A very good movie. 10 stars for the idea/5 for the execution = 7 overall.
This movie best makes sense (to me, anyway) if viewed as a sort of allegory or Buddhist-infused meditation on the nature of human violence.
We don't know exactly why the events we witness are taking place, and it's not always clear how we should feel about the events either. And the last twenty minutes, frankly, actually deepen the mystery rather than explain it. The mild-mannered, confused and "hurt" human man we first encounter as he rises from "the grave" is, by the end, a being without feeling-- a man who robotically replicates the story for yet another "victim." Over the course of the movie, we see the desire to avenge his hurt lead him to, in turn, hurt himself and his remaining family members. He then becomes part of the cycle of violence (the "Ritual" or "Modus Anomali) before re-burying himself so that the "ritual" can continue.
In short, this is the rare horror movie with a philosophical or quasi-religious point of view. Worth a watch.
This movie best makes sense (to me, anyway) if viewed as a sort of allegory or Buddhist-infused meditation on the nature of human violence.
We don't know exactly why the events we witness are taking place, and it's not always clear how we should feel about the events either. And the last twenty minutes, frankly, actually deepen the mystery rather than explain it. The mild-mannered, confused and "hurt" human man we first encounter as he rises from "the grave" is, by the end, a being without feeling-- a man who robotically replicates the story for yet another "victim." Over the course of the movie, we see the desire to avenge his hurt lead him to, in turn, hurt himself and his remaining family members. He then becomes part of the cycle of violence (the "Ritual" or "Modus Anomali) before re-burying himself so that the "ritual" can continue.
In short, this is the rare horror movie with a philosophical or quasi-religious point of view. Worth a watch.