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Topics: Horror, Netflix, Film and TV
Michael Slavin
Sometimes the scariest films around aren’t even horrors purpose built to get you hiding behind your couch.
If I looked at the most scared I have ever been at a film, it has be little 12-year-old-me watching The Mummy when a scarab beetle began rooting around under someone’s skin.
While a horror movie has you in a constant state of feeling under attack, a non-horror can lure you into a false sense of security.
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In the case of one film, which is not a horror, it is considered ‘terrifying’ by viewers due to some shockingly brutal depictions of violence – including what has been dubbed ‘the most brutal on-screen death ever’.
What’s more, this is not some schlocky action movie that has B-movie gore to try and shock you – but an incredibly well received Western.
The film has an unreal cast, including Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Lili Simmons, and Richard Jenkins.
Add to that a respectable score 7.1 on IMDb and a whopping 91 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and you have what by all accounts is an incredible film.
Check out the trailer here:
The movie in question is called Bone Tomahawk, and it is absolutely brutal.
Bone Tomahawk, which is on Netflix in the US as well as Hulu and Tubi, focuses on a small town that has been terrorised by ‘cannibalistic savages’.
The people of the town then decide to put an end to it in gory fashion.
A fan asked the subreddit r/horror if Bone Tomahawk was scary despite it not being a horror, with one commenter saying: “Scary is subjective but I’d describe Bone Tomahawk as a film that is terrifying, horrifying and disgusting”.
Another said: “It scared me sh*tless personally”.
One 8/10 IMDb review of the film said: “Written and directed by S. Craig Zahler, 'Bone Tomahawk' is a brilliant, bloody film that you'd be hard pressed to forget.
“[The film] will have you gripped from start to finish”.
Now, for the ‘most brutal on-screen death ever.’
This is a lofty title, which many films could lay claim to, whether it be Cannibal Holocaust or Final Destination.
In a recent discussion on r/horror however, the question was asked, with one fan receiving over 1,000 upvotes for saying: “I’ll forever vote for the splitting scene in Bone Tomahawk”.
Another fan commented that ‘the screaming’ stuck with them, while third agreed commented: “Yea and just the sound design in general... It really goes to show big of an impact sound has on movies.
“Jesus Christ that kill was brutal. I'm a seasoned horror guy but that was genuinely shocking. Stuck with me for days.”
If you want an idea of how horrible it is, we cannot even show you a picture or video of the kill.
Guess you’ll have to open up Netflix, stick on Bone Tomahawk, and see for yourself.