This adds to the fear-factor of the film and maintains the clean canvas for commentary and introspection on the audience 's relationship to extreme violence and senseless cruelty. The title of the film and the theme of the young men 's only verbalized explanation for their actions suggests that the filmmakers wish for their audiences to think critically about how they interact with what they see onscreen. We know why we don 't like the sight of blood, gore, and corpses--deep-set instinct for our own preservation from contamination--but because we cannot understand how, as in Funny Games, a person could so casually inflict physical and psychological torture upon and pointlessly slaughter people, it scares us in a deeper, more bone-chilling way--is that what we want from a horror
This adds to the fear-factor of the film and maintains the clean canvas for commentary and introspection on the audience 's relationship to extreme violence and senseless cruelty. The title of the film and the theme of the young men 's only verbalized explanation for their actions suggests that the filmmakers wish for their audiences to think critically about how they interact with what they see onscreen. We know why we don 't like the sight of blood, gore, and corpses--deep-set instinct for our own preservation from contamination--but because we cannot understand how, as in Funny Games, a person could so casually inflict physical and psychological torture upon and pointlessly slaughter people, it scares us in a deeper, more bone-chilling way--is that what we want from a horror