bquick94 A masterpiece. Dark, gritty af, great characters, great action, freaky, gripping, every scene is well done. Ignore the simple minds who have given low ratings, what insults their opinions are.

Tanjis Salam From the humble beginning to the violent end, this movie was solid gold. Particularly the ending, there are only a few movies out there that leave you questioning your own believe and this movie surely does that.Obviously built on a tight budget but this movie sure can pack a lot of punch. And the acting performances are truly awesome! Sean Bean was amazing and the lead guy Eddie Redmayne was spot on. This movie highlights the cruelty of the Black Plague in Europe and all the sinister twists that it took on the mind of the people. I don't usually enjoy period movies but the story is what really kept me hooked on.The concept of the inquisition and witch hunt are present too. All in all, this movie was truly amazing.

Guilherme Figueiredo The film can be considered a horror from the beginning to the end, it's worth check the performance of Eddie and Sean Bean, whom managed to engage their roles with a lot of emotion, realism, and truth.The soul of the film emanates from the tale of Pyramus and Thisbe witch are a pair of ill-fated lovers whose story forms part of Ovid's Metamorphoses. The story has since been retold by many authors.In Ovidian tale, Pyramus and Thisbe are two young lovers, unable to stay together for social issues, however the power of love makes they plan an escape to live together the rest of their lives. Thisbe planned with Pyramus that they would flee to a distant monument far from the city, Into the woods, called Ninu's Tomb, and there they would wait for the other and than flee together. Thisbe was the first to get there, and she was waiting for Pyramus until she saw a lioness with a bloody mouth, scared, she ran into a cave to hide, and on the trail dropped her veil. The lioness seeing the veil on the ground, laid with its mouth bloodied on it, smearing the veil with blood of a prey. Pyramus when reached the Ninu's Tomb moments later, didn't found Thisbe, but saw the footprints of the lioness and the bloody veil of Thisbe on the ground. When he found the veil, he believed that Thisbe was killed because of his late, and after crying over her veil, committed suicide.The film is exactly the tale of Pyramus and Thisbe with their intermediate characters, and a little modifications.In The Film:Pyramus and Thisbe are also separated by a social matter, Pyramus (Osmund) is a monk, and according to his votes could not fall in love with a woman (Thisbe - or Averill)Both plan to find in the woods, on a monument called Cross of the Martyrs in Dentwich forest, which symbolizes the Nilu's Tomb.Warriors on behalf of the Bishop are intermediates in history as well as the village and the Necromancer.When Osmund reaches the place where they planned to meet, also finds Averill veil bloodied, and footprints and marks of fight on the ground.Wild looters who attacked Averill symbolize the Leone.The suicide of Pyramus is symbolized with Osmund identity loss, which in the film has an uncertain end, but it is clear that it is no longer the same.A work that everyone should check out and enjoy the horrors of the Middle Ages, all the dirt, ignorance, lack of infrastructure, and dependence of the church in the existentialist ideal.The film makes clear how a misunderstood religion, whatever it is, causes terrible tragedies in which the protagonist is the man by itself.

Lucabrasisleeps I had been worried about the quality of recent British horror for quite a while. There are a few torchbearers for the unique British style even today but often they fall flat. Here Christopher smith, whose movies have not often charmed me, hits the mark. It is not the slow burn dark horror you might expect. But it is a bleak look at religious fundamentalism and the middle ages. Obviously I understand the intent of the writers since mostly it seems anti-religion. But even then they have created an effective antagonist who is able to encourage us to root against even though the protagonists themselves are not angels.That is the focus of the movie most of the time. There is no effort to humanize the brutal protagonists. The story shows them as they are - brutal killers who are motivated by the promise of heaven. People who are brainwashed by the church and who are not shy of doing anything to protect their faith. There is a comment about how the trip might change him. There are various interpretation of the ending. I do want to think the woman has been punished. Maybe many innocent women were killed as well but the Langiva was punished as well. Or maybe she died horribly for her sins. Not that she is more deserving of punishment than the Christians. But even then any bad deed will be punished. Maybe that's how I like to look at it, rather than think of the ending as her escaping the ill fortune that then befell the villagers. Overall I thought the movie was good although the story for the most part is predictable but the little twists redeem the movie asking a question about the nature of God and his followers. I do think it owes much to movies like the Wicker man and others. 8/10