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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Warning: Major spoilers ahead for "Relic."</li><li>Director <keyword id="9403650" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Natalie-Erika-James">Natalie Erika James</keyword> explained the film's unexpected finale to Insider. </li><li>At the end of "Relic," Kay (Emily Mortimer) and her daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) return to the home of Edna (Robyn Nevin) after narrowly escaping with their lives. </li><li>Edna, who's Kay's mother and Sam's grandmother, had succumbed to a mysterious force that caused her to become possessed and violent, nearly killing Kay and Sam in the process. </li><li>But instead of fleeing the house once they've subdued Edna, first Kay, and then Sam, return to lay with Edna's now-decomposing corpse. </li><li>James told Insider that the unexpected ending was the result of Kay's childhood trauma and guilt over her mother's condition as well as Sam's desire to remain close to her mother and grandmother. </li></ul>Director Natalie Erika James opened up about the unexpected and poignant ending to her film "Relic" in a new interview with Insider. "Relic" follows Kay (Emily Mortimer) and her daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) as they travel to their relative Edna's (Robyn Nevin) sprawling rural home after she goes missing. Edna is Kay's mother and Sam's grandmother, and upon arriving, the two women notice ominous signs of Edna's deteriorating mental state, including disturbing notes she left to herself. Eventually, Edna returns, and Kay, feeling guilty for abandoning her mother for so long, tries to arrange for Edna to be put in a home. But the strange occurrences continue, with mysterious shadows and terrifying dreams from childhood haunting Kay and, to a lesser extent, Sam.This is your last chance to head back before major spoilers in the <keyword id="6356021" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="movie">movie</keyword>.<div type="image" title="relic still 6" height="2333" width="3111" msid="76902511" hostid="261"></div>The end of the film sees Edna transform into a monstrous, rotting corpse who chases Kay and Sam through her now-cramped and moldering home.Kay eventually subdues Edna, but instead of escaping with Sam, she turns back at the last moment to spend a final moment with her mother — peeling back Edna's gray, decaying skin to reveal a blackened, fetus-like creature. "I've always been intrigued by the idea of childhood trauma or childhood nightmares resurfacing later in life," the director said of the film's final spooky moments. "And I think that when dynamics within your family shift, and you kind of start to parent your parents, I think it inevitably makes you look back to your own childhood." <div type="image" title="relic finale 1_edited 1" height="900" width="1200" msid="76902514" hostid="261"></div>According to James, the nightmares Kay has — revolving around the reanimated corpse of her great-grandfather, who was left to die alone of dementia in an old cabin on the property — are one of the reasons why she decides to turn back and spend one last moment with her mother. "The mythology tied up with the great grandfather's story... the idea that this is a story that had really haunted Kay for years — that's what we're finding out," James said of Kay's nightmares. "That story is one of neglect and abandonment, basically a poor old man being left alone." "I think for that to come back and haunt her kind of feeds into her guilt that she feels about not being there for her mother," the filmmaker continued. "So it's important to her that she, I guess, processes those things, and revisits those years to make that final decision at the end." The ending is poignant, and a bit unexpected for a horror movie, in which escaping a haunted house or violent situation is generally the norm. But even though the finale for "Relic" makes sense in the narrative, James told Insider that there was a push from some of the film's financial supporters to make the final product even more terrifying. "I would say there was a lot of push to, I suppose, push the film further into horror," she said. "It was something that we had to keep our eye on, to really give each part of the script the emotional through-line and the core framework as much as we could." "I think it's fine to say 'give me more scares, give me more horror, but if the story hasn't earned it, I think you can feel the sleight of hand at play and you end up with the result that maybe, it's a bit more forgettable," James added. "Relic" premieres July 10 in theaters and On Demand. You can watch the trailer below. <ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/relic-movie-review-dementia-horror-movie-2020-7">'Relic' is a tense new horror movie that contains a poignant message about dementia</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/natalie-erika-james-relic-director-interview-2020-7">'Relic' director Natalie Erika James wants to change how we view women in horror movies</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/relic-director-natalie-erika-james-hereditary-similar-2020-7">'Relic' director Natalie Erika James says she changed a part of her movie after 'Hereditary' came out</a></li></ul>

