MORE DISTURBING MOVIES

MORE DISTURBING MOVIES



This is a continuation of my notorius Really Disturbing and Vile Movies page, unlike the previous list I have yet to watch all of these films. I created this list from the input of fans at large who were more then eager to suggest more vicious little films that are out there. I will do what I can to find more films to add and I am happy to accept even more input.....

If you are looking for Salo, Nekromantik or Blood Sucking Freaks they are on the above page........


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A.K.A. Man Bites Dog- (1992) Belgium

With all the recent movies about crime and violence we would assume someone would do a film from a reporters view on the criminal life. A documentary crew decides to follow the life of a criminal in his daily routine and in doing so go far beyond then they had expected. MAN BITES DOG is a pseudo-documentary that follows the killing sprees of the murderous Benoit (Benoit Poelvoorde). With cameras rolling, he calmly explains his theories about killing people and weighing down the bodies so they won't float to the surface of whatever river or lake he dumps them in. He then proceeds to slaughter person after person, respecting neither age, sex or race, and murdering in a wide variety of ways from strangulation to a bullet to the head. All the while, the film crew trails him, heedless of the danger they put themselves in, and uncaring as they are drawn deeper and deeper into the psychotic, criminal world of their subject. Every moment of this film is shot documentary-style in grainy black-and-white. This pseudo-realism, complete with choppy editing and unsteady, hand-held camera shots, gives an eerie air of legitimacy to MAN BITES DOG. Added to that, the three main characters in the film all use their real names. The film makers are Remy and Andre, and the killer is Benoit. Benoit possesses an especially interesting personae. Heartless as a killer, he's actually a fun guy to be around most of the time. He loves his girlfriend and adores his family. He's smart and thoughtful, often giving lengthy discourses on various aspects of life and death. Then, the next thing you know, he's blowing someone's brains out or raping a woman while her naked husband looks on in horror. An issue addressed by MAN BITES DOG is how intimately the media becomes involved in the stories they cover. Are they simply reporting the facts or, by their mere presence, are they participating in them? The answer given by this film isn't obscure as the movie makers slowly come to assist Ben in his various crimes. At first, it's just little things like shining a light in a certain spot, but it doesn't take long before they're actually joining in. There are even moments when Benoit yells at the crew for not assisting him when he has a fight or gets a difficult victim.

At one time or another, comparisons have been made between this film and a couple of other recent, gut-wrenching productions--HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER, NATURAL BORN KILLERS and RESERVOIR DOGS. Obviously not a movie for everyone, MAN BITES DOG boasts graphic displays of murder and rape. There's very little of the human body--inside or out--that isn't shown at one time or another during the course of this movie. Nevertheless, if you do venture to see MAN BITES DOG, you would have to be made out of stone to miss the visceral, sardonic impact of a highly-unusual film.
Besides Salo, this was the most often requested film for me to survey, I guess it's for those who feel Tarantino is too Disney like.

The Iron Man- Tetsuo (1990) Japan

Ever wonder what would happen if you shoved a piece of wrought iron into your leg. Ever wonder what would occur if you suddenly developed a metal fetish. Using some techniques that seem more suited for a rock video, Tetsuo starts and finishes as if the director was on speed, and maybe something stronger. The film starts off with a shocking scene of a man who cuts open his leg and inserts a metal shaft into the skin. The pain not with standing, he then runs into the street and gets hit by a passing motorist. The man in the car then suddenly develops a strange personnel affliction, while he is shaving a piece of metal sticks out of him. He then finds himself being stalked by a strange woman who is not quiet human. All of this seems like a dream and for the early part he thinks he is just imagining it. He then returns home and sleeps with his girlfriend, stopping when the metamorphosis gets too wild. She tells him that is not afraid and want’s him to come back, she can handle anything she states. His awkward appearance at first makes her a little reluctant but then she seems drawn to him. The encounter proves a fatal as his newly obtained mega penis literally cuts her up. His transformation continues and we are witness to a wild series of comical chases that occurs s his imagined nemesis appears for a final confrontation. The finale takes place in an industrial warehouse where it is quite a show, in fast forward of course. Even though the movie is about an hour long, Tetsuo has the pacing of a much longer film. The rapid sequences and nightmare like imagery create an atmosphere that rivals something by David Lynch (I MEAN ERASERHEAD!). Definitely not for those who want a nice evening with there loved one. Followed by an equally weird sequel.
Not since Eraserhead has a movie so drained me of life force, thank God it was only one hour long!

