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Why were they nazis? Spoiler

posted 12 years ago by vegard-hol
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I was wondering why the family was nazis (or why the filmmaker portrayed them as nazis). As I feel they acted like most bat *beep* insane families. Except that they wanted to breed a "pure blood" race. Which is weird that they chose a brown hair, brown eyed muslim girl.

Wouldn't the movie work just as well with non nazis, but still bat *beep* insane, villans?

Also, did the police at the end talk german? Was there anything weird with them, or were they just normal cops?

[–] stargazer-lea 12 years ago

The young pregnant girl, who's name escapes me, explains that her "family" came to france after the 2nd world war. You can only assume it was for refuge. The elderly father is German so it's safe to assume he is a criminal of war on the run but still holds the same ideals as he did when he was an active Nazi during the 2nd world war.

It is also explained he chooses Yasmin despite her being "impure" is because their gene pool needed diluting. The pregnant girl explains that all of the children born of the family have been deformed and were going to be killed until she and her husband saved them.

It probably would have worked as just being bat *beep* crazy but I think the makers wanted it to be more unique from the typical crazy cannibal family in the likes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

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[–] Word-Weight 11 years ago

"It is also explained he chooses Yasmin despite her being "impure" is because their gene pool needed diluting."

I haven't seen this movie yet, but I too was a little confused with the Nazi concepts mentioned in the summary. The idea of dilution -- isn't it against the standard idea of Nazism? It makes the, "pure blood master race" concept sound disjointed somehow. I suppose, if because of deformed children, I do admit that I picture a hardcore racist/Aryan-obsessed Nazi foundation to much rather "wait for their ideal 'pure blood'" stereotype than use anything else. But again, I really haven't seen the movie yet; I was just curious in the comments here, and your comment is a good comment.

[–] TDeMona 12 years ago

Oh come on, that nazi-twist was pretty much the only thing this movie had going for itself. Without that it's just another boring Texas Chainsaw Massacre -ripoff.

[–] FrankDamage 11 years ago

I think its all meant to be a series of ironic twists. As another viewer mentioned, Yasmine's family escaped the Germans during world war II, then at the end she escapes TO GERMANY to seek refuge (as we see/hear in the last line before the credits; "I'm sorry I don't speak German").
She also escapes the turmoil of the city which is (the film possibly did not entirely make this clear enough) going through race riots and ends up in the hands of Neo-Nazies.

Of course these two ironies are intended and thus the necessity that the antagonists be neo-nazies was paramount to the message being conveyed.

[–] thecultofhorror 11 years ago

Because Satanists and Cannibals can be old hat.

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[–] stemal-1 11 years ago

I agree cultofhorror. Just to put a fresh twist on a tale told too many times before.

And it didn't help to have a comedy Nazi father plucked straight from The Producers.

That said, it was pretty good.

[–] Perkins_the_Uncanny 9 years ago

Why not? Nazis are fun. We booked one for my daughter's sixth birthday party and he was great; magic tricks, balloon animals, the whole bit.

Actually, I may be thinking of clowns. Easily confused.

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