Moloch

About Moloch

Moloch is a 2022 Dutch folk horror film directed by Nico van den Brink, starring Sallie Harmsen and Alexandre Willaume.

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Moloch is a 2022 Dutch folk horror film directed by Nico van den Brink, starring Sallie Harmsen and Alexandre Willaume.

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Plot

The film focuses on 38 year old Betriek (Sallie Harmsen), who lives with her family in a house on edge of a peat bog in north Netherlands. The family's relatively peaceful existence is shattered one night when a mysterious stranger attacks the house, setting off a string of unexplained events that Betriek attempts to unravel about the mystery of the stranger. All the while, an ancient evil lurks deep within the bog.

Cast

Sallie Harmsen as Betriek

Isabel Merbis as young Betriek

Alexandre Willaume as Jonas

Anneke Blok as Elske, Betriek's mother

Hansje van Welbergan as young Elske

Ad van Kempen as Ton

Noor van der Velden as Hannah, Betriek's daughter

Notable quotes

“And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the L ORD .”
— The Book of Leviticus 18:21 (KJV)
“Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.”
— The First Book of the Kings 11:7 (KJV)
“And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.”
— The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 32:35 (KJV)
“Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.”
— Amos 5:25–26 (KJV)
“All were placed facing the sun, in the direction of Moloch the Devourer, and were stretched on the ground on their stomachs or on their backs, those, however, who were sentenced to be flogged standing upright against the trees with two men beside them, one counting the blows and the other striking.”
— Chapter VII. Hamilcar Barca
““Moloch, thou burnest me!” and the soldier’s kisses, more devouring than flames, covered her; she was as though swept away in a hurricane, taken in the might of the sun.”
— Chapter XI. In the Tent

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Moloch

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