This is a disturbing movie about a sexual sadist who abducts a hitch hiker and systematically destroys her spirit.

Now available on Netflix (click the link)

Bill Zebub was studying personality theories (psychologically-based, not neuroscience).  In his research he came upon coping mechanisms used by people who are in high-stress situations, like kidnapping.  Many people are familiar with the Stockholm Syndrome, in which case a woman falls in love with her captor.  This is an uncoscious defense.  It is far less stressful for a peson to be a captive when she is in love with her captor.  In some people the mind protects itself this way.

But what about a captive who is tortured?  Some people break down and become completely depersonalized.  Their minds become flat.  No extreme reactions. (no pain, but also no pleasure)

There are many cases of victims who exhibited behavior that seems rather peculiar - like victims who, after being set free, show absolutely no interest in the prosecution of their tormentors.  In some instances, these people had many opportunities ot escape, but their wills had been broken.  This movie is about that phenomenon.

This movie is disturbing from beginning to end.  Bill Zebub's intention is to show that things like this really happen, and when they do, there is no way to make the story inspiring or to show the strength of human spirit, and there is certainly no reason to have a mandatory revenge ending in which the victim ends up on top (such stories are for writers who feel guilty). 

This kind of subject matter needs to be disturbing.  If you don't feel like you have to take a shower after seeing this movie, then the movie failed.  Everything about it is twisted - the way it was shot, the soundtrack, and the events.  This is not something that should be made pretty. Abandon all hope, ye who enter.  And in your despair, be thankful that these things did not happen to you.