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Martyrs

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With help from a friend (Bailey Noble), a tormented woman (Troian Bellisario) tracks down the family that imprisoned and tortured her when she was a child.
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Martyrs flays off everything that gave the original its icy horrific beauty, leaving us an empty, pointless remake.

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Jonathan Romney Observer (UK) Apr 3, 2016
1/5
It's deeply unappetising - insipid for much of its length, before soullessly revelling in the agony for its final stretch. Go to Full Review Henry Barnes Guardian Mar 31, 2016
2/5
What's left after the gore is stripped away is a mildly bloody, meatless horror. Go to Full Review Anton Bitel Little White Lies Feb 29, 2016
The icky messiness that gave Laugier's film its visceral impact has been watered down and sanitised here, while the genuinely transcendent ending of the original is banally reduced to a eulogy for friendship. Go to Full Review C.J. Prince Way Too Indie May 24, 2019
3.5/10
What Martyrs amounts to is a cheap mess, an attempt to adapt a work more focused on ideas into something designed to provide thrills and action, and the clash between the two modes is an ugly one. Go to Full Review Trace Thurman Bloody Disgusting Oct 31, 2018
3/5
Martyrs, surprisingly, isn't a complete misfire. It is bold enough to go in a different direction than the original, though it certainly doesn't best that film. Go to Full Review Matt Glasby Total Film Jan 2, 2017
2/5
Not what you could call bad - just depressingly pointless - it follows similarly shrieky beats into unpleasant and underwhelming territory. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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B P @Bradster69 Aug 31, 2026 Not Bad, but Not My Favorite See more Anthony K @RT37001658 Mar 12, 2026 its like you wanna watch the original martyrs, but your moms like "we got martyrs at home" .... this is the martyrs at home. pure crap when held up next to the original. I mean, its sooooo bad. i believe the director COMPLEATLY missed the point of the original movie. its atrocious. ive never been mad at a director before... but its just so far removed from the source material. and the ending is pure garbage See more Babawonga L @Babawonga Nov 16, 2025 Don't watch this unless you are a masochist. It would seem this film was made for the sole purpose of allowing some psychopath to share their sick fantasies about torturing women. A complete piece of garbage. The actors gave it their all for a sick piece of film, no disparagement to them other than agreeing to work on this. See more Carson C @Weetziebat3 Oct 18, 2025 I watched this because I read that a lot of people found this deeply disturbing and even regretted having seen it. Not many horror movies scare me so that's why I wanted to try it out. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who has gone through violent assault or torture personally in their lives. The character Lucie is considered to have a gift: a higher pain tolerance than the normal human being that can be exploited by this underground group where they want to know what people see moments before death. They experiment on those like Lucie with the gift of being able to withstand unspeakable torture and once they've reached the final stage, they're killed in ways that saints were recorded as being martyred. I'm not saying it's not disturbing but if you've watched the Saw movies, this is not worse than those. It's also stealing a lot from Flatliners. See more Nicholas D. @HeyIDoubtIt Oct 8, 2025 I enjoyed it, but should probably see the original since I haven’t yet See more Marc C @MMC1970 Aug 21, 2025 I guess I am nuts. I thought it was kinda cool See more Read all reviews
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Kevin Goetz

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Michael Goetz

Director

Troian Bellisario

Lucie

Bailey Noble

Anna

Kate Burton

Eleanor

Caitlin Carmichael

Sam

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Synopsis With help from a friend (Bailey Noble), a tormented woman (Troian Bellisario) tracks down the family that imprisoned and tortured her when she was a child.
Director
Kevin Goetz, Michael Goetz
Producer
Peter Safran, Agnès Mentre
Screenwriter
Mark L. Smith
Distributor
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Production Co
Safran Company, Temple Hill Entertainment, Blumhouse Productions
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 22, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 26, 2017
Runtime
1h 26m
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