Hello Hivers, The killing of a Sacred Deer is a Horror/Thriller movie that I strongly suggest watching if you are a fan of the two genres.

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Plot

After some time, the members of the Steven Family start to have an inexplicable disease, to which no doctor (including the surgeon itself) can find a real explanation.

This is how far I will go with the plot since I don't want to spoiler the movie too much.

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Why you should watch it

• in my humble opinion, it is one of the best horror films of the last decade, especially in its being an anti-horror ... ok maybe this sentence will not seem very clear to you 😅, but what I mean is that compared to horror classics, here we do not have any kind of preparation or theatricality in the various scenes, everything is told to the viewer as it is, raw and real, like life itself... and it is precisely this that makes it, even more, scary than many other horror movies... it is frightening and disturbing in its being so real ...

• The cast is made up of both excellent actors, like Dr. Steven played by Colin Farrel and his wife played by Nicole Kidman, and also unknown ones, like the actor who plays Martin, Barry Keoghan, which is truly extraordinary in his part. He knows how to be involuntarily disturbing, making the viewer extremely uncomfortable with his actions. This is mainly due to the fact that he seems to be the main cause of the ills that befall the Murphy family.

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• In the end, the film does not give a real solution to the problem, this is, even more, a real representation of how life is nonsense, something completely random over which we have absolutely no control. The film can also be very introspective, it puts you in the role of the protagonist and makes you understand how difficult the situation is for him to manage, causing the viewer a complete discomfort, given by the complete velleities of our actions. In my opinion, this film finds meaning in the pessimistic vision of the world because there are uncontrollable and random forces that we cannot oppose, thus making us powerless and insignificant creatures compared to the forces of nature.

• it is the filmed representation of DEATH or even of life itself. it is a film in which there is no background music, there are no pauses or jumpscare, hich make it very original and different from classic horror movies.

• The film has many quotations, both on a literary level, linked to Nordic mythology and Christian theology, as well as elements from other horror films, such as The Shining for example, and Kubrik's Geometry.

Rating

9/10