On the other hand, being highly critical of religion, mass consumerism and the general darker side of human nature, Peter Adamyan uses pop culture imagery to comment on the contemporary society. (widewalls.ch)
In truth, the factors that motivated the successes of these horror - subgenre entries into the marketplace could be applied to another dominant form of visual entertainment focused on suspense, moodiness, thinly veiled sexual references, and the darkest side of human nature; I'm speaking, of course, of the soap opera. (firstthings.com)
Sure, the big draw of the Apes franchise is battles between guerrilla fighters and actual gorillas, but each of the films is interwoven with interesting, surprisingly astute commentary about the dark side of human nature. (relevantmagazine.com)