That Gory Animated Film Ending That Stays With Viewers
Out of all the mature animated films I’ve personally viewed, no other has lingered in my mind quite like the fear-filled finale of the graphically gory as well as overwhelingly transgressive 2022 movie Unicorn Wars.
In the year 2015, this Spain-based filmmaker created a dark, bleak , often savage world with a few small , forlorn hints of hope.
Although Unicorn Wars feels like it came from a desire to expand animation even more, the director stated that it was more an attempt to convey a widespread, cross-cultural theme about “the mutual source of every conflict.”
That message is conveyed through a squad of colorful pastel bears , obviously modeled after a well-known series of lovable figures.
Maturing in a community centered on militarism and the war machine, a lot of these animals are fixated on killing the mythical beasts, due to a holy book that tells them they were once masters of the woodland, before the horned beings forced them out.
A few did not entirely accepted the propaganda, and prefer to sample substances or fornicate in the forest.
In contrast to their cuddly counterparts, these colorful critters show sexual organs and definite libidos.
For a certain particularly cruel, cynical bear, the bear named Bluey, the war against the unicorns turns into a road to control — and specifically to authority over his more tender, nicer brother the bear Tubby.
Bluey behaves aggressively and an obvious psychopath , and while fear dominates his unit and takes his comrades individually, he takes progressively power for himself, via progressively violent, damaging approaches.
Simultaneously, the unicorns are experiencing their own horror, as an expanding, deadly beast in their forest.
“Initially, it appears as a humorous movie,” the filmmaker commented. “However it evolves into a more serious and melancholic movie. And in the finale, it’s a scary feature.”
Unicorn Wars starts out similar to one of the more quirky movies by an iconic filmmaker, which find a wicked pleasure in allowing animated figures curse, shoot each other, or sex each other up.
Then it becomes something more like a darker movie by that same director, featuring progressively graphic violence and a tangible relation to the real horror of conflict.
By the end, it’s a full-on theatrical horror massacre.
The fear that turns the film a perfect Halloween watch starts well before than one might expect.
Unicorn Wars is suited for the most dedicated gorehounds, for enthusiasts of graphic films who wish to watch a movie they haven’t ever seen on-screen before, and who can handle a story that pulls unflinching brutality.
See it in a dark room with no disturbances, and that ending will dig deep within you and take up residence there.
How to view: Available for rental or purchase on several streaming sites.
