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Originally Posted by skifer
To what extent has the horror genre evolved in terms of fetishising violence to reflect socio-cultural and political anxieties?
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I'm not really sure it has. Its mostly done for exploitation reasons - HG Lewis pretty much kick started the 'gore movie' and did so for economic reasons (the nudie cuties just weren't making the cash).
Salo definally has a politcal agenda.
I suppose It could be argued that Hostel is comment on the decadence of the west and how anything can become a commodity.