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A young woman's quest for revenge leads her down a path of depravity.
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Critics Consensus

A real polarising movie, this Gallic torture-porn is graphic, brutal, nasty and gruesome and not to everyone's taste.

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Scott Tobias AV Club 10/19/2018
Martyrs is something of a horror milestone-a dire one to some, but a movie to be reckoned with all the same. Go to Full Review
Simon Abrams Slant Magazine 10/19/2018
Martyrs has an intelligence and a dogged determination to do and to say what its predecessors could or would not. Go to Full Review
Anton Bitel Little White Lies 12/01/2010
it turns out to be concerned precisely with the nature and reception of extremity, posing uncomfortable questions about what it is that one really seeks in choosing to 'witness' scenes of horrific human abjection. Go to Full Review
Joel Harley Starburst Oct 28
5/5
Written in a deep depression (and one can tell!), Martyrs is a work of bleak and unrelenting nihilism. Go to Full Review
Alan Jones Radio Times Oct 15
4/5
Yet as unpredictably nasty as it gets, there is a stark controversial point to the strangely beautiful excess as well as an astonishingly profound conclusion. Go to Full Review
Akos Peterbencze The Screen 09/10/2023
In the dedicated execution of its vision — prepared to go beyond every boundary that there is — Martyrs is an unlikely masterpiece of horror if one that's extremely difficult to praise sincerely. Go to Full Review
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Daniel H @RT52070593 4d Violência gratuita sem sentido por um final ainda mais sem sentido... See more John F @RT84127024 Apr 28 Not surprised it's on a lot of all-time best lists. Film grew on me after watching it, and the ending was incredible. This is NOT your run-of-the-mill torture-porn horror flick. As a "recovering Catholic" I may be a bit biased, but the political undertones are deafening and make the QAnon conspiracy theory look tame in comparison. All that, and yet to keep the audience guessing (what exactly did Anna whisper to Mademoiselle?) is nothing short of brilliant. See more JAY D. @JayDubb Apr 27 If you're a twisted, demented, sick, weirdo who gets off on seeing a woman beaten and tortured for absolutely no reason then I guess this is for you otherwise avoid this worthless piece of trash movie!! See more Anthony G. @Tobyop Apr 26 The moster is you premise sucks See more Nav S @Nav_Sarao Mar 25 Mesmeric. Maybe the best horror movie of all time. Certainly, for the first hour, my eyes were popping out of my head and my mouth was aghast. 😱 I found the last half hour, which is meant to be the most disturbing part of the film, probably the weakest part of it. Much ado about nothing. Martyrs solidifies, more than any other film, how superior French horror movies are in comparison to their Hollywood counterparts. Nobody does horror better. Au revoir ! See more Steven F. @SteveGotScored Mar 19 Overall one of the most brutal horror movies I’ll never forget! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A young woman's quest for revenge leads her down a path of depravity.
Director
Pascal Laugier
Producer
Richard Grandpierre, Simon Trottier
Screenwriter
Pascal Laugier
Production Co
Eskwad
Rating
R (Disturbing Aberrant Behavior|Child Abuse|Torture|Severe Aberrant Behavior|Some Nudity|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre
Horror
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Runtime
1h 39m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)