#pascal laugier

[aconissa]

WRITERS + DIRECTORS ON THE POWER OF HORROR

Catriona Ward, interview for The Guardian Mark Gatiss, in A History of Horror (2010) Pascal Laugier, for Electric Sheep Candyman (1992), dir. Bernard Rose Colin Dickey, Ghostland Carmen Maria Machado, for Paris Review Kier-La Janisse, House of Psychotic Women Possession (1981), dir. Andrzej Żuławski Mariana Enríquez, ‘Notes on Craft’, Granta Guillermo del Toro, Haunted Castles, Dark Mirrors

[bloodaria]

Martyrs (2008) dir. Pascal Laugier

[may8chan]

Martyrs - Pascal Laugier 2008

[cinefiliz]

Martyrs, 2008. Director: Pascal Laugier.

[beingharsh]

La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928), dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer / Martyrs (2008), dir. Pascal Laugier

[pondsphuwin]

31 FILMS FOR OCTOBER: 5. Martyrs (2008) dir. Pascal Laugier

[esqueletosgays]

MARTYRS (2008)

Director: Pascal Laugier Cinematography: Stéphane Martin & Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky

[andrew3garfield]

MARTYRS (2008) dir. Pascal Laugier

[moratoirenoir]

[emiliosandozsequence]

black swan (2010) dir. darren aronofsky / martyrs (2008) dir. pascal laugier / the fountain (2006) dir. darren aronofsky

[aquamancienne]

[bloodaria]

MARTYRS (2008)

dir. Pascal Laugier

[martyredangel]

famous last words (an ode to eaters) ~ ethel cain

[pink-evilette]

🫀 you only see the dark side of my love ♡

[evangelifloss]

Drives me insane that people categorise Martyrs (2008, French Ver.) in the same bracket as A Serbian Film. Like, did you not see the love baked into the movie? How love is what ultimately moves the plot to where it ends up? How it is the core message the film wants you to come away with?

Vague spoilers under cut

It shoves in your face the concept that pain and suffering is a woman's birthright. We are "predisposed" to torment that, given the right nudge, can turn into enlightenment. "Matyrs" or rather, a "Witness" to our enduring trauma, and the movie shows you that it's wrong. It's flawed, and evil and cruel.

Women who become Matyrs do so in SPITE of their pain. They are fuelled by their love of something, someone, and find peace in it. Anna's love for Lucie, her deep empathy and kindness to those around her is what ultimately frees her from suffering.

And yet, the film is careful to express to us witnesses, that those who become "victims" instead, are not deserving of vitriol or hate, or fear. They have personhood and value. They are not lesser because they "failed" in becoming Martyrs, rather that to try and engineer the Divine, results in meaningless suffering of innocents. Anna became a Martyr because she had the tools in which she could find meaning past her torture. She had her memories and love of Lucie, her innate desire for the betterment of everyone she came in contact with and the knowledge of "why" she was forced to endure inhumanity. The countless "victims" did not have that. They were women who were vulnerable, alone, and to them, their agonies had no meaning to it past simple sadism.

Love brought Anna to follow Lucie, and end up falling into the wrong hands. And Love guided Anna past it.

[brokehorrorfan]

Razors in the Night has released a Martyrs shirt. Limited to 20, it costs $28.