Kevin Jarre based mostly “Tombstone” on historic occasions and actual individuals, even when, in true Western custom, they have been exaggerated for the sake of storytelling. In distinction, the premise of “Bone Tomahawk” is ripped straight out of a pulp journal (together with some controversial themes that date again to that period), combining Western parts with horror and “bizarre fiction.” Russell factors out, nevertheless, that the movie’s dialogue sounds remarkably pure, explaining that a film about cannibalistic cave-dwelling mutants mockingly portrays much less of an exaggerated tackle late nineteenth-century speech patterns than a basic John Wayne Western:

“I like ‘The Searchers.’ I believe it is a cool film. However the dialogue type? No means. It may possibly’t examine to ‘Bone Tomahawk’ or one thing like ‘Tombstone.’ That is far more of that true taste. This makes you are feeling that this might truly be some bizarre little city in 1897 that’s simply on the market the place no one is aware of the place every thing actually is. The individuals talked this fashion. I imagine that. I do not suppose it is a Hollywood western dialogue film. This has a mode to it. It lends itself far more to the credibility of actuality than virtually all westerns. It does not have a modern-day sound to it.”

Though the plot of “Tombstone” is far more grounded in actuality, Russell appeared drawn to the way in which each movies used their dialogue to humanize their characters. Westerns are identified for mythologizing historic figures, however “Tombstone” and “Bone Tomahawk” brings the Western right down to sandy earth, even when they each nonetheless embrace extravagance in the long run. The previous goals for an intimate portrayal of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, the latter needs its heroes to really feel like unusual males earlier than the creatures come for his or her meat.