You guys love the controversial.
And god bless you all for that.