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228 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
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Martyrs is a 2008 horror drama thriller film, directed by Pascal Laugier, starring Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï and Catherine Bégin.
- 201 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy
- posts span Feb 23, 2014 to Nov 4, 2026
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60 of 228 · most liked firstPlatner apologized for posts which recently surfaced from a Letterboxd account active from 2017 to 2021. In a review for the French horror film Martyrs, Platner referred to it as his "comfort film." In a tearful apology video posted hours after the news broke, Platner spoke of his military service
neutral · AI labelView post →amazing how some horror is so visceral that just sayin the name in front of a crowd will make buckaroos groan and gasp. was asked during Q and A last night what my favorite horror movie was and i offered three. when i said MARTYRS (french version) there was a dang PHYSICAL reaction. thats art bud
positive · AI labelView post →First poster for Mike Flanagan's ‘THE EXORCIST: MARTYRS’, starring Scarlett Johansson. The film follows a detective who watches a serial killer's execution - only for his murder spree to continue in demonic ways.
neutral · AI labelView post →I've seen this get compared to Passion of the Christ in the way it treats the destruction of the body as a pathway to transcendence. I just hope it's as funny as that movie. #NowWatching Martyrs (2008) #horrorsky #HolyHorror
neutral · AI labelView post →every single day on r/horror it's "what movie can I show my 12 year old" man I don't know, let her watch Martyrs, who gives a shit
neutral · AI labelView post →Two horror powerhouses, one name. Blumhouse and James Wan’s Atomic Monster are joining forces as BLUMHOUSE ATOMIC! Their 2027 slate includes THE EXORCIST: MARTYRS, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, and more. Plus, a new SAW movie is in development! What do you think of the new name?
neutral · AI labelView post →Martyrs filmmaker Pascal Laugier will direct female vampire movie NOCTURNAL. Laugier teases, "I’ve seen hundreds and hundreds of vampire films in my life, but I’ve never seen one like Nocturnal." The film is set in 1943 on an island that's home to an undying supernatural evil.
neutral · AI labelView post →What's a film you watched that made you feel deeply uncomfortable? Martyrs... This film fuckin destroyed me especially after I had witnessed my mum's last breath............ and exactly THE SAME look. What did she tell her???????????????????????????????
neutral · AI labelView post →#LetterBoxdFriday Thrash (2026) Storm Warning (2007) Martyrs (2008) Atragon (1963) A couple of storm based horror films, a bit of French extremity. A pallet cleanser was in order so I went for a Kaiju (adjacent) Toho movie. #FilmSky #LastFourWatched
neutral · AI labelView post →Hello! I’m Paula D. Ashe, author of the Stoker nominated and Jackson award winning collection We Are Here to Hurt Each Other. I’m obsessed with the Hellraiser franchise and the film Martyrs (2008). I’m also an associate editor at Vastarien. Very Black, very queer, very Midwestern.
neutral · AI labelView post →This film really surprised me. Very MARTYRS coded. I loved it!!
positive · AI labelView post →Martyrs is a masterpiece of extreme cinema. It is a cruel, vicious film that succeeds not by showing violence, but by making you feel for the characters experiencing extreme cruelty.
positive · AI labelView post →I stole some of Mike Flanagan's time to ask him about THE EXORCIST: MARTYRS and what he meant by calling it the "scariest" film he's ever made. www.fangoria.com/the-exorcist...
neutral · AI labelView post →11 movies to get to know me, but mainly Martyrs (2008) I literally used this movie to explain my situation in therapy the other day lol
neutral · AI labelView post →Thank you to Chris Kelso for the beautiful gifted copy of a book that surely was written just for me 😭❤️ This remains my favorite film of all time… (next to Martyrs and The Baby of Macon)
positive · AI labelView post →Movie fucked our whole day up. Highly recommend if you like extreme horror like MARTYRS or INSIDE. Not for the faint of heart…
positive · AI labelView post →Xavier Dolan, "Darling Child" of Cannes, celebrates birthday, 3/20/89. Powerful queer Canadian filmmaker & actor. Made Adele's HELLO! Acted in BOY ERASED, MARTYRS, & IT, PT. 2. Faves made by & starring Dolan: 09 I Killed My Mother 10 Heartbeats 12 Laurence Anyways 13 Tom at the Farm #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Seeing Best Buy no longer stock home video is very weird. I remember, years ago, buying not just American films and big TV box sets but AUDITION and MARTYRS there. Do you guys know how neat it was to find a Takashi Miike film just out in the wild like that?
