I've watched heaps of gory horrors before... every "Friday The 13th" film, every Freddy film, "The Evil Dead" (1 and 2, which surely must be the two most gory movies ever made), and HEAPS more, and while they have varied in terms of quality, I've 'handled' them very well, as there was a time when I thought I was squeamish and easily sickened.
But "Wishmaster" was different, and I'm not sure how. It upset me, and unsettled me. Decapitation by piano wire, a scene that has stayed inside my head... I've seen more gruesome stuff than that. And yet I have reacted differently. The only thing I can think of is this has a very nasty tone - something that, somehow, other horrors I've seen have not had. It's even got to the point where I have avoided watching the sequels to this extremely gruesome piece.
It's really not much of a film anyway - but, unlike other weak horrors, I was repelled by it.
Maybe I'm getting old.
But "Wishmaster" was different, and I'm not sure how. It upset me, and unsettled me. Decapitation by piano wire, a scene that has stayed inside my head... I've seen more gruesome stuff than that. And yet I have reacted differently. The only thing I can think of is this has a very nasty tone - something that, somehow, other horrors I've seen have not had. It's even got to the point where I have avoided watching the sequels to this extremely gruesome piece.
It's really not much of a film anyway - but, unlike other weak horrors, I was repelled by it.
Maybe I'm getting old.