An unflinchingly remorseless humiliation ("Piss yah pants!"), rape and murder from Wes Craven's all-kinds-of-banned debut.
The lo-fi trappings - birdsong, natural light, shuffling, awkward performances - make for a hopeless, baseless moment of despair and degradation.
Then, things get really nasty. As Craven says, "Until you disembowel a human and see the messiness of the inside, you haven't come to to the essence of the matter..."
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Down In The Woods
Granny Snuff
Self-Dentistry
Hold Tight!
Cut Got His Tongue
Turtle Terror
Divine Does The Doggy-Doo
Kurtz & The Cow
Room 101
Will The Kid Get It?
Nazi Demon Double Nightmare
Octo-Dinner
Losing His Footing
Slice Of Eye
Splashing Blade
Chomp Stomp
Discovering 'Sloth'
Storming Omaha
Nicky Strikes Out
DNA In The UK
"Is it safe?"
Bottling It
Bloody Birthday
On The Lash
Blood Makes Noise
"You can't go anywhere without feet..."
Nine Minutes In Hell
Angel Loses His Face
Comments
zoodust
Sep 7th 2009, 13:49
nice list! i've seen all of these movies except for "1984", and i think i'm a more complete person because of it! just add the home invasion scene from "henry: portrait of a serial killer" and the dead baby scene from "trainspotting" and you could bring the list to an even 30!
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darjeelingmike
Sep 7th 2009, 18:41
Fantastic list TF, you've really outdone yourselves with this one - some great films on the list! Personally I would add Pascal Laugier's Martyrs, but not a specific scene - just the whole running time. It really is a horrifying experience to sit through! Not the sort of film to watch on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
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MaggieWilliams
Sep 7th 2009, 20:41
Loving the list guys! Although I didn't think Audition was too worthy of a top 10 contender. I've got to say I'm surprised the Head Bashing of Irreversible wasn't in there. But the Rape Scene totally outweighs that.
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marcomick
Sep 7th 2009, 21:11
Great list... Nil By Mouth beating of the wife scene is always pretty hard to watch! would have thrown that in there.
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Lianzza
Sep 8th 2009, 8:28
great job on the list I would say the rape scene from the Accused still makes me feel nauseous and awful though. Also the ending of KIDS.
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liam13
Sep 16th 2009, 0:53
Definitely a good list of horrifying movie moments; I have seen a handful of them, and do plan to watch the rest. However I regret watching your video clip for Cannibal Holocaust; the scenes of animal torture have been removed from the DVD, luckily, and I wish I hadn't watched the turtle die...
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Albertsen
Sep 17th 2009, 16:54
Nice list - but where's the fire extinguisher scene from Irreversible? That scene is similar to the bottle scene in Pan's Labyrinth, but much much worse. (Or better, depending how you look at it.)
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marvel1
Oct 25th 2011, 20:34
Anything with Tom Hanks!! He is the worst actor ever and he's pretty ugly too
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FBSAngelique
Nov 29th 2011, 13:07
I can't watch it...it says click below, but there's just unclickable empty space, no matter how many times I refresh... :(
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