Director: Lars von Trier
Year: 2009
Country: Denmark

The influence of Lars von Trier’s latest magnum opus Antichrist reaches far and wide. The overarching theme of the film, “chaos reigns,” became the unofficial slogan of Fantastic Fest, and although recently cancelled to legal issues, CHUD.com and IFC sponsored a “make your own Antichrist poster” contest so that similarly disturbed individuals could artistically express their love for what has come to be, for me, one of the worst horror films of the year.

This sort of reaction is not what I would have expected from such a brilliant filmmaker. My experience with the film prior to viewing it was simply reading the words, “Lars von Trier to make a horror film called Antichrist,” and that was all that was needed to get the anticipation flowing through my veins. What we have here, then, is another example of the hype machine working its magic, instilling in me expectations that can in no way be met or exceeded.

(Read the rest of the review at Horror Squad)