That Gory Cartoon Film Conclusion That Haunts Fans

Among all the mature animated films I have personally viewed, nothing has lingered in my mind as much as the fear-filled conclusion of a explicitly bloody as well as deeply subversive 2022 movie The Unicorn Wars.

Back in 2015’s, this Spain-based filmmaker created a grim, melancholy , often savage universe that included several minor , forlorn glimmers of hope.

While The Unicorn Wars seems like it originated from an impulse to push the medium even more, the director stated that it was rather a try to express a global, multicultural message regarding “the mutual source of every conflict.”

This theme is communicated through a squad of vividly colored bears , obviously based on a well-known series of lovable characters.

Growing up in a culture focused on warmongering and the military-industrial complex, many of these animals are consumed by exterminating the mythical beasts, thanks to a holy book that tells them they were once rulers of the forest, before these creatures forced them out.

A few did not entirely fallen for the propaganda, and would rather try out substances or engage sexually in the forest.

Unlike their cuddly counterparts, these bright beings have visible genitals , clear sex drives.

For a certain particularly cruel, pessimistic creature, the bear named Bluey, the battle with the unicorns turns into a path to power — and particularly to dominance over his softer, nicer brother Tubby.

The character is a bully , a seeming sociopath , and as fear dominates his group and takes his fellow soldiers one by one, he grabs more and more power on his own behalf, via progressively violent, damaging approaches.

Simultaneously, the horned creatures are suffering their own nightmare, through an expanding, deadly beast in their woods.

Unicorn Wars starts out feeling a bit like one of the most playful features by an iconic filmmaker, which find a mischievous joy in letting animated figures swear, engage in violence, or sex each other up.

Afterward it evolves into more akin to a darker film by that same director, including ever more graphic violence , a noticeable link to the actual horror of conflict.

By the end, it’s a complete extreme drama carnage.

The horror which makes this an ideal spooky-season viewing begins well before than that description suggests.

The Unicorn Wars is ideal for the devoted lovers of violence, for lovers of extreme cinema who wish to view a movie they have not viewed until now, and are able to withstand a narrative that pulls absolutely no punches.

Watch it in a dark room with no disturbances, and the finale will burrow into your mind and linger.

How to view: Available for rental or purchase on various streaming sites.