Antichrist (2009)

One may see it as an art film and the others sees it as one of the most disturbing films of all time. Judgement of what is the purpose of this movie will vary as it caters to specific group of movie watchers, but if you are curious to see this experimental thriller film by Lars Von Trier, I recommend proceeding with caution. Antichrist is a horror thriller film but the horror it has is not about demonic possession or devil entity that will ruin the lives of the protagonist because its title is likely to suggest and connotes a movie about it. But the film rely its horror theme in its tension-filled atmosphere, mysterious story, shocking revelations and dark background settings. You wouldn’t be scared here by a ghost or demon like in exorcist movies but you will be scared on how depression state can affect your psychological being and further lead you to become an “antichrist”. With emotions of grief, pain and despair as implied feelings in the movie, Antichrist is demonstrated in this movie as a feeling of severe depression, severe enough to make you feel the feeling of being an antichrist. If this will be a full psychological movie, then Antichrist is highly recommended to analyze. 

It has scenes that will disturb you, but the curiosity of finding out the revelation and mystery of the movie will keep you glued to watching it. Great performances by the lead actors and actress but I have issues with its ending which is quite hard to understand and the open-ended way may not satisfy the watchers. The film competed in 2009 Cannes Film Festival. 

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