The film director Laugier breaks away from the pattern of torture movies and turns the scene of the torture into a means of telling stories. The two-way correspondence between the perpetrator and the victim’s psychology, and the extreme change in the protagonist’s expectation of psychology, make the film a pure slaughter. Movies are very different, and this seemingly ending plot has developed another layer of suspenseful clever narrative skills, successfully playing with the viewer's expectation
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The film is a horror film with a strong religious connotation. The repressive atmosphere and bloody and cruel torture scenes are unforgettable. The film uses cruel and straightforward lens language to record in detail the brutal torture such as beatings and skinning. At this time, it is not only the heroine in the film that is tortured, but the audience's mind seems to be undergoing an unprecedented test.
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