The Gruesome Cartoon Movie Ending That Haunts Viewers

Among all the mature cartoon movies I have personally viewed, nothing has stuck with me quite like the dread-soaked ending of the viscerally violent and overwhelingly transgressive film from 2022 The Unicorn Wars.

Back in the year 2015, this Spain-based filmmaker developed a dark, somber and often savage world with several minor , desolate hints of hope.

Although Unicorn Wars appears as it came from a drive to expand animation even more, the filmmaker explained that it was rather an effort to convey a universal, multicultural theme regarding “the shared root of every conflict.”

That idea is conveyed by means of a squad of vividly colored bears , obviously modeled after a well-known line of lovable figures.

Growing up in a society centered on aggression as well as the war machine, numerous these animals are consumed by killing unicorns, thanks to a religious scripture which states the bears they were once rulers of the forest, until these creatures drove them out.

A few have not completely bought into the propaganda, , choose to experiment with substances and mate outdoors.

In contrast to their cuddly equivalents, these colorful critters display sexual organs and obvious libidos.

For a certain notably brutal, pessimistic creature, the bear named Bluey, the conflict against unicorns transforms into a road toward dominance — and particularly to supremacy above his more tender, more compassionate sibling the character Tubby.

The character acts as a tormentor , an apparent antisocial figure , and while horror dominates his squad and kills his teammates one by one, he seizes more and more influence for himself, via progressively violent, harmful methods.

At the same time, the horned creatures are suffering their own terror, through a spreading, destructive monster in their habitat.

Unicorn Wars commences similar to among the whimsical features by an iconic animator, which find a wicked pleasure in allowing drawn beings curse, shoot each other, or engage sexually.

Afterward it evolves into more akin to a darker work by that same artist, including ever more explicit brutality , a tangible connection to the actual horror of war.

In the finale, it’s a complete Grand Guignol bloodbath.

The fear that turns this a Halloween-friendly viewing kicks in well before than indicated.

Unicorn Wars is suited for the most dedicated fans of gore, for lovers of extreme cinema who want to view a film they have not seen on-screen before, and who can handle a plot which delivers no restraint.

See it with the lights off free from interruptions, and the conclusion will burrow under your skin and stay with you.

Where to watch: Accessible via digital rental or sale on several online services.