Hostel, Turistas: The would outside America is a depraved hellhole full of sadistic criminals

The Green Inferno, The Ruins: Indigenous people are unreasoning bloodthirsty savages

The Wicker Man*, Midsommar: Pagan religions are barbaric cults of human sacrifice (this one has been used to justify imperialist wars as far back as ancient Rome)

Drag Me To Hell: It's about a literal fucking gypsy curse

*The original. The remake is reactionary for its cartoonish misogyny

  • Rashav3rak [he/him, any]
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    4 years ago

    I must be the only person on the planet who likes The Ruins, and yeah, I don't know why anyone would think the indigenous population are villainous in that movie. They were very clearly trying to keep an existential threat contained. That was one of the reasons it managed to sell me on the horror. The idea that you would never be able to bargain for your life with the tribe, even though they don't actually want to kill you, because they have a completely justified reason for ensuring your death.

    • charles_xcx [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Yeah like when they killed the kid after the tourists threw the plants at him :( But I actually love The Ruins too lol, I watch it anytime It's on Netflix or something.