The Ritual Monster Explored Jötunn Moder
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- Опубликовано: 23 сен 2024
- today were going to be taking a look at the creature from a film I reviewed sometime ago, the ritual. Which is based on the novella of the same name.
Its a fantastic movie and one that you really should watch, its not your typical slasher horror film, but one that slowly grows with atmosphere and a sense of unease, with a stalking creature.
That creature, the moder, is what were going to be looking at today.
So of course, full spoilers for the ritual, and the monster of the movie.
The creature itself is known as the moder, or, simple, the creature, its referred to as a god, an ancient, one of the jötunn and a bastard son of loki.
The female cultist continues to state that they do not say its name, but they worship it, it keeps them there and it lives them beyond a natural life.
No more pain. No more death.
To worship it and enter into the cult, you must undergo a ritual. You either kneel before the moder, or it will hang you from one of the trees.
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I just love how camouflaged the monster is. It's literally watching them throughout the whole movie
The stalk is phenomenal!
Honestly a really underrated movie, easily one of the most ambitious on Netflix. Combines personal stories and a nice bit of Norse mythology, while keeping it admirably grounded.
@THE JUSTICE You're welcome, thanks for making this movie...
Norse myth is so strange its awesome
It’s interesting for sure, but has a very beat for beat B movie plot.
The film was slated by the critics and I never understood why. The first time I saw this on Netflix, I immediately bought the novel and have watched the film several times and it always fascinates me.
When the creature stood up and brought its hands together in prayer I got the chills.
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@retroFIX Gaming Jesus ofcourse
@retroFIX Gaming i don't think it can talk so it was gesturing him to pray thats why he kept pushing him to the ground too
@retroFIX Gaming its still an asshole tho. It basically batmans people at every chance (stalking and picking them off and dragging them into the darkness) but yeah since he was marked and the last person who basically believed in the monster. It couldn't risk killing him. The lovecraft monsters work in away where they are super hard to kill but losing faith in them makes them weak and eventually disappear. It was desperate for someone to worship it thats take a look at how it killed the other marked and everyone else. But I feel like even if he wasn't marked he it still would've let him live cuz he was the only one there
One of the best monster designs in years
lol I seen better designs with Critters
Agree. I was afraid they would run into some dull and stereotypical bigfoot creature, but this dude was diabolical!
TheHitherto I don't know why but I read "diabolical" with Patrick's voice from Spongebob 😂
@@blackshogun272 " he is standing there. .MENACINGLY!!!"
@@brotheralaric7177 *WEEWOOWEEWOOWWEEWOO*
Loki. Keep it in your pants man, c'mon!
ALL HIS KIDS ARE BASTARDS XD
Kenneth Satria Not true. Vali and Narfi/Nari were born to his wife Sigyn, and depending on whom you talk to, Angrboda may have also been his wife.
Not if if leads to great horror movies like this.
One of the best films on Netflix.
Am I the only one who hated it?
@@jp21district Nah, plenty did.
Link for full movie ..
@Abhi Saha
m.ruclips.net/video/fN69rBKgwzc/видео.html&feature=share
Actually Mr. H, Loki is not the father of the Jotuns. That would be Ymir, and after he was slain by Odin, Vili and Vé, from his blood would come a great deluge and the last remaning Jotun would be Bergelmir, grandson of Ymir, son of Thrudgelmir. With his wife, all later Jotuns would be of his line. The line of Bergelmir.
Thank you for saying that before I was abouit to write a whole lot of nonesenns down, Also don't forget Loki gave birth to Slepnier as a mare...and there is a story behind why.
@@Dragonmistress83 and Fenris, Hel, and the Midguard Serpent are his kids. Loki and his old lady got up to some freaky shit, but hey shapeshifters gotta love'em
@@Dragonmistress83 yes I think it's safe to say Loki is a very fucked up individual
Vicky was your age I really did enjoy this video it was a phenomenal film the movie get me invested from beginning to it's awesome end
@@michaelhansen2818 Loki is many things, however many good things came about because of his own pride. Such as many of the well known artifacts of the gods, Draupnir, Gungnir, Sleipnir, Gullinbursti, Mjolnir, Skíðblaðnir, the golden hair of Sif, Jörmungandr, Fenrir, and Hel. Many a tale can be told of how loki went to great a lenght to save his own neck.
I was and still am so thoroughly impressed with the creature design. Reminds me of the first time is saw The Relic. Beautiful monsters. Great video!
It's a ugly monster
@@royalbluesapphire218 Yes most monsters are considered "ugly".
A god..... ancient. One of the jotunn. Man I love that line.
For those wondering, the J in most Scandinavian words is pronounced like a Y sound. So Jotun is actually pronounced as Yotun. Similarly, the name Jormungandr (the world serpent of Norse myth) is pronounced as Yormungandr etc.
