Conejeto Review of The Defiled

The Defiled (2010)

Surealism hits hard, NOT a literal zombie or cannibal movie

[30 June 2015]

The first sequence includes a teenage boy acting like a pet to the dad and somehow this is true in many normal families where he protects his dad yet is jealous of him. The daughter blames the dad and the wife makes babies for the dad thus keeping ahead of any mistresses he may encounter. Another sequence parallels reality when Dad bleeds his own blood for the welfare of his newborn child's survival after mom dies at dad's own poor judgment. I skipped the brother sister imitating mom and dad having sex, it may not happen frequently but perhaps the siblings having seen it with their parents first could lead down that dangerous road? I saw a lesson here being taught. Next; the step mother of the infant competing with the biological Dad for control of the infant child; another all too common family problem in modern society perhaps could be extrapolated here? The destroyed church with the crucified man in Jesus' place a parable to evils of war/science out of control? Turning away woman and child less than perfect to preserve the superior race? The natural scenes to drink water in stark contrast to the rotting bodies upstream and just out of view of our hero/victim characters ultimately making them more sick perhaps paralleling science technology vs. nature and Earth. I guess once I caught the first sequence, I began to see so many small yet powerful social statements. It cleverly included biochemical as well as nuclear destruction by the asses that be. The producer would be stoned to death for saying outright such observations on society's flaws/hypocrisies but I urge anyone to view this several times as I did and say this is simply a cannibal zombie movie without dialogue. The fact that it needs no subtitles anywhere in the world makes this film even more a work of genius to me. "The Defiled" left me with a sadness I can't describe. I highly recommend this film to the thinkers out there.