The Gruesome Animated Movie Ending That Stays With Fans
Out of all the mature animated films I’ve personally watched, nothing has stuck with me as much as the dread-soaked ending of the explicitly bloody as well as overwhelingly transgressive film from 2022 Unicorn Wars.
In the year 2015, this Spanish filmmaker crafted a grim, bleak , frequently brutal world that included several minor , forlorn glimmers of hope.
Although The Unicorn Wars seems like it came from a desire to push the medium further, the director stated that it was actually an effort to communicate a global, cross-cultural message about “the shared root of each battle.”
That message is communicated via a squad of brightly hued teddy bears , openly based on a well-known line of lovable characters.
Maturing in a community built around warmongering and the military-industrial complex, numerous these animals are obsessed with exterminating the mythical beasts, because of a holy book that tells the bears they were once kings of the woods, until these creatures expelled them.
A few have not completely bought into the brainwashing, , prefer to experiment with substances or engage sexually outdoors.
Unlike their gentle equivalents, these bright beings have visible sexual organs and clear urges.
For one especially vicious, skeptical animal, the bear named Bluey, the war with unicorns transforms into a path to control — and specifically to authority above his softer, more compassionate sibling the bear Tubby.
This bear acts as a tormentor , a seeming antisocial figure , and as terror dominates his squad and kills his comrades individually, he grabs increasingly control personally, in increasingly gory, destructive ways.
Simultaneously, the horned creatures are suffering their own horror, as a growing, harmful creature in their woods.
“In the early stages, it appears as a lighthearted film,” the filmmaker said. “But then it evolves into a more intense and sad film. And in the finale, it becomes a terrifying movie.”
Unicorn Wars starts out resembling among the quirky films by a legendary animator, that uncover a mischievous joy in permitting animated figures curse, fire weapons, or engage sexually.
Subsequently it becomes something more like a darker movie from the same creator, with increasingly graphic violence and a tangible link to the real suffering of conflict.
Ultimately, it is an outright Grand Guignol carnage.
The terror which makes this an ideal spooky-season movie starts much sooner than that description suggests.
The Unicorn Wars is suited for the devoted gorehounds, for lovers of graphic films who want to see a film they’ve never viewed until now, and who can handle a plot that pulls no restraint.
View it in a dimly lit space free from interruptions, and the finale will dig into your mind and take up residence there.
Where to watch: Available for rental or purchase on various digital platforms.
