Begotten

FantasyHorror

"The extraordinary first film from the director of Shadow of the Vampire"

User Score340 votes

59%5.9/10

Release1991→

Runtime1H 12M

LanguageNo Language

StatusReleased

Synopsis

Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.

Principal Cast3

Brian Salzberg

God Killing Himself

Donna Dempsey

Mother Earth

Stephen Charles Barry

Son of Earth

Full Cast & Crew (11)

Media16

Backdrops

Posters

Director

E. Elias Merhige

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Trailer

Box Office

Budget$0M

Certification

Keywords

nihilismnecrophiliapregnancyrazorgoresurrealismwoodsanthropologycrueltybrutalitytranscendencecaptureself mutilationdesolationepilepticnomadmother earthbody horrorexperimental filmavant gardefrighteneddisembowelment

Collection

The Begotten Cycle

Part of collection

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Reviews1

Cyberknight1/10

Making use of low quality film to give the images a pretentious artistic look (and hide the low budget make-up and practical effects) doesn't work if there is no good plot to hold them together. It's a hard to watch film, because of the low quality, not because of the imagery. Boring through and through.

Sep 22, 2019