I can understand why people love horrors and thrillers and movies that make you jump out of your seat. It’s a weirdly satisfying feeling being scared to a point where your heart feels like it’s going to pop out of it’s chest. But can anyone tell me what is so appealing about watching someone suffer from having their rib cage torn open like a pair of butterfly wings, watching blood seep out of them as they scream from the torment? Why would anyone waste $13.50 to watch people getting dismembered and tortured and sliced and I’m really going to throw up thinking about it. Gore is probably one of the most disgusting and offensive movie genres I’ve ever had my displeasure of witnessing with my own eyes. The “Saw” movie series is a light example of the kind of thing I’m talking about. These movies are just the epitome of stupid, disgusting and just I don’t even have words for it like why do people even WATCH this? What is so great about watching people being held captive and tortured and having their guts spill out and being forced into situations where they make themselves suffer?!? Why? There’s even discussions about them on the internet about which method of torture is better. Like what the heck goes on in people’s minds? There’s a list of The Top 10 Best Traps from the Saw Series. This legitimately scares me. There are people out there who enjoy this and probably are crazy enough to make these twisted and sickening fictional movie ideas a reality.
‘Saw’ isn’t even the worst of it’s kind. There are way more gore-y films out there that shouldn’t have had the right to see daylight. Like “Tokyo Gore Police” about a police force that has authority to brutally mutilate people on the streets. Things like penises getting chopped off and faces being ripped straight apart a person’s head with a wine bottle like is this serious? Do people enjoy this? I lost my appetite writing this post. That’s how bad it is. You have to be a severe nut case to enjoy a movie like this, let alone create one. I am also very afraid of even posting this because of my fear that I will offend someone who absolutely loves this and will kidnap me and do all this crazy stuff that I don’t even want to think about now.
3 responses so far ↓
Yessenia Gutierrez-Symby // Sep 18th 2012 at 10:04 am
I definitely love a good gruesome horror flick. The excitement from being scared for just a few seconds gets me every time. Saw was by far a good series with gory scenes.
elizabeth griffin // Sep 18th 2012 at 1:51 pm
The attraction of horror movies comes from the inevitability of death. We are all going to die, why not make it entertaining for others? The last good deed we do before we die. I can’t think of anything more beautiful than Gerard Butler’s death in “Law Abiding Citizen” when his body gets swallowed up by the flames in a symbolic death. Also, I cant think of anything more badass than Rain chopping heads like butter in “Ninja Assassin”
Vivian // Sep 18th 2012 at 3:10 pm
I don’t find anything specifically attractive with gore either. It is a form of entertainment if that’s the kind of thing you like, but it depends solely on personal taste. I can’t sit through Saw, I know what’s going to happen and mentally I know it isn’t going to be nice but seeing it is a whole other story. There is some definite appreciation for the art that gore symbolizes, but I think there is a thin line between gore and just visual pain for pleasure.
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