(October 31, 2023 at 5:54 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(October 31, 2023 at 5:34 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: They seems pretty strongly linked. Many - if not most - films in the horror genre have a significant element of sadism.
Boru
Sadism can be horrific, true. But to me it frequently seems to be crutch for the plot. YMMV
Perhaps this will help clarify my view.
The facehuggers planting an egg in a person, that's horror to me. Seeing it burst out of the chest with body bits flying helter skelter, that sadistic. Again...
Yup, that clarifies it - I see your point. I agree that sadism alone isn’t enough to qualify as horror. Films like Rear Window or 2001 unnerve me more than every slasher film ever made.
Boru
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