Snuff-tastic

[andrewducker]

It was a tad disturbing that the trailers before 28 weeks later were largely for movies where a bunch of people wander into somewhere they shouldn't and then get tortured to death. They were Paradise Lost,Vacancy and Captivity. While I'm not going to join the Daily Mail's "Ban This Sick Filth" campaign, franky the last thing I need in my life is fake snuff movies.

Comments

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

Avoid Hostel 2 while you're at it. At least the first one was borderline amusing. The second is apparently sexual violence against a group of female leads. Not my cup of tea.

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

You know, I've chatted to quite a few people who've seen Hostel... and aside from you just now.. none of them used the phrase "borderline amusing". Most (they were not gore film fans admittedly) suggested it was fairly unpleasant and several were of the opinion that the makers had some kind of mental problems

A good few of the films in this genre do seem to involve violence against attractive, slim blonde women. I guess either said women attract monsters/psychopaths or else that's what the target audience likes to watch. That said, plenty of blokes with amusing hair get tortured too, so I guess it evens out. In this sort of film (the few I've seen), the fact that the violence isn't explicitly sexual violence really makes no difference. It often might as well be.

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

Hostel was very excessive, or tried to be, but never convinced at all. The characters were unlikable, stupid and wafer-thin. Even the situation was dull as hell. So what you have is a few people covered in rubbery make-up trying to get a reaction out of you. It was laughable.

I'm not a 'gore film fan' at all actually. I loathe those cheap Italian horrors of the 70s/80s. I much prefer horror of the shock variety (Imprint etc etc) or something like the first two Saw films where the situation and plotting interests me.

I know what you're getting at, but there's a definite line between suggestion and actual sexual assault.