*beep* Up Horror Films (Ones that will really stick with you)
by hellokittys_pet00 | created - 08 Sep 2012 | updated - 08 Sep 2012 | PublicSo after a few years of trying to find the movie that outdid the last, I wanted to put together this list for the TRUE horror movie fan, whether it be funny 80s monster flicks, or torture porn films, it will be listed here as long as the movie was found pleasure-able in some way =)
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1. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
TV-MA | 117 min | Drama
In World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental, and sexual torture.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle, Aldo Valletti
Votes: 65,736
One of the top films on this list, if you like psychological horror focusing on government corruption, then this movies it for you! WARNING- extremely graphic, sexual and mind bending, yet very beautifully directed =)
2. A Serbian Film (2010)
NC-17 | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An aging porn star agrees to participate in an "art film" in order to make a clean break from the business, only to discover that he has been drafted into making a pedophilia and necrophilia themed snuff film.
Director: Srdjan Spasojevic | Stars: Srdjan 'Zika' Todorovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Jelena Gavrilovic, Slobodan Bestic
Votes: 71,556
Another favorite among messed up films, this one takes the cake as one of the worst WARNING- if you are religious in any way, watch this movie, you will love it! =D graphic torture porn scenes and some pedophilia
3. Caligula (1979)
Unrated | 156 min | Drama, History
A dramatization of the ascent to Caesar and subsequent reign of Caligula, one of the most notorious leaders of ancient Rome. We see his ambition, his scheming, his perversion and decadence, his brutality and his lunacy.
Director: Tinto Brass | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole, Helen Mirren, Teresa Ann Savoy
Votes: 38,314 | Gross: $23.44M
Government corruption horror based on true events! WARNING- ALOT of perverse sexual scenes
4. Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Unrated | 95 min | Adventure, Horror
During a rescue mission into the Amazon rainforest, a professor stumbles across lost film shot by a missing documentary crew.
Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen, Luca Barbareschi
Votes: 61,039
Cannibal Holocaust, need I say anymore ? WARNING- ALOT of REAL,VIOLENT animal deaths occur,very gory,necrophilia; this whole movie in general is not for the faint of heart
5. Cannibal Ferox (1981)
93 min | Adventure, Horror
Three friends set out to disprove cannibalism on a trip to the Amazonian jungle, where they meet two men trying to escape a vicious cannibal tribe.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Lorraine De Selle, Danilo Mattei, Zora Kerova
Votes: 10,779
Just like Cannibal Holocaust, so if you were a fan, you will love this movie! WARNING- Again, extreme animal deaths and gore
6. Martyrs (2008)
R | 99 min | Horror
A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Director: Pascal Laugier | Stars: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin, Robert Toupin
Votes: 106,242
Awesome movie, torture fans and psychological horror fans will love this movie. About 2 girls wrapped up in finding and killing one of the girls parents who kept her captive for years. Not one moment in this movie are you not shocked at what goes on
7. The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)
R | 92 min | Horror
A mad scientist kidnaps and mutilates a trio of tourists in order to reassemble them into a human centipede, created by stitching their mouths to each others' rectums.
Director: Tom Six | Stars: Dieter Laser, Winter Williams, Ashlynn Yennie, Akihiro Kitamura
Votes: 87,148 | Gross: $0.18M
Based on true medical fact (apparently), about a new medical procedure waiting to be tested on 3 unwilling subjects. Very tastefully done for a movie like this.
8. The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) (2011)
Not Rated | 91 min | Horror
Inspired by the fictional Dr. Heiter, disturbed loner Martin dreams of creating a 12-person centipede and sets out to realize his sick fantasy.
Director: Tom Six | Stars: Laurence R. Harvey, Ashlynn Yennie, Maddi Black, Kandace Caine
Votes: 42,906 | Gross: $0.12M
Takes the first Human Centipede movie and completely does a turn around in the sequel, instead of 3 people, there is 12, and the procedure is now done in a warehouse, not in someones medical lab =) WARNING- Can be very graphic in some parts, but if you have a super dark sense of humor, this movies for you!
9. Braindead (1992)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin
Votes: 103,207 | Gross: $0.24M
Peter Jackson's film, was rated one of the most bloody movies to be put out on shelves. Zombie movie about a man who lives in a mansion with his mother, but it is not just your ordinary zombie flick. Dark humor fills this movie as well.
10. Bad Taste (1987)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Terry Potter, Pete O'Herne, Craig Smith, Mike Minett
Votes: 49,078
Not so messed up as it is an awesome movie. Another Peter Jackson film about aliens coming down from outer space. Dark humor and pretty good gore scenes within this movie
11. Meet the Feebles (1989)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Multiple animals and insects experience the sleazier side of show business while working on a variety show.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Danny Mulheron, Donna Akersten, Stuart Devenie, Mark Hadlow
Votes: 22,191
Another Peter Jackson film about animal puppets running a TV show and what happens beyond the curtain. Awesome film, messed up in its own unique way, but still a favorite.
