That Gory Animated Movie Ending That Haunts Audiences

Out of all the mature cartoon movies I have personally viewed, no other has remained with me quite like the terror-laced conclusion of a viscerally violent as well as overwhelingly transgressive 2022 movie Unicorn Wars.

In 2015’s, the Spanish writer-director created a dark, bleak , often savage world that included a few small , desolate hints of optimism.

Although The Unicorn Wars feels like it stemmed from a desire to expand the medium further, the filmmaker explained that it was more a try to communicate a universal, cross-cultural theme about “the mutual source of every conflict.”

This theme is expressed by means of a group of colorful pastel bears , clearly based on a famous line of cuddly figures.

Growing up in a culture built around militarism as well as the military-industrial complex, numerous these animals are consumed by exterminating unicorns, due to a holy book that claims them they previously were kings of the forest, until these creatures expelled them.

Others have not completely fallen for the propaganda, and choose to experiment with drugs and mate outdoors.

Unlike their gentle counterparts, these colorful critters have visible sexual organs , definite sex drives.

For one notably brutal, pessimistic creature, Bluey, the war with unicorns transforms into a route toward dominance — and specifically to supremacy over his more tender, more compassionate sibling the character Tubby.

The character behaves aggressively , a seeming antisocial figure , and as horror overcomes his unit and claims his teammates sequentially, he takes more and more control for himself, in increasingly gory, harmful methods.

Simultaneously, the unicorns are enduring their own terror, in the form of a spreading, deadly beast in their habitat.

Unicorn Wars starts out resembling one of the most playful features by an iconic animator, that discover a wicked pleasure in letting cartoon characters curse, fire weapons, or engage sexually.

Subsequently it turns into more akin to a more grim film from that artist, featuring progressively explicit brutality and a tangible relation to the actual suffering of battle.

In the finale, it’s an outright extreme drama bloodbath.

The horror which makes the film a perfect Halloween movie begins much sooner than one might expect.

The Unicorn Wars is suited for the most dedicated fans of gore, for fans of graphic films who wish to see a film they have not watched previously, and are able to withstand a story which delivers absolutely no punches.

Watch it with the lights off with no disturbances, and the finale will burrow into your mind and linger.

How to view: Available for streaming or buying on various digital platforms.