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Old 03-30-2009, 01:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Roderick Usher View Post
I found the "reason" behind everything to be silly & foolish & half-baked. Yes, the filmmakers tried to elevate the torture genre (aiming high is a wonderful thing) but their reach exceed their grasp.
In a way isn't that the very nature of Exploitation films - isn't faces of Death an indepth look at the mystery of life and Hostel is a critic of western society where any thing can be bought..

I think alot of exploitation films try to justify themselves in that way and try to condemn what infact is the films major selling point. I think Martyrs did this slightly better and is more 'respectable' than Ilsa SheWolf or Last house but I think it uses the same methods in a lot of ways...
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