The creature design alone drew me into this movie. That shot with Moder against the burning building hooked me in a Netflix snippet. I really enjoyed this movie
This is one of my favorite movie monsters. The look is disturbing and natural. It looks like something that could grow out of the forest. Very old, very strong.
Having a monster have a huge vagina with a face inside the slit really made it memorable , pretty sure any girl spready her lips apart and I see two yellow glowing eyes lacking back at me and I am going to freak out.
We deserve creature design this good all the time.
She, not he. I am certain that the monster is female. 'Moder' is literary just the Swedish word for "mother", it also makes sense in the narrative as the creature/monster gives life (eg. elongated lifespan) to the human cultists. I believe that they see her/it as a form of mother, a giver of life, in their own twisted way. Best regards from a native swede 🇸🇪
Trying to learn more about Swedish and Norwegian.... but isn't it spelled 'Motter' or similar in the language? I never stopped to think about that but thanks for pointing it out.
@@sittingravenleeson8781 No, it is "mor" and/or "moder" in both norwegian and swedish. I believe that the word "motter" is used in some parts of Germany, but not anywhere in the nordic or Scandinavian countries :). Nice to hear that you are interested in the swedish and norwegian languages! They don't matter much these days really but have historically influenced several bigger languages, the names of the day's of the week in english for an instance (Måndag/Monday, Tisdag/Tuesday etc.) :)
The man was talking so slow I thought my playback speed was .50. Trying so hard to reach that 10 minute mark. But the content in the video was great
Even on 2x it's still slow lmao
Fr good video but speed it up my guy 😂
Loved the creature design on this one. Looked like something that had crawled out of a death metal album-cover.
Honestly this should be a game
I would play the hell out of a game like this.
Then you should play outlast part 2.
Perisos 3 yeah it’s a good game, have completed it
Thought it was interesting how the guy looked at the end. He reminded me of an ancient viking or maybe even an homage to thor. The way he stands his high ground and dominance above the creature screaming at it while weilding an axe. Along with his beard of course lmao.
Without a doubt this was one of the best creature movie ever made. Its right up there with The Host in terms of drama, originality and the creature itself.
This creature kind of reminds me of the monster from Relic.
The cathuga 💕
I liked the look and how huge and intimidating it was, but what I think I liked more was the mind games it plays with the characters
The way I understood it, was that the module existed somewhere between our world and the world of dreams and nightmares, warping the world around it and drawing people in. This power only works in the already disorienting forest. It drew people into their own worst and most painful memories and fed from their pain.
The evil guy from Jurassic World is the main character?
These things remind me of those woodland beasts from The Witcher.
A fiend or a leshen.?
That was my initial thinking, that this was no god at all, rather a beast fooling humans into worshipping it. Similar to the sidequest in the Witcher with the leshen.
...dude.. the moment when he roars/screams back.. all the sh*t he went through facing that thing...
..I always feel that part and get goosebumps...
We need more modern day eldritch movies.
Can you please do a video about the lovecraft myths elder gods. Since they seem to be the opposite of the outer gods and great old one apparently.
Read Adam Nevill books if you liked this movie the book is much better than the film (aren't they always) but Apartment 16 has strong Lovecraftian themes, sadly I doubt it will ever be made into a film
Thanks for the review- I really enjoyed this movie, and the creature design was a breath of fresh air. Really good pacing and atmosphere, creepy and original “monster”, and detestable cultists left me feeling that “I’ve got to get out of here” vibe while watching it- it’s easily one of the best horror movies I’ve seen in the past ten years. Loved it.
One of the most underrated horror movies ever made. Great story, characters, and the monster and it's cult was definitely creepy.
She’s a pretty girl isn’t she! Shout out to the talented Keith Thompson for the design that blew myself and everyone at Russell FX away when we saw it.
Mr. H is by far the best descriptions of these beast's along with that voice.
My fave monster in any horror movie ever.
This was one of my favorite movies of the past few years and one of my favorite reviews of yours! Dude this video was great.
I usually hate horror movies, but when I watched a review of this movie earlier today, and saw Modor for the first time, I believe it to be one of the most badass monsters in modern film. Ended up watching the movie, and was surprised when there wasn't as many jumpscares, and that helps you empathize with the characters when they finally start to see Modor. Its more psychological than anything.
I get chills every time I see the scene where Rafe Spall’s character is yelling back at the Jotunn, like he’s finally releasing all the pent up emotions and anger he’s felt since the incident that cost his friends life.
I loved ur old music, it was pretty hype-just my input
It's in every other video
I loved this film, both haunting and interesting to decipher. Very underrated though.
