That Gruesome Animated Movie Ending That Stays With Fans
Out of all the mature cartoon movies I have personally watched, no other has remained with me as much as the terror-laced ending of a explicitly bloody as well as overwhelingly transgressive 2022 movie Unicorn Wars.
In 2015’s, this Spanish writer-director created a dark, melancholy , frequently brutal world with a few small , desolate glimmers of hope.
Although The Unicorn Wars seems like it stemmed from a desire to expand the medium even more, the director clarified that it was more an effort to communicate a universal, cross-cultural message concerning “the shared root of every conflict.”
This theme is conveyed by means of a band of colorful pastel bears , obviously inspired by a popular series of cuddly characters.
Growing up in a society focused on aggression and the defense industry, numerous these creatures are obsessed with exterminating unicorns, due to a religious scripture that tells them they used to be masters of the woods, before the unicorns drove them out.
Others haven’t fully fallen for the brainwashing, , choose to sample substances or fornicate in the woods.
Unlike their cuddly counterparts, these colorful critters show sexual organs , clear sex drives.
For a certain especially vicious, pessimistic creature, the bear named Bluey, the battle with the unicorns becomes a path toward dominance — and especially to supremacy over his softer, nicer brother the bear Tubby.
The character behaves aggressively , a seeming sociopath , and as horror takes over his unit and takes his comrades individually, he grabs increasingly power for himself, in increasingly bloody, harmful methods.
Meanwhile, these mythical beings are enduring their own nightmare, as a growing, harmful creature in their forest.
“Initially, it seems like a humorous movie,” the director commented. “But then it becomes a more intense and melancholic movie. And ultimately, it becomes a horror film.”
The Unicorn Wars begins similar to one of the more quirky features from a renowned filmmaker, which find a mischievous joy in permitting drawn beings swear, engage in violence, or have intimate relations.
Afterward it evolves into something more like a darker film by that same creator, featuring progressively explicit brutality and a tangible link to the real tragedy of conflict.
Ultimately, it is an outright extreme drama massacre.
The terror that makes the film a Halloween-friendly watch kicks in much sooner than one might expect.
Unicorn Wars is one for the hardcore fans of gore, for lovers of extreme cinema who desire to see a movie they have not watched previously, and can endure a plot that offers unflinching brutality.
See it in a dimly lit space without any distractions, and that ending will dig into your mind and stay with you.
Where to watch: Offered for digital rental or sale on multiple streaming sites.
