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• Language: English
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002D0L0U4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,485 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Bizarre and Disturbing, October 24, 2009

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C. Sawin (TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Movie - Antichrist (DVD)

This is quite possibly the most disturbing film I've ever sat through. While Antichrist doesn't show absolutely everything and it's usually rather brief when it comes to showing disturbing material, it shows enough to make your stomach drop.

Everything leading to the last half of the film is done incredibly well. The cinematography is rather incredible, especially while they're in Eden. Everything is so lush and green while certain shots alone say more than the characters in the film ever could. The score is haunting and successfully establishes putting its viewers on edge. The entire film is spent with this married couple and their performances are top notch. It's just those last thirty to forty five minutes take such an abrupt turn. Nothing can really prepare you for how unrelenting and horrifying the finale is. The events that unfold in this film will haunt you and stick with you for an incredibly long time.

The less you know about Antichrist, the more surprising that first viewing will be. That's the main reason this review is so vague. Don't read up on it and don't watch anything other than the trailer before seeing the film. Just be warned, the film shows enough for a gutwrenching reaction. Antichrist's strongest asset is the atmosphere it builds throughout the film. The air just seems to be constantly thick with the fact that something terrible is going to happen at any moment. While the film is disturbing, shocking, and was able to make me feel things most horror films aren't capable of, I wouldn't say the film was enjoyable. The film takes its toll on you and I don't think it's a film I'd really enjoy sitting through again.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good., September 8, 2009

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Gore-Hound (melbourne, australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Movie - Antichrist (DVD)

Powerful film. Brilliant performances. Very depressing but strangely arousing as well. Fantastic ending. Not a good first date movie but well worth your time.

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sinking feeling with several important questions., October 30, 2009

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S. Ballard (Jackson, LA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Movie - Antichrist (DVD)

The movie affected me so much that I went to sleep and woke up questioning it. The acting was extraordinarily precise and the setting was haunting but there were several things that i could not resolve in my mind. First,
what did Nic's deformity of the feet mean, was it just symbolism of imperfection that translated into the ultimate
insanity of the mother? Why did the mother put the shoes on backwards, was that the first sign of her break with
reality. I watched the movie twice, can't do it again for a while. Question 2: what was the reason for the use
of gynocide and what did that illustrate, nature was satan and it was human nature that was evil. It shook me to my
core. I love both actors and admire their performances though I don't think I can watch it again. At the end after
he escaped what was the reason for all the women coming up the hill. Were these the dead that had been liberated from the past and if so why were they free and what did the wife's death mean to those women? Was Eden hell, was he the evil or was the wife the evil? You too will have some questions, no doubt.I am a therapist and I don't recommend this for the squeamish. This is not classified "Horror" but it is the worst kind of horror, something we can all relate to on some level or some part. The bottom line is
that this was a couple caught in a tragic event, a mother in deep grief and guilt for allowing Nic's death to happen
and a loving but arrogant husband who thought he could save her sanity by isolating her and putting her thru a
series of psychological exercises, challenging her misperceptions which ultimately turned her anger and guilt
toward him. Was this arrogant act another demonstration of female abuse. I have read some of the comments but no
one addresses the reason for his survival and her demise. If anyone has any ideas about eh women going to the cabin at the end and the husband's act of murder of his wife, for compassion of her suffering, hopelessness of her recovery or punishment of her rage directed toward him. If you need happy endings, forget it, I will be looking at
this from so many perspectives and asking questions for the next few years that maybe that is the true values of this form of art.