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Originally Posted by ChronoGrl
what would you use to describe movies that focus on torture, like Hostel, Men Behind The Sun, Salo, Martyrs, etc? I honestly reach for words when trying to express that genre... Like I feel that it's too simple to say "torture" and too simple to say "exploitation."
Thoughts?
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I dunno - but do we really need a term to describe every subgenre?*
The 4 examples you gave I feel are very different types of film - I really don't see MBTS having anything in common with Martyrs. Though Salo and Hostel certainly have certain common themes (sexual sadism - the social Elite being a law onto themselves) the films are are executed so differently I wouldn't consier them the same genre.
I presume when the media use the term they mean a genre where the is little story and the films raison d'etre is to string together violent/sadistic scenes - in the same way (most) traditional porn films are made. As opposed to films that have 'sexual sadism' in them as they alway use Saw as an example of 'Torture Porn' (and theres no sexual elements to it..
With that way of thinking we should start calling old Shaw bros movies 'Fightporn' :-) (and Groucho Marx was a great innovator of 'Chuckleporn'..
Ok, I'm just rambling now...
*With the exception of 'UNDERWATER NAZI ZOMBIES' that genre just had to be named..