The Gruesome Animated Film Ending That Lingers Fans
Out of every adult-oriented cartoon movies I’ve personally viewed, nothing has remained with me as much as the terror-laced finale of a viscerally violent as well as deeply subversive 2022 movie The Unicorn Wars.
Back in the year 2015, this Spanish writer-director crafted a grim, somber , often savage universe that included several minor , forlorn glimmers of optimism.
Although Unicorn Wars feels like it stemmed from a desire to expand the medium further, the filmmaker explained that it was actually an attempt to communicate a universal, cross-cultural theme regarding “the mutual source of all wars.”
This theme is conveyed through a band of colorful pastel bears , openly based on a well-known line of cuddly characters.
Growing up in a culture focused on militarism as well as the military-industrial complex, numerous the bears are consumed by killing the mythical beasts, because of a religious scripture that tells them they previously were masters of the woods, before the horned beings drove them out.
Some haven’t fully accepted the brainwashing, , prefer to experiment with narcotics and mate outdoors.
Unlike their friendly counterparts, these colorful critters have visible sexual organs and definite libidos.
For a particular notably brutal, cynical bear, the character Bluey, the battle against the unicorns transforms into a path to power — and particularly to supremacy above his softer, nicer brother the bear Tubby.
Bluey is a bully , a seeming psychopath , and while horror overcomes his unit and takes his fellow soldiers sequentially, he seizes more and more control for himself, in increasingly bloody, damaging approaches.
Meanwhile, the horned creatures are suffering their own nightmare, as a spreading, harmful creature in their forest.
“In the early stages, it appears as a comedy,” the director stated. “Yet it evolves into a more dramatic and sorrowful film. And by the end, it transforms into a horror film.”
Unicorn Wars commences feeling a bit like among the quirky features from a legendary filmmaker, that uncover a mischievous joy in letting drawn beings curse, fire weapons, or engage sexually.
Afterward it becomes closer to a darker work from the same director, featuring progressively visual gore , a palpable connection to the real tragedy of battle.
Ultimately, it’s a full-on extreme drama massacre.
The terror that turns this a Halloween-friendly viewing begins much sooner than one might expect.
Unicorn Wars is suited for the most dedicated lovers of violence, for enthusiasts of intense movies who wish to watch something they haven’t ever seen on-screen before, and who can handle a plot that offers no restraint.
View it with the lights off with no disturbances, and the finale will burrow into your mind and stay with you.
Where to watch: Offered for digital rental or sale on multiple digital platforms.
