Friends Today I am going to Explain Relic. It released on 3rd of July 2020. Its an Australian horror film with difference. It has lot's of hidden meanings.Its a metaphoric Film. The Film is directed by Natalie Erica James. Its her debut film. She did an excellent job. The film starts in a big house in rural Australia on Christmas. An Old lady Edna,was standing naked in trance. Now after 1 year Edna's Daughter Kay and Grand Daughter arrive's there to meet Edna. They don't find their Mom / Grand Ma. Neighbours say they have not seen Edna leaving the house for a while meaning she was not in the house or outside.. Edna's house looked like a Godown. her house was consumed with black moulds. her house was consumed with black moulds. Stuffs were scattered. Fruits Rotted. Doors had new locks. Paper Notes were every were. some contained simple reminders like set alarm, cook food etc some had sinister notes, like Stay away from them, DON'T FOLLOW IT. It seems Edna had demetia which cause memory loss and effects day today functioning. Now Kay informs Mike and they starts search in jungle. Sam and Kay starts cleaning. Sam hear a fishy sound in store room. When she checks there was nothing. Now Edna's neighbour's kid and Sam Child hood friend Jamie refuses to enter the house. He checks on Sam from distance and smokes with Sam. looks like Jaime had down syndrome. Later Sam and Kay hear a tapping noise behind main hall wall. That wall had lot of black mould. Later in a dream Kay see an old man in an empty cabin. Later That old guy's body turns totally black, He was horrific in look. He dies there suddenly. Next Day Edna arrives and stats to make a tea. Upon asking she says she can't remember where she was. She had a totally different behaviour. Doctor gives her clean chit after physical test. But asks how she got that black mould on her chest? Edna rubs it off by saying I don't know. How I got it. Doctor advices Kay not to leave Edna alone. Kay was very busy, she was not in the possession of handling Edna. Kay thinks old age home will be the best option for Edna. At night Sam finds a sketch book, there was a sketch of that cabin which Kay saw in her dream. Kay says it was her great Grand Father's house. He too had dementia. She says his family abandoned him and he dies alone. Some parts of that house were used to build Edna's house. Meaning that front glass window. At night Edna was again muttering something while standing alone. 




Kay takes her to bed. Edna Says He his below my bed, check it Kay tries to convince her that their is no one. Upon Edna's insists, kay examines it. She did see something moving. Then Edna suddenly drops a book on floor. The noise causes Kay to get hit hard on head. Kay angrily shouts at her for doing it deliberately. Edna's dementia was getting worst. Next day Kay checks an old age home at Melbourne. she was happy with its felicities. Edna was a misfit for her busy life hence she books a slot, while crying in guilt. Meanwhile in house Edna behaves strangely. One moment she was happy, dance with Sam next she violently attacks Sam for her ring, which she only gave it to her. That night standing in front of store room She says he might have came from this way. After his arrival strange things are happening. It feels strange. All memories are getting lost. Now another dream haunts Kay She see Edna in that Cabin. Entire Cabin and front glass gets covered in same looking black mould which was their on Edna's Chest. Next Sam asks her neighbour why they don't send Jaime to Edna's house any more. Alex says few months ago they were playing hide and seek. Jaime was hiding in store room. Edna locked him there. He was there for hours. Even after hearing Jamie voice, she didn't open the door. From that incident they stopped Jaime . Say was little bit surprised . Now Edna runs from house with a photo album. Kay follows her. Edna tries to burry it in ground. In a bizarre instance she tries to eat some photos. Kay stops her in shock. Edna says this is the only way to save memories else it will destroy all. Here Kay under stands that her mom's mental heath is fragile. Kay finally understands her mistake and says she will look after her personally. Now Sam again checks that store-room. She finds a new door and moves along it. She finds a way which never ends. Scared Sam back tracks her way. The door through which she entered was not their. Actually There was a labyrinth in store room. In the beginning we heard some voice from main hall wall. Edna was missing. I guess she might be trapped here and eventually returned some how. She did indeed touched Kay's head. before making tea. Now Sam was trapped there. She see Edna's notes there. It means Edna use to come here. meanwhile Edna is now taking a bath. The black mould on her chest was spreading everywhere. To remove it, she stabs her self with a knife. After seeing water over flow Kay asks, Are you ok? When she get's no answer, she forcefully enters the bathroom. Asks her what's she doing with her chest At that moment power goes off. In darkness Edna runs towards store-room. Kay follows her with a candle. Edna enters the same labyrinth in which Sam was trapped. Strangely Edna's white skin starts to peel off here . She stats to resemble that old black old guy which Kay saw in her dream. Here Edna's attacks Kay violently as if some demon has possessed her. Now Kay runs and meets with Sam. They both end up at a dead end which happens to be that house main hall wall. They starts to hit that wooden wall with a steel rod, to make a way out. Meanwhile, Edna also arrives there to attack them. When all three arrives at main hall, Sam hits Edna with steel rod pretty bad. Edna Faints. It seems Edna was possessed by demonic power which was turning her skin to black. Well this was just a metaphor she was dyeing slowly within. Now Sam and Kay runs from that house. While passing Kay see a glass window which reminds her of her great grand dad who was left to die. She was also doing the same thing. She gets her mistakes and re enters into the house. She lifts Edna's black body and place it on bed. She kiss that horrific looking creature. which signifies she has accepted her mom's old age. She sleeps besides that thing, later Sam also sleep along side. Later Sam notices a black mould on Kay's back signalling she too will get a dementia . Sam too will see her mother like this. Film ends here. So this is a non straight forward film about dementia, shown from horror angle. Dementia is not a single disease, its a cluster of disease. Most people call it as memory loss. Every part of film explains symptoms of dementia. If you have a clean mind then you will keep cleanliness around, else it ugliness will manifest around you. Go-down like house is an example of bad mind. Edna knew she was forgetting hence she used paper notes. labyrinth symbolises consciousness condition in mind. how it gets trapped every day. Black mould on chest symbolises slow progression of dementia. Story of great grand dad show cases its genetic nature. how it can pass on to next generations. In the end Edna is shown as a black creature symbolising how people treat dementia patients as devil. Moral of the story take good care of your elders. It has a proper blend of horror and social message. please do take good care of your elders.