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The Most Infamous Shock Movies - TerrorScribe - 06-07-2010
A colleague of mine sent me a tweet yesterday that got me thinking. He wanted a list of films from me of infamous "shock" horror movies. I asked him if he wanted actually shocking or advertised as shocking. He said he wanted either. So, here was what I came up with on the fly:
Nosferatu (1922)
Dracula (1931)
The Tingler (1959)
The Exorcist (1973)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
What would you consider a "shocking" movie? What makes it so?
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - Trioxin149 - 06-08-2010
Salo: 120 Days of Sodom (they eat shit)
Men Behind The Sun (watch and you'll see)
The Guinea Pig Series (good ol' fashioned brutality)
Toy Story (Buzz almost died)
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - gore - 06-08-2010
Cannibal Holocaust
Cannibal Ferox AKA Make them die Slowly
Unhinged (Was part of the "Video Nasties" back in the day) -
DPP list -
The DPP list of 'video nasties' was first made public in June 1983. The list was modified monthly as prosecutions failed or were dropped. In total, 72 separate films appeared on the list at one time or another. Thirty-nine films were successfully prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act but some of these films have been subsequently cut and then approved for release by the BBFC. The remaining 35 were either not prosecuted or had unsuccessful prosecutions.
A number of films spent a short time on this list because their prosecutions failed shortly after publication or because it was decided that prosecution was not worth pursuing. Ultimately, the list became obsolete when the Video Recordings Act came into force, and since 2001, several of the films have been released uncut.
In the majority of cases below where cuts were made, they were scenes of real-life animal cruelty and/or excessive violence to women, both of which are still regarded with some degree of severity by the BBFC.
Absurd (original/alternate titles: Rosso Sangue, Anthropophagus 2 â released with 2m 32s cut in 1983, though it was withdrawn post VRA, and has never been re-submitted for classification)(Does have a release in the United States uncut under the title Horrible)
The Anthropophagous Beast (original title: Antropophagus â released with approximately 3m of pre-cuts as "The Grim Reaper" in 2002)
Axe! (original title: Lisa, Lisa â re-released uncut in 2005)
The Beast in Heat (original title: La bestia in Calore) (Banned outright)
The Beyond (original title: E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'Aldilà â re-released uncut in 2001)
Blood Feast (re-released uncut in 2005)
Blood rites (original title: The Ghastly Ones) (Banned outright)
Bloody Moon (original title: Die Säge des Todes â released with 1m 20s cut in 1993, released uncut November 2008)
The Boogeyman (original title: The Boogeyman â re-released uncut in 2000)
The Burning (re-released uncut in 2001)
Cannibal Apocalypse (original title: Apocalypse Domani â released with 2s cut in 2005)
Cannibal Ferox (alternate title: Make them Die Slowly. released with approximately 5m of pre-cuts plus 6s of additional cuts in 2000)
Cannibal Holocaust (released in 2001 with 5m 44s cut to remove most animal cruelty and rape scenes)
Cannibal Man (original title: La Semana del Asesino â released with 3s cut in 1993)
Cannibal Terror (original title: Terror CanÃbal â released uncut in 2003)
Contamination (released uncut in 2004 with a 15 rating)
Dead & Buried (re-released uncut in 2004)
Death Trap (original title: Eaten Alive â re-released uncut in 2000)
Deep River Savages (original/alternate title: Il paese del sesso selvaggio, Man from Deep River. â released with 3m 45s cut in 2003)
Delirium (released with 16s cut in 1987) (was also called psycho puppet)
Devil Hunter (original title: Il cacciatore di uomini) (Passed uncut November 2008)
Don't Go in the House (released with 3m 7s cut in 1987)
Don't Go in the Woods (released uncut in 2007)
Don't Go Near the Park (released uncut in 2006)
Don't Look in the Basement (original title: The Forgotten â released uncut in 2005 with a 15 rating)
The Dorm That Dripped Blood (re-released with 10s cut in 2001) (Alternate title: Pranks)
The Driller Killer (released with cuts in 1999 - re-released uncut in 2002)
The Evil Dead (re-released uncut in 2001)
Evilspeak (re-released uncut in 1999)
Exposé (re-released with approximately 30s cut in 2006)
Faces of Death (released with 2m 19s cut in 2003)
Fight For Your Life (Banned outright)
Flesh for Frankenstein (re-released uncut in 2006) (Alternate title: Andy Warhol's Frankenstein)
Forest of Fear (original title: Bloodeaters) (Banned outright)
Frozen Scream (Banned outright)
The Funhouse (released uncut in 1987)
Gestapo's Last Orgy (original title: L'ultima orgia del III Reich) (Banned outright)
