"Mad God" is just the latest version of this. No, it isn't artistic to show abject horror and depressing sadness on screen. People are just getting off from sadism and adrenaline and claiming it's some transcendent experience.
I'm not going to judge anyone who enjoys movies like it, because I can see the appeal, but if I see another critic say another piece of edgy garbage is actually an artistic masterpiece I'm going to tear my brain out through my earhole.
yeah, but taking something that Looks Like That and saying "it's shit because the narrative isn't constructed satisfyingly" isn't exactly riveting artistic critique either.
also OP's problem doesn't appear to be with narrative construction but with general violence/gore/darkness which is silly as hell to me
finding gore distressing to watch isn't silly and is a perfectly reasonable opinion implying people only watch horror movies because they are sadists is a bit of an unwaranted personal attack on fans of the movie however