The director of 'Relic' explains the movie's poignant and unexpected ending

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"Relic" director <keyword id="9403650" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Natalie-Erika-James">Natalie Erika James</keyword> told Insider that she changed a part of her <keyword id="6356021" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="movie">movie</keyword> after "<keyword id="470092" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Hereditary">Hereditary</keyword>" came out. </li><li>According to James, she and co-writer Christian White were already writing "Relic" before Ari Aster's 2018 horror film premiered. </li><li>The filmmakers had included a character that makes dollhouse furniture, but ended up changing her hobby to candle making since a key character in "Hereditary" also makes miniatures. </li><li>James said she wasn't bothered by comparisons between the two movies, even though she was writing hers when "Hereditary" came out. </li><li>"I think it's a compliment whenever it comes up. And I understand why that comparison is there," she told Insider. </li></ul>Director Natalie Erika James told Insider in a new interview that she had to change a part of her new film "Relic" after watching Ari Aster's "Hereditary" in 2018. Speaking to Insider, James explained that she and co-writer Christian White (who were already working on "Relic") had given their character Edna (Robyn Nevin) a hobby of making dollhouse furniture. However, after they saw Aster's movie — in which Annie (Toni Collette) is an avid miniaturist — the writers changed Edna's hobby to candlemaking. "We felt that Edna's hobby was too similar to the miniatures in 'Hereditary,' so we consciously changed it," James said. "You're always kind of wary of a film that's coming out being too similar to yours." But the Australian-Japanese director also told Insider that she wasn't bothered by comparisons between her movie "Relic" and "Hereditary," both of which deal with family trauma and supernatural occurrences. <div type="image" title="RELIC+Still+4" height="2334" width="3112" msid="76897591" hostid="261"></div>"I think it's a compliment whenever it comes up. And I understand why that comparison is there," James said. She told Insider that in terms of "tonal references" for "Relic," she thought the 2007 Spanish film "The Orphanage" was closer to the mark. "It has this super emotional ending, but still manages to be like, a really frightening journey," James said. "Relic" follows a woman, Kay, and her daughter, Sam, as they try to take care of Kay's mother Edna. Upon arriving at Edna's house, Kay and Sam discover that something much more sinister than mere forgetfulness has been plaguing Edna — and are soon drawn into a terrifying world filled with decomposing corpses, mysterious stains, and ominous shadows. The new horror movie premieres July 10 in theaters and On Demand. You can watch the trailer below.

'Relic' director Natalie Erika James says she changed a part of her movie after 'Hereditary' came out

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Director <keyword id="9403650" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Natalie-Erika-James">Natalie Erika James</keyword> told Insider in an interview that she wants to change how women are portrayed in horror films. </li><li>James directed the upcoming horror <keyword id="6356021" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="movie">movie</keyword> "Relic.</li><li>It follows a woman and her daughter as they come to terms with family matriarch Edna's debilitating — and ominous — new disease. </li><li>According to the Australian-Japanese filmmaker, she didn't set out to make an overtly "feminist" horror film, but may have created one anyway. </li><li>"It's nice to see three women with agency in 'Relic,'" James said. </li></ul>Director Natalie Erika James said in a recent interview with Insider that she wants to change the way women are portrayed in horror films. James directed the upcoming horror movie "Relic." The film follows a woman, Kay, and her daughter, Sam, as they try to take care of Kay's mother Edna. Upon arriving at Edna's house, Kay and Sam discover that something much more sinister than mere forgetfulness has been plaguing Edna — and are soon drawn into a terrifying world filled with decomposing corpses, mysterious stains, and ominous shadows.Speaking with Insider, the Australian-Japanese director talked about her decision to focus primarily on female characters in her new film. "I'm very passionate about women on screen, and definitely in the horror genre. We are often depicted as very objectified — through the male gaze, in a sort of voyeuristic way," James told Insider, adding that women in horror films are often portrayed as "a conduit for pain." According to the director, she wanted Edna, Kay, and Sam to be different. The three women are indispensable to the film's nuanced exploration of dementia and family trauma, but James told Insider that she originally included other male characters in first drafts of the script. "In the first iteration, I was constructing a husband character for Kay and Sam had a brother as well," James said. "But we just found over time, as we were developing it, that it felt clearer and cleaner without those characters and just centered on the three women." "I think also because the experience was based on my mother and her mother, it just seemed to make the most sense — those are the relationships that were kind of shining on the page, and that I really cared about," the filmmaker added. <div type="image" title="relic still 1" height="2334" width="3112" msid="76876699" hostid="261"></div>In crafting the character of Edna, the elderly matriarch of the family who's slowly losing her mind to a dementia-like disease, James said she wanted to stay away from the trope of the "crazy old lady.""There's such a trope in horror of the 'crazy old lady,' but I feel like, in this day and age, you have to just have a bit more nuance," James explained.At the start of the film, Edna just seems confused and a little senile. But as "Relic" goes on, it becomes clear that something else is wrong with her. With paranoia mounting among Kay and Sam, and Edna becoming increasingly violent, the film concludes with a harrowing confrontation between the three women. "For us, it was really important that this character was also really sympathetic and empathetic, and that you could really see things from her perspective," James said of Edna. "So there could be moments of lucidity that she has, which, the audience is very much with her throughout the film. And we wanted to kind of dig into that." James told Insider that she didn't set out to make an overtly "feminist" horror film, but that she may have created one, anyway. "I didn't want, necessarily, to be an ideological filmmaker, but I'd probably be seen as a feminist one," she said. "Me making this film — you could probably call it a feminist film." "It's nice to see three women with agency in 'Relic,'" James added. "Relic" premieres July 10 in theaters and On Demand.

