November 01, 2005
Horror films feature violence!
Well knock me down with a 2 by 4 and beat my head in with a brick, would you believe it but the latest report is stating that Horror films feature violent acts!
Yes, I could hardly believe it either, and being the scientist and sceptic I am I really needed hard facts to convince me. So that's exactly what one media company has done. They've gone and counted the number of violent acts in over 100 horror movies...obviously it was a slow day...or their digitising was taking a long time. From Cinematical
Separating their monster search into 13 different categories, Media Data Company has found a total of 1,374 violent incidents. Wait, it totally gets so much better - check out these categories: Bite Injury, Charred Skin, Decapitation, Decomposition, Disfigurement, Electrocution, Transmogrification, Impalement, Protruding Object, Severed Limb, Skeletal Remains, Twisting Body Part and Entrails......the award for the most amount of violence in a recent film goes to -- drum roll -- Freddy vs. Jason! Throughout its 97 minute running time, this modern classic rung up 86 impalings, 20 severed limbs and 14 electrocutions for a total of 167 violent acts. Finishing a somewhat distant second was Jaws, with its 49 bite injuries and 27 impalings amongst 105 violent images.
Wow...if I can beat Erik to the job queue I'm asking if they have anything going over at that company. What tough work watching all those movies! Wait a minute though, what's this at number 2?...
Spielberg's revered and still terrifying "Jaws" from 1975 came in second, with 49 bite injuries and 27 impalings among its 105 violent images.
What? That's not a horror! Is this just a waste of time or what, and what the hell is Jaws doing in a horror category?
Posted by at November 1, 2005 04:19 PM
Comments
Posted by: Scott at November 1, 2005 05:44 PM
WTF? How did they count those statistics? Does that include all jaws films or what?
Posted by: JK at November 1, 2005 07:20 PM
Wow, what an informative study. This is the first time I have heard of violence.
Anyway, I have actually seen Jaws in a number of horror lists before, or at least scary moments lists.
You read retrocrush right?
Still a funny study though, I would like to see the whole thing.
Posted by: Ryan at November 1, 2005 08:57 PM
When does anyone get "impaled" in Jaws? Let alone 27 times!
And how the hell do they get 49 "bite injuries" out of it?
This really makes you wonder about all those studies that say "Kids get exposed to 900,000,000,000,000 acts of violence by the time they are three" and so forth. They're usually used to advocate censorship, and I'm beginning to think they're all bunk.
Posted by: Brian at November 2, 2005 11:00 AM
Brian, they are all bunk. I remember one TV study I read about counted where people got hit with pies as being 'violence'. The stats are inflated as much as possible without any regard to context or..... art. They do have an agenda too, its anti-capitialist and essentially pascifist imo - and theyre snobs too.
All this study makes me want to do is see Freddy vs Jason, which unfortunately I haven't yet.
Posted by: Del at November 2, 2005 01:54 PM
I never got a chance to see it in threater but i will see it
Decembe 22nd here is a link
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=59075
copy then paste and see not SPAM this came from a fan of the Audio Edtion