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aprillo · 06-02-2014, 10:16 PM

I'd have to agree with trev. I have no tolerance for movies like that. And it's not so much being unable to stomach it. It's more for me the thought that such things are dreamed up by people. And realization that things like this can and do inspire people with psychotic tendencies.

And let me assure you, I'm in no way opposed to general horror movies. Things with psychological twists, horrifying thoughts, or plain slashers like the Friday the 13th franchise, Halloween, nightmare on elm street, and the Scream franchise. But I can appreciate those because it's fun to feel scared for a moment, or in the case of slasher films it's good for a laugh because of how ridiculous they are.

And forgive me if my comment seems to lack creativity, but the fact is, there was a time when people were considering banning Scream, because it had inspired a series of murders.

I couldn't help it when I saw this, I read a number of reviews for A Surbian Film, about 2 dozen or so. Just the reviews put a wrench in my stomach. The redeeming factor to reading them, most people were completely turned off by it.

Again, in my opinion there are some things that shouldn't exist, and to say things like "it actually happens in real life" or "it's to make a political point" is kinda nonsense, and does in no way justify certain film's fabrication.

And I'd like to say that also I'm not even totally opposed to "extreme horror" films. I've seen 8mm and had no issues stomaching it. Certainly I felt disturbed at times. But at least the plot was following a PI who was diving into a dark part of the world to try and expose it. There was story to it, and the disturbing scenes did in fact enhance the movie, and weren't so plentiful that they seemed to be the purpose and the story just an excuse. I felt the exact opposite way. They were there to progress the story and give viewers a sense of what the protagonist went through during his quest.

I've also seen 2 of the Saw movies, which again, I had nothing against them, but did feel that the story could've been done in about 4 mins, so the other 116 minutes of each film were kind of unnecessary in my opinion. I'm not a sadist, and not overly intrigued with people who are, so I simply can't enjoy them. But I wouldn't condemn them (nor the genre) as a whole, they have merits, just not ones I care for.

Just the Serbian film, that shouldn't exist.