"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.
I don't even know what grimdark means anymore. The term was first coined for Warhammer 40,000, which most certainly has a story, even if it primarily focuses on one side, and some people who write it, but not everyone, seem to like cruelty for the sake of cruelty. But I've also seen it used to describe a Song of Ice and Fire, which contains detailed descriptions of all sides of the story. And now this. I don't even know what grimdark means anymore.
"thing i dont like" if youre a leftist