saylos
Joined Jul 2005
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I've just finished watching "Playground", so forgive me if I'm more than a little shaken. For the purpose of background, I am a huge horror fan. It's my preferred genre, and one that I spend more time than is probably healthy watching.
Playground is not what I'd call a horror film. In fact, it's not even a film that I can, in good conscience, recommend to anyone.
It is a horror film in the sense that what transpires is horrific, but it's not ghosts and goblins or inexplicably immortal slashers. What transpires is horrific because it is real. No, this isn't a snuff film, though it is based on a very real case that other reviewers have touched on.
I am no lightweight. I've seen just about anything you can imagine in the realm of fictional violence. I've always stopped short of anything depicting cruelty towards real people.
Heed my warning when I say that this movie is not one you should enter into blindly. Do some research first, for God's sake, and make sure you're braced for what is to come.
I gave this a "10" because it truly horrified me. I'm so unnerved that I'm trembling as I write this. It's a "10" because this is the world we've created, a world where this kind of horror is all-too commonplace. A world devoid of empathy. I gave this a "10" because maybe some people need to be made to watch this. Maybe some people need to bear witness to what they've made.
Playground is not what I'd call a horror film. In fact, it's not even a film that I can, in good conscience, recommend to anyone.
It is a horror film in the sense that what transpires is horrific, but it's not ghosts and goblins or inexplicably immortal slashers. What transpires is horrific because it is real. No, this isn't a snuff film, though it is based on a very real case that other reviewers have touched on.
I am no lightweight. I've seen just about anything you can imagine in the realm of fictional violence. I've always stopped short of anything depicting cruelty towards real people.
Heed my warning when I say that this movie is not one you should enter into blindly. Do some research first, for God's sake, and make sure you're braced for what is to come.
I gave this a "10" because it truly horrified me. I'm so unnerved that I'm trembling as I write this. It's a "10" because this is the world we've created, a world where this kind of horror is all-too commonplace. A world devoid of empathy. I gave this a "10" because maybe some people need to be made to watch this. Maybe some people need to bear witness to what they've made.
