Nominees for Most Gruesome Movie Of All Time
Ive seen most of these myself, so Ill try to see if I can break these down as well.
Im going to go with the 2010 version, because the original simply wasn't gruesome. With regards to the 2010 version, in the absence of good acting, believable plot and character development, what we are left with is about two hours of brutal rape and torture. While it maintains the level of gruesome throughout, it doesn't reach the level that others on this list do.
This is, at its black heart, a very dumb movie. Probably, the most clever thing in the film, is the very weak parallel drawn between the legalized red light district in Amsterdam, and the illicit torture rooms in Slovakia. Everything else is utter crap. We don't really care about the three men, so the tortures that they endure aren't really effective at eliciting any sympathy, it's more that we're glad it's not happening to us. The motivations for the men that torture is never made clear, it's more a general sociopathic disconnect that's vaguely hinted at. It's also worthwhile noting that the one character that seems to be gay is singled out as the worst of the torturers, further contributing to the filmic stereotype of homosexual as homicidal. And its not that gruesome save for one or two scenes.
Nausea inducing, pretentious arty camera work and a self-conscious,predetermined attempt to shock,doesn't help this consternation of a movie. The well documented rape scene is disturbing, purposefully overly long, and the notion that if we watch this all the way through we are all voyeur's, doesn't wash.The talented Monica Bellucci is merely served up as eye candy and meat for the rape.The only thing good in this movie is Vincent Cassel,of whom elevates the whole proceedings with depth and gravitas. This was a pointless and calculated attempt to shock and earnest attempt at notoriety, and was my initial nomination actually. But....
This film blows away
Irreversible, to be honest. It's a horror film in the most literal sense. Despite it's scenes of horrendous violence and attempts to disturb the viewer, it provokes a reaction and makes one think at the same time. The film has a powerful message about man's cruelty and violence, and unlike many of the others on the list, it's one that sticks with you for a long time after viewing. People being ripped open and eaten,including even a penis being partially torn off. A woman having a foetus torn out of her and it buried in mud. Another woman raped with a ***** and than having a mudball with nails on thrust between her legs too. The animal cruelty that's terribly unforgiveable. The gore quotient in this move far outranks any of the others.
Ive never seen this one, so I can't comment.
This film is on here why? The sequel does have more graphic violence and gore then the first one. There is animal slaughter, a shootout, an execution by firing squad, some stunts gone awry, and a boxing match that ends in tradgedy but it's more of a curiosity piece then anything.
Not even the most gruesome of the seven Saw movies, perhaps the least gruesome and most plot driven. I really enjoyed this movie, but it's not near as gruesome as most of the movies on here.
The fact that this film employs children as the main protagonists of the story is the key to the whole impact of the film, which does up the grotesque factor slightly. Further, only occasionally does the camera pan away from the final deed, and the movie is violent from start to finish. But it's more violent then it is grotesque.
Probably the second least gruesome movie on the list, honestly. The violence in it was sickening at the time, but such things have quickly gotten normalized in our culture's ongoing desensitization.
A great horror film, but it's important to differentiate between horror and gruesome. Gruesome it is not.
The Last House On The Left
Last House on the Left performs some things that remain almost unheard of in the movies, especially horror movies, such as the fact that it contains full frontal nudity and extensive and brutal violence, but glorifies neither. The simple fact that this movie can be as graphic as it is without being exploitative is enough to show that even though it is violent and gruesome at times, it's nowhere near the top of the list.
August Underground's Mordum
I couldn't sit through the whole thing, to be honest. There'sgenital mutilation, cannibalism, rape, torture, sex with severed penises, and murdering of children. Just a disturbing, grotesque, film. I didnt make it through the whole thing and what I did see still disturbs me when I think about it. Id probably vote for it had I seen the whole thing, but it was simply too much for me.
Flowers Of Flesh And Blood
Never saw these two.
The reason this movie is so notorious is mainly because of a handful of scenes. Most of them are gruesome, but strangely fascinating, such as the frostbite experiment. The two most grotesque scenes are the autopsy scene, and the decompression chamber one, both of which appear to use real corpses What really pushes this movie over the edge though are the two scenes which involve animal abuse, the rats being burned alive, and the cat being eaten by rats. It's reprehensible, but overall, not as gruesome as a few of the others on the list.
Irreversible was originally my first choice, but after seeing
Cannibal Holocaust on the list, Ill probably go with that. If I had sat through
August's Underground Mordum I might vote for that, but I couldnt so I won't.
Cannibal Holocaust is the goriest and most grotesque film Ive seen from start to finish in that it simply doesn't let up, and is so visual and depraved. I dont commend the movie and its deplorable, but will get my vote.
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). If you want to see a far more gruesome docsploitation series, look up Traces of Death. 