Ehwmatt wrote:I just rented this on DVD not knowing at all what it's about and I'm sitting here being treated to two girls that look like they could be about 15 being brutally beaten, raped (for about 5 minutes straight), and whatever the fuk else. I'm not squeamish when it comes to movies, but this is just absolutely sickening. I don't want to see a girl getting fucking raped while she is crying and caked in mud (or in any other circumstances). Fuckin hell. I'm takin this shit right back. What the fuck is wrong with Hollywood these days
I agree -- I used to enjoy an occasional horror film, but there seriously is something wrong with the gratuitousness of these films. 5 minutes? A good filmmaker knows that the most effective sequences involving extreme violence, rape, etc. are usually implied (or at least very brief). 5 minutes isn't trying to get
any point across -- it's designed to generate controversy for curiosity sales or entertain someone that would get off on it.
Zedul wrote:Isn't that what Hostel and stuff is about as well?
There is a whole subculture now called "Torture Porn", fun.
I swear - I am so glad I don't have kids because our society scares the shit out of me.
Same here, and I feel the exact same way (only I do have a daughter to look after). After I saw the both Hostel films, then noticed how many of these things were hitting the shelves in Blockbuster, it was enough -- I have no interest in seeing any more of them. Slasher films were always a rare guilty pleasure, but this generation of extreme torture films really does make me worry about our society if people are actually entertained by this crap. If they weren't, people would quit making them right? So it says something really dark about where our society is heading.
There seem to be no shortage of sick M'er F'ers out there, and crime is also getting ridiculous. Broad daylight break-ins, burglaries, etc. Almost every week I'm hearing someone I know got hit. My wife's best friend lives barely a mile from us and was robbed at gunpoint during a home invasion a couple of months ago. Dude held a gun to her head in front of her 6-year old son. I don't think so! It's made us more cautious than ever.
I took these pics just 3 hours ago. Check out that brass in mid-air:
Not bad for a first-timer!
