Of course, if Bergman is going to make a horror movie it's going to be existential horror. And I do tend to agree with Bergman here in the fact that a horror movie is most effective when the horror is tailor made for a specific individual, in this case, Max von Sydow's character, Johan.
His fears and anxieties as an artist all come to the surface in the hour where most people die and most children are born...and when nightmares are most powerful. Even so, I think it's the least accessible film from Bergman, it's cryptic nature is far more removed from the collective thought and so, not very effective.
His fears and anxieties as an artist all come to the surface in the hour where most people die and most children are born...and when nightmares are most powerful. Even so, I think it's the least accessible film from Bergman, it's cryptic nature is far more removed from the collective thought and so, not very effective.