The 2015 Western, Bone Tomahawk, is often recognized for its bloody gore and violence, so much so that even the movie's lead, Kurt Russell, was surprised, though this darkness is what makes the movie so great. Bone Tomahawk takes place in a small Western town in the 1890s, and centers on Russell as Sheriff Franklin Hunt, whose interrogation of a thief leads to him investigating an even larger conspiracy of a cannibalistic cult. Hunt, along with his deputy, a gunslinger, and an injured man, set out to find the cult's latest victims, only to get captured themselves.

At first glance, Bone Tomahawk doesn't seem much different from any other Western. Many of the same tropes apply, from a gruff yet heroic sheriff to a gunslinger and a pair of brigands. However, Bone Tomahawk's violence is what sets it apart from the rest. In the film, audiences are presented with some truly horrific scenes,...