Horror film, born again

Rating: 6/10 (25 October 2013)

(sorry about the approximate language, I'm nor American nor English)
Remember how in the 70's horror movies were all about tearing down consensus and social values?
Well this one does it quite well.
I don't have children yet, but most of my friends and family have. Don't watch this if you have kids.
I've seen a lot of twisted and sick films (eg:irreversible, centipede, Serbian film, etc...none of which I recommend unless you feel like having your soul and spirit f**ked with, but then again you have to be curious about everything about life), but I found this one unrelentless.
It's pretty long too, so get ready for anything.
It's not gory or anything but it's psychologically very violent and harassing, it destroys family values in a way that anything I've ever seen so far never did. As a horror film (and it is a horror film), it hits the spot.
Very well made, the actors, cinematography and production are top notch, which makes it all the more unsettling. Even the storyline is uncommonly well written, especially if you are used to clichéd and poorly spewed bullcrap the last ten years of horror flicks have fed us up with. I'll try not to spoil anything, but it's about this cute little orphan that finds a new family.
Sounds like Hollywood feelgood crap, but it's all the opposite.
Hence, once again, a brilliant horror film. There are quite a few aspects I didn't feel comfortable with, so this is why I feel it's a great horror movie. It's not made to make you feel comfortable. HERE BE SPOILERS------------ 1/ As with The Exorcist, it's pretty weird watching a film were a child does everything he's not meant to do. I felt sorry for the kid (Esther) that went through all of this, and I hope she didn't really understand the cruelty and sheer evil she had to portray. This movie deals with such cruel and merciless concepts that it's bound to leave a youngster scarred for life (if she got it, and I'm afraid she has). 2/ I can't help but feel the director has some serious issues with women, and his relationship with them. I found it was profoundly misogynistic.
But he (the director, sorry can't remember his name) manages to get away with it by having a very strong female counterpart (allthough not the best actor in the film, but close).
That was smart, otherwise he would have had his head caved in by bloodthirsty femen (BTW, I'm a dude).
This bugged me throuhout the film and apart from a few moments were "suspension of disbelief" tended to fade away (but the plot is smart enough so that by the end twist, it kinda makes sense), I found it was one of the best horror film I've seen in years. Maybe in decades.
Brilliant, smart, filled with meanings about human (female?) perversity, it's definitely a must see for all you f*ùked-up horror fans fans out there that were wondering if the genre hadn't died 15 years ago.
I didn't expect much of it at first, and in this way it was very efficient. Without the gender bashing issue, this would have got a 7 by my book.