Caligula - (1980) US

The rise and fall of the notorious Roman Emperor Caligula, showing the violent methods that he employs to gain the throne, and the subsequent insanity of his reign - he gives his horse political office and humiliates and executes anyone who even slightly displeases him. He also sleeps with his sister, marries a notorious prostitute, organizes elaborate orgies and embarks on a fruitless invasion of England before meeting an appropriate end. All of this to show the opulent excess that was common in post Christ Rome. Produced by Bob Guccione and written by Gore Vidal, both of them seem quite disgusted by the film and have distanced themselves from it. The scenes of wild parties and massive orgies make one cringe in disgust, these where some pretty sick people and with the very graphic scenes of sodomy and such, it will definitely offend some. There are various versions of the film, ranging from the heavily- edited 90-minute version to the legendary 160-minute hard-core version which leaves nothing to the imagination (though the hard-core scenes were inserted later and do not involve the main cast members). Malcolm McDowell, John Guilgood and Peter O’Toole tarnish their resumes with this pond scum. The only really cool scene is a wicked looking decapitation machine that is used to lob off some traiterous heads. Only for those who really want to torture themselves……
To think that the Romans were the civilized ones!

Meet The Feebles - (1989) New Zealand

Ever wonder what kind of movie would offend John Waters, it is very safe to say that if ever there was a movie that would offend just about everyone it would be "Meet The Feebles". Who exactly are the Feebles, they are a motley group of muppet likes creatures who work in a theater production company.

The Feebles--the creatures which populate this movie--are a cross between the Muppets and the monsters from RETURN OF THE JEDI. But the denizens of Peter Jackson's dark, puppet demesne are not cute and cuddly. To the outside world, the stars of "The Fabulous Feebles Variety Hour" television special are celebrities worthy of adoration, but those who spend time behind-the-scenes know the real story. The Feebles are engaged in every kind of depravity imaginable, from pornography to homicidal shooting sprees. In brief, there's Harry the hare, who thinks he's infected with a terminal sexually-transmitted disease; Bletch the walrus, who runs a XXX video business on the side; Sebastian the fox, who writes and sings a song called "Sodomy"; Trevor the rat, who deals drugs and sounds like Peter Lorre; Heidi the hippo, the aging, overweight star attraction; and Wynyard the frog, a Vietnam Vet with a heroin habit. The stories of these and a few other characters are told in a disgustingly graphic, obscenely offbeat, and caustically funny manner. MEET THE FEEBLES is for those with a strong stomach and a seriously warped sense of humor. The film is so off the beaten track that it makes MONTY PYTHON seem mainstream. The mood of the viewer goes a long way to determining how much enjoyment is culled from MEET THE FEEBLES. It probably helps to watch this film with a group of like-minded individuals, perhaps after imbibing a little too much alcohol. Calling this film "bizarre" is far too tame--it's sick, ribald, and willing to try just about anything. That makes for a nearly-unprecedented monument to bad taste. Sounds a little like something by John Waters, doesn't it? It should be noted that grossing people out isn't the only objective of MEET THE FEEBLES. Despite being buried beneath copious quantities of body fluids and other revolting material, Jackson's film contains a satirical message about not objectifying media stars. This movie was created some seven years ago, yet it doesn't take much stretch of the imagination to relate it to certain current high-profile news stories. How different is the Feebles' three ring circus from that of the O.J. Simpson trial?
I have yet to find any movie that has such a firm reaction on its viewers, you either really love it or you wish to burn it!

Videodrome - (1983) Canada

James Woods plays a pirate TV director who is fascinated by a series of bizarre telecasts which portray scenes of death and torture. He searches out the so called snuff programs and discovers and even more shocking situation. Before David Cronenburg really weirded out with Naked Lunch, his most whacked and bizarre film was this 1982 cult hit. The so called Videodrome, is first thought to come from an unknown foreign country. The program feature scenes of Sadomasochism, torture and really bizarre sexual images. The video is discovered to be an elaborate plot by a secret organization to rid the population of the Scum who are turned on by it, it seems that watching Videodrome causes deadly brain tumors. The film boasts elaborate special effects and the work of makeup master Rick Baker, as with all Cronenburg films this one boasts many really creepy scenes and very graphic violence. Just think what type of stuff we get today and one must wonder if we are not one step away from Videodrome…..
So much for public access

El Topo - (1971) Mexico

The gunfighter El Topo ("The Mole") and his young son ride through a desert to a village, whose inhabitants have been massacred. Bandits are nearby, torturing and killing the survivors. El Topo rescues a woman (Mara), who leads him on a mission to find and defeat the four master gunmen of the desert. Leaving his son with a group of monks, El Topo and Mara complete the mission, accompanied by a mysterious woman in black. The women leave El Topo wounded in the desert, where he is found by a clan of deformed people who take him to the remote cavern where they live. Awakening years later, he goes with a dwarf woman to a nearby town, promising to dig a tunnel through which the cave-dwellers can escape. They find the town run by a vicious sheriff and home to a bizarre religious cult. El Topo's son, now a man, is a monk in the town. The completion of the tunnel leads El Topo, the townspeople, and the cave-dwellers to a bloody and tragic end.
Obviously for those who felt The Unforgiven was not a disturbing enough western.

