That Grisly Cartoon Movie Ending That Haunts Audiences
Out of all the mature animated films I’ve personally viewed, nothing has stuck with me as much as the fear-filled conclusion of a graphically gory as well as highly provocative 2022 movie Unicorn Wars.
In the year 2015, the Spain-based filmmaker created a grim, somber , often savage world with several minor , desolate glimmers of optimism.
Although The Unicorn Wars feels like it originated from an impulse to expand animation even more, the director clarified that it was actually an attempt to express a global, multicultural message regarding “the mutual source of each battle.”
That message is communicated via a band of colorful pastel bears , obviously inspired by a well-known series of lovable figures.
Growing up in a community built around aggression as well as the military-industrial complex, many of these creatures are fixated on exterminating the mythical beasts, due to a sacred text that claims the bears they were once rulers of the woods, until these creatures drove them out.
A few did not entirely fallen for the indoctrination, , choose to sample drugs or mate outdoors.
Unlike their cuddly counterparts, these bright beings display genitals and obvious libidos.
For one particularly cruel, cynical bear, the character Bluey, the battle against the unicorns becomes a road to power — and specifically to supremacy above his more tender, nicer brother Tubby.
The character acts as a tormentor , a seeming sociopath , and as fear takes over his squad and takes his teammates one by one, he takes more and more influence personally, through ever more violent, destructive ways.
Simultaneously, these mythical beings are suffering their own horror, through a growing, harmful creature in their habitat.
“In the early stages, it seems like a comedy,” the filmmaker stated. “Yet it becomes a more dramatic and sad film. And by the end, it transforms into a horror film.”
Unicorn Wars starts out similar to among the playful features from a legendary filmmaker, which find a naughty glee in letting drawn beings swear, fire weapons, or sex each other up.
Subsequently it turns into something more like a bleaker movie by that same artist, including ever more explicit brutality , a palpable link to the actual horror of battle.
By the end, it becomes an outright extreme drama carnage.
The terror that makes this a perfect Halloween viewing kicks in much sooner than that description suggests.
The Unicorn Wars is suited for the most dedicated lovers of violence, for enthusiasts of intense movies who desire to watch a movie they’ve never viewed until now, and who can handle a narrative that offers unflinching brutality.
See it with the lights off free from interruptions, and the finale will dig deep within you and take up residence there.
How to view: Accessible via rental or purchase on various streaming sites.
