5. The Toxic Avenger - The head crushing scene
I was an impressionable young boy when I was first exposed to this film. If I remember correctly, a few friends and I rented The Toxic Avenger from a local video store, back in the days when giving children violent films to watch was perfectly fine. I remember watching as a speeding car hits a boy on his bike. After impact, the boy (who was probably around my age at the time) crawls along the road, unable to walk. His attackers see that he's still alive, so they put it in reverse for one more head crushing try. It's very cheesy looking, but back then I totally would have believed that they filmed an actual head being run over. For days after, the image would playback in my mind. I was just so amazed something like this had been filmed. The upside of course was that there were plenty of boobs for us to look at...Score!
4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Kirk's death scene
TCM is one of my favorite films of all time. It's another movie I somehow saw as a kid. The movie scared me, it was dirty, rough around the edges and like nothing I had seen up until then. Kirk receives a hammer beating from Leatherface, which in itself is pretty brutal...But it's the moment right after that which made a real impact. In one smooth motion, Leatherface drags Kirk's convulsing body into a blood red room and slams the metal sliding door closed. Horrifying. It still creeps me out today.
3. Cannibal Ferox - Any & all animal death scenes
People get killed, people get tortured, people get eaten...It's just a movie. But once I see a huge sea turtle actually get it's head taken off on camera, forget it...I can't watch. First time I saw it, I was shocked to say the least. I really do like this movie but I have zero interest in watching it again...And that goes for Cannibal Holocaust too.
2. Thriller, A Cruel Picture - The eye slicing scene
Thriller, A Cruel Picture is a classic exploitation film, starring the lovely Ms. Lindberg. Long before seeing it, I heard the filmmakers of Thriller had used a real corpse in one of the scenes, but I wasn't completely convinced this was true.
"A long standing rumor surrounding the film was that a real corpse was used for the scene where Madeleine's eye is taken out with a scalpel. In a March 2006 interview, Christina Lindberg confirmed this. The body was of a young girl who had committed suicide. Makeup was added to the eye, and the shot was filmed in the hospital that had received the body." - from imdb.com
After seeing the footage I am now a true believer. It looks exactly like you'd think a scalpel entering an eyeball should look...Stomach turningly disgusting.
1. Irreversible - Face vs fire extinguisher scene
Completely brutal scene. No cutaways. Just violence. If you're not familiar with this film, (although I'm sure you are) see it. Gaspar Noé knows how to shoot traumatic events...by staying with the action for just a little too long. This method forces you to fully process and deal with the horror you're seeing, further driving home the realism of the awful attack. Watch my #1 pick below, but be warned...It's graphic.
Don't like my list? Check out the video below. This kid is gonna school y'all chumps on the goriest gross out horror films. Yo, sound the bell, school is in, sucka!
I could listen to this kid drone on about movies for hours...It's beyond entertaining. Also, you have to drink every time he says the word "gory".
I would love to hear some of your most horrific film memories, don't be shy...Leave a comment!
7 comments:
I'm commenting but I don't have much to add. We have very similar cinematic tastes.
Although, I saw the Johnny Depp eruption of blood scene in "Nightmare" when I was a bit too young. Didn't sleep that night.
Damage to the eye always creeps me out and is one of the reasons I've never actually seen Thriller.
However, I rented "Evil Dead Trap", not knowing that the earliest death in the movie also includes a knife slicing into an eyeball. I never expected to ever see an eye burst and ooze fluid on film, but there it was. Still freaks me out just to think about it.
I have to say I agree with those scenes. I also hate the repeated raping of Jennifer Hills in I Spit on Your Grave.
Another series of movies that have me shocked were the Guinea Pig series. Especially Mermaid in the Manhole. That ending got me real good... woo, it's getting me right now too. haha
Nice list, I remember watching the special features on the Irreversible disc just to reassure myself that I hadn't inadvertently watched a snuff film, recognizable actors involved or not.
The DVD kid is on odd duck, I'm fascinated by his Conan inspired hairstyle. I wonder if he'd wear a bejeweled leather and metal headband if someone were to send it to him?
I don't have any stuff from newer movies to comment with, but I have one from my childhood that stuck with me pretty good:
The "Anne Ramsey meets Basketball head explosion" scene from Deadly Friend. I mean, her head explodes into a gory mush, and then the body dances around for what seems an eternity before collapsing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSW2pPlZF-M
Well, okay.. when I was a kid this was the scariest and most cool thing in the world.
-Sabrina
That kid is hot stuff! "Lucio Fulluchie!"
I haven't seen Irreversible yet, so I'll skip the clip even though I wanna watch it soo bad.
The TCM pick is a great one...that scene always scared the shit out of me as a kid, and still does to this day. Just the way Leatherface slams the metal door shut is truly frightening.
I had heard about the Thriller eyeball scene before seeing it, and like you when I saw it, I knew it was real.
You've confused Cannibal Holocaust with Cannibal Ferox. Holocaust is the one with the turtle-chopping scene. And Martyrs may not have the gore quotient you seek, but it's more disturbing than every movie you mention except Irreversible.
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