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Originally Posted by Ferox13
The 4 examples you gave I feel are very different types of film - I really don't see MBTS having anything in common with Martyrs. Though Salo and Hostel certainly have certain common themes (sexual sadism - the social Elite being a law onto themselves) the films are are executed so differently I wouldn't consier them the same genre.
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I think you're right; maybe I just lump every movie that makes me uncomfortable into "torture porn." ;)
I get your point, though - I think that I lump torture/exploitation into "torture porn" because there seems to be an obsessive reveling about the torture, making me, as an audience member, feel as though the director is getting off to the material - That could be the link.
siorai summed up what I was trying to express; not fair of me to lump in
Salo or
MBTS into the genre as I've never seen them and probably never will (I think they would make me too uncomfortable).