The basics, I'll skip quickly. 1) Don't see this unless you're already a fan of strange and horrific movies. 2) The police-procedural and rather misogynist aspects are routine for the serial killer genre, and the outcome never in doubt. 3) J-Lo is there for appearance rather than acting ability. Where this film deserves credit, outweighing all these problems, is in its scenes of spine-tingling power and strangeness such as the sliced horse, Stargher descending from his throne trailing vast purple wings of cloth, and the decadent smile on Catherine's face in the 'naughty worm' scene. It's an awesome and believable portrayal of the internal landscape of a disturbed person's mind. Memories of childhood trauma, sexual fantasies, power fantasies, images from the real world (such as the Poussin's 'Martyrdom of St Erasmus') incorporated into fantasy, the sense of vast importance combined with vast vulnerability; the director has done his research.
