Damn, if that's the case I could never watch any of these films because I saw 5 mins of hostel and could not comprehend how a normal person could watch something like that
Yeah no in all seriousness... some people claim these films are artsy and with that said they excuse the showing of despicable violence and sexual abuse. There are dark films that are masterpieces, Silence of the Lambs for example, and yet it shows no more gore than necessary. Watching this violence will leave nothing positive to your conscience and state of mind, will only bring discomfort, nausea, disgust, terror... not the emotions you long to feel when watching an "artsy" film.
I truly think these directors are sickos in their own right, or are just trying too hard to be "out there".... maybe both.
Having watched these films in my early 20s, I feel no reason whatsoever to come back and revisit if I already know I'm not getting anything positive. Might make an exception with Antichrist cause I watched inpaired to say the least and I do reckon the storyline seems way more "artsy" than freaking Serbian Film or Human Craptubes.