I was talking about gratuitously violent films. When there's a valid reason for showing gore then I have no problem with it, but showing someone in agony for entertainment purposes just seems wrong.
Ah, sorry I got the wrong end of the stick I thought you meant any gore
I agree.
I feel it's all down to intent. I think two films could show, for example a torture scene, they could show the same thing happening in the same detail, but if one is for a reason then okay, ( within reason, a Serbian film took it too far) but one is just saying hey, look at this person getting tortured then I agree with you. Films like grotesque or the August underground films are just plain wrong.
Maybe I only feel this way because I've had to sit through them.
I had a friend who was into that kind of stuff and always brought them round.I tried to show him eternal sunshine of a spotless mind to show him that not all films have to be Gore-soaked, he fake slept the whole way through it...........we don't speak now
Or eraserhead, or Jacobs ladder, or berbarian sound studio.
Although there are splatter films which are about what you mentioned There are also horror films that are meant to shake you, leave you feeling affected and leave something that stays with you, there are some horrors that are making important philosophical inquiries into relevant issues in society, but, as you say some are not.
Great film and your right, it's got a cult following but it deserves to be a classic, it even inspired the creators of silent hill.
Even the cult following its got isn't as big as it should be,
I saw an article saying that it was considered for a remake but I really don't think they need to as it still stands up today just as well as it did back then.
Yeah it hasn't lost anything, to be honest I can't think of many remakes I like what with oldboy, Robocop, let me in, Carrie, it seems to be hard to nail a remake
is it normal to like horror films with graphic violence and gore?
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Not the case forks all horror films, martyrs isn't a film that's made to be enjoyed.
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I was talking about gratuitously violent films. When there's a valid reason for showing gore then I have no problem with it, but showing someone in agony for entertainment purposes just seems wrong.
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Ah, sorry I got the wrong end of the stick I thought you meant any gore
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I feel it's all down to intent. I think two films could show, for example a torture scene, they could show the same thing happening in the same detail, but if one is for a reason then okay, ( within reason, a Serbian film took it too far) but one is just saying hey, look at this person getting tortured then I agree with you. Films like grotesque or the August underground films are just plain wrong.
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Maybe I only feel this way because I've had to sit through them.
I had a friend who was into that kind of stuff and always brought them round.I tried to show him eternal sunshine of a spotless mind to show him that not all films have to be Gore-soaked, he fake slept the whole way through it...........we don't speak now
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That's not actually the reason why
Have you ever watched Eraser head?
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It's my favorite film
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It's strange though I hated it on first watch
Or eraserhead, or Jacobs ladder, or berbarian sound studio.
Although there are splatter films which are about what you mentioned There are also horror films that are meant to shake you, leave you feeling affected and leave something that stays with you, there are some horrors that are making important philosophical inquiries into relevant issues in society, but, as you say some are not.
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Jacobs ladder is fucking amazing, so underrated it's crazy.
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Great film and your right, it's got a cult following but it deserves to be a classic, it even inspired the creators of silent hill.
Even the cult following its got isn't as big as it should be,
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I saw an article saying that it was considered for a remake but I really don't think they need to as it still stands up today just as well as it did back then.
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Yeah it hasn't lost anything, to be honest I can't think of many remakes I like what with oldboy, Robocop, let me in, Carrie, it seems to be hard to nail a remake
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I hate remakes, it's just hollywood being lazy.
We need new, original and creative films, that's why tv is starting to shit all over the film industry.