The Begotten

[Shady]

Could someone explain to me exactly what this is. The trailer made zero sense and neither do any plots that I have read. All I know from what I heard it is very disturbing. In latent terms could you please explain the plot to me and why it is disturbing.

[Roderick Usher]

I'll try.

First off, the film is super grainy black and white with no dialogue. It feels ancient. And I'm not talking early silent film ancient, I'm talking dead sea scrolls ancient. There is sound, but no talking.

The filmstock is distressed to the point of intentional confusion, your mind must play connect-the-dots in order to decipher exactly what's going on.

The story revolves around the traumatic life of a humanoid creature wandering a barren and haunting landscape, from its birth (a bloody birthing from another odd humaniod thing who literally cuts the creature out of its belly with a straight-razor) to death at the hands of a people who obviously don't understand or appreciate the creature.

In between is slow, plodding, esoteric wierdness that makes David Lynch's most impenetrable symbology play like an episode of Sesame Street.

This is not for everyone...hell I'm not even sure it's for anyone. It is slow, self-important and confusing.

But the first 10 minutes fucked me up in a way that I still can't properly articulate.

[Shady]

Thanks man. Why exactly did the first 10 minutes fuck you up?

[Roderick Usher]

Ity's watching a creature slashing itself over and over with a razor.

The sound, the disorientation, the confusion...

I started it with my 9 year old (thinking it would just be boring to him) and he immediately said "Dad, turn it off"

I Tried again later that night, but had to turn it off, I was so scared...and I write horror for a living, NOTHING really scares me anymore. But the sound design and the relentlessness of the directing makes this a film that affects you on a very primal level.

After 4 tries, I watched the whole film though.

[Shady]

Sounds very interesting, I'll definately have to check that out.

[Despare]

I'm looking for it as well, sounds like a nightmare David Lynch may have had which disturbed him so greatly he could never mention it.

[The Flayed One]

I'm looking for it as well, sounds like a nightmare David Lynch may have had which disturbed him so greatly he could never mention it.

You can get it from Netflix.

http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?trkid=73&movieid=70018261

[Despare]

It only lets you "save" it with an unknown release date.

[hitman3005]

Grrr. need to own this movie. on Amazon the cheapest i could find it was for$55.

[The Mothman]

ive heard quite a bit about this film. definetly not an easy one to find, very rare. it used to go for $90(lowest) on Amazon. The creature in the beggining is supposed to represent god, and god, of course, kills himself. This movie is supossed to have a deep meaning of some sorts....havnt quite figured it out yet,

[Shady]

Omg, Roderick you weren't kidding. I downloaded this and just finished watching it. This is one hell of a disturbing movie. Words cannot even express this movie. This movie definately has some sort of a meaning to it, but I have not quite figured it out. The first 15 minutes are unbearable to watch. Watching this alone at night is the worst thing you can do. I usually watch movies with my friends but I have never got a good scare from any movie so I wanted to get the full effect and let me say this is the 1st movie that actually really freaked me out and disturbed me. I saw Eraserhead and that was absolutely nothing compared to this film. I feel like im about to get a call saying Your Gonna Die In 7 Days.