I do think she was related to the first demon created. I think the Amulet goddess used her body to punish the father.

She said that the men who were made to suffer were both rapists – the first one (Mother) being a paedophile into incest, and a murderer. And the second male victim, a rapist again. The director wanted to tackle issues such as the cultures which dis-empower women and enable male violence against women, but also instead of all-male power religions such as Christianity – where God, Jesus, 12 male apostles are the important males, the director wanted women to be the ones with the power in her movie. Hence Magda gives the amulet to Miriam, as a statement of female power – and justice meted out for the rape, which Thomaz had got away with in life – running away for a fresh start in London.

I’m in full agreement with your personal take on the movie that this is about ‘ferreting out sexual predators and meting out their just punishment’. Initially, I had thought that Tomaz did not deserve the same horrendous punishment as Christopher General aka mother, because after all Tomaz had stopped short of killing Miriam after raping her, while Christopher had murdered his own wife just to elope with his own daughter (gasp!). But having giving it more thought, I now think it was the unrepentant and spiteful nature of Tomaz, that was revealed to the audience when he insisted on having Magda accompany him, that sealed the deal for Sister Claire to dish out the harshest punishment a la Christopher’s. Meaning to say, Tomaz might have avoided the birthing of bat-like creatures as an added form of punishment for his crimes, had he not persisted in dragging-along Magda to serve as a fellow prisoner in hell, yeah?

One slight error or minor disagreement with your detailed analysis though is that the Shell/Amulet goddess thingy at the end of the film is Magda, or the visage resembling Magda in any case, and not Miriam. I know this because the subtitles said so, ahem. Which kinda brings to mind the burning question of who then is Magda?

I’d like to think that she is an Avenging Angel, one of the honest-to-goodness original Avenging Angels, the “ones that carry out God’s judgment upon mankind for their wicked deeds (Genesis 19:1-29)”? Clues? Well, apart from the visage of her as the Shell Goddess, there is also the final scene of her meeting up with Miriam that sort of closes the case of Miriam vs Tomaz. Furthermore, she also seems to act rather strangely or maybe even otherworldly, when amongst other people, especially during the pub dance scene. Also, I don’t think Magda and Claire are evil by any objective morality. But hey, wasn’t it entrapment when Claire lures Tomaz to Magda in the first place? After all, Tomaz did not actively seek out Magda or Claire? Possibly. But then again, just to be absolutely fair, Claire and Magda had also given Tomaz plenty of chances to ‘opt out’ throughout his stay at the house, so to speak. Even near the very end when given the freedom of choice to choose his own companion in hell, he could easily have named any other person. Or better yet, had he not chosen anyone else to serve as his companion, it would likely have lessened his punishment in all honesty. So I think it was a combination of lust, hero complex, need for redemption and forgiveness, and sheer meanness and spite, that seals his own fate.

Now, just to finish off with a minor detail that you might have missed: the court that was supposed to hear the case of Christopher General is called Magdalen Magistrates Court. Coincidence (again) much?