I’ve been putting off watching them, even though people keep bringing them up. Is there any good story, character, or anything besides gratuitous violence? Like, can you just not get past the insane violence to enjoy these things? Or is the entire draw that it’s incredibly violent and you “just gotta see it?”
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Is there any good story, character, or anything besides gratuitous violence? Like, can you just not get past the insane violence to enjoy these things? Or is the entire draw that it’s incredibly violent and you “just gotta see it?”
If you're thinking about Terrifier 3 I've watched the first one and it was just so insanely gory and brutal to the point where I was shocked, and I don't easily shock that easy. I watch a lot of gory movies but the first movie shocked me so much that I've not touched the second and are not going to watch the third either. It's like I wrote: they (at least the first) are so violent and brutal without reason. In my language (Norwegian) we got a term for it: blind violence. It's just violence for the sake of violence. That's what was my reaction and feeling about the first Terrifier. I was very impressed by what they achieved with that low budget because it was gory as hell and it was very effective.
I watched the trailer, as a friend was recommending the series, and honestly just from that I was put off. I enjoy a good gory horror film but these just appear to hit so many bad levels. It felt like the director just seemed to hate women or something.
Oh for real? Was this the red and trailer or something? I don’t think I’ve seen what would be so bad in the trailer I’m pretty sure I saw—in fact, it wasn’t memorable.
If I remember correctly in the trailer is no concept of a storyline, the acting was terrible and the bits shown were just around women panicking. It was just the trailer and it is just my opinion but it gave me bad vibes and didn't sit right. I checked out some reviews and it seems to affirm that - though reviews do tend to be "the best ever" or "the worst ever".
I was once recommended a Japanese horror film that was way too far, and I think that's made me a little cautious now!
What was the Japanese film? Honestly, I love the 2013 remake of evil dead, I think it was very well done with the practical effects—and it was gory as hell. But I hated Hostel. Just as brutal as possible with no rhyme or reason. However, in 2013’s evil dead, the gore and the horrible things being said just upped the intensity of the movie. It never felt just like gore for gore’s sake. Everything done was done with the intention of horrifying the friends and family members still alive, to torture them mentally—because that’s what demons do.
And, sure, the point of hostel wasn’t exactly lost on me, some humans—particularly 1%er rich people who’ve stopped hearing “no” indulging their sickest desires—are demons for all intents and purposes. I got it. But the brutality and gore just…ticked the boxes, it felt like. However, evil dead 2013 hit on almost every single phobia in the gore, but it never felt like it was just there for gore’s sake. I dunno. My point is the distinction is there, but I’m not sure what it is exactly that makes gore an addition to the scares, heightening the quality of horror movie, or just feels indulgent and off-putting. Maybe it’s the intention of the filmmakers, and it’s just apparent to us on some level when we watch it?
Also, as for another example—hereditary. Obviously not overly gory, but the choices of when to get gory were fuckin 10/10. That movie was a 10/10. They avoided showing the death when it heightened the tension and devastation of the characters we were experiencing the situation through, but in the climax we saw gore, like the piano wire thing (to avoid spoilers, if you haven’t seen it—and if you haven’t, you must.)