The Grisly Animated Movie Ending That Lingers Audiences
Among all the adult-oriented animated films I have personally viewed, no other has remained with me as much as the fear-filled conclusion of a explicitly bloody and deeply subversive film from 2022 The Unicorn Wars.
In 2015’s, this Spanish filmmaker crafted a grim, somber and frequently brutal world that included some tiny , desolate twinges of hope.
While Unicorn Wars appears as it originated from a drive to expand the medium even more, the filmmaker explained that it was actually an effort to communicate a universal, cross-cultural message about “the common origin of all wars.”
That idea is expressed by means of a group of colorful pastel bears , openly based on a famous series of cuddly characters.
Growing up in a society focused on militarism as well as the defense industry, many of these animals are consumed by exterminating the mythical beasts, because of a religious scripture that claims the bears they were once masters of the woods, until the unicorns drove them out.
Some haven’t fully fallen for the propaganda, , choose to experiment with narcotics and fornicate in the forest.
Unlike their gentle counterparts, these vivid animals display genitals and obvious libidos.
For a certain notably brutal, cynical bear, Bluey, the conflict against the unicorns transforms into a road to control — and especially to dominance above his softer, nicer brother the bear Tubby.
Bluey is a bully , an obvious psychopath , and as horror overcomes his group and kills his fellow soldiers sequentially, he seizes increasingly influence for himself, through ever more bloody, destructive ways.
At the same time, the horned creatures are suffering their own nightmare, through an expanding, deadly beast in their forest.
“At the beginning, it seems like a humorous movie,” the filmmaker stated. “But then it becomes a more dramatic and melancholic movie. And ultimately, it transforms into a horror film.”
The Unicorn Wars starts out resembling one of the more quirky features by a legendary animator, that discover a naughty glee in allowing animated figures curse, shoot each other, or have intimate relations.
Afterward it becomes more akin to a bleaker film from the same creator, with increasingly explicit brutality and a noticeable relation to the actual horror of war.
By the end, it’s an outright extreme drama bloodbath.
The horror which makes the film a Halloween-friendly movie starts much sooner than that description suggests.
The Unicorn Wars is one for the devoted fans of gore, for enthusiasts of extreme cinema who desire to watch a film they haven’t ever seen on-screen before, and who can handle a plot that offers unflinching brutality.
Watch it in a dimly lit space with no disturbances, and that ending will burrow into your mind and stay with you.
Where to watch: Accessible via digital rental or sale on multiple online services.
