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The Sonata
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The Sonata is a 2018 supernatural horror film directed by Andrew Desmond and starring Freya Tingley and Rutger Hauer (in the last of his films that was released before his death).The film starts with a P.O.V. Shot of a man putting finishing touches on a musical composition. He stands up and takes a drink (the viewer sees his reflection in a mirror, which is how we know he's played by Rutger Hauer). He then picks up a gas can, walks out onto a balcony, douses himself in gasoline... and sets himself on fire.The scene then switches to Rose Fisher (Tingley), an accomplished violinist, currently in the midst of making a recording. After the session, she is informed of the death of her father Richard Marlowe, a famous classical composer, the man we saw immolating himself in the first scene. She reacts with surprising indifference. Her manager, Charles Vernais (played by Simon Abkarian), does not. "Why did you not tell me your father was Richard Marlowe?" he asks. "Because [ Precision F-Strike ] him, that's why," Rose responds. Turns out Marlowe abandoned Rose and her mother when she was very young, and she has never forgiven him for it.Nevertheless, she travels to his sprawling mansion out in the boondocks of France...What ensues is an occult investigation which revolves around a certain sonata composed by Marlowe, which he regarded as his magnum opus, an investigation with disturbing... supernatural... satanic aspects. | |
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Catapult Nightmare | |
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Catapult Nightmare: Rose has one of these. | |
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Ambiguous Ending: The kind that invites tons of analysis: When they have the complete deciphered sonata in their hands, Charles, now driven to the point of obsession, thrusts the music at Rose and orders her to play it. Rose is still in her night clothes, but she complies just to shut him up. As she plays, Charles faces the fireplace, eyes closed, waving his hands to the music... so he doesn't see the floating demon coming in through the window. Rose does, and gets an Oh, Crap! look on her face. Charles yells over his shoulder, "DID I TELL YOU TO STOP PLAYING???" Then the demon looks at Charles. Rose reacts like Oh. Right, you can have him, and resumes playing. Now the demon floats toward the oblivious Charles. Then the ghosts of the children Marlowe murdered show up, and they sing in harmony to Rose's violin. The music reaches a fever pitch, the demon reaches Charles (who screams), Rose plays one last piercing note, and the windows shatter and blow out all the lights in the room... The next morning, the housekeeper arrives to find Charles lying dead on the floor... Some time later, Rose gives a violin concert to a crowded theater. As she strikes the first note, her eyes glow yellow. Cut to black. Roll credits... So what exactly happened? Was this Marlowe's plan all along, or was it thwarted? Was Charles supposed to be the Human Sacrifice, or was his obsession with the sonata (which far surpassed Rose's) enough to distract the demon, who was supposed to possess Rose? Did the ghosts of the murdered children show up because Marlowe's spell compelled them, or because they realized Rose had no desire to bring about her father's will, and sought to help her? And at the very end, was Rose possessed by the Antichrist, or did she merely have his power? | |
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Would Hurt a Child | |
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Would Hurt a Child: Richard Marlowe most definitely would, and did, to achieve the sound he wished for the eponymous Sonata. Rose has the decency to be horrified when she learns of this. Charles, on the other hand... | |
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Culture Clash | |
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Culture Clash: Early in the movie, Rose, who is British, approaches her car from the right side and opens the front door, only to find that the steering wheel is on the left side. She mutters, "Bloody French," slams the door, and goes to the other side. | |
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Self-Immolation | |
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Self-Immolation: Richard Marlowe does this in the film's first scene. | |
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The Chosen One | |
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The Chosen One: Rose Fisher, chosen by her father Richard Marlowe to bring his (literally) diabolical plans to fruition. The fact that she hates his everloving guts might be a fly in that ointment. | |
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Modesty Towel | |
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Modesty Towel: When Rose hears a strange noise while taking a bath, she puts on one of these and goes to investigate. She wears it quite well. | |
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Creepy Children Singing: Creepy Ghost Children, four of them, appear at the climax. They are the children Marlowe tortured to death to achieve the desired sound for his sonata. Since they only appear after the demon makes clear it is only going after Charles, they may be there to help Rose thwart her father's plans. | |
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Town with a Dark Secret | |
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Town with a Dark Secret: Not a secret, perhaps, but the town near Richard Marlowe's mansion is haunted by the memories of four children who have gone missing in the recent past. They were abducted by Marlowe and tortured to death. See Would Hurt a Child below. | |
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Glowing Eyes of Doom | |
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Glowing Eyes of Doom: Rose sports these in the very last shot of the film. | |
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Nothing Is Scarier | |
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Nothing Is Scarier: The movie makes it abundantly clear that Richard Marlowe tortured four children just to achieve the right sound in the sonata that he was composing, but the audience sees none of it. They only see a Torture Chamber replete with various sharp instruments, and hear a tape recording of a child's screams. | |
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I Hate You, Vampire Dad | |
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I Hate You, Vampire Dad: More like "I hate you Devil Worshiper Dad," although Rose hates her father long before she learns he was one. When she finds a picture of him upon first moving into the mansion, she breaks the frame and glass with her bare hands. | |
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