neutral · AI labelView post →I have a solution for this, and it involves MARTYRS and the movie watching chair from A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.
neutral · AI labelView post →Mmmmm.... Martyrs is my go to example of a discomfort movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched Martyrs (2008) a revelatory horror movie about suffering, what it means, and what we can do with it: an infamously difficult movie to watch but one that never feels excessive or exploitative and uses every bit of pain to ask a spiritual question. A 10/10. A cinematic triumph.
positive · AI labelView post →"the last half of the movie Martyrs" is one of my favorite euphemisms to wish on someone to not get suspended and part of me is like "what if I drew that happening to discord mascot" but that's so much effort for a bit and oof that'd be rough to post lol
neutral · AI labelView post →Last four watched, and two of them were re-watches. I am finding that upon a review, I'm getting deeper and deeper into a profound understanding of the universe through art and pain, animation and decay. Aside from those 3 films, Martyrs is an interesting dramady #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's #trigunstargaze episode title reminds me of this art I made of the twins inspired by the Martyrs movie poster! I think the protags in the film are so them coded but if you haven't seen it then you probably shouldn't..
neutral · AI labelView post →At this point I just kind of expect to see emails released where Epstein is like "had Martyrs, Serbian Film, and Salò recommended to me because they're 'shocking' , but I think they're pretty cool". And then he just like, did everything in those movies.
neutral · AI labelView post →Super excited that my copy of @rufflejax.bsky.social's solo RPG "Bear Witness" has arrived! Extremely excited about playing this, based on Pascal Laugier's 2008 film Martyrs.
neutral · AI labelView post →As someone with only a passing interest in any EXORCIST movie but III I am unreasonably excited for EXORCIST MARTYRS
neutral · AI labelView post →What's a film you watched that made you feel deeply uncomfortable? 😬🖤 Martyrs (2008)
neutral · AI labelView post →"I've never seen a horror film with a darker ending than THE MIST." *slides several disc cases over to you* "What's this?" MARTYRS, A SERBIAN FILM, NEW YORK RIPPER, GOODNIGHT MOMMY, SPEAK NO EVIL, and that's for starters.
neutral · AI labelView post →Martyrs is an excellent horror film. It is also a film I will never watch again. Movie 008/100 #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days #Horrorsky #Filmsky #MutantFam
positive · AI labelView post →Come and See. Absolutely stunning, 10/10 film, and I do not want to ever go through that again. I would've also said Salo and Martyrs, but Yvy's not watched them and wants to see both, so I'll probably watch them again soon lol
positive · AI labelView post →i think any of the effect of the movie Martyrs might have been lost on me because it sort of pivots on an idea that is very similar to an idea in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation and it's harder to take it seriously when you keep thinking about that
negative · AI labelView post →The fairly disturbing French movie MARTYRS was released today in 2008… #horror #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →(Describing ideal girlfriend]… so she has to be fundamentally normal, but also have suffered terribly in a martyr-like fashion due to said normalcy. Not martyr-like as in the MOVIE Martyrs, but- Genie: Please stop talking. I’ll even let you wish for more wishes. Jesus fucking christ.
neutral · AI labelView post →Next week on Live From Manchester Morgue - what I consider to be a perfect horror film. Perhaps THE perfect horror film and I don't say that lightly. Tune in as we get extremely French with Martyrs (2008)! #horrorsky #horrorfilms #podcast
positive · AI labelView post →***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming on October 27th on #4K in the UK from #EurekaEntertainment as part of their #MastersOfCinema collection: #Martyrs (2008)! The rare film with a reputation that speaks for itself, Martyrs is perhaps the defining film of the New French Extremity movement and
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching MARTYRS (2008). Director: Pascal Laugier. Morjana Alaoui, Mylene Jampanoi. Revisiting extreme shocker that's either unwatchable or unmissable. Two women seeking revenge find more than bargained for in this descent into Hell. #filmsky 📽 #horrorsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy #LetterboxdFriday 📽️! These are my #LastFourWatched. Martyrs of Love is a Czech New Wave film I’ve been wanting to see forever, and Terminal Norte is a wonderful short from Lucrecia Martel (La Cienaga). Other deets in the ALT!
