Did the murder really occur in Censor?

Did the murder really occur in Censor? - Person's Hands Covered with Blood

In Censor, after Enid comes home from the sleazy producer (where the "accident" with the trophy happens), she gets a phone call, in which a man says she's a tease, that she came to his house, and that Frederick North is filming the sequel right now.

My understanding is that the phone call came from the movie producer "Doug"... So, I don't get why she would get a call from the already dead producer?! Unless she imagined the whole thing, and she didn't actually murder him... in which case I'm not sure the events in the ending actually happened as we saw?



Best Answer

The phone call is partly real, partly imagined: it is a harassing phone call from a member of the public, which Enid transforms (in her mind) into a message from the producer. Note that the "information" that she gets is information she already obtained during her visit to the producer, the call even uses the same wording (e.g. "juicy sequel").

Enid has started to disassociate from reality after killing him:

Thank you for the whiskey.

I'll see myself out.

She is now going deeper into the trauma that resides in her since losing her sister.

From now on the movie also mixes reality and imagination, and offers visual clues for this: a TV showing a scene from the movie Don't Go in the Church morphs through video static into the trees she sees on her way to the place where they're filming the sequel.

tress through video static

From then on the aspect ratio of the movie slowly reduces to 4:3. Then she kills the "Beastman" and she somewhat snaps out of it -- to indicate this we see damaged, scratched film.

scratched and damaged film

What follows next is another somewhat lucid scene where reality seems to get the overhand, until she starts "using the video remote" (note that the picture quality at that moment also switches to "video", indicating her delusional state).

video remote

Again the aspect ratio changes to 4:3. From then on she almost completely replaces the events in real life with an imaginary version of them, ending with her driving the actress she "saved" (and which she imagines to be her long-lost sister) to her parents. Her delusion is almost complete at that moment, with reality only invading through short burst of static.

"Help me!"


As Looper explains:

As her obsession with Alice grows, though, she loses sight of her goal and morphs into the very person she fears.

So, what made this unstable censor lose control? "Don't Go in the Church," a film about sisterly betrayal, strikes a nerve for Enid. This viewing brings forth years of emotional turmoil over her presumed dead sister. Her need for closure, coupled with the visual similarities between Alice and a police sketch of Nina, drives her to act out.

So yes she really murders all those people. Her mental state was always unstable, even previous to her murdering the producer she experiences periods where she mixes the trauma from her youth with the movies she sees.

Also note that her murdering people fits into the theme of the movie. From the same Looper article:

Coming full-circle, the end of the film includes a radio broadcaster within Enid's fantasy announcing the eradication of video nasties, which drops the crime rate to zero and boosts employment rates. The public is gleefully informed that "there's nothing to be afraid of anymore!" Enid, who bought into the misguided conservative fears, is unable to register that she has done anything wrong. While it isn't shown in the film, it's clear that the public would go on to blame her consumption of morally corrupt films for her crimes without factoring in her mental instability.




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What happened at the end of censor?

The ending of the movie Censor reveals that Enid has completely lost her mind, and the guilt of Nina's death has altered her perception to a point where she imagines an entirely false happy ending for herself. Notice how the scenes from when Enid lands up at the shooting spot begin having a narrower aspect ratio.

What was censor shot on?

Almost the entirety of Censor was filmed with Arricam LT and ST cameras, shooting 3-perf 35mm on Kodak Vision3 500T 5219 and 250D 5207 stock.

Is censor a good movie?

Censor is a solid debut from Bailey-Bond. It feels like an arthouse B-movie that embraces both parts of its identity through its captivating visuals, immersive score, and strong performance from Algar. February 12, 2022 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review\u2026

Where can I find the movie censor?

Censor is now streaming on Amazon Prime and definitely recommended for a creepy watch and a filmmaker showing some real promise. This is a film about a young woman who has never gotten over the disappearance of her sister several years ago. Her parents wish she would.



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