The major complaint people seem to be making about "Dark Touch" is that it's main character's actions are pointless. Nothing could be farther from the truth! This was a creepy, beautifully filmed and incredibly sad little indie horror film. The best horror cinema uses the supernatural to shine a light on the real life horrors of this world, Marina de Van's portrait of an abused child's psyche is disturbingly realistic and deeply unsettling.
I won't spoil any of the scenes, but I will discuss the "point" of this movie which so many people don't seem to "get": our experiences shape us, sometimes evil can destroy innocence even at an early age. To an abused child, even an act of kindness can seem monstrous.
If we were to see the world through the eyes of a damaged child, we would see a world where trust was impossible, where nightmares have no end, where there is no difference between an act of love and an act of cruelty. That is true horror.
I won't spoil any of the scenes, but I will discuss the "point" of this movie which so many people don't seem to "get": our experiences shape us, sometimes evil can destroy innocence even at an early age. To an abused child, even an act of kindness can seem monstrous.
If we were to see the world through the eyes of a damaged child, we would see a world where trust was impossible, where nightmares have no end, where there is no difference between an act of love and an act of cruelty. That is true horror.