neutral · AI labelView post →Addendum: This second watch of MARTYRS raised my evaluation of the film significantly. I was already impressed, but now I'd say this is 5 out of 5 stars for me. Very few films plumb the numinous deep like MARTYRS.
positive · AI labelView post →In memory of the Japanese Martyrs, I recommend everyone watch Silence. It can be quite the hard watch at times but it’s a truly amazing film ⚓️
neutral · AI labelView post →I think Martyrs is the perfect horror movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in Mike Flanagan’s ‘The Exorcist: Martyrs.’ The film follows a detective who watches the execution of a serial killer - only for his murder spree to continue in demonic ways. Scarlett Johansson and John Leguizamo co-star. 🎥: In theaters | March 12, 2027
neutral · AI labelView post →I think Martyrs is an exceptionally told and powerful horror film that showcases the entire range of ways people glorify and justify violence, treating it with almost religious reverence, to justify the dehumanization of others.
positive · AI labelView post →Watched RAW (French horror/drama movie) today and this one was better than Martyrs. Weird, but better lmao. Very fun twist at the end! Also, I can never trust "horror movie reviewer" channels anymore, they ALL say "ThIs MoViE BrOkE mE" and it's the mildest thing I've ever seen
negative · AI labelView post →at its best, theory and criticism helps you get more enjoyment and insight out of both art and life. This short video about Martyrs helped me see the movie in a new way, but also showed me the connection between suffering and guilt in the novella I'm editing, and how guilt fuels my depression.
neutral · AI labelView post →i need to watch cartoons and baby sensory videos after watching the substance i haven't been that shook watching a movie since i saw Martyrs
positive · AI labelView post →Same. Ebert vs practically every slasher movie is very quaint in a world with Hostel, Martyrs et al. in it.
neutral · AI labelView post →There was a trailer for a shitty looking Christian Action Movie with Jim Caviezel where the guy kept holding onto this St. Michael Medallion so you KNOW it's gonna be a big part of the movie. Then a trailer for The Exorcist: Martyrs paid and they pulled a similar looking medallion off a corpse
neutral · AI labelView post →A crisp $25 nintendo eshop card to whomever does the stuff from the movie Martyrs to this guy
neutral · AI labelView post →You’re so right! For a change of pace, why not check out this lovely jaunty little French film. It’s about a young woman who learns a lot about religion & gets a full-body makeover. Martyrs. You’re gonna love it!
positive · AI labelView post →writing a revenge horror movie about that ring of men who are recording themselves drugging and raping their wives, catharsis level Martyrs
neutral · AI labelView post →Martyrs (2008) Pascal Laugier (writer/ director) Steering into one that's decidedly less light than the prior movie I watched. Nearly 20 years later, and it's still a bit divisive, shocking, and controversial. 📽 #FridayNightHorror #HorrorMovies #Horrorsky #Horror
neutral · AI labelView post →watched Martyrs (2008) again after a long while.. such a damn good movie
positive · AI labelView post →#NowWatching Martyrs (2008 Pascal Laugier) I think the last time I watched this was renting it on DVD around release time. Not a movie one thinks to revisit often.
neutral · AI labelView post →My favourite Horror films of all time: - Halloween (1978) - Near Dark - Alien - Martyrs #FilmSky #HorrorSky
positive · AI labelView post →The French horror film Martyrs. I was so pissed lol (and didn’t sleep for days after).
negative · AI labelView post →Approach this film with the utmost caution, it has the capacity to devastate like few others. It intends to torture you. However, in my opinion, Martyrs stands as the current apex of extremist horror and quality film making. 8/10 #film #movies #filmsky #review
positive · AI labelView post →First time watch of Martyrs (2008) and what a movie. Strangely uplifting. I know she’s not the star of the show but wow, Catherine Bégin. What presence, what a face. I would have watched 6 more hours of just her and her little glasses 📽️ #horrorsky
positive · AI labelView post →Great film. More interesting and well-made than Umberto Lenzi's efforts in the same genre. The animal cruelty is unnecessary though! One of those films that you only want to watch once, like Martyrs
positive · AI labelView post →French extremity has so far not really been my thing but Martyrs is thematically interesting and consistent at least. Not a movie I'd casually recommend unless you kinda know what you're in for
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