12. Pink Flamingos (1972)
NC-17 | 93 min | Comedy, Crime
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".
Director: John Waters | Stars: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole
Votes: 27,849 | Gross: $0.18M
John Waters film, classic for its poop eating scene among others =). Classic among messed up films that are not necessarily part of the horror genre
13. Man Behind the Sun (1988)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, History, Horror
Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where they're horribly tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.
Director: Tun-Fei Mou | Stars: Gang Wang, Dai Yao Wu, Runshen Wang, Zhe Quan
Votes: 7,263
Classic, messed up film on the Unit 731 in Japan, based on true events.
14. Philosophy of a Knife (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 266 min | Drama, Horror
A graphic docu-drama detailing the history of Unit 731, where thousands of innocent Chinese prisoners of war were fatally experimented on.
Director: Andrey Iskanov | Stars: Tetsuro Sakagami, Tomoya Okamoto, Yukari Fujimoto, Manoush
Votes: 1,685
Remake of Man Behind The Sun, done in a more brutal fashion even though some parts may be slow.
15. Audition (1999)
R | 115 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura
Votes: 89,103
Very good suspense film, the ending is what makes this whole movie =)
16. Irreversible (2002)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in an underpass tunnel.
Director: Gaspar Noé | Stars: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon
Votes: 147,491 | Gross: $0.75M
French psychological horror. The movie is done backwards which may confuse some, but it was done in the right way.
17. Train (I) (2008)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
In Europe, a group of American college athletes unknowingly boards a train that will become one deadly ride.
Director: Gideon Raff | Stars: Thora Birch, Gideon Emery, Kavan Reece, Derek Magyar
Votes: 6,826
Hostel-like torture movie that takes place on a moving train, some scenes are very graphic/bloody, not for the faint of heart
18. Begotten (1989)
Unrated | 72 min | Fantasy, Horror
Presented in a surreal, gory and entirely visual manner, Begotten tells of the death of religion, the abuse of nature by Man and a nihilistic outlook on what life ultimately is.
Director: E. Elias Merhige | Stars: Brian Salzberg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry, James Gandia
Votes: 11,743
Short artistic film done in black and white. Very abstract sort of film since it takes a while for you to focus in on what is actually going on, but when you do, it will be shocking
19. Blue Velvet (1986)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern
Votes: 215,440 | Gross: $8.55M
David Lynch classic film, women beating and rape done in a classy manner =)
20. Cutting Moments (1996)
29 min | Short, Drama, Horror
With her quaint suburban existence on the slow road to ruin, Sarah mutilates herself in the bathroom mirror while her husband sits downstairs watching TV.
Director: Douglas Buck | Stars: Nica Ray, Gary Betsworth, Jared Barsky
Votes: 1,739
Short film on the American lifestyle =), dont let the time of this movie fool you, yes it is short, but it packs a punch!
21. Mysterious Skin (2004)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama
Two pre-adolescent boys both experienced a strange event and later it affects their lives in different ways. One becomes a reckless, sexually adventurous prostitute, while the other retreats into a reclusive fantasy of alien abduction.
Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: Brady Corbet, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elisabeth Shue, Chase Ellison
Votes: 76,219 | Gross: $0.70M
Psychological movie, not so much horror. About a rural gay prostitute from out west who moves to the big city. Very weird but good movie overall
22. In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
NC-17 | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui
Votes: 22,769
Psychological movie, not so much horror. Based on true events/story About being obsessed with your lover to the point of being crazed. WARNING- Almost a porn, constant sex the whole movie so do not watch with parents kiddies
23. Feed (2005)
Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A cybercrime investigator tracks a man suspected of force-feeding women to death.
Director: Brett Leonard | Stars: Alex O'Loughlin, Patrick Thompson, Gabby Millgate, Jack Thompson
Votes: 6,071
Creative plot and a weird movie in general, way slow in the middle but the beginning and ending are worth it!
24. Naked Lunch (1991)
R | 115 min | Drama, Mystery
After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands
Votes: 56,595 | Gross: $2.54M
David Cronenburg film, very good rendition of the book Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
25. Eraserhead (1977)
Not Rated | 89 min | Fantasy, Horror
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates
Votes: 127,287 | Gross: $7.00M
David Lynch film, more psychological horror then anything. Alot of mechanical noise and slow scenes in this movie, but it is a classic!
26. Crash (1996)
NC-17 | 100 min | Drama
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Deborah Kara Unger
Votes: 66,273 | Gross: $2.04M
David Cronenburg film, based on the book by J.G Ballard. Psychological horror containing a lot of soft-core porn scenes including vehicles/machinery
27. Enter the Void (2009)
Not Rated | 161 min | Drama, Fantasy
An American drug dealer living in Tokyo is betrayed by his best friend and killed in a drug deal. His soul, observing the repercussions of his death, seeks resurrection.
