Even if it's a tragedy, it's pathetic attempts at shocking the audience do it no favors, and the supposed allegory behind the story is rather stupid and clearly only made to attach some weight to a shallow shock fest.
And hell, As exploitation films go, Blood Sucking freaks got a more visceral reaction from me.
That\'s just, like, your opinion, man.
But in seriousness, putting it next to other \"artsy\" films and from what can be gathered about the creators\' backgrounds and attitude im relation to making it, its \"shocking\" elements don\'t look like an attempt to shock or even an active attempt to do anything unusual so much as to darkly, darkly parody existing cultural mentalities.
And that feeds into why I agree with OP - it doesn\'t seem like it\'s presented at all like it\'s meant to scare as opposed to being a sad, jaded story, and I do appreciate it for what it is.
I don\'t understand why people don\'t consider this a horror film, it scares people away so why isn\'t it a horror film? It seems pedantic or whatever.
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A Serbian Tragedy.
While paraded around as a horror film, to me, it's a tragedy. A good guy goes into something shady for a good cause. He is used, lied to, and broken down by the bad guys who are doing it for their own reasons - allegedly for new forms of art, most likely just for money by tapping into the sick, evil part of humanity - or even both.
A shady organization preying on humans who need help, a dad trying to do the best for his son, a perverted brother, a twisted 'artist', a big-bad behind the bad, a journey that goes down into the deep voids of humanity - what can I really say? All I can do is warn those of weak heart as it does shock. (Though I found some parts narmy; I was laughing through the middle of the film a bit while hoping the main character got his revenge - or at the least, senses.) I can only really say to look it up and try to watch it.
Don't think of it as a horror film, though, think of it as a tragedy - one where the bad guys do win. That's literally part of the tagline: 'Not all films have a happy ending.'