NOT SAFE FOR WORK: Top 13 WTF Moments in Horror
Ned Beatty Gets Buggered – Deliverance (1972)
Here comes young Ned Beatty, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed on the set of his first feature film. How exciting! And what a thrilling film…an outdoor adventure set in the wilderness of the southland of America. What could be better? Then…uh oh. Indeed, Deliverance was Ned Beatty’s first film (although we’re quite sure he was well-informed on all of its content before they got to the set in Georgia). Indeed, it’s hard to get more shocking than being attacked, stripped down, and anally raped by a couple of backwoods hillbillies. Beatty handled the scene like a champ, however, and along with the unforgettable guitar/banjo duel, helped to make Deliverance the landmark film that it became. “Squeal like a pig”, indeed.
Oh Komomo – Imprint (2006)
Any number of Takashi Miike works could have made this list, but something about Imprint really cuts to the bone. A selection from Showtime’s “Masters of Horror” anthology series, Imprint is extremely graphic and was deemed too brutal to air on the cable network, even after series creator and executive producer Mick Garris requested it be edited and toned down a bit. Miike thought his work would cozy up just to the line of what was acceptable on American television but then later said that he “evidently misestimated.” Yep, a bit. It wasn’t the scenes featuring aborted fetuses that really got to the viewers as much as the brutal, lengthy torture of lovely Komomo. With bamboo shoots going in and under places you don’t even want to think about, this scene in Imprint is a toe-curling nightmare.
