Antichrist
2009 · 104 min · Drama / Horror / Thriller · TMDB 6.6
The short version:A couple retreat to the woods after their toddler's death. Explicit sex, explicit genital self-mutilation, and a fox that talks. Von Trier at his most punishing.
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Scare profile
Editorial baseline. Add your own report to refine it.
Scary3
Not scaryExtreme
Dread4
RelaxedSuffocating
Jump scares1
NoneConstant
Disturbing5
ForgettableHaunts you
Grim5
Fun ridePunishing
Synopsis
A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
What is in it
Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.
Violence & gore
- Graphic goreHeavyeditorial
- TortureHeavyinferred from keywords
Children & pregnancy
- Child harmed or killedHeavyeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- A toddler falls from a window during the opening sex scene.
Sexual content & violence
- Sex & nudityHeavyeditorial
- Sexual assaultBriefeditorial
Animals
- Animal harmed or killedModerateeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- A deer with a stillborn fawn, a self-disembowelling fox, a crow.
Body & medical
- Self-harmHeavyeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- Genital mutilation with scissors, shown in close-up.
Mental health & grief
- Grief & bereavementHeavyeditorial
- Mental illnessHeavyeditorial
Religion & the occult
- Cults & religious extremismBriefinferred from keywords