Director: Gaspar Noé | Stars: Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy, Olly Alexander
Votes: 87,955 | Gross: $0.34M
Not as good of a movie if you enjoy story plots, this movie was made for the visual aspects on what you are supposed to see when you die. Very good visually, but the story is sort of lacking
28. The Abomination (1986)
100 min | Horror
An old woman coughs up what she believes to be a tumor. While asleep, the thing crawls inside of her son and reproduces inside him, then causes him to go on a killing spree to feed it.
Director: Bret McCormick | Stars: Scott Davis, Jude Johnson, Blue Thompson, Brad McCormick
Votes: 728
Bloody monster horror flick.
29. May (2002)
R | 93 min | Drama, Horror
A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.
Director: Lucky McKee | Stars: Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris, James Duval
Votes: 40,437 | Gross: $0.15M
Psychological Horror film that stays with you a while after viewing. Very good plot line
30.
Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
Episode:
Jenifer
(2005)
TV-MA | 58 min | Horror
Frank Spivey (Steven Weber) is a detective who rescues a strange young girl with a horribly disfigured face and lusciously ripe body from a deranged killer.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Steven Weber, Laurie Brunetti, Carrie Anne Fleming, Harris Allan
Votes: 6,406
Good for a masters of horror film, the image of the womans face and what happens to her is the most disturbing
31. Dogtooth (2009)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
A controlling, manipulative father locks his three adult offsprings in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Christos Passalis
Votes: 110,180 | Gross: $0.11M
Very awesome psychological horror which takes a more creative route when it comes to movies like this.
32. Genesis (I) (1998)
30 min | Short, Horror
A sculptor is traumatized by the death of his wife in a car accident. He builds a sculpture in her memory. As the lifelike sculpture begins to bleed through the cracks of clay, the sculptor's flesh mutates and crumbles away...
Director: Nacho Cerdá | Stars: Pep Tosar, Trae Houlihan
Votes: 1,844
Necrophilia short =)
33. Nekromantik (1988)
Not Rated | 71 min | Horror
A street sweeper who cleans up after grisly accidents brings home a full corpse for him and his wife to enjoy sexually, but is dismayed to see that his wife prefers the corpse over him.
Director: Jörg Buttgereit | Stars: Bernd Daktari Lorenz, Beatrice Manowski, Harald Lundt, Collosseo
Votes: 10,958
Top Necrophilia movie to be seen
34. Nekromantik 2 (1991)
Not Rated | 104 min | Horror
A female nurse desperately tries to hide her feelings of necrophilia from her new boyfriend, but still has pieces of the corpse of the first movie's hero in her possession.
Director: Jörg Buttgereit | Stars: Monika M., Mark Reeder, Simone Spörl, Beatrice Manowski
Votes: 4,170
2nd top Necrophilia movie
35. The Holy Mountain (1973)
16+ | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders, Juan Ferrara
Votes: 47,944 | Gross: $0.06M
Weird artistic movie that has its disturbing scenes, but overall just an awesome creative movie
36. Tarnation (2003)
Unrated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8 film, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more - culled from nineteen years of his life.
Director: Jonathan Caouette | Stars: Jonathan Caouette, Renee Leblanc, Adolph Davis, Rosemary Davis
Votes: 6,708 | Gross: $0.59M
One of the best, most depressing/shocking documentaries i have seen in a while
37. The Loved Ones (2009)
R | 84 min | Crime, Horror
When Brent turns down his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.
Director: Sean Byrne | Stars: Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, John Brumpton, Richard Wilson
Votes: 44,013
Not what you would think off first hand glance, but a very brutal movie , recommended watch!
38. Altered States (1980)
R | 102 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid
Votes: 38,602 | Gross: $19.85M
Another psychological movie that is not so much a horror, but definatly has a good plot to it and amusing to watch
39. Splinter (I) (2008)
R | 82 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
Trapped in an isolated gas station by a voracious Splinter parasite that transforms its still-living victims into deadly hosts, a young couple and an escaped convict must find a way to work together to survive this primal terror.
Director: Toby Wilkins | Stars: Shea Whigham, Jill Wagner, Paulo Costanzo, Charles Baker
Votes: 40,866
Creature flick that is quite unsettling at some parts. Very good movie if you are bored and want something decent to watch!
40. Cold Fish (2010)
Not Rated | 146 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The lives of a bored suburban couple are changed forever when a seemingly nice old man gives their daughter a job at his fish store, and soon his gruesome hobbies are brought to light.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Denden, Asuka Kurosawa, Megumi Kagurazaka
Votes: 14,496
Japanese psychological horror movie that will keep you on edge as to what will happen
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