The Top 10 Horror Movies So Nasty People Can’t Finish Them, According to Ranker
The content discussed in the following article is a step beyond the nastiness of mainstream horror fare. If you’re not sure extreme grotesqueness, brutal violence, and absolute stomach-wrenching mayhem is for you then it’s not too late to turn back. If, however, you’re the type to seek out cinema pushing the boundaries of good taste and common decency, then this list might be in your wheelhouse. Today we’re taking look at the top ten horror films that were so nasty, audiences just couldn’t finish them. According to Ranker.
Coming in first place is the 1975 French-Italian open wound of an art film Salo: 120 Days of Sodom from director Pier Paolo Pasolini. This vision of viciousness is a loose retelling of the novel of the same name by the infamous Marquis de Sade. It concerns a mob of monstrous criminals who abduct and torture a group of 18 teenagers. It’s considered to be one of the most grotesque touchstones in modern cinema and is still banned in countless countries. One of the most bizarre circumstances of this film is that it was released only three weeks after the especially brutal slaying of Pasolini in Rome.
The final film featured on Ranker’s list of brutal films audiences couldn’t finish is 2007’s Inside. Written and directed by iconic French filmmaking duo Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, Inside is considered to be a landmark in the new wave of French extreme horror. It concerns the home invasion of a pregnant woman by a stranger who is dead set on retrieving her yet unborn infant. It’s a brutal game of cat and mouse that will leave you breathless. That said, I personally prefer this team’s 2011 film Livide for it’s fantastical, cerebral qualities. Their latest feature The Deep House was released last year.
One title from the forthcoming list I have yet to experience for myself is the 2009 Japanese torture-happy Grotesque from iconic filmmaker Kōji Shiraishi. Why have I skipped this one? It’s widely known to be one of the nastiest repercussions of the 2000s torture porn era, and sounds catastrophically disgusting. The plot concerns a doctor who persistently brutalizes a couple for the majority of its 73 minute runtime. Shiraishi is also famous for creating Noroi: The Curse, the terrifying found footage extravaganza.
Here are the top ten horror movies audiences couldn’t finish, according to Ranker:
- 120 Days of Sodom
- Nekromantik
- The Golden Glove
- Kuso
- Guinea Pig: Flower of Flesh and Blood
- Thanatomorphose
- Grotesque
- A Serbian Film
- The Human Centipede
- Inside
Its tough to address a list of unwatchable horrors without touching on A Serbian Film. This infamous 2010 exercise in total brutality is literally a Serbian horror film directed by Srđan Spasojević. Due to its graphic violence, often sexual in nature, A Serbian Film was effectively banned in a number of countries. A court in Spain exiled the title for “threatening sexual freedom”, resulting in its inability to be showcased in the XXI Semana de Cine Fantástico y de Terror. I won’t divulge the plot for this rattling movie here, but it’s definitely an adults-only affair.
Lastly, what do you think? Are there any other titles better-deserving of a spot on Rankers list of the most grotresque horror films ever made? Let us know on Twitter via @DreadCentral. We’re always around to chat all things extreme horror.
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