The greatest film you'll never recommend

Having seen "A Serbian Film" and "Antichrist" within a week of each other, I can safely say I've seen two of the most disturbing films ever made, back to back. The difference is "A Serbian Film" was pure schlock and "Antichrist" actually has some meat to it.

The film is shocking, provocative and difficult to analyze, but the themes are definitely there. It essentially takes everything about religion and creation myth and turns it on its head in a brutal way. It's a nihilistic steak with a side order of gender issues. If I had to categorize it, I would call it a Horror / Suspense Thriller / Paranormal / Mind Fuck very much in the vein of famous Russian film maker Andrei Tarkovsky (who the movie is dedicated to.)

This is a film only for the strong of stomach and mind. The sense of despair and paranoia it creates is overwhelming and it left me saying "W...T...F" more than a few times. That said, I'm dying to watch it again and plumb its depths even farther, and that's a sign of a great film.

8/10