When Black Birds Fly. It feels an extremely particular type of sick to me. It’s one of my favourite movies, and I haven’t watched it all the way through yet. The rainbow vomit aesthetic of it is, as far as I can tell, unique. Most people hate it.
It’s also unique in that it’s the only thing I’ve had to stop watching despite being very interested. I’ll finish it fully one day.
I’ve probably watched other things people would consider more extreme, but for some reason, this one gets to me, in the best way. Not even necessarily just disturbed, also… overwhelmed.
The horrendous, stilted acting and animation is not accidental, it is a precursor to how nothing in the movie will be comfortable.
I guess it depends on what exactly you mean by fucked up. I watched Dead Alive (NR)/Braindead with a friend and he threw up more than once. I heard from other people they too threw up watching it. But it is a movie that I would consider a borderline comedy.
Some of the horror porn movies like hostel are more fucked up in what happens in them.
I think movies like Misery that show what a plain human is capable of doing to another human is more fucked up than a movie about the supernatural.
Some of the darkest ones I’ve seen (most disturbing) aside from the torture porn genre of modern times come out of the 70’s. The OG chainsaw massacre, or Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer come to mind. They didn’t have a lot of censorship for some things back then. They got away with some pretty twisted shit on-screen.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre actually doesn’t show you much compared to the impression it leaves.
Yeah it wasn’t the gore or special effects that left a mark it was the psychological elements.
I Spit On Your Grave. I don’t know who that movie is made for.
Mother! with Jennifer Lawrence
That movie is very insane indeed! I thought it was very confusing.
Tried to watch it but somehow it made me too uncomfortable lol. Nothing had even happened yet!
The Mangler… too real
The August Underground movies. I used to watch a lot of fucked up shit. In Mordum, the bathtub scene got me.
Toetag did some pretty good practical effects.
Yeah I’m not touching that one.
Yep. August Underground. This is the one.
Ichi the Killer by Takashi MIIKE, really gore and graphic, I had to avert my eyes several times.
I must say while being one of most fucked up movies I’ve seen it’s also one of my favorites.
A person of culture I see! Glad you agree with my assessment
Indeed. Have you seen Audition as well? It’s not on the same level but I think it’s great for being gore fest lol. Also it’s a slow burner and I love those types of thriller / horror movies (Audition is definitely a thriller and not horror). Maybe also Greatful dead btw.
If no one has turned you onto the work of Park Chan-wook you would probably really enjoy him
Ah the director of Oldboy. Haven’t seen any of his other films, might have to give them a try!
I haven’t kept up with his career in a hot minute but the Vengeance trilogy, which includes Oldboy, is really good
No thank you for the recommendation, I’ll check it out!
Good. Directed by Miike as well 😄
I’ve seen Audition, but not the other. Was Audition that gorey? I guess at the climax, but maybe I’m remembering wrong.
The ending is extremely gory. And there is some very interesting scenes in it. I loved it.
Yeah, it was a good movie. After thinking about the ending, I remember more of it now. Quite gory haha. The other is on my list.
The most fucked up scene is the murder of the guy in the gay club at the beginning of Gaspar Noe’s Irreversible The camera work and the shot of the head turning to mush meant it was the only time I’ve ever had to pause a scene and take a breath. A Serbian Film and Salo are awful but none of these are horror movies despite being horrific. Martyrs is great as is Red, White and Blue. I’d personally go with Slaughtered Vomit Dolls or Philosophy of a Knife for straight up fucked up.
On a separate note, JF Gonzalez’ book ‘Survivor’ was one of the most horrific books I ever read, with a few really heinous passages.
A Serbian Films is definitely a movie I wish I never watched. It’s just one of the worst film in terms of content around, It should be banned everywhere…
Banned because it’s so horrifying? I’ve always heard it brought up when mentioning over-the-horrific, but I can’t imagine it’s really as bad as all that. I’ve seen videos discussing it. So I’ve heard a few of the “high” (low) points, but none of them really sound…as bad as everyone makes it out to be.
Ehm… Movies that includes necrophilia and pedophilia is not something that should be allowed… That’s why I’m saying it should be banned… I’m not going to go into details. If you’re interested in learning more about it I’ll leave it at that.
Taken individually, the set pieces in Serbian Film don’t sound that awful (apart from what you mentioned), but as a whole in one sitting, it builds and slowly crushes you. The climax of the movie is simply too much. “Bleak” doesn’t even begin to describe it.
The French version of Martyrs, haunts me forever
I read a review a while ago (a mixed article comparing different movies) and I’m pretty sure I don’t want to see the movie, like ever.
It’s definitely a hard watch… But if you like gore horror then it’s amazing at that, but then again not worth watching if you’re not into it or you think it can be to extreme for you.
Sometime is kinda hard to separate certain movies between Horror gore and "Torture Prn". Titles like “Human Centipede” are in my opinion just plain Torture Prn, with nothing to offer except inhuman torture scenes. Martyrs seems kinda like that too.
Bone Tomahawk
That’s fair! The horror genre is hard to put a finger at times.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Extremity
I would say, martyrs is not in the notable list, but I feel this is one of the worst.
I have seen many movies from this genre and I totally love it… Especially Martyrs are amazing. I doubt I will ever watch it again but it’s so fucking shocking.
I know this is not a diffused opinion, but something about Skinamarink (2023) really messed me up.
Impressive for a budget production but overall this film was a miss for me. My friend I saw it with loved it though so would probably still recommend to genre fans.
The attic scene towards the end of Hereditary lived rent free in my head for a while, so I’d say that film.
Bone Tomahawk
Yeah it definitely has some fucked up moments. I actually watched it today, but did not finish it.
I fell asleep watching that movie with buddies and woke up to the screaming dude being split in half. Not sure I want to watch it in its entirety…
If I remember that is the worst scene haha. Reminds me of Terrifier 😅
The Endless (2017) (by Justin Benson who made Resolution) really creeped me out, but it might be a personal phobia. Sort of existentialist and philosophical fear of things that are so alien they drive you mad.
The horror movie that scared me most was Sinister 2012 (edit: oops not Insidious) even though it’s not anything special. Really depends on the time and place and mood you watch it.
