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Begotten
Fantasy, Horror
Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers drawn to extreme experimental cinema, ritualistic imagery, and confrontational visions of existence rather than conventional narrative or entertainment.
- Tone
- surreal, bleak, dread
- Payoff
- unease, reflection
- Pacing
- meditative
- Intensity
- harrowing
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- creation, death, bodily transformation, suffering, transcendence
- Setting
- primordial mythic era, barren wilderness and ritualistic natural landscapes