[James Whale]

:rolleyes: Roger Ebert is as left wing as you can get and he often uses "torture porn" to decribe films that use scenes of torture the same way that porn uses sexuality, in a shallow and exploitative manner. Gloria Steinem-another right wing zealot,ha!- decries the "torture porn" genre. "Tortue porn" refers to torture being used just to disgust with no creativity or imagination. "Torture porn" was coined by very left-wing ,mainstream critics. The Bush connection is far fetched. I understand that you don't like the term. Sorry. It's an accurate way to desribe badly made films that are shallow and hollow. Mostly, they are boring. Maybe some young teens will think it's cool because people say they shouldn't see it. You are right ,THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE is one of the best films ever made. Only the first one. It's a work of art from a true auteur, TOBE HOOPER. Back to this film, CLive Barker has a fantastic imagination and a take on stuff that is creative and original. He was"The future of horror" according to Stephen King in the 80's. That did not come to pass; I don't know why. Maybe ,I hope , he can redeem himself. I think it's sad ,however, if the only way to get a Clive Barker penned film released is to market it as boring "torture porn." Here hoping this film is a true Clive Barker vision not some shallow excuse to gross people out. The topic here shouldn't be "torture porn." The topic is my hope that Clive Barker can make a huge comeback; let's get back to it.