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{{quote| ''Chaos...reigns.''}}
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''Antichrist'' is a 2009 [[Horror]] film written and directed by [[Lars Von Trier]]. Imagine what a film co-directed by the [[Stanley Kubrick]] who made ''[[The Shining]]'', the [[David Lynch]] who made ''[[Eraserhead]]'' and the [[Andrei Tarkovsky]] who made ''[[Stalker (Film)|Stalker]]'' could look like, and you're getting close to the idea.
''Antichrist'' is a 2009 [[Horror]] film written and directed by [[Lars von Trier]]. Imagine what a film co-directed by the [[Stanley Kubrick]] who made ''[[The Shining]]'', the [[David Lynch]] who made ''[[Eraserhead]]'' and the [[Andrei Tarkovsky]] who made ''[[Stalker]]'' could look like, and you're getting close to the idea.


The movie started a heated controversy during the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, some critics praising it as a master work of art, some others decrying the very explicit sexual and violent content, or even accusing the film of being strongly misogynistic.
The movie started a heated controversy during the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, some critics praising it as a master work of art, some others decrying the very explicit sexual and violent content, or even accusing the film of being strongly misogynistic.
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=== This film provides examples of: ===


* [[A Date With Rosie Palms]]: Many times by She, {{spoiler|then used as torture on her husband He.}}
* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: Many times by She, {{spoiler|then used as torture on her husband He.}}
* [[Agony of the Feet]]: While alone with Nick, She used to switch his shoes. This caused small deformations in his feet. {{spoiler|Her husband He didn't know that.}}
* [[Agony of the Feet]]: While alone with Nick, She used to switch his shoes. This caused small deformations in his feet. {{spoiler|Her husband He didn't know that.}}
* [[Ax Crazy]]: If She doesn't fit this trope as well as [[The Shining|Jack Torrance,]] then who can?
* [[Ax Crazy]]: If She doesn't fit this trope as well as [[The Shining|Jack Torrance,]] then who can?
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* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Averted in that He is a therapist. Things get out of hand anyway.
* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Averted in that He is a therapist. Things get out of hand anyway.
* [[Through the Eyes of Madness]]
* [[Through the Eyes of Madness]]
* [[Things That Go Bump in The Night]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] and heavily played with.
* [[Things That Go Bump in the Night]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] and heavily played with.
* [[World of Symbolism]]
* [[World of Symbolism]]


Revision as of 08:07, 8 April 2014

"You're leaving me!"

 Chaos...reigns.

Antichrist is a 2009 Horror film written and directed by Lars von Trier. Imagine what a film co-directed by the Stanley Kubrick who made The Shining, the David Lynch who made Eraserhead and the Andrei Tarkovsky who made Stalker could look like, and you're getting close to the idea.

The movie started a heated controversy during the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, some critics praising it as a master work of art, some others decrying the very explicit sexual and violent content, or even accusing the film of being strongly misogynistic.

For the similarly-named trope, see The Antichrist.

This film provides examples of:

 "But there's no such constellation!"

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