Antichrist (2009), Lars Von Trier

***½

Hyped up as to be the next Exorcist, the description doesn't really apply though as this movie

shows more psychological horror than anything else.

The son of a psychologist dies and the parents settle down to a cabin in the mountains to heal but everything goes wrong. Metaphoric images and occurings show the many sides of grieving and depression and the general fear of loss. Needless to say, Trier might have gone a bit too far, but this film's visually challenging cinematography justifies it. Worth-while watching despite the gore bits.

The Fall of the House of Usher (1928), Jean Epstein

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018770/

****



















It does take liberties with the original story-line which do away with some of the original themes (and add new ones), but atmosphere-wise, it's hard to imagine anything but a silent, wildly expressionistic interpretation doing this one justice. Haunting and superb! (just look at that screencap) See it.

(My version had a voice-over of the intertitles in English with a French accent. Think David Suchet as Poirot, haha!)