Antichrist

very good

Know what you are getting into before watching this film. It's dark, satanic, gory and depressing. I love it! Wish it was in 4K!

Es una gran película que nunca me cansó de ver, compra recomendada.

A thought provoking movie - if one wishes to view a lot of lengthy dissertations about all the psycho symbolic aspects of this film I'd recommend zipping over to the Amazon.com listing for same, as there are over 60 reviews posted. My personal take on "Antichrist' is that it was a genuinely creepy and horrific viewing experience that not only left one with that disquieted sorta feeling after watching it, but also provided a few real shocker moments that literally had the hair standing up on the back of my neck (which is a 'good thing' for a horror movie, right?!). Leave it to the brooding 'Skandinavians' to create a view of nature that is so beautiful and menacing at the same time - director Lars von Trier has imagined, and convincingly depicted, a hellish world that is shaped by the unfortunate experiences of its' two main characters. In the plot - after the 'accidental' death of their young son - who manages to fall out a window while his parents are making love in the shower - the husband and wife deal with their grief & guilt over the loss in their own ways that spiral out of control in a setting of a summer cabin in the woods that used to be a haven of happiness for them. William Defoe is perfectly cast as the rather cold & creepy psychoanalyst husband who seems to sublimate his feelings thru his attempts to 'treat' his wife's (played by Charlotte Gainsbourg) much more palpable grief & guilt - a dynamic that evolves into some very shocking character developments. There is a fair amount of ambiguity, and what might even be considered gaping plot holes as the action plays out. Some might feel that this adds to the eerieness of the film while others may view it as 'sloppy' film-making - regardless the end result is viscerally effective. There is a distinctly dream-like (nightmare!) surrealistic quality to this movie that is one of it's strongest features. This is definitely one of those: "not for the squeamish" types of horror fliks with some very transgressive imagry - so be forwarned. Some reviewers have critiqued the film for being misogynistic but I felt it portrayed an 'equal opportunity' asexual statement about the potential dark side of human nature when pushed to extremes. As others have noted: 'love it or hate it, you likely won't soon forget it.'

Just buy it. Don’t show it to children. Great movie. Disturbing, graphic, including explicit sex scenes and genital mutilation, but that aside, it’s a superb movie about grief and loss. The cinematography is breathtaking and the acting is great. It’s a definite must have from me.