I watched a horror movie today, which included several scenes involving a man with maggots on/in various parts of him. He was brushing them off, washing them down the sink, etc., as one would if covered in maggots. What struck me was that the maggots appeared to be alive. I've seen similar scenes in other movies, and am bothered by the fact that living creatures are being used for entertainment (in a manner which kills/harms them). It's cruel, and with modern effects it's unnecessary. We can make it look like someone has three eyes and a penis for a nose, we're certainly advanced enough to make fake creepy crawlies.
I'm not trying to go on a tangent, but I wanted to put it out there. I love the horror genre, and I hate to see things like this happen. So what do you think?
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It depends. I am ll about authenticity so I'm torn. Then again, I effing HATE snakes. If I ever see REAL ones in films, I squirm like a little girl. But if it's a CGI one, I can at least pretend to be a bad ass.
I dunno if you get a show in the US called 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here' (or some variation of it) but I hate it because of the assumption it makes that anything which is considered 'gross' i.e. insects or rats or slimy fish, can be used as if they were inanimate props to scare silly fame-obsessed people in the jungle. I know that's not what your post was about exactly, but it's in the ballpark.
If it was a dog, horse, or cat, disclaimers about no animals hurt in the shooting of the film would run with the credits. Good question, Natalie, and I don't have a good answer.
I trained rats to walk tightropes in college, and was horrified when I learned Lucifer (our rat) was to be fed to a python at the zoo when his tenure was over. I wanted to take him home...but he was "university property". I should have pulled a "great escape" on their asses and freed Lucifer.
Yeah, like Mike said, I'm a Celebrity uses insects, rats, snakes, fish etc like props. Although, I don't worry about the insects and will admit to being an insect murderer. Sorry.
You might imagine how I feel about this. Or maybe not. But yeah. Not okay. Not at all.
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