I don't mean to insult something you enjoyed; enjoyment is far to subjective and I've loved some really bad movies too. That being said, the term is entirely appropriated and was partially coined due to this flick. It blazed a trail for others (most notably Hostel) to take the concept even further and has become a recognized subgenre of horror flicks. Explicit scenes of torture (both physical and mental) along with a heaping helping of gore make movies like Saw stand out from other horror flicks. They differ from the old school teen slasher flicks in that they focus more on the intentional infliction of mental anguish and extended pain as much as the villain killing someone; its not simply the blood and violence, it's the display of the infliction of agony. There's no triumph, no overcoming odds; those that escape are damaged and haunted by the events of the movie. It's a spectacle of anguish that would do Pinhead proud; much in the way that real porn makes a dehumanizing spectacle of its subject.
> Sorry, we'll have to agree to disagree. I also hate the term "torture porn," > it's a nonsense term invented by fans of J-Horror ghost story rehashes. No > "porn" of any kind ever had this much story. > > On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 11:53:26 AM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: > The only one of the Saw franchise I watched was the first, and it was a > stinker. Huge plot holes and bad writing hiding behind torture porn. Kept me > from ever watching any of the sequels. > On Jul 24, 2013, at 11:48 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I vehemently disagree with putting Saw on there. All 7 Saw films are solid, >> they made good box office, and together they tell a coherent, defined story. >> And we have not gotten a Saw film in several years and despite the claims >> in the article, there is no serious discussion about any new entries nor a >> reboot. >> >> Final Destination I will disagree with because when they say that it's >> "become all about the bloodletting," I think they have missed the point. >> The Final Destination films exist soley as a series of setpieces, and >> attributing anything more to even the first one is being generous. It's a >> splatter horror film stripped down to its most base generic elements; "plug >> and play" is not just the order of the day, it's the entire reason for >> existance. It's like watching film theory with gore squibs. >> >> Ice Age, hey, you can't argue with success... what is it about prehistoric >> animated series having lots of entries? I'm looking at you, Land Before >> Time. >> >> On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 8:45:55 AM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: >> >> http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/173800-the-10-film-franchises-that-are-way-past-their-prime/ >> >> >> >> Hard to argue against any of these. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
