Influences and Themes
In the film, the Darkness is presented as an evil, all-encompassing force that is released after the completion of a ritual (the murder of seven children by a loved one). The association of the Darkness with lies, malevolence and evil in the film echoes the Jewish and Christian visions of the serpent in the Garden of Eden and of the Devil or Satan.
However, the Darkness as depicted in the film resembles that found in ancient Egyptian mythology and religion - the state of chaos and formless void that existed before Creation and which constantly threatened existence thereafter. This primal darkness was embodied in the Ogdoad and in the great serpent Apophis; was associated with water (hence the constant rainy weather in the film); and opposed Ma'at, the Egyptian concept of Truth and Order.
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