The House by the Cemetery (original title: Quella villa accanto al cimitero â re-released with 33s cut in 2001, Released uncut in 2009)
House on the Edge of the Park (original title: La casa sperduta nel parco â released with 11m 43s cut in 2002)
Human Experiments (released with 26s cut in 1994)
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses (released with 1m 6s cut in 1986)
I Spit on Your Grave (original title: Day of the Woman â released with 7m 2s cut in 2001)
Inferno (re-released with 20s cut in 1993)
Island of Death (original title: Ta Pedhia tou dhiavolou â released with 4m 9s cut in 2002)
Killer Nun (original title: Suor Omicidi â re-released uncut in 2006)
The Last House on the Left (passed uncut on the 17th March, 2008)
Late Night Trains (original title: L'ultimo treno della notte â released uncut in 2008)
Living Dead At Manchester Morgue (original title: Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti â re-released uncut in 2002)
Love Camp 7 (refused a certificate in 2002) (Banned outright)
There Was a Little Girl (1981 film) (UK title: Madhouse - released uncut in 2004)
Mardi Gras Massacre (Banned outright)
Night of the Bloody Apes (original title: La Horripilante bestia humana â released with approximately 1m of pre-cuts in 1999)
Night of the Demon (released with 1m 41s cut in 1994)
Nightmare Maker(Also known as 'Butcher/Baker/Nightmare Maker' on the credits of some versions) (Banned outright)
Nightmare in a Damaged Brain (re-released with pre-cuts in 2005)(Alternate title: Nightmare)
Possession (released uncut in 1999)
Prisoner of the Cannibal God (original title: La montagna del dio cannibale â released with 2m 6s cut in 2001)
Revenge of the Bogey Man (original title: Boogeyman II â released with additional footage in 2003)
The Slayer (re-released uncut in 2001)
Snuff (Passed Uncut in 2003, however it has not been re-released)
SS Experiment Camp (original title: Lager SSadis Kastrat Kommandantur â released uncut in 2005)
Tenebrae (original title: Tenebre â re-released uncut in 2003)
Terror Eyes (original title: Night School â released with 1m 16s cut in 1987)
The Toolbox Murders (released with 1m 46s cut in 2000)
Twitch of the Death Nerve (original title: Reazione a catena â released with 43s cut in 1994) (2 alternate titles: Bay Of Blood, Carnage)
Unhinged (released uncut in 2004)
Visiting Hours (released with approximately 2m cut in 1986)
The Werewolf and the Yeti (original title: La Maldición de la bestia) (Banned outright)
The Witch Who Came From the Sea (released uncut in 2006)
Women Behind Bars (original French title: Des diamants pour l'enfer) (Banned outright)
Zombie Creeping Flesh (original title: Virus â released uncut in 2002)
Zombie Flesh Eaters (original title: Zombi 2 â re-released uncut in 2005) (alternate title: Zombie)
Although commonly thought of as part of the DPP list, the following two titles never actually appeared on any government list,
Shogun Assassin (re-released uncut in 1999)
Xtro (released uncut in 1987)
-'Xtro' was however a common title seized during police raids in the North of England prior to the official list being published. Last House on Dead End Street also known as 'The Fun House' was confused with Tobe Hoopers film and avoided being placed on the list.
Breakdown of the list
Of these films:
38 have been released uncut
24 have been released cut
Unless noted otherwise, all films that have been released have been rated 18. Also note that a lot of these movies caused additional controversy with the cover art of the original big box releases seen in the video shops of the early 1980s.
1 has been released with additional footage
10 are effectively banned in the UK to this day because they have not been resubmitted for classification by any distributors.
1 has since been rejected for classification
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I actually own most of those. Uncut. And yes, it was VERY hard to find some of them that weren't totally cut even here in the US. In the States, a lot of movies that are violent, or have "Shock Value" will be cut to shit.
It seems weird that here in the US there are movies that are "banned" but if you think about it, WHAT Theater can YOU think of, that will play X-Rated movies?
Can you even think of one? I don't know of any Theater here that will even play ONE X-Rated movie. And most of the Collections people get are either "Rated - R" or "Not Rated" but that doesn't mean they aren't cut.
You see, being a distributer of movies which carry things rated X means you don't get very much in terms of funding, or advertising, because it's considered Adult Content.
People also seem to think being rated X means it's porn. It's not. Porn is XXX, and the rest are like this:
G
PG
PG-13
R
NC-17
X
XXX
And so on. NC-17 can be played in a Theater, but rarely is, and X, well, most refuse to.
