Begotten
The extraordinary first film from the director of Shadow of the Vampire
1991 | 72m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | E. Elias Merhige |
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| Writer: | E. Elias Merhige |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 05, 1991 |
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| Director: | E. Elias Merhige |
| Writer: | E. Elias Merhige |
| Genres: | Fantasy, Horror |
| Keywords | nihilism, razor, pregnancy, necrophilia, woods, surrealism, gore, anthropology, cruelty, brutality, transcendence, capture, self mutilation, desolation, epileptic, nomad, mother earth, body horror, experimental film, avant garde, disembowelment |
| Production Companies | Theatre Of Material |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $33,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Brian Salzberg | God Killing Himself |
| Donna Dempsey | Mother Earth |
| Stephen Charles Barry | Son of Earth |
| Name | Job |
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| E. Elias Merhige | Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography |
| Harry Duggins | Set Designer, Costume Design |
| Evan Albam | Original Music Composer |
| Noëlle Penraat | Editor |
| Name | Title |
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| E. Elias Merhige | Producer |
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Cyberknight
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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 thr ... ough.
Jun 23, 2021