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.

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[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

Films where people get captured then raped and tortured seem to be en vogue in Hollywood at the moment. There have always been such films, but most were always straight to video affairs, with only the occasional one ever appearing in the cinemas. At the moment, however, it seems to be the only kind of horror film Hollywood is interested in producing. We've had Hostel, the Hills Have Eyes remake and sequel and various others, which have absolutely no artistic merit or plot beyond people getting tortured in nasty ways.

Horror is probably my favourite genre of film, but I really don't see the appeal of these sort of films. They are not horror films IMHO, just an easy way to make a shocking film full of very graphic violence.

[andrewducker]

You do get the occasional other type of movie. 28 weeks later, for instance :->

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

Oh yes they are still making other kinds of horror movies, but there seems to be a plethora of torture films at the moment, which are being marketed at and seen by a mainstream audience instead of a relatively small number of gore fans.

And 28 Weeks Later is great, even if some of the camerawork got on my nerves during the action sequences.