‘Pathology’ seeks to desensitize audience, fetishize death
There was something deeply unsettling about leaving the theater after watching the horror film “Pathology” (2008). It wasn’t simply the brutal, gruesome, and largely sociopathic ending, but rather the entire endeavor, which managed to be one of the most stoic pieces of misanthropy that I have ever seen on film. Directed by newcomer Marc Schoelermann, the biggest contribution of “Pathology” to the horror genre is its deeply intellectual pointlessness. More »
