![]() Elizabeth educates herself - symbolically represented by the picture of the owl. In order to break free from the abuse the Empath has to acquire new knowledge about herself - she has to face her childhood traumas which brought her to this kind of "relationship". "You can either torture or be tortured." The most important thing for the Narcissist is to be in control because he feels superior this way. ![]() He needs constant validation and attention. The drained emotional energy boosts his ego. The Narcissist harvests energy (positive or negative) from the emotional reactions of other people. He has a lover (a secondary source of supply) - Claire and a friend - a tertiary source of narcissistic fuel. The Narcissist even creates his new false ego - Oliver. So he plans her devaluation and annihilation in advance. He knows that she will "disappoint" him at some point of the "relationship" by disobeying him. In the sick mind of the Narcissist he virtually "creates" and "destroys" his partner.īy saying to Elizabeth not to enter the forbidden room, Henry set a trap for her. The typical Narcissistic abuse cycle repeats six or seven times, thus there are six copies (clones) of Elizabeth, all of them created by Henry. The abuse cycle has two phases - an idealization phase, represented as a honeymoon and a devaluation phase - symbolized by the killing of Elizabeth. The names of the main characters are not randomly chosen - Henry 8th Tudor executed many of his wives, and Elizabeth is the name of his daughter, who survived his abuse and even thrived as a Queen. The Narcissist is brilliant and cruel the Empath is naive and sensitive. Sebastian Gutierrez describes a typical abuse dynamics between a Narcissist (the husband) and an Empath (the wife). The movie is a symbolical representation of Narcissist-Empath relationship. I liked it and felt as though it was a good watch. I felt that her acting was very much in line with her character and what may have initially seemed like bad acting is revealed to be a part of her character. I've seen that a few people weren't impressed by our lead actress and felt that her acting was off. You are introduced to several different plot twists that pull you in different directions. That is about all I can say about the plot without adding spoilers but I didn't see what was coming and I love that about this film. It is at this point she learns more than she bargained for and her life takes a turn for the worse. Elizabeth, who seems to come off as a bit ditsy, has a curious nature chooses to explore the room after her husband goes out of town on business. The home is rather large and Elizabeth is free to enjoy all areas of the property with the only exception being a room that her husband, whom we learn to be a intelligent man of science, has specifically denied her access to. The only other people present are a female and blind male who are servants. I can't recall seeing another movie that is quite like it.Įlizabeth is a newlywed who is honeymooning with her much older billionaire husband at his private mountain property. In brief far from shallow a movie that deserves to be seen The only major critics could be the pace that is sometimes a bit slow and those looking for pure horror will be disappointed this is mix of science fiction and horror but overall there are many interesting things to think about that will stay with you after the movie ends. The underrated Carla Gugino perfectly handles a mysterious character whose motivations are unclear until the very end. ![]() ![]() Abbey Lee is surprisingly good in a character that needs to generate empathy and sympathy in order for the movie to work.Ĭiarán Hinds and Matthew Beard are intriguing and mix of good and diabolic as they can be without much effort. The cast is perfect with the calm tone of the movie. The movie becomes more interesting and engaging even when its pace is it sometimes a bit slow. Explaining more will ruin the many unpredictable surprises after that event. As it obvious she did to and things get very ugly. In their honeymoon he shows his impressive house and explains that everything belongs to her but there is one room she should never get into. A very young woman marries an older doctor. ![]()
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