Hidden meanings in Film noir: THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (2017) - Cock slaves! Its not just women who are enslaved to the mighty PHALLUS...

Published on 16 January 2026 at 20:57

An innocent friendship based on empathy becomes a nightmare for a surgeon. This movie's campy acting style is like a reverse psychology trick, that showcases the extent of the talents of the actors on display and gives the movie a real life feeling. Enjoy the life lessons of this movie listed below. 

  • Addiction 
    'It was a mistake, I regret it but its too late now, I'm addicted'. These are the words of Martin (Barry Keoghan) as he lights a cigarette in Kim's (Raffey Cassidy) room while on a first courtesy visit. In another scene, Matthew Williams (Bill Camp) asks Anna Murphy (Nicole Kidman) for permission to go out and have a smoke during an important speech at a doctor's conference. These instances in the movie help symbolize the power of addiction.
    Addiction is a form of slavery that's difficult to describe because it looks like a willing decision from the victim. These scenes show two instances where a reasonable person would stay decent and put of the bad habit for a later time, but the character's decision to smoke during such moments helps indicate the extent of mental control addictive substances have over users.
    What is that habit that draws you back and inconveniences you under the guise of liberation? Find out what habits control you and start working to control them. Even if you don't quit, assert control over it by consciously determining when, how, and where you use it. You can find more insights on addiction in our review of the movie 'Four Good Days'.
  • Innocent Manipulator 
    Steven Murphy (Colin Farrell) befriends Martin in a show of empathy over the loss of Martin's father. He often has lunch with the 16 year old Martin, invites him into his home and visits his home in return. Martin has a good looking mother, while Steven has an underage teenage daughter and a wife who's a bit bored. The stage is properly set for some relationship dilemmas, isn't it? Martin in all his apparent innocence subtly leads Martin and his family into his sinister motives.
    In reality, arm yourself with foresight that can help you see or envision outcomes. Always try to weigh consequences and be wary of the innocent manipulator as much as you are cautious of the well-know perverter. Just like we identified in our review of the movie 'Match', sometimes real monsters aren't monstrous in appearance. Have boundaries in your relationships, boundaries keep things in check. 

 

  • Aggression Problems 
    After Martin makes his true sinister intentions known to Steven, Steven has an aggressive outburst with his wife, Anna (Nicole Kidman), because Steven tried to force feed his son, Bob (Sunny Suljic). Aggressive behavior or aggression more often than not aggravates a problem and like we mentioned in the movie review of 'Sweet Angel Baby', coming out with the truth is usually more helpful than most people think. Anna would have been more responsive and cooperative if Steven had told them all about the conversation he had with Martin. The truth sets you free, it is a universal law or principle. However, be careful not to share your secret truths with a fake friend. 

 

  • The Wrong Approach 
    Steven kidnaps and tortures Martin in his basement, hoping to get information that can cure his kids. However, in a show of defiance, Martin bites his own hand and spits out the flesh. Obviously, torturing Martin proves ineffective. The lesson here is that the wrong approach to solving a problem usually aggravates that problem and makes it more difficult for reconciliation to be achieved. Like we suggested in the movie review of 'Dirty Angels', always take a step back and question your methods. In Strategic Management, its called taking corrective measures.

 

  • Cock Slaves 
    Matthew asks for sexual pleasure (a hand job) from Anna in return for divulging the details of Steven's failed surgery on Martin's father. Consider that Anna's two children are in life threatening situations, Steven is running mad with apprehension, and his co-worker, barbecue eating friend asks his wife, Anna, for a hand job in return for vital details! Oh, isn't the cock a might king with strong mental control abilities? This is a lesson on cock slaves driven by sexual impulses without empathy or responsibility. It shows that it is not just women who are enslaved to the mighty phallus. This enslaving desire for sexual satisfaction is a major advantage to the systems of female entrapment and enslavement. Armed with full knowledge of the mental control derived from sexual desires, fraternities, societies, traditional and religious systems fight to enslave and capture as many girls as they can and as early as possible, and it keeps getting worse with each generation. Yes, strange as it sounds, most systems rely on a harem of girls for the control and enslavement of their domain, and it is mostly enforced on the women.
    Therefore, our society is driven by cock slaves from both genders. Men who would let you starve and die, if you don't spread your legs, and Women who would gain positions undeservedly by spreading their legs. From this perspective, sex workers often beat their chests in pride and claim to add value to society, because most of these men can easily pay for an hour and move on with their lives unperturbed. However, sex workers are also under enslavement which causes imbalance in the society and we have identified many problems with paying for sex, including trafficking rings, health hazards, and societal imbalance in various movie reviews including; Angels of the Sun, Girls for Sale, and The Count of Monte-cristo. Two wrongs don't make a right, but we hope you get the point. 

 

  • Humiliating Nudity 
    Well, Nicole Kidman at over 50 is still so beautiful that she still needs to go nude in movies to symbolize being made unlovable by bonds of entrapment. I don't know what kind of perverted sex style she and her spouse share in the movie with her 'dead woman pose' but it looked boring. In reality, the 'White Race' descendants of Arch-angelic Queen Mother Gabriella arguably have the most beautiful women in the world, and hence the popularity and appeared acceptance of their public nudity stunts. See our eBooks section for more information on the 13 queens of the human race. Well, understanding a problem is the first step to solving it, and if anything we earnestly and sincerely hope that www.filmnoir.ca provides insights and understanding towards a better world in peaceful development and societal harmony. 

 

Let us know in the comments sections if we missed any other important moral lesson that other readers can benefit from. Thank you for taking time to read through this issue and we hope you gained reasonable social insights from the listed lessons.

You can find streaming sources for this movie on the links below.
Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/670686/the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer 
Kanopy: https://www.kanopy.com/en/winnipeg/video/13846645 
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5715874/ 

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