These are the movies that really separate your average movie goer from the Cannes/Sundance film festival crowd. If you consider yourself a legitimate professional film critic then for you this is probably a beautifully artistic take on a classic horror but if you prefer your films to have some entertainment value as opposed to pure artistic content this film is not for you - or me for that matter. I'm probably just not classy enough to "get" it. I tend to judge my movies much more superficially and on the surface this film has almost nothing to offer. Willem Dafoe absolutely does put out a great performance (does he ever not?) but what can a great performer do when the script offers almost nothing of substance. The climatic monologue delivered by Dafoe is the perfect example of this - full of sound and fury but signifying nothing. If you spend any time stuck thinking about the plot I would say you've probably already gone down the wrong path as clearly the filmmakers here want you to be stunned by the stark visuals, dark and gloomy atmosphere, and superb acting but for me It was just bleak on bleak on bleak along with a story that just can't hold up to even the lightest cross examination. If you love film festivals movies for their originality of content, the risks taken by their filmmakers, and the fact that they don't have to follow the standard Hollywood formula then this is probably a movie you will really like. But if you're like me and enjoy the familiarity brought by formulaic storytelling, a story that actually serves a purpose and a script you can actually follow, then this is probably not for you. I gave it a 3/10 and as of writing this I currently have it ranked as number 1197 out of the 1342 movies I've seen.