When the captured heroine wakes up from the fainting, the movie shows the following scene to the audience.
From the subjective point of view of the heroine, the elderly head of the household sitting in the main seat cannot even make a gap in his eyes, his limbs are thin, and his stature is cramped, but he has a strong penis unreasonably. The excitement of the penis comes from the head of the family's expectation of the upcoming killings against women.
After that, there was another scene in which he could not even hold the hammer securely during the execution. He still repeatedly tried to smash the hammer on the head of the hostess with the help of his family.
The film passes through these two scenes to show the inhuman part of the family. This inhumanity is not the result of the practice of something that is contrary to morality, but the result of a lack of morality.
These two scenes symbolize sex and violence respectively, and aggressiveness and sex are also the two libidos that Freud believed to be dominant. The pursuit of them is considered by the id that constitutes one of the personality, and id is the non-moral part of the personality that is based on the principle of maximizing happiness. A normal person’s personality develops a superego, or moral, part to check and balance id, and finally allows these two extreme and unrealistic components to achieve a balanced and realistic part, ego, which is human self. If this ego is stronger, the mental health of a person will be healthier.
But the family dominated by the head of the family in the movie has never developed a superego like a normal person, so the entire personality of this family is always filled with idols that represent animality. Because of the lack of moral elements, they also fail to develop a personality that conforms to reality. This is why the two youngest butchers in the family can't even communicate with people in normal society.
The director's design and arrangement of these scenes not only set off a weird and cult atmosphere, but also fit the settings of his characters.
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