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Originally Posted by PR3SSUR3
Look at it this way: like the Italian zombie movies of the 70s/80s, 'torture porn' films are about spectacle above plot. In The Beyond for example, narrative function gives way to elaborate set-pieces. It is a conscious descision based on economic and aesthetic factors - narrative becomes a simple pretext for spectacle. That is the point.
Modern exploitation has higher production values and often manages to combine more raw (Wolf Creek, Hostel) and ambitious (Saw, Haute Tension) narratives with big set-pieces. So even if audiences still cannot find it within themselves to give much about the fates of characters in (or because of) a 'torture porn' movie, there is always still the spectacle to enjoy.
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Oh, I'm definitely agreeing with you here. The spectacle is crux of the film
as well as turning the camera around on the audience who is
watching the spectacle. The films are just as much about the audience as they are about the spectacle itself.
If the idea is to create and emphasize spectacle, exploit the horrors that people can do to each other... Than there is also the spotlight on people who
watch these spectacles, the horror audience who welcomes it with open arms.