The film Stoker gradually awakens the killing nature hidden in the genes of a family, showing the process of two lonely and interdependent souls gradually going to the abyss with killing as a link. In the face of ethical choices, India also confirms what Freud said about the unconscious or subconscious. When accumulated to a certain point, the killing hidden in the nature of the genes is also endowed with the beauty of classicism by the director using symbolic metaphors. So when the throbbing, the desire, the fear, and the vengeance all come together at one point, the devil that has been dormant for a long time is ignited, and the true evil self returns.
Due to the mysterious genes of the Stoke family, their relationship is intricate and chaotic. The stories behind India's father and her long-lost uncle are always between them. Just because of childhood jealousy, Charlie could bury his brother alive with a blank face. From that moment on, the genes in the Stoke family began to manifest, killing, bloodthirsty, behind all these calm and elegant surfaces, there was an unknown evil side. Until Charlie chose to kill Richard's life on her birthday, it was a long-planned plan, and even the murders after that were purposeful, all for the dear niece of India. Charlie's inability to hook up with her mother, and India's estrangement from her mother are all ways for Charlie to get close to India. For the only relative in this world, Stoker's unique blood makes Charlie feel a kind of sincere solace in India, even an invisible dependence. His sudden intrusion was also a plan that he had meticulously planned for eighteen years. He and the cold and gloomy temperament emanating from India were passed down in the same vein. For India, he was like a guide, slowly leading her to the same path as his own, awakening the sin hidden in her heart. This sense of identity that belongs only to the Stoke family, a sense of pride arises spontaneously.
Stokery's symbolic metaphor also subtly coats the original murderous and cruel film with a layer of classical cool beauty. When India's heart is gradually awakened, the spider lurking on her leg burrows into her body, suggesting that a dark shadow has enveloped and will gradually consume her, which corresponds to Uncle Charlie playing the piano with her later. When playing the piano, she did not feel uncomfortable or avoid this unfamiliar uncle. Charlie also approached, tried, or directly and forcefully seized the main position of the keys. Under such oppression and closeness, India has an unprecedented pleasure, in fact, both of them are tacit. When it comes to toy guns, this is a direct metaphor for killing. So when India kills with Charlie for the first time, the bathing scene contains another great pleasure in the release of her repressed nature. At this time, Charlie's inner resonance with her deepens, and it is he who drags him again. She took a step towards the abyss of sin. This unfamiliar but incomparably close feeling has also been foreshadowed long ago. It comes from the movements that the two of them often do like a butterfly spreading its wings, which is eerie and mysterious. What they have in common is their sensitivity and innateness towards things. The gloomy nature that comes.
The fate of the Stoke family was already predestined. In order not to do bad things, they must be stopped by worse things, and this endless cycle of sin binds the fate of the family together. Even with the same genes, the same bloodlines can become the pleasure of each other's killing, good and evil are just a thought. However, even in the violent, fierce and cruel behind, there is a trace of sadness lingering in the film. Especially at the end of the film, India is the only one left in the Stoke family. When she completed the last killing, she had a feeling of carrying the family mission and inheritance. Especially when the blood is splashed until the whole flower is dyed red, there is an inexplicable helplessness behind the cruelty, just as Baudelaire's Flower of Evil said, maybe you and I will disappear, but you should know that I have Passionate for you. The fate that should have been different, because the sins have come together.
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