Seduced by the colonial modern...

The image that I included in my welcome message--the Epitaph film poster--contains an interesting tagline that suggests the way it intends to convey the colonial past. It could be translated as, "bewitched by love...". 

What are the implications of the film's presentation of the colonial period as bewitching, seductive, attractive yet horrific? What do we make of the fact that each of the film's 3 vignettes is told as a love story of sorts? 

I know some of you had difficulty with the film's horror aesthetic--it is quite bloody, and I'd forgotten that the body count was so high ;) But, why do you think the directors chose to use the horror genre to revisit the late colonial period? What is the significance of recurrent motifs such as mirrors, doubles, and mixed up and artificially constructed kinship structures? Does the film express a firm belief in the supernatural, or does it fall on the side of scientific rationality? What about the contrast between "the soul" and "ghosts"? In what ways does the film support Foucault's claim that "the modern is perverse"? 

These are just some questions to spur your thinking. Looking forward to our discussion on Tuesday!