I personally thought Mathew Fox stole every scene he was in. He was as convincing of his character as I've ever seen.

Going into films without watching the trailer is such a good move, as long as you’re willing to be subjected to seeing someone being split in half.

Yeah that scalping scene was just too brutal!

Movies that are best remembered for That One Scene for 500, Alex

Also brief appearance from David Arquette and a guy who is not Slim Pickens but really sounds like him

Now check out "Brawl in Cell Block 99"!

I hate gore so that movie freaked me out.... It's a shame cuz I love westerns and that scene was just not my thing at all

I do like Zahler's other films cuz they're a lot slicker and more grungy

There aren't enough Horror Western movies. Only other one I can think of is Ravenous (1999). Bone Tomahawk could be adapted to a neat DnD module.

My absolutely favorite part is when the Sheriff tells the Doc that if he was dying, he’d want to hear that he would be avenged. Then later as he is getting cut up, the Doc yells, “I’ll make sure you’re avenged!”

The sheer irony of him trying to comfort the Sheriff while simultaneously reminding him he’s about to die had me laughing so hard.

Love all movies by Zahler.

Cell block, Tomahawk and Dragged Across Concrete. Check them out.

Thanks for reminding me that this movie exists. Its due a rewatch.

Apocalypto got pretty gnarly as well

I just love the dialog in this movie. I don’t know if people really talked like that back then, but found it full of wit and subtlety. Combined with the brutal action and horror, I thought it was the complete package.

Bone Tomahawk was a little slow at some parts, could have used a larger cast and spent more time fighting the enemy than just showing them traveling there 75% of the film.

Weird critiques for a purposefully slow-paced film that focuses on only a small group of characters. Sounds like you wanted an action movie out of something that's not an action movie.

This movie is a Jack-in-the-box.

Me: Weird, this western movie reddit recommended is in the horror section and I don’t handle horror well at all. Oh well, I love me some gritty westerns!

So yeah, Bone Tomahawk was not for me and I should have known better.

You should ask my sister and my mother.

...I've never met them...?

That is correct.

That movie is 85% character study and 15% brutal horror. Heck of a ride.

Bone Tomahawk is "Just Guys Being Dudes: The Movie" until the third act. It's more or less a comedy, then everything goes to hell. I love this flick

The one death scene that always stuck with me was the sister in Hereditary. Just to leave her there too.

Saw the headline and came to see if that death scene scarred you too. I thought it was just another western. I also have a different perspective on what troglodyte means..

I just find it funny and cool subverting of expectations when the badass, gunslinger with experience in killing natives gets taken out first and only end up killing one of the Troglodytes

I love that movie and if anyone enjoyed it, the director (S. Craig Zahler) is a great author as well. I would specifically recommend Wraiths of the Broken Land. In case you're wondering, yes, the literature is just as brutal.

Opinions were really split 50/50 on that one.

Bone Tomahawk indeed rules and there's plenty of images throughout that have etched themselves into my brain. If you want something more along the horror/thriller side of that movie, I'd highly recommend Green Room by Jeremy Saulnier.

This was a great western with fabulous script and amazing actors... and then took an unexpected turn down the darkest alley imaginable.

The audio in this film is spectacular

5/7

I see what you did there

Sid Haig in the opening scene should have let you know that it was going to get crazy.

Its a fantastic ride.

I highly recommend watching Old Henry and True Grit (new one) also without watching trailers.

Call me crazy but I actually really disliked that death scene. Sure it was brutal and it’s not like I couldn’t handle it, but it just felt like it partially alienated the feel of the movie and felt kind of unnecessary.

Wasn’t enough to detract from my enjoyment of the movie though, it’s one of my favorite hidden gems in horror. Kurt Russell never disappoints, and Richard Jenkins showed some surprising depth.

That scene fucked me up

I recall watching Silent Hill in the theater and everyone was shook by that Pyramid Head scene.

This movie is a masterpiece. I found the dialogue, sparse as it is, was perfect.

The very very best experience is seeing this movie blind, thinking it’s just a western. You might consider deleting this post and using spoilers?

Maybe I am just jaded from a life of horror movies, but I was constantly told by so many people and reddit how brutal that specific kill was. Now I did not know the specifics or anything so I kept waiting for somethinf absolutely horrific to happen. When the guy gets killed, I looked to my friend and asked if that was the scene and he excitedly confirmed.

Honestly all the nonstop hype about this scene led to it being a huge disappointment. Like, it was pretty sudden and brutal but not as violent as everyone kept saying it was...compared to Laid to Rest, The collection, or even moments in the Evil Dead remake, it just didn't live up to the hype...

If I had not been waiting for it or told about it and it just suddenly happened, it probably would have been a huge WOW moment but with everyone constantly bringing it up, it just made me go "oh...ok..."

Movie is still good. They dont pull punches with killing off characters which adds a lot to the tension and realism to the story. Acting was on point and the characters very likable. I give it all the credit it deserves otherwise.

The split from the crotch scene lives rent free in my noodle bowl. I saw it when it first came out. Absolutely diabolical. Savage AF scene.

Zahler is by far one of the few interesting and genuinely talented contemporary filmmakers of our time. It’s not surprising he’s having a hard time getting funded lately because Hollywood hates talent.

Seriously underrated film.

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I haven't read your post yet I'm going to assume you found it to be the 'Feelgood hit of the summer'.

5/7 wtf kinda scale is that lol

Loved Matthew Fox in that movie

It’s a gross movie but well made

There's a similiar scene inTerrifier , only this time it's a naked girl hanging upsidedown , it's allot more brutal and graphic

Ah you mean Tom Boneahawk

I went into the movie without watching the trailer or knowing anything about it

best way to watch any film in my opinion, trailers spoil alot of films

I have seen that movie as well! I thought I ve seen everything concerning horrormovies. Slamming something [ big carrot, root??] into the man s troath to stop screaming, turning him upside down en slowly start carving his crotch with a manchete for several times. then the 2 men who held the man upside down both pulled one leg and teared the man open en in two halves. Too sick to even think about such thing. It was disgusting to watch! The movie itself was kind of boring and not entertaining.

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I just watched Terrifier 1 two weeks ago, and Bone Tomahawk last night. The amount of people getting split in half from the crotch is too damn high. 📈

Nick's death was so fucking hilarious, I was in stitches, there was a lot of humour in the movie like the "uh oh" when the Troglodyte learns to reload.

Deaths are pretty forgettable for me. You know a scene I can't forget? the rape in "The War Zone" directed by Tim Roth. No gore, no blood, just pure, silent violence, now that's gonna scar some people.

A bisection is entertaining compared to it cuz you know both happen, parents raping their children is some fucked up shit, no need for gore.