Well - I don’t really need to preach to the choir - because you guys definitely know
what’s what when it comes to horror cinema - but it’s no kept secret that the deviously
ingenious minds behind some of the greatest silver screen horror onslaughts have a little
bit of a habit of creating some of the most vile, disgusting abominations ever witnessed
- wrap them in a neat little plastic package - all so we can be shocked and perturbed at
the twisted, amorphous desecration of the human form.
Body horror guys - body horror.
Please don’t watch this video while eating dinner.
Hello horror fans - what’s going on and welcome back to the scariest channel on YouTube
- Top 5 Scary Videos.
As per usual, I’ll be your horror host Jack Finch - as today, we curiously take a look
at the Top 5 Most Disgusting Creations In Horror Cinema.
Roll the clip.
For the curious amongst you, that clip was from 1988’s The Blob - because we can’t
really talk about disgusting creations without giving credit where credit is due.
And although the 1988 remake of the 1958 original was pretty much a resounding flop, Chuck Russell
and Frank Darabont did a pretty stand up job in my book - and Tony Gardner’s special
effects were legendary as per usual.
Anyway, sorry - where was I?
Kicking off at Number 5 - Pearl, from Blade.
Damnit - there are so many good one liners from Wesley Snipes in that scene that it’s
hard to pick the best of the best.
But vitriolic dialogue aside - Pearl the Vampire is perhaps one of the most uniquely grotesque
depictions of a blood sucking fiend that we’ve ever seen.
Also, the fact that we literally only ever see this guy in a throwaway scene, whilst
getting interrogated by a UV lamp is testament to how messed up Pearl the Vampire actually
is.
But guys - that’s nothing, because the reason that Pearl makes this list is because of what
director Stephen Norrington left out.
For those of you that don’t know, Pearl the Vampire from the Blade series was the
90s version of a supernatural, ancient hacker slash librarian that for thousands of years
had kept tracks on the goings on of daywalkers and non-day walkers alike - all while feasting
on flesh and blood and all that good stuff.
In a deleted feature though, it was revealed that the reason that Pearl was so obese - which,
like - can vampires put on weight?
Well, they can in Blade - but the reason, was that Pearl had a particular taste for
children.
Norrington felt it was a little too much to show the scene where Blade finds numerous
bodies of dead children littered around Pearl - but it kind of makes sense as to why he
decided to torture him so painfully.
Yikes.
Coming in at Number 4 - Nola’s Brood, from The Brood.
Alright horror fans - let’s address the elephant in the room.
David Cronenberg is the king of body horror - so much so that his legendary status was
even notarized in his own body-horror centric episode of Rick and Morty, with his own slice
of the multiverse in the horrific Cronenberg world.
But one of this legendary directors lesser known works is a 1979 film called The Brood
- and whilst not outwardly particularly disgusting - it’s the implications of this film that
put it on our list.
Although, those terrifying child entities - whatever they are, are pretty damn horrifying
in themselves.
The Brood follows the story of a psychotherapist named Hal, who runs a clinic perfecting a
technique known as psychoplasmics - which encourages patients with mental disturbances
to let go of their suppressed emotions through physiological changes to their bodies.
One of these patients is a woman named Nola - and, she has some pretty disturbing issues,
to say the least.
Turns out, this technique works grotesquely well - culminating in a horde of small, child
like murderous … well, I don’t really know what they are - that Nola gives birth
too.
But, she doesn’t give birth to them in the conventional sense.
No.
Through her therapy, she manages to develop a psycho-plasmic external womb.
Yeah.
You’ll know the scene when you see it.
It’s pretty nasty.
Swinging in at Number 3 - The Brain Bug from Starship Troopers
The only good bug, is a dead bug - and 1997’s Starship Troopers highlighted one very important
fact for this fledgling horror fan.
If we ever discover an invasive insectoid alien species from another galaxy - they better
stay the hell away from my brain.