This has been on my interested to watch list.... I know what I’m doing this weekend. LOL
Nice review of what to expect and well done video.
Keep them coming.
This film was amazing!! I could make out about three runes. nauthiz: need, necessity, hardship, delays. Algiz: elk, protection, shield, self defense. Othala: goddess, property, home, plenty. The lore of this film was so good. The visuals, the build up, the climax, I even liked the ending. Guillermo del toro helped design Moder, one of my new favorite films!!
"bastard son of loki" stopped right there.
Moder is female as confirmed by the writers and moder even means mother, what are you talking about?
@Ralph Macchiato son isn’t neutral
Loki is both father and mother....so what's the point of getting your panties in the bunch??? Loki is the mother of sleipnr but the father of fenris Odin-eater.....that's the beauty of being a jotunn.
Móðir means mother in icelandic. I was a bit confused as well.
Probably like loki it has no gender, just shifting to whatever it please
Such a fabulous, original movie and novella. There are a great many people who still believe the old Norse gods and legends, as well as other legends as existent truth, and they could all be based on fact for all we know, it is unprovable. As a student of history and folklore, I have no reason to doubt the stories and many of the creatures are seen around the world to this day.
Regardless, I thought the overall design of this film and it's pacing did it a great service, the characters were complicated and real. And it's modern setting helped it to distance itself from other historical media made today.
Yes! Right on Mr. H, I’ve waited a long time for you to do this video. Thanks man, I love this freaking movie and the Jotun rocks.
I just love the design for Moder. I cannot be the only one that loved the novel far more than the movie (although the movie is fantastic).
Fans of extreme metal, READ THIS NOVEL.
BLOOD FRENZY!!!!
Btw, Mr. H, Adam Neville has stated that it’s up to the reader to decide for themselves whether Moder is Nordic or Lovecraftian.
Moder means mother in danish, possibly also in Norwegian and swedish, which probably means that the monster is female, and as far as I remember jotunn can be female
You are so right about it being a hidden gem. I was interested in it but found other things to watch. Came by it again with Prime, thought I'd give it ago. I truly enjoyed it, anything with a piece of mythology interests me. As for the creature, I thought the movie was well done, thought out & refreshing actually.
PS have you thought of voice acting? You have a great speaking voice.
Hope Kratos meets him and Show's some class
You mean....
kratos shoves modas own head up its own ass with class
watched it when it was even lesser known then it is now.... SO PROUD OF MYSELF
Is it confirmed that it's a "he"?
I'm asking due to its name.
"Moder" is Swedish for "Mother".
And it is also the name for one of the three female energies in Nordic mythology, that of summer (the other two is the Virgin for spring and the widow for autumn and winter).
Doubt you can confirm a gender. But in this case I think the "he" is the assumed maleness of things that are powerful. Also refering to things in english in a gender neutral way is awkward at best.
Director confirmed Moder was female.
@@jacobfreeman5444 wow f u
It reminds me a bit of a creature from Orkney called a Nuckalavee, which is pretty cool and creepy of it's own right. And would make sense with some of the Norse influence up there.
FTR 'Moder' (Mother) is a female not a male in the novel that this film is based on, I am fairly certain that the film was going to have Moder be female but changed their minds worried about a backlash for having the evil god be female so they changed the dialogue right before filming began but they already had a vagina slit faced Moder model made .
so this thing is a skinwalker basically. depicted in native american legends. that is eerie that such a similar creature pops up in both of those remote times and spaces
Watched it a few weeks ago and it is a great movie, definitely recommend it for sure.
No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering.
We have such sights to show you!
Ah, the suffering. The sweet, sweet suffering.
Stunning and excellent film. Monsters, creatures and Gods are still witnessed and seen by people and there is some photographic and video evidence etc that is debated and there are a great many people in northern Europe who worship and believe in the old gods, despite the vast majority of northern Europeans being strict Christians. So far as anyone knows there could be many Gods and a world tree outside the universe, there is no way to know. There is a famous but debated 1940s photo taken from survivors from a downed military plane or something , that shows a massive creature looking at them over the tree tops in the relatively same region as the film. It resembles a nordic troll and many think it is genuine, who knows.
I loved the fabulous design of the god Moder, The other characters and the situation was believable and excellently written. I loved the bookwhich gives more insight into the characters, and hows the deep divide between the foursome And Moder skillfully manipulated the foursome, it is implied that the hanging corpses were left specifically for them to find. I wonder if it was Loki that imprisoned Moder and the questions remain, why hasn't Moder beeen able to free itself, it is clearly of great power. And does Moder offer passersby 'gifts' in order to make them stay. Was it trying to do this to Luke specifically because it had chosen him.
Gods are not seen but channeled.
any chance you could link that photograph?