'Relic' director Natalie Erika James wants to change how we view women in horror movies

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Warning: Minor spoilers for "Relic" ahead.</li><li>"Relic" is a new <keyword id="6358680" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Horror">horror</keyword> <keyword id="6356021" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="movie">movie</keyword> that touches on the challenges of losing a loved one to dementia.</li><li>The film focuses on Edna, the aging matriarch of a family, as she's visited by her daughter Kay and granddaughter Sam. </li><li>Kay and Sam find evidence that Edna has dementia as well as something much more terrifying. </li><li>The movie is directed by Australian-Japanese director Natalie Erika James and premieres in theaters on July 10. </li></ul>Those who've lost a loved one to dementia know how excruciatingly painful the struggle can be. Innocuous lapses in memory, like forgetting to pick up dry cleaning or pay a bill, eventually morph into something that becomes much more heartbreaking — and, in the case of "Relic," more sinister.The new horror movie from Australian-Japanese director Natalie Erika James focuses on three generations of women all affected by dementia: Edna, the matriarch who's recently gone missing, her daughter Kay, and Kay's daughter Sam. When Kay and Sam arrive at Edna's home after her disappearance, they find notes and other odd things around the house, leading them to believe that Edna's been struggling with dementia for a while. Edna does return, but her homecoming raises more questions than answers for Kay and Sam, who's fiercely protective of her grandmother. As Edna's mental state continues to deteriorate, it becomes apparent that something — or someone — has taken over their beloved family member's mind and body. <div type="image" title="relic still 2 ifc midnight" height="1122" width="1496" msid="76820855" hostid="261"></div><h2>What it's about: 'Relic' follows Edna and her family members as they struggle to save her from an evil force</h2>Most of the movie takes place in Edna's cluttered home and the surrounding forest, both of which grow more and more ominous as the film goes on. And while they both arrive at Edna's home united in their determination to save her, Kay and Sam's relationship slowly begins to crack. Sam has a loving and nurturing relationship with her grandmother, who tells her stories about her childhood and even gives her a family heirloom ring. Kay, on the other hand, often loses patience with her mother, berating her to the point where Sam has to step in. Kay and Sam are also at odds about how to best care for Edna. Her granddaughter offers to move in and help with Edna's care, but Kay is adamant that Edna be placed in a home, where she'd likely be safer and less of a burden. The tensions between mother and daughter, however, are quickly put aside after it becomes clear that Edna is under the control of something much more sinister than a debilitating disease. After shouting at Sam and ripping the ring from her finger, Edna spirals further and further into madness, eventually chasing both Sam and Kay up to the attic, which has mysteriously morphed into a dark, labyrinthine, and decaying space. Sam and Kay eventually manage to defeat the now-monstrous version of Edna, but after nearly fleeing the house, Kay turns back to spend one last moment with her deceased mother — much to the distress of Sam. <div type="image" title="RELIC+Still+4" height="2334" width="3112" msid="76820859" hostid="261"></div><h2>Why you should watch: The movie deftly portrays the struggles of caring for someone with dementia while also providing genuine scares</h2>Ultimately the true horror of "Relic" is the clever way it shows the struggles people with dementia (and those caring for them) face.Edna's disorientation and frantic notes to herself mirror behaviors exhibited by many dementia patients in real life. As Kay and Sam are drawn further and further into her paranoid mindset, the house begins to reflect that: Objects shift inexplicably, ominous shadows appear, and even the previously well-lit attic turns into a terrifying labyrinth. It's not an easy watch for precisely this reason, but as someone who lost a grandparent to the disease, it was cathartic, in a way, to see dementia portrayed as the life-destroying evil it eventually becomes. <div type="image" title="relic still 6" height="2333" width="3111" msid="76820862" hostid="261"></div><h2>The bottom line: 'Relic' is a terrifying film that cleverly touches on the real-life horrors of dementia</h2>With a chilling plot, a creepy house, and a suffocating amount of tension, "Relic" isn't for the faint of heart. But the film's poignant exploration of dementia is unforgettable — and even though the tense family drama and deluded old ladies call to mind movies like "Hereditary," "The Babadook," and "The Taking of Deborah Logan," "Relic" is in a whole other league of its own. <h2>Grade: A</h2>"Relic" will be released in theaters July 10. You can watch the trailer below.

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