When I got my copy of Anthropophagus, I was surprised it was the one that was banned here in the US. I have THAT copy. It's not easy either. Same with Unhinged. Neither of those are usually found in the States because they're so hard to get without finding one cut to shit. You usually have to get them online.
Cannibal Holocaust being re-released did help make it popular again, but a lot of the copies were cut to shit. That's why I'm Happy both versions I have aren't cut. One is just the extended and one is totally uncut.
If I took some time, I could probably make a decent list of movies I'd consider Shock Movies, but I don't have the time to really. Also, something to add that I think should be on this list, is this movie:
America; Birth of a Nation.
I think that's the right title. It's almost 3 AM but I'm almost certain that's the one. It's one of those movies that was done a LONG time ago, and it's on a LOT of lists of "Shocking Movies". You'll probably be surprised too if you ever see it.
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - FreddysFingers - 06-08-2010
Fucking A gore!
Um... Day of the Woman.
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - Daylight Yet Unseen - 06-08-2010
i loved Cannibal Man, i have the uncut version. i've seen the uncut versions of alot of these movies. also, 120 Days of Sodom is based on a book by Marquis De Sade.
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - gore - 06-08-2010
Fucking A what? Lol.
Day of the Woman / I spit on your grave, is a great movie. I LOVE that movie! It was really hard for me to watch the middle parts of the movie because I can't STAND Rape. I really can't. So when the middle of the movie was on, I had trouble watching all of it, but forced myself to. I wanted to know exactly what was going on, so I made sure to watch all of it even though it was hard to stomach that happening to any woman.
When the last parts of the middle and towards the end of the movie started up.... I was CHEERING! I was GLAD I kept my Eyes Open for the whole thing, because when she seeks her revenge, and does what she does, I was fucking CHEERING her on!
When she does what she does, I was so fucking Happy to see Rapist pricks getting EXACTLY what they fucking deserved!
I was once asked what I think of the laws on certain things in this country, and what I think about the things the Law does to people who do certain things, and I didn't agree with a lot of it. When the question of Rape came up, I said they let Rapists off the hook WAY to easily.
I said that if a man is not only convicted of Rape, but, they have video to prove without ANY doubt that he did in fact do it, then the sentence should be as follows:
Strap that fucker down, dip his nuts in Honey, and force him to tea bag an Ant Hill of Fire Ants.
Then, Castration. Then, dip him in Ketchup and send his ass off to some Cannibal Island.
That's what I'd think was fair. Making sure he can never do it again. And make sure he suffers too.
Rape is in some ways worse than a killer. When some guy kills another man, that man doesn't have to LIVE with what happened to him. When a Man rapes a woman, she has to live with that the rest of her life.
My best friend is the same way. I've watched him choke a guy just for joking about rape.
Anyway, Cannibal Man I found uncut on VHS. I was kind of weirded out by it. I expected a lot more from it. Not some guy who kills people and then uses his job at the Meat factory to get rid of the evidence. And then pukes when he finds out he ate some.
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - Bojangles - 06-08-2010
Keep in mind that these movies may not be personally shocking to me, but a lot of people do consider them to be shocking.
Salo: 120 Days of Sodom - There's a lot of controversy surrounding this one. One being that all the actors in the movies may have not been over the age of 18, despite them being completely nude and participating in sexual scenes.
Cannibal Holocaust - The animals used in the movie were real. Of course, they killed them as well. Also, the director had to show up in court, along with the cast and crew of the film, proving that it wasn't real. He also had to show how they did some of the effects in the movie.
Cannibal Ferox - They used real animals and killed real animals in the film.
Aftermath - A mortician is by himself with a body of a woman whom was killed in a car crash. He mutilates her body, then begins to fuck her dead corpse. He even sets up a camera with a timer, so he can take pictures of him doing this to her. At the end, he takes her heart home and feed it to his dog. It's a short film, by the way. I think it's only 30 minutes or-so long.
I'll post more as I think about them.
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - Bojangles - 06-08-2010
gore Wrote:My best friend is the same way. I've watched him choke a guy just for joking about rape.
Why would he take a joke that serious? He's taking fictitious violence so seriously that he's actually committing an act of violence in real life.
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - Trioxin149 - 06-08-2010
Bojangles Wrote:Why would he take a joke that serious? He's taking fictitious violence so seriously that he's actually committing an act of violence in real life.
Yeah that is odd. And you have to remember, around the time that I Spit On Your Grave was released, alot of films depicted rape. But in 90% of them, the victim, came back to fuck up the rapist. That's what made them so enjoyable. You see a woman get raped, you feel bad, and then she comes back for revenge, and you cheer her on. Ryan Nicholson puts that in his films, and it pans out pretty damn well if ya ask me.
