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    Saint Maud

    Nov 22, 2020 3 minutes

    1 MEET MAUD

    Horror films are packed with devil-worshippers and occultists — but Maud is a different kind of holy terror, inflicting harm on herself (and others) in the name of God. Combining the religious fervour of Carrie’s mother, the alienation of demonised Thomasin, and the bubbling, wounded rage of Carrie herself, she’s a fascinatingly complex character — suffering from unprocessed trauma, filled with toxic thoughts, so stifled that the cocktail of her repressed pain and desire spills over into ecstatic, psychosexual, spiritual experiences. She feels like a character

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