That Gruesome Cartoon Film Ending That Haunts Fans
Among every mature cartoon movies I have personally viewed, no other has lingered in my mind quite like the fear-filled finale of a explicitly bloody and overwhelingly transgressive film from 2022 Unicorn Wars.
In the year 2015, this Spanish filmmaker developed a dark, somber and often savage universe that included some tiny , desolate glimmers of hope.
While Unicorn Wars appears as it came from an impulse to expand the medium even more, the director stated that it was rather an attempt to convey a universal, cross-cultural message concerning “the common origin of all wars.”
This theme is conveyed via a band of vividly colored bears , clearly inspired by a well-known series of cuddly characters.
Being raised in a culture built around warmongering and the war machine, many of these creatures are consumed by slaughtering unicorns, thanks to a sacred text which states them they were once rulers of the woods, until these creatures expelled them.
A few did not entirely fallen for the propaganda, , would rather sample substances and engage sexually outdoors.
Unlike their cuddly counterparts, these vivid animals show sexual organs , clear urges.
For one particularly cruel, cynical bear, Bluey, the war against unicorns becomes a path toward dominance — and specifically to authority above his softer, more compassionate sibling the bear Tubby.
The character is a bully and an apparent sociopath , and as terror takes over his unit and takes his comrades sequentially, he seizes progressively control personally, through ever more bloody, damaging approaches.
Meanwhile, these mythical beings are suffering their own nightmare, through an expanding, deadly beast in their habitat.
“At the beginning, it feels like a comedy,” the filmmaker stated. “Yet it turns into a more serious and sad film. And by the end, it’s a terrifying movie.”
The Unicorn Wars begins feeling a bit like one of the most playful features from a renowned filmmaker, that discover a naughty glee in letting animated figures swear, fire weapons, or have intimate relations.
Subsequently it turns into something more like a bleaker movie by that same director, featuring progressively visual gore and a tangible connection to the actual horror of conflict.
By the end, it is an outright theatrical horror carnage.
The horror that turns the film a Halloween-friendly movie starts much sooner than that description suggests.
The Unicorn Wars is ideal for the devoted lovers of violence, for enthusiasts of extreme cinema who want to watch a film they’ve never viewed until now, and who can handle a plot that pulls absolutely no punches.
View it in a dark room with no disturbances, and the finale will dig into your mind and stay with you.
Where to watch: Accessible via rental or purchase on several streaming sites.
