Why Velvet Buzzsaw's deaths leave us cold
New Netflix horror Velvet Buzzsaw involves various members of the art world elite meeting grisly ends. Yet why does their baroque suffering leave us cold? After all, the film boasts a terrific cast – including Jake Gyllenhaal and Hereditary ' s Toni Collette – and mostly well-drawn characters. Yet there's something about the macabre yet predictable slaughter that leaves us asking: "So what?" We're exploring why films with similar plots like Final Destination and Ringu fill the viewer with a sense of dread and leave them invested in the characters' fates, while Velvet Buzzsaw' s deaths merely invite weary shrugs. WARNING: Spoilers ahead Fatalistic characters One of the key reasons we don't care about the Velvet Buzzsaw 's characters' deaths is that they don't seem to care that much themselves. Much like how the unfortunate counsellers never seem to put up much of a fight in the Friday the 13th movies ...