Santa Sangre - (1989)

Picture a movie that crosses Psycho with Freaks, and adds a little Fellini for cosmetic charm. The gifted Mexican director Alejandro Jodorowsky brings forth yet another atypical trip into geniune horror. We meet a young man who is confined to a mental hospital and through a series of flashbacks we are witness to a series of brutal events. His parent’s were circus performers, his mother an aerialist and his father a tattooed strongman. His mother was also the leader of a women’s cult that worshipped a limbless saint, the saint was poor woman who attacked by a man and had her arms severed. The blood of this saint is “Santa Sangre”, holy blood, and is collected in a pool in a church which is destined to be bulldozed. Later we witness a horrible event transpire, his mother witnesses his father having an affair with another carnival performer and she tracks them down and kills the woman and fatally injures her husband. During the attack she loses her limbs, much like the saint she worships. All of this is supposed to have happened years before, but did it really transpire. We return to the boy at the asylum and he is met by his limbless mother who uses him as her “Limbs” in a series of gruesome murders and acts of revenge. Along the way we are witnessed to a multitude of images and powerful scenes which may or may not be real, all the while we must consider that we may be witnessing the delusions of a mental patient. Like his earlier work, El Topo, Santa Sangre is a powerful and violent film that does not follow normal conventions. Its style is unique and wildly imaginative. Director Alejandro Jodorowsky has again created another wild ride in the weird world of Mexican horror. Available in NC-17 and a toned down R version. Never let it be said that Mexican Horror is lame!

Buried Alive aka Blue Holocaust- (1979) Italy

Beginning with a voodoo style death of a woman, Buried Alive would set itself up and deliver to its audience what may be the most gory and brutal Italian horror film ever made. We follow a taxidermist who wishes to make his dead lover into a real trophy. Her lover then exhumes her body and removes her entrails in a most graphic and hideous display. He is caught by a young woman and she is soon tortured, killed and then chopped up and made into fertilizer. The lover then stuffs her and turns her into a wild taxidermy project for his weird sexual appetite. The film pretty much goes from shocking to very shocking. With its infamous scenes of evisceration, torture, cremation and all out grossness this film is only recommended to those with strong stomachs. What may have been an attempt to display necropheliac passions is instead nothing more then all out exploitation designed to gross out its audience and set new standards in total vileness.
Something for those who felt Nekromantik was missing something, like a plot!

Make Them Die Slowly aka Cannibal Ferox (1980) Italy

I recall writing the review of Cannibal Holocaust thinking that it was the most vile of the Spaghetti Cannibal Films of the 70’s. Make Them Die Slowly would become one of the most infamous of the genre and next to Cannibal Holocaust may well be one of the most brutal of the Cannibal sub-genre. A group of graduate students set out to investigate the stories of cannibalism in South America and hope to disprove them as wild rumors. They befriend a cruel drug dealer and in the course of the expedition he ends up raping and killing a local villager. The tribe then captures the outsiders and kills all except for one woman. The tribe then proceeds to cook and eat the team members as revenge for the cruelty the drug dealer inflicted on them. The surviving women does make it back to civilization and receives her diploma, all the while keeping the horrible incident to herself. The film is best noted for the a brutal impalement scene involving a woman who is hung by her breasts in a scene reminiscent of A Man Called Horse. Like Cannibal Holocaust this films obvious racism is masked by the brutality of white men on their culture but they seem to focus more on the brutal savage behavior of the locals and downplay the violence of the white explorers. As with all Cannibal films of this period what you got was plenty of savage behavior, a lot of bloodshed and little mercy given to the explorers.
How many times have we been told not to tease the Cannibals!

Sweet Movie - (1973) Canada, W Germany, France

The winner of the Miss World Virginity contest escapes from a sexless marriage to an oil tycoon, has a wild affair with a famous rock star and settles in a radical commune. Meanwhile, a boat travels the canals of Amsterdam with a cargo of sugar, a demented crew, a revolutionary zealot captain and her lover, a refugee from the Battleship Potemkin. Makavejev's bizarre and pointedly satirical vision is totally uncompromising and filled with shocking images. Whoever said a movie with the word sweet in the title could not be so.
This one came highly recommended, such an odd little movie and yet it really is quite shocking!

Desperate Living - (1977)

A rich housewife murders her husband with the help of her overweight maid, and the two go on the run, ending up in Mortville, a town providing refuge for criminals. They shack up with a lesbian ex-wrestler and her murderess lover, before running into the tyrannical Queen Carlotta, ruler of Mortville... Yet another classic by the prince of sleaze John Waters,
I got alot of reaction's for putting Pink Flamingos in my first list and leaving this one out, OK already!


I Dare You to Name a VILER Movie!!!!!

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