Brian Salzberg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry, James Gandia, Daniel Harkins
A "metaphysical splatter film" that was praised by Susan Sontag as "one of the 10 most important films of modern times," Begotten is a very grainy, often powerful work of experimental cinema which see... read more 
DVD Release Date: February 20, 2001
Stats: 373 reviews
God takes the shape of a woman and guts herself with a scalpel while breathing like Michael Myers then shits herself and we get to watch shit run down her leg for 3 minutes? how the hell could the world's most gifted filmmaker possibly show a scene after that and shock us?
God disembowels himself with a straight razor, among other metaphysical atrocities in this nearly narrativeless 70 minute experimental feature where each frame of film has been painstakingly transformed and distressed to create a starkly beautiful chiaroscuro universe. A very ha... read more
A tedious pseudo intellectual experiment that would have worked better as a short film.
It's not much, but damn does it leave a hell of an impression. An exercise in the power of images and an attempt to use dissonant sensations to create a desired experience. Job well done.
A very interesting meditative movie shot only with two colours, black and white that requires a lot of patience to appreciate but is indeed unique and surreally beautiful on it's brutality.
The type of movie you only watch once in a lifetime.
A brilliant collage in my opinion!For the record,there's hardly any comprehensive information regarding the incontrollable dimension this film portrays,it's almost like nightmares/dreams joined a pact and the real world is entering oblivion!
Whatever was Merhige's intention,to va... read more
In short, let me just state that this film ISN'T FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. It is a beautifully disturbing 70 minutes by which will delve into your subconscious for God-knows how long.
For a change in the film industry, this is a macabre piece of art.
Begotten is simply an earth-shattering dream turned nightmare come to life. The dark, surreal imagery leaves you confused and frightened and yet you can't turn away. It's not really a movie that you can say that you loved or liked it, you simply say that you experienced it. I can... read more
Just f'd up and disturbing.I still have problems sleeping after 5 years, trust me you owe it to yourself to do this to your subconscious
The opening shot evoked the greatest case of psychotic bizarreness I've ever seen in any film. It was scary, trance-like, and that rarely happens these days! I don't usually get nightmares (Or don't remember them), but the first 5 minutes are probably what they would be composed ... read more
A passion play that wavers between amateur-hour incompetence and an undeniable directorial vision. Full Review
I have said 'I have never seen anything like it' about other films, but it has never applied to something so entirely alien as this. Full Review
Brilliant experimental feature, truly shocking and original. Full Review
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