"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.

  • Cromalin [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    do you think horror movies need to stop being made? or just specific films that go too far?

    actually, need is the wrong word, you aren't saying they should be arrested or anything, i'm just curious where you draw the line re: too grimdark. is the thing (1982) too grimdark? the godfather? what about something like akira?

    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I do think there should be rules about advertising them as in a limit on the amount of gore or distressing content you can show to people who didn't sign up to watch a horror movie.

      Once as a kid I was staying up late watching cartoons and a really disturbing ad for a horror movie came on and frankly that ruined my evening

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        6 days ago

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      • Cromalin [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        i am certainly pro content warning, and i do think there should be some rules about the trailer. that's fair