User blog comment:Inferno Pendragon/Horror, Grimdark and Ethics/@comment-2059440-20150824071209

(as I said on Villains)

I wouldn't judge modern horror or even the grimdark genre on that movie.. that was an exceptionally dark movie and uncomfortably cruel.. not that many horrors are that bad : yes, we are getting too many torture movies but I don't believe ethics is dead in storytelling.. we're always going to have some movies and stories that are just plain misery but that's not new..

remember the original I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream? or the ending of the original Little Shop of Horrors? let's not forget the Strangers (I believe that's what it was called).

some horror (by its very nature) is just devoid of hope and makes you uncomfortable.. if done right it can be just as much a story as any other style.. it just takes a special writer to do it right.

torture films / stories never work.. they are inherently disgusting and cruel.. sorry to say it but it really is a case of "what did you expect?".

I suggest focusing on other horror types.. it is a diverse genre.. I personally like supernatural horror over the often uncomfortable "human" horror.