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GUINEA PIG seems more of an experience than entertainment - in the sense that thoroughly downbeat and uncompromising films like COMBAT SHOCK, FORCED ENTRY & ALL NIGHT LONG are endured through morbid curiousity rather than the usual rollercoaster ride of emotions (which surely must include elements of fun and redemption to entertain?) we would normally expect from a film.
Granted, these movies have a beginning, middle & end and are "dramas" with an unfolding story... but so too are the GP titles under discussion - their stories are just simpler and more abrupt, with utterly no regard for audience expectation.
This in itself means these oft-slagged creations are important films - I think with some it is the blatant audacity of the subject matter combined with the brutal gore effects that breeds contempt... the point of them is just what you see and hear, the director is not trying to offload any morals or fix any comfortable balance whatsoever.
Perversely, these long posts on the subject are making the PIGs sound rather deep and meaningful... they're not, but they are very interesting - even if for only viewing once and in a "car-crash" state of curiosity.
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