Side note: The video quality and playback on the Popcornflix site was poor. Meanwhile, maidens in the area have been dying of seemingly unrelated causes, and Erzsebet is seen bathing in a large tub of red liquid as the girls' now-mutilated corpses are buried nearby. You see, the Countess allegedly murdered over 650 young girls. There is too much telling and not enough showing in the Countess parts of this book for me, and for the more modern setting, I just can't bring myself to care. Gameplay Once you get used to the navigation and talk to the old lady, the real adventure begins. Erzsébet swears vengeance on him. Anyway, it pisses off her sons-in-law.
I went higher because I felt a score that low wouldn't give enough credit to the people who did a very good job in an otherwise bad film but anything over a 4 would be rewarding the incompetence as well. I also really liked the twist on the Bathory tale, which I wont describe here to avoid spoilers but I will say it may be the best thing to come from the film. I gave Bathory a 4 which I think is fair. I really enjoyed it to start off with, although the scenes with Drake were rather dull. When he postpones the revelation of the premise of the movie, he is putting himself at risk that the movie will produce massive disappointment in the audiences and attacks on the box office to get back the entrance fee. And I expected a detailed history of her crimes not the witchy spin the author put on things. The rest seemed quite logical to me, especially with the Hint button.
Before she dies, she writes Thurzó's name in blood on her cell wall. She witnesses the rape and murder of her two sisters, which begins her lifelong fascination with sex and violence. I think it was a bit weak at the end, but it was certainly a gripping read. Indeed, both of them and the Italian artist appear to be Hollywood creations. If you get stuck the help is built in. He became a real irritant the film does genuinely have some stunning costume design and beautiful locations that are clearly rich in the history the film hopes, and fails, to tap into.
But, I find it interesting and even amusing that the conflicts still continue within these reviews about whose version of history is right or best -- the Hungarian Catholics, the Lutherans, the Slovaks, the Romanians in Transylvania, etc. This book was extremely gory and perverse, but it didn't take away from the story at all. Just as usual, the police leaves it upon you. Usually, I end up loving it. It's like watching a speech in which the speaker tries to pack in too much information. There is much violence in this book, and that must be expected.
Inside, there were already dead victims and some imprisoned, supposedly awaiting death. Finally, I recommend this game! Brutally delicious and horrifying without being totally depressing, though it was definitely a drag imagining how hideous it would've been to live in those times. First, I agree with the majority, who give 5 stars. It seems as if the author's intent was to make you understand how Elizabeth might have turned out the way she did, by using her childhood and adolescent life as a guide. One had to wonder how much of her bent mind and sickening desires were birthed during horrific events in her early life. Bathory is clearly on the side of progress, learning and civilisation and in the first section of the three-part film we see her romancing Caravaggio Hans Matheson , who in reality was gay and never left Italy, but hey. Everything revolved around some sort of sexual perversion, and I highly doubt something as complex as Bathory's wish for youth was solely sexual.
The official testimony of Elizabeth Bathory's murders, which is still extant in Hungarian archives, is both questionable and convicting in nature. But heaven is never forever The story has some fascinating political commentary on the state of unrest within a European country going through revolution. I think the producers did a great injustice to everyone in making this movie. We don't get to hear about the 650 virgin girls that Elizabeth killed to bathe in their blood at all - it keeps getting referenced, but it's never told through Elizabeth's point of view. Both make a for a good story — even if only one of them is actually true.
It offers a different side to the legend, which is more sympathetic to the Countess, portraying her as a loving mother who mostly treated her servants well apart from occasional lapses in judgment or delusions caused by poisoning, and who was eventually betrayed by men who wanted a share of her wealth. Co-Star Karel Roden is on top form as Juraj Thurzo and Vincent Regan is notable. Anna Friel puts on a robust performance and is endearing as a countess and loving mother to her cherished daughters but things start going horribly wrong during her husband's long absences at war and the blood letting starts much later than i imagined. Let me start by saying that I've read half of this book multiple times. This is an embellished version of historical events. The main thing you can accuse Bathory of is being downright boring and wholly meandering as absolutely nothing is done to progress the plot for a good deal of its mammoth running time, leaving the actors high and dry - and in some cases I imagine deliberately awful - with some of the worst lines of dialogue ever thanks to three credited scriptwriters Then for some unknown reason things suddenly go batshit crazy and we also get strange 'comic relief' perhaps its hilarious in Hungary? It's a shame she could not alter the stupidity of the whole movie.
If you do your homework then you will find out that she was a loving mother - fact All of the murders are unaccountable for All evidence against her was made through torture. Even though Anna Friel is in it, and for some people me it's always going to be a draw; but, rose colored memories of leather jackets, patricide, and touching moments of sexual discovery aside, it's still a turd. I did not bother skimming through to the end as there seemed no point in subjecting myself to material I found both salacious and repugnant. That depends on whether they enjoy pages and pages of unrelenting cruelty and can overlook a big drawback in execution--that the two story lines, which are intended to link past and present, don't. Since the book was supposed to be about Elizabeth Bathory, I nabbed it as well at the flea market. Elizabeth Bathory lets you see the film through the eyes of a mother, lover and ruler rather than the legendary serial killer.
What you will first notice is the costumes. Hell, they could have worn them with ruffs for all I care, I also love cranach lol and the necklaces which are clearly made up for his 16th century glamour portraits! I also like different stories about mystery women. One servant girl was beaten by Bathory and an accomplice for stealing a pear. In general Hungarian noblemen are depicted as stupid, uneducated and aggressive. The film is long: 2 hours and 20 minutes. I literally could not put this book down and ended up reading it in a day.
Bathory spent a lot of time with Merisi Caravaggio, whom she made her slave. What I found most interesting were the descriptions of life in 16th century Hunagry. Bathory is a very boring and dull movie. It gets so crazy and sad at a point that all you can do is make a joke like the monks and try to laugh so you don't go crazy too. I confess that I have repeatedly skipped the modern-day chapters of this book.