NOT SAFE FOR WORK: Top 13 WTF Moments in Horror
Skewered and Filleted – Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Widely viewed as one of the most censored and banned films of all time, Cannibal Holocaust has a slew of scenes that fit this list, including some real animal cruelty that got the filmmakers in hot water. Ruggero Deodato certainly succeeds in creating a violent look at a tribe of primitive cannibals but went off the deep end with the filming of the butchering of a giant turtle. And, as those who’ve seen the film will attest, nothing is left to the imagination. However, if you manage to make it through the turtle and all the rest of the violence and cannibalism, you get a look at one of the most iconic NFSW moments in horror: the impalement of a native girl on a huge pole that goes…well, right up through her and out the mouth. The scene is legendary as is the film. WTF?!
Whacks on, Whacks off – The ABCs of Death – “L Is for Libido” (2012)
Filmmaker Timo Tjahjanto is on fire. His unforgettable segment in V/H/S 2, entitled “Safe Haven,” could make its own case for inclusion on this list, but he goes even further with his short entitled “L Is for Libido” in The ABCs of Death. For those not familiar with this particular piece, it involves a man who wakes up to find himself in a masturbation contest…to the death! And as the man continues to cum faster than each of his opponents, the inspiration for their masturbation becomes more and more vile as the stages go on, including a leg amputee who masturbates with her prosthetic and an old man violating a young boy. Shocking? I would say so. There is an oh, so brief look at the film in the very last second or two of the trailer below. Tjahjanto is becoming a fan favorite for his edgy work, and “L Is for Libido” is just another feather in his cap.
