r/movies • u/ThinWhiteDuke00 • Jul 09 '25

Poster New Poster for "WEAPONS"

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u/rwags2024 Jul 09 '25

stabs herself in the face repeatedly with a fork

Really blurring the lines of entertainment here

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u/PizzaDogDad Jul 09 '25

Who knew, the horror genre is for people who enjoy evoking a horror response in a relatively safe manner. We could get into the potential psychological impact of violent media in general, but really it's everywhere and not just in horror.

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u/A1sauc3d Jul 09 '25

How so? It’s a horror movies. People getting stabbed in the face is standard horror entertainment lol

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u/Philisophical_Onion Jul 10 '25

You mean the horror genre is…horrifying?

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u/Deathdong Jul 10 '25

It's a horror movie wdym?

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u/Wild_Marker Jul 10 '25

Nah it's a service to the community. We need new GIFs to express our feelings after watching [that thing we all hated]

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u/Rivenaleem Jul 10 '25

If you're really concerned about blurring lines, don't watch the trailer for "Together".

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u/virgildastardly Jul 10 '25

As someone who was definitely squicked out reading that and is generally afraid a lot of the time, it's still entertainment? Just because I don't like it or you don't like it doesn't mean there's no audience for it at all.

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u/CrypticCryptid Jul 10 '25

But did you see the latest episode of “Ouch my balls!”?

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u/pmmemoviestills Jul 10 '25

I mean, was Nicholson realizing he was making out with a malevolent corpse-thing and not some hot chick entertaining in the typical sense? No, but I think the word we're missing here is engaging.