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I'm sure there is a name for the particular genre of horror, but I don't know it. But what the heck is with these horror movies that have no plot other than to create a situation in which (often completely innocent) people are made helpless and tortured by psychopathic bullies.
What does it say about our society that we condone such movies as cinema and what does it say about our society that there is a definite and very strong market for these movies?
I'm honestly confused and appalled by them. Perhaps this makes me weak and overly sympathetic, but I don't even begin to understand people getting off on the torture other human beings.
They had an interview on the radio the other day with the lead actress in a new Australian movie in which a guy turns her down when asked to be her date to the prom, so she and her father (who are in an incestuous relationship) kidnap said guy and torture him. As far as I could ascertain, that was the entire plot. I had to turn off the radio, but not before they discussed how it was for the actress to put herself in a role where, among many other things, she pins the guys penis to a chair and lobotomises him with an electric drill. She enjoyed it by the way.
I actually still feel ill thinking about the radio interview 2 days later, hence this post.
If someone can explain it to me in a rational way, can explain why they or others watch this kind of thing...? I just honestly don't understand and I'm glad I've never been taken to watch something like this.
I know I have an incredibly low tolerance for violence in film/TV unless there is a good/evil trope to go with it. I am more than aware of that.
This isn't an incrimination on anyone who watches said horror films, it is an honest line of inquiry. Why?
What does it say about our society that we condone such movies as cinema and what does it say about our society that there is a definite and very strong market for these movies?
I'm honestly confused and appalled by them. Perhaps this makes me weak and overly sympathetic, but I don't even begin to understand people getting off on the torture other human beings.
They had an interview on the radio the other day with the lead actress in a new Australian movie in which a guy turns her down when asked to be her date to the prom, so she and her father (who are in an incestuous relationship) kidnap said guy and torture him. As far as I could ascertain, that was the entire plot. I had to turn off the radio, but not before they discussed how it was for the actress to put herself in a role where, among many other things, she pins the guys penis to a chair and lobotomises him with an electric drill. She enjoyed it by the way.
I actually still feel ill thinking about the radio interview 2 days later, hence this post.
If someone can explain it to me in a rational way, can explain why they or others watch this kind of thing...? I just honestly don't understand and I'm glad I've never been taken to watch something like this.
I know I have an incredibly low tolerance for violence in film/TV unless there is a good/evil trope to go with it. I am more than aware of that.
This isn't an incrimination on anyone who watches said horror films, it is an honest line of inquiry. Why?
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I have to admit that I quite 'like' reading (not viewing) reasonably extreme 'hurt', but I have my limits. And that sort of thing just, eww.
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Mind you the reason I struggle with cop shows in general is because there are people harming people. SPN on the other hand is scary monsters harming people and good guys chasing them with guns and somehow that doesn't bother me near as much as a general theme.
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It's always kind of interesting to see what people do/don't like--e.g. you not liking where people are harming people, but being more okay with monsters.
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