Start with the screams."
He is unprepared for the disturbing, violent material he must help bring to life through sound.
It’s subtle, meticulous, and suffocatingly claustrophobic.
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It serves up a tangle of mysteries and leaves the audience to decipher them.
This is a film that invites analysis and interpretation.
Not to mention, it culminates inone of the most shocking endingsof the 2010s.
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8’Antichrist' (2009)
Directed by Lars von Trier
“Chaos reigns.”
7’Titane' (2021)
Directed by Julia Ducournau
“I am your son.”
Titanedefies easy categorization, blending shocking imagery, gender fluidity, fractured parental relationships, and raw sexuality.
It also riffs on Greek mythology, furious social commentary, andDavid Cronenberg’sCrash.
The body-horror is pretty intense, replete with bones breaking, changing, and merging with machinery.
The movie also boasts a striking and memorable ending that brings all its themes into focus.
6’Saint Maud' (2019)
Directed by Rose Glass
“Never waste your pain.
For all these reasons,Saint Maudis a future classic, with strong traces ofCarrieandThe Exorcist.
It’s very much a showcase for his visual pyrotechnics, even if it’s light on coherent narrative.
Set in 17th-century New England.
When their newborn child vanishes under mysterious circumstances, suspicion and hysteria begin to consume them.
This is complemented by the slow-burn storytelling and layered characters, including a breakout performance byAnya Taylor-Joy.
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He’ssaidthat his music for the film is meant to track and represent the protagonist’s shifting mental state.
“Tim Robbinsstars in this one as Jacob Singer, a Vietnam vet haunted by hallucinations and fragmented memories.
And thats exactly what I did.”
As tensions rise, Adjani’s character begins exhibiting bizarre and increasingly violent behavior.
The movie is simultaneously visceral and emotionally exhausting, balancing emotional realism with gore and monstrous imagery.
Taken together,Possessionis extreme, unsettling, and at times unbearable, yet absolutely essential.
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