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - gore - 06-09-2010
The guy said "Wouldn't it be funny to rape a Cheer Leader?" and being that I myself, and my Best friend, both have female friends who were raped, well, he grabbed him by the throat and pushed him up against the wall. I was to busy laughing to really step in, and the owner didn't care because he knew what happened, and didn't like that guy anyway, and basically what stopped him was a Mother there with her Child saying "Could you not do that anymore?".
She knew what happened, so she waited a few minutes before asking him to stop. The guy left pretty quick. As far as I am concerned, I think he had it coming. It's not like this guy was "Just kidding".... His best friend, who I also knew, had shown up to the same Mall once with Rohypnol. Roofies...
To "ensure" he never used them on any girls, we swallowed them all.
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - Trioxin149 - 06-09-2010
I've also knew girls who CLAIMED that they were raped, when the situation was merely "Well I didn't really want to but he made me." I don't call that rape and it pisses me off when chicks do that. Just like these so called Jesus Freaks who post statuses on their Facebook of scriptures from The Bible, and then go out and fuck everyone and their brother. Point being, I just don't think a joke is anything to get violent over. Good thing it wasn't me getting choked
Oh well. Some people are different I suppose. Peachy.
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - gore - 06-09-2010
Trioxin149 Wrote:I've also knew girls who CLAIMED that they were raped, when the situation was merely "Well I didn't really want to but he made me." I don't call that rape and it pisses me off when chicks do that. Just like these so called Jesus Freaks who post statuses on their Facebook of scriptures from The Bible, and then go out and fuck everyone and their brother. Point being, I just don't think a joke is anything to get violent over. Good thing it wasn't me getting choked
These girls weren't "Well I didn't REALLY want it". The one I knew had 12 hits of LSD dropped in her drink and something else, then they did it to her. You can NOT make decisions on Acid. I won't even touch that stuff.
My best friend's friend, was flat out pushed down, and violently.... Well you know. I don't even want to think about it. But it wasn't a "not sure if I wanted it" situation, it was like a person in a mask shoving you down, and holding you there while it happened.
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - TerrorScribe - 06-10-2010
Great list, Gore. LOVE the "video nasties" list. I can't believe I forgot "I Spit on Your Grave/Day of the Woman". I remember seeing that when I was in the Marines. We cheered when she was fucking those guys up too. I'm kind of excited about the remake as well. Got to see some clips from it at Tx Frightmare Weekend. It was fucked up and brutal. I'll have my fingers crossed on this one.
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - Bojangles - 06-10-2010
TerrorScribe Wrote:Great list, Gore. LOVE the "video nasties" list. I can't believe I forgot "I Spit on Your Grave/Day of the Woman". I remember seeing that when I was in the Marines. We cheered when she was fucking those guys up to. I'm kind of excited about the remake as well. Got to see some clips from it at Tx Frightmare Weekend. It was fucked up and brutal. I'll have my fingers crossed on this one.
Lucky! I want to see those clips. By the way, I Spit on Your Grave is definitely better than Last House on The Left, in my opinion.
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - mrblue - 06-10-2010
There was a screening for the remake today I could of went to but called to late and couldn't get any seats-_-
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - jimiL - 06-10-2010
There's a little known indie movie Us Sinners, that is filled with shocking moments. The ending goes way beyond shocking. It makes the Guinea Pig series look like the Brady Bunch.
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - Bojangles - 06-10-2010
jimiL Wrote:There's a little known indie movie Us Sinners, that is filled with shocking moments. The ending goes way beyond shocking. It makes the Guinea Pig series look like the Brady Bunch.:zombie:
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - Trioxin149 - 06-10-2010
jimiL Wrote:There's a little known indie movie Us Sinners, that is filled with shocking moments. The ending goes way beyond shocking. It makes the Guinea Pig series look like the Brady Bunch.
Never heard of it, but I might check it out.
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - TerrorScribe - 06-10-2010
jimiL Wrote:There's a little known indie movie Us Sinners, that is filled with shocking moments. The ending goes way beyond shocking. It makes the Guinea Pig series look like the Brady Bunch.
I was able to track it down here:
http://www.ussinners.com/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1339190/
The trailer is definitely NSFW - which unfortunately is where I was watching it so I had to click away a lot. It looks interesting, I guess. Came out in 2007. No name stars. First effort for writer/director George Snow. Might have to Netflix it.
The Most Infamous Shock Movies - FreddysFingers - 06-13-2010
gore Wrote:Fucking A what? Lol.
Nothing personal it was just a really, really, really long post and I didn't expect it to be that long. LOL!