Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.
- Body horror
- Graphic violence
- Suicide or self-harm
- Bleak ending
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Bleak, grave, prestige and formally daring.
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Brian SalzburgGod Killing Himself
- Donna DempseyMother Earth
- Stephen Charles BarrySon of Earth
Crew
- E. Elias MerhigeDirector
- E. Elias MerhigeScreenplay
- E. Elias MerhigeDirector of Photography
- Evan AlbamOriginal Music Composer
- Noëlle PenraatEditor
- E. Elias MerhigeProducer
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