[Siemelle]

I think everyone hit on some of the things I would have said regarding the appeal of these films. Some of it is actually just for fun because some of the over-the-top gore and splatter is very hard to take seriously especially when the movie is absurd all the way around. Another point that was given was that I like facing all the horrible things in this form because I sure as heck can't stomach it in any other. I found it very interesting that a few people had the same stance as I do - I can sit there and watch blood and gore all day long, but if you show me something real then I may lose my lunch. My family used to make fun of me, "You can sit there and watch a person's throat get slit, but you see an ambulance on the side of the road and you are reaching for your gum so you don't vomit. You don't make sense." In a way, it makes sense because I know what's on screen isn't real, isn't final. I don't know that when I pass a car wreck or what-have-you. One other thing I would say about the appeal is that I, personally, kind find beauty in very, very dark disturbing things. Some of what is displayed on screen - color choice, camera angles, actor expressions, etc. - can be breathtaking in that depiction of horror, pain, and death. I know it sounds awful, but there is a perverse beauty to some of it.