Begotten (1991)

5.9 | Jun 05, 1991 (US) | Fantasy, Horror | 01:12

nihilism necrophilia pregnancy razor gore surrealism woods anthropology cruelty brutality transcendence capture self mutilation desolation epileptic nomad mother earth body horror experimental film avant garde disembowelment

Budget: 33 000 | Revenue: N/A

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

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.

Featured Crew

E. Elias Merhige

Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography

Noëlle Penraat

Editor

Harry Duggins

Costume Design, Set Designer

Evan Albam

Original Music Composer

Cast

Brian Salzberg

God Killing Himself

Donna Dempsey

Mother Earth

Stephen Charles Barry

Son of Earth

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Reviews

Cyberknight

1 | Sep 22, 2019

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.