I don’t remember this in the MCU
@ no! Really?
@@isaiahtowers1865 It was because the entire universe was created by Stan Lee so do not believe the non believers lies
Saw this movie the first time last week, fucking loved it from start to end.
Really enjoyed the movie. Really got under my skin at times. Awesome video as always!
Moder means Mother in Swedish. I dont get how that has not been pointed out yet.
Bruh we really need kratos out here. Hed rip that shit in two. Aint no tree branch through the chest killing him
Its lokis kids, so it would be his grandson
@@gageunruh3574 explain the lineage...
Kratos dies pretty easy in the games. I had wooden spikes come up from the floor and kill him. Sharpened sticks.
I always loved the design on this thing.
Just saw it,didn't liked it that much but it sure got me intrigued about the creature
Aight,I subbed,greetings from Romania :)
Stuff like this is why I love your channel! I would love to see some sort of sequel or spiritual successor to this film. Something that further explores the Jotunn that inhabit our world and their ties to Norse mythology. One of the things I love about these kind of movies is that it makes you think, if the Moder is real, then what other creatures/Gods are real too?
Wait
That one guy was in jurassic world 2
Crimson Hunter yep and he was in Prometheus his name is Rafe Spall.
@@Canadian_duck31 who was he in prometheus
Millburn the guy who touched the weird snake thing.
@@Canadian_duck31 oh ok but he is not listed in cast
Don't know why
He's in one of the new Jurassic parks, but I think his best movie (besides the ritial) is Green Street Hooligans
Awesome channel. Can you do a review of Split Second with Rutger Hauer? I think you'll like the monster and world
Not to be nitpicky, but Moder is actually female- It’s mentioned in the novel.
This is one of the few movies that's actually better than the book I read the book after seeing the movie and the movie is a million times better
I thought the movie had a Demonic creepy feel that was really weird. I guess that was the point
Moder is one of the most badass creatures
Is it worth reading the book it was based off of?
Moder reminded me of a mix of a Fiend and a Leshen from the Witcher
No, not "Moder". It's Sleipnir, spawn of Loki, mount of Odinn...
I liked this movie they tried something different they didn’t just go for ohh people are gonna die so scary or another one of those movies about blocking one of your senses like quiet place or silence they actually went for something original teaching us about mythology it had great monster design that was completely original and they didn’t make it all monster instead they gave it the human hands and intelligence to humanize it and plus they even did something horror movies almost never do they gave us some exposition on the monster and his origin he’s not killing just because he is angry at Loki for abandoning him nice film bruh
The creature reminds me of erens founding titan form with the hands hanging out
If you're not first you're last.
That proof that hollywood IS not always thebest movies makers
Fantastic creature design
I really liked this movie. Great review.
Skileetal?
Wait are you telling me that Loki is the father of his sister her pet dog, Odins horse, and the jormungandr.
Up until that ending, the village looked like something out of Resident Evil 4, I think Anderson should have taken notes lol. Cool monster design
Can you do reviews of anime creatures like rest of titans or evangrelions?
I hate horror movies and don't know who put it on the tv but this one I loved and watched it for 3 times.
great movie man
reminds me of carl jungs studies
Yeah I love the ritual my fair and Netflix movie the creature I like the idea that this creature is like a mix between norse mythology and HP Lovecraft
Loki is just nuts
They should make a movie about thor and the world serpent that would be awesome
Great monster review.
Personally i loved the movie and the creature design.
I want to live a life free of pain and death.
Southern Bella Donna
*Kneels before the Jotuun with a snicker bar to sate the deity's hunger*
i think this movie is underrated
I've been looking forward to this
For real tho this movie was a delightful treat to find
you sound pissed (angry not drunk) or is it just slowed a bit?
This was an outstanding video
Ur right this movie was refreshing.
I know what I'm going to watch this friday!
Mate have you seen Nightflyers on netflix yet? A bit of a mess with characters making insanely stupid decisions but all in all its watchable.
Can you do a video on the movie "the prophecy" starring Christopher Walken and Vigo Mortensen (if you haven't already and I've just missed it), the sequels weren't great but the first movie was good.
I'm not 100% sure but i think in the book the author made the connection to Shub-Niggurath a lot more explicit than the movie did
i could that conversation happening:
Loki : go my child wreak havoc in your realm
Thor : first off that's my Nephew? and secondly what the fuck did you fuck to make that thing?
Loki :......i had a threesome with a tree spirit and a moose
Odin : wait that's my grandson? ......Loki.....I... we-..... we need to talk about this "Hobby" of yours...
Am I the only one who has heard of shubnigerath from South Park the fractured but whole
Jotunn Moder means "giant mother".
What’s with the playback speed to hit 10 min 😂😂😂😂