I remember watching that particular scene as a kid and thinking - what the hell - a
big, psychic, maggot grub that sucks out human brain matter through a spiky appendage - but
in all reality, that’s just the half of it.
If you’ve ever seen 1997’s Starship Troopers, or read the 1959 novel of the same name - you’ll
know that it paints the futuristic picture of humanity’s war against a race of Arachnids
- or Bugs, that hail from the planet Klendathu.
All pretense aside - Starship Troopers is a questionable novel, but is definitely an
awesome sci-fi film - and the cinematic depiction of the Brain Bug took things to a whole new
level.
It also did that whilst having absolutely awful CGI - terrible acting and wooden dialogue.
But, just look at it man.
An engorged - grubby, shrieking maggot lord - filled with human brain fluid - psychically
controlling a swarm of insectoid warriors.
Yeah, no thank you.
Next up at Number 2 - The Thing, from … The Thing
Yeah -
you might have been expecting this particular horror icon to be broaching the top spot - and
for good reason, because John Carpenter’s 1982 masterpiece, The Thing, exemplifies everything
gory and great about body horror in cinema - and then some.
Much like how the Brain Bug relied on an alien, xenophobic fear of the unknown - The Thing
is literally the cinematic definition of having no clue what you’re being horrified by.
An alien virus that emerged from the depths of space, to wreak havoc in a remote antarctic
waystation - that may or may not be your best friend, your boss - or a dog.
Obviously, we have to give credit to the incredible physical effects from Rob Bottin - because
when we *do* see The Thing in all of its horrifying prosthetic glory - well, there’s nothing
really quite like it.
The The that makes The Thing so damn fear-inducing though, is that we as viewers never get a
chance to prepare ourselves.
Every living cell of this alien virus has a mind of its own, and as long as an atom
of it survives - it can continue to sow terror and distrust.
Yeah, sure - it can flail fleshy tendrils at you or bite off your head - but the real
fear comes from the fact that it could be any one of us.
Any one of you … trust no one.
And finally - coming in at our Number 1 spot - Brundlefly, from the Fly.
And of course - because whilst The Thing holds a darling heart in all true horror fans - there’s
no denying the fact that the king of body horror, Steven Cronenberg - of course has
to take our top spot.
And in what better film - than in his physical effects piece de resistance - The Fly.
I’d go so far as to say that Cronenberg’s 1986 remake of the sci-fi classic perhaps
has the most disgustingly convincing special effects in cinema.
And in many ways, Seth Brundle, played by the legendary Jeff Goldblum, personifies the
true meaning of body horror.
A well meaning scientist - a genius, who was way, way ahead of his time - who suffered
from acute motion sickness - and because of that, employed his intellect to pioneer a
teleportation device, just so he’d never have to travel in a vehicle again - and also,
you know, change the world.
That sounds like a noble pursuit right?
A good way to live your life.
But unfortunately for him, Seth had a literal fly in his ointment - and set of a molecular
chain of events that turned him into *this* horrifying creation.
It’s the process where The Fly truly shines though - gradually seeing Seth Brundle being
stripped of his humanity - his hand, no longer a hand - his face, no longer a face.
You get the picture.
Also - this.
Yeah - well, there you have it horror fans - our list for the Top 5 Most Disgusting Creations
In Horror Cinema - why don’t you let us know your thoughts, as well as any choice
picks in the comment section down below.
Before we depart though - you know, I’m feeling chipper - so let’s take a look at
some of your more resounding remarks from over the past few days.
IN regard to our latest vampire-based list - Michael Cooley says -- Great stuff, Jack!
Interview with the Vampire is my favorite of the genre.
So Jack, I’m going to give you the choice I never had… which would you be?
Louis or Lestat?
---- Ahhhh - what a fantastic question Michael - and I’m glad that you enjoyed that list.
It’s gotta be Louis - hands down.
Lestat's just too - pushy, you know what I mean?
Also - I don’t want to eat swamp lizards.
Well - on that note horror fans, that’s unfortunately all we’ve got time for in
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