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I just watched this film on OnDemand. One word: HAUNTING!!! What a beautifully shot film. I, too, cannot believe that this amazing film was only shot with a 1 million dollar budget. The cinematography was superb with its’ muted/monochromatic palette. The pops of color, i.e.: the red/blood in the river in the beginning and end added to the films’ brilliance. This is definitely a movie I will watch twice as there were many questions that came up for me. I wish the movie was a bit longer because I feel as though there were many opportunities for more development of the plot and its’ characters. I loved the symbolism used to demonstrate the empty pit of regret…i.e.: the black, faceless person at the end. This is not a film for the average horror film buff…you have to use your mind, intelligence, and creativity.

i also just watched the film, and i agree with your theories. But here is some questions i just can’t solve myself :(SPOILER ALERT) Why did the man in the shelter die ( the shelter with the statue, and the paintings of a black creature)why did, the man with the tooth put it in the brothers mouth, and die afterswords, why did the dog and the old man scrath there eyes out, why did the girl bleed out of here mouth and what was the deal with the black fluid draining out of the “creatures” head, the girls head in the start of the movie, and the brothers hand at the movies ending??
a lot of questions ! 😀

I think the girl didn’t starve, because the soldier who wrote with his own blood, wrote something about being in a cellar with enough food and drink, but with the feeling that there is somebody with him in the cellar.
So it appears to me that these things the soldier told them in his letter reflects the situation of the girl, because the cellar was the place where they kept their supplies.
What I thougt was confusing, was that Erik’s number of victim changed from 73 to 75. They said that the girl in the cellar would be number 74 if she died, but who is number 75, is it the little girl/boy????

74 & 75 would be the girl and her father, the killing of whom was what prompted knut to lock the girl in the cellar, as he said himself to protect her from erik.