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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2018 19:45:30 GMT
Nah, I'm good.
I can take a bit of gore, but not just for the sake of gore.
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Jul 29, 2018 19:50:28 GMT
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Post by Ass_E9 on Jul 29, 2018 20:59:17 GMT
It's not so much the gore, but more the depiction of suffering.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jul 29, 2018 23:15:36 GMT
It's not so much the gore, but more the depiction of suffering. It's not even that. It's more about what it's in service of... The term torture porn suggests that the whole point is just for the audience to enjoy watching people suffer, and that it doesn't serve a story in any meaningful way. |
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Post by geralmar on Jul 29, 2018 23:43:47 GMT
It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Every excruciating minute.  |
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Jul 29, 2018 23:54:15 GMT
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jul 30, 2018 1:34:35 GMT
The term was invented in a review for Hostel to describe it, Saw, Wolf Creek, and the slew of popular movies involving torture at the time. |
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Jul 30, 2018 1:36:43 GMT
The term was invented in a review for Hostel to describe it, Saw, Wolf Creek, and the slew of popular movies involving torture at the time. I know. Always thought it was a stupid term. |
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jul 30, 2018 8:14:24 GMT
Never liked the term "torture porn" but I do love nasty, gory flicks.
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Post by darkknightofgotham on Jul 30, 2018 17:42:04 GMT
The term was invented in a review for Hostel to describe it, Saw, Wolf Creek, and the slew of popular movies involving torture at the time. I disagree about the Saw movies being torture porn. The Saw films (whether you like them or not) actually have a storyline to them, as well as some memorable characters. The torture itself plays a big part, but doesn't make up the whole picture. Movies like Cannibal Holocaust and italian exploitation films from the 70s are what I would call 'torture porn'. Those films are mainly torture for the sake of torture, and doesn't really serve any other purpose. |
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Post by egon1982 on Jul 31, 2018 16:56:33 GMT
What about Men Behind The Sun, The Untold Story, Last House on The Left etc.?
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Post by James on Jul 31, 2018 18:00:36 GMT
It's its own genre, I'm not so sure why people keep relentlessly bashing it. It is its own thing, if you don't like it, don't bitch about it. Some people like that stuff and it's totally fine. I may not be a torture-porn fanatic myself, but there are some movies of that little subgenre that I do like. I am a huge Saw fan and I found the first Hostel to be fun.
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Post by Roberto on Dec 15, 2018 17:44:16 GMT
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Post by James on Dec 15, 2018 18:42:51 GMT
Al Gore. I google searched for him. |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Dec 15, 2018 19:56:09 GMT
Torture porn just means a film where the only selling point is cruelty as the characters and plot are sub-par.
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