Indeed, this film cannot be called a horror film in a broad sense. There are no particularly scary elements, but it is full of people's crazy psychological changes and suppressed emotions. At the heart of the film is the collapse of faith.
A reclusive family with little contact with the outside world. Farming, harvesting, and loved ones are all factors in each day. Only under such stable conditions can a psychological balance be maintained.
At that time, without basic scientific awareness, the joy and sorrow of life depended entirely on whether the natural environment gave them food. From this sense of uncontrollable anxiety about life from the outside world, the so-called faith was born.
Faith, Faith As long as they earnestly love Jesus, love life, do not commit sins, and do not associate with demons, Jesus will bless them, love them, and give them a peaceful life. Only then can you gain some sense of security and control from this restless life.
- I became unfortunate, I must have done something wrong. With my devout faith in Christ, I will surely find refuge.
That's what faith exists for. Without faith, how to look forward to tomorrow. How to get through so many tomorrows tomorrow.
The cause is the disappearance of a family member, little Sam. The balance of the family is broken, and the first to collapse is the fragile mother. The older boys in the family began to question Jesus. "Why did little Sam do nothing but was taken away by Jesus. Did he sin? Why did he leave in this way, will Jesus really bless us?" And the father, who seemed deeply religious, could not answer these The question interrupted rudely.
Because adults are more unable to bear the shake of faith.
In the patriarchal society at that time, a family seemed to be unsustainable without men. But women have become the targets of attack. Such a family, losing two men because of their eldest daughter, is of course a huge blow to someone as fragile as a mother.
When necessary, she can quickly come up with an opportunity to abandon her eldest daughter for a better life.
I have always felt that the eldest daughter was wronged, mocked by her mother, bullied by her younger siblings, and kept silent by her father. A man washing his parents' clothes like a slave, why not run away? Because they live in isolation, they can't survive alone. They can only support each other by supporting each other as a family. Inside the family, they can only carefully maintain the balance. The taciturn and macho father, the sensitive and fragile mother, the coddled and neurotic younger siblings, there seems to be nothing good in life, and she cannot escape.
When she started arguing, arguing with her father that her younger siblings were possessed by demons. The father has completely collapsed, and the family has completely collapsed. Can't trust who's right, can't understand why what you've been believing doesn't save you.
In the end everyone died, only the eldest daughter remained. "The witch is not only an ominous symbol, but also represents the loss of women's status in that era." Such an eldest daughter is like a witch.
And without any hesitation, she took off her clothes and followed in the footsteps of the devil. The excitement on her face when she saw the crazy women around the fire start to slowly and calmly take to the sky.
Finally, she was in control of her own destiny.
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