I Can’t Believe They Made a Movie About That!!!
Horror films often push the envelope when it comes to subject matter. Horrible things must be dealt with if they are going to horrify; it only makes sense. Last House on the Left is the first American film to portray graphically brutal rape. There are countless films about family members killing family members. Even a parent attempting to kill their child—a la The Omen—has been done. Horror movies have been blamed for years for desensitizing the youth and making murder, torture, and other unpleasantries look cool or appealing. Is there anything that is off limits, something so awful and damaging that it cannot be put on screen? Is there a subject matter that won’t be broached because it would be in to poor of taste? If so, what? While you are pondering this question, pop in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)—I hear it is the 35th anniversary of the film—and pay attention as an overweight, handicapped, arguably developmentally disable or emotionally disabled young man gets slaughtered. Also pay attention to the fact that you are glad he is finally dead. Happy Turkey Day you sick, sick people.
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