Bad cinema has been shocking generations of movie-goers for generations. There has always been some what of a fascination of the films that make people scared of the world around them, and what people could be capable of. Even though the audiences have to realise that 'its just a film'. This sense of being scared of what a character within a film can do to innocent people is what attracts so many people to the indie films from innovative directors that should really get more recognition than they get, competing with the big blockbusters if Hollywood.
These films are terrifying in the way that they show how human behaviour can be very very bad. The film that comes to mind, and which has recently been remade, is 'Funny Games', a tale of a family taking a relaxing holiday by the lake when they are unexpectedly tortured and made to play sadistic games with each other in a matter of life and death by two young men who call themselves Paul and Peter. This film is an exploration of the violent society and how depictions of violence reflect and shape our culture.
These kinds of films are there to open our eyes to the world around us, and to show how these kinds of violent acts and twisted going's on, actually exists within our culture. There are stories on the news nearly every day depicting some sort of heinous crime against another human being, These films are just taking it to the next level and showing willing audiences. Another film that comes to mind is defiantly a cult classic of bad cinema. Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange' was initially banned when it was first released because of its violent and twisted content, this film showed the carnage that could ensue caused by the youth of Britain and the consequences their actions. However, what these films do with great ease it allow the audience not only to bind with the victims of these crimes, but with the perpetrators as well. There fore we are essentially bonding with a murderer, thief, rapist, sex addict, trouble maker, and i think that's what scares most audiences when it come sot bad cinema, how the directors and creators of these films can manipulate the story and characters within the film that you somehow see where the 'bad guy' is coming from, and that you identify with all the characters and not just the victims.
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