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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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Movies like Saw or even Final Destination (what is it about those movies?! Watching people die in the most horrible way possible?!)...I admit that sometimes I like gore, but I like it when it's exaggerated (for example Kill Bill) so much that you cannot believe it's real, if you know what I mean. I also like zombie and slashers flicks because it makes me laugh. But I like getting a good scare out of ghost stories.
But I still don't understand why such movies keep going on, and why there is an industry for it :S