Martyrs

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Daniel S 7h The movie starts strong. The opening scenes show abused children in situations grounded in reality. Their behavior, dialogue, and reactions match what trauma research often documents. Studies on childhood abuse link prolonged exposure to dissociation, hypervigilance, and emotional numbness. The film reflects those patterns with accuracy, which creates a strong emotional connection. The second part breaks that foundation. One girl shifts into murdering the children of her abusers. This decision ignores basic psychological consistency. Most documented cases of abused children show outward behaviors such as withdrawal, self harm, or aggression toward self rather than calculated violence against others. The character moves from victim to horror villain without believable progression. The empathy built earlier disappears because the actions no longer align with realistic trauma responses. See more Jack F @MovieFan111 Nov 16 I only know about this movie because my friend told me about it. So I decided to watch it. Mistake? I don't think so. I went into it thinking the worst possible things, and that actually helped, because it wasn't as bad as I thought. Were there immensely disturbing parts? Yes. Like Hostile, this movie is the embodiment of torture porn-- definitely not my favorite genre. See more Christopher J. @cjack17 Nov 15 It’s slow and the storyline is misguided. I was hoping this would be excellent based on what I’ve heard, but wow! It’s a poor-man’s Hostel See more Connor O. @jimminycrickets Nov 10 It’s hard to put into words how brutal this movie is. Definitely will not be for the faint of heart, but if you are looking for a very dark, no hope, brutal movie that shows some of the worst humanity has to offer this may be the best horror of all time. Semi spoilers: first half is a brutal revenge story with a semi supernatural element and once it reaches its conclusion and you hit pause, you are like “how the F is this halfway over?!?”. Second half is arguably more brutal and filled deep despair. This movie is one that will stick with you for possibly life and always be your top suggestion if someone suggests the darkest movie that symbolizes no hope perfectly. Best French movie I’ve ever seen. Truly disturbing, but hard to look away. Easily 10/10 for any horror fan who is down for whatever, especially dark. Definitely watch the French version over the American even if you don’t like subtitle movies. The actors are so much better and can feel their pain See more Craig H Oct 28 Dark, bleak, grim, shocking at times and pretty sad but definitely not as brutal and as shocking as ive read alot of people say. The gore was barely there, it was more the human suffering and the aftermath and consequence of it that was the shocking stuff. The whole last 20 minutes just didnt hit for me though, the whole after life, secret society stuff, meh. It tried to be deep with the reason these people where tortured but I found it abit farfetched. Outside of that a well made, well acted, gruelling, depressing film that was very similar to Hostel See more John W Oct 13 I wasn't sure if I should watch it, but I'm glad I did because the film is surprisingly good. There's also a lot of plot and not just senseless violence. The first half of the film was surprisingly scary with a lot of blood in the style of the Evil Dead remake. The second half became more of a torture film in the style of Hostel, but even that happens for a reason which I thought was really good thematically. See more Read all reviews

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