This film caused a great stir among fans of thrillers and horrors. The opinion of the audience was divided, which led to a wide variety of reviews. Martyrs is not just a picture that can scare. Its plot is terrifying and is able to amaze the imagination with its cruelty!
Plot
Ten-year-old Lucy does not know why she was abducted and kept locked up in an abandoned factory for a whole year. The police could not trace the criminals, and this question tormented the captive for many years. In the shelter, where she got after she was found wandering along the road, she met Anna. They became best friends and together experienced all the hardships and hardships of an orphan life. When the girls grew up, Lucy decided to find her captors. Unlike the police, she quickly found the house where the couple lived. They were her tormentors. Without a drop of regret, she shoots these people and asks Anna to help her get rid of the corpses. After they bury the bodies, a crippled girl appears near the house.
Trapped
She is crazy and is trying to stab Lucy, but Anna manages to stop her. The girls begin to examine the house and find a little girl and a basement in which people are tortured. Anna understands that Lucy’s stories are not a figment of her imagination and they really torture captives here. But they can no longer escape from the terrible place - several men grab them and throw them into the basement. The purpose of these people is to find the true martyrs in order to learn through terrible torture what they see before death. Anna and Lucy die after the brutal tortures, but the second still manages to tell the monsters what awaits them beyond the bounds.
Positive reviews
The film Martyrs is often compared to Border and Grotesque. Those who like to tickle their nerves found everything in this picture - an interesting plot, an excellent realization of the director’s ideas and, of course, horror sinking to the bone. Viewers emphasize the naturalness of everything that is happening on the screen and emphasis on the most terrible details. The philosophy of this tape is not hidden deeply, but with such a presentation it is really hard to notice! Positive feedback on the “Martyrs” is left by those who managed not only to comprehend it, but also to accept its cruelty. Connoisseurs of this genre note, unlike mindless meat grinders about maniacs, this film has an idea that not everyone can understand.
Negative reviews
"Martyrs" shocked everyone who was not ready to watch sadistic torture. The sounds of beatings, skinning off a live girl and a large number of screamers in the first part of the film caused a storm of indignation. The film was called extremely cruel and was not recommended for viewing by people with a normal worldview. Many wrote that after watching just do not want to live in a world where such atrocities can occur. The bulk of negative reviews for the “Martyrs” are left by the representatives of the beautiful half of humanity, but even some men cannot watch it!