The Gory Cartoon Movie Conclusion That Stays With Viewers
Out of every adult-oriented animated films I’ve personally watched, nothing has stuck with me quite like the dread-soaked conclusion of the explicitly bloody as well as overwhelingly transgressive 2022 movie The Unicorn Wars.
Back in 2015’s, the Spanish filmmaker crafted a grim, somber , frequently brutal world with a few small , desolate twinges of hope.
While Unicorn Wars feels like it originated from a drive to advance animation further, the filmmaker clarified that it was actually an attempt to express a widespread, cross-cultural message about “the mutual source of all wars.”
That message is expressed by means of a band of colorful pastel bears , clearly based on a famous line of lovable figures.
Being raised in a community built around aggression as well as the war machine, a lot of these animals are obsessed with killing the mythical beasts, because of a sacred text that tells them they used to be rulers of the forest, before these creatures expelled them.
Some have not completely fallen for the propaganda, , prefer to experiment with narcotics and fornicate in the woods.
In contrast to their friendly equivalents, these colorful critters have visible sexual organs and clear sex drives.
For one notably brutal, pessimistic creature, Bluey, the conflict against unicorns becomes a route toward dominance — and particularly to supremacy over his more tender, nicer brother the character Tubby.
This bear is a bully and an apparent antisocial figure , and when horror takes over his group and kills his fellow soldiers one by one, he takes more and more control personally, through ever more bloody, destructive ways.
At the same time, these mythical beings are experiencing their own horror, as a spreading, destructive monster in their habitat.
“At the beginning, it appears as a humorous movie,” the filmmaker said. “But then it becomes a more intense and sad movie. And ultimately, it’s a horror film.”
Unicorn Wars commences feeling a bit like among the whimsical films by a legendary filmmaker, that uncover a wicked pleasure in letting cartoon characters swear, engage in violence, or have intimate relations.
Then it evolves into more akin to a bleaker movie from the same creator, including ever more graphic violence , a tangible relation to the real horror of conflict.
In the finale, it becomes a full-on theatrical horror bloodbath.
The terror which makes this a Halloween-friendly viewing kicks in much sooner than indicated.
Unicorn Wars is one for the most dedicated gorehounds, for lovers of extreme cinema who desire to see something they’ve never viewed until now, and can endure a story that offers unflinching brutality.
See it in a dimly lit space without any distractions, and that ending will crawl under your skin and linger.
How to view: Accessible via rental or purchase on multiple digital platforms.
