his sheer pleasure accomplished and come out a hero of the sinister minded.

This movie leaves one thinking that one shouldn't be as trusting. Hit me like a hammer!

If you are a patient with a subtitle movie and looking for a passive but dramatic and clever scheming movie than this is for you.

Excellent psychological thriller/mystery. Recommended.

very good. without the typical Hollywood ending.
scary for the fact this kind of person really exists

Forget the American re-make that was content to let a successful concept do the heavy-lifting at the expense of the art; frisson & tension that had zapped a chilly life into this Scandinavian original. Like ''Hard Candy'', once you've received the gut-punch climax, it can be hard to partake in further viewings with the same level of enjoyment; but if you haven't seen this fantastically dark thriller yet - Don't Miss!!! (If you DID get treated to the Kiefer Sutherland pablum version, take heart in the knowledge that the 'mericans polished all the shocking/insomnia-inducing teeth right off of that KEY climax etc; so no real spoilers there, if you have any reason for any of the underwhelming ingredients of THAT sad knock-off's plot-lines to haunt your memories.) THIS ONE is a CLASSIC of the genre that lingers there long and creepily. Just what the doctor ordered!!

Based on the novella 'The Golden Egg' written by Dutch author Tim Krabbé, the award winning film 'Spoorloos' (The Vanishing) is a deeply disturbing film about a young man whose wife mysteriously disappears at a rest stop during a pleasure trip. As the man persists in finding out what happened to her, the story unfolds with stunning precision culminating in a genuinely chilling finale. After viewing this film, you will never let your loved ones out of your sight again in your travels.

This is a low-budget, but intelligent, horror film about a psychopath who lives the life of an ordinary family man but also commits hideous crimes. No gore and no blood letting seen here, but the horror depicted is very disturbing. Great acting by all. The ending is unsettling and the bad guy got away with it. This is a timeless masterpiece. In Dutch and French with English subtitles.

This movie is highly rated for reasons that are beyond me. I found it tedious and uneventful despite the supposed "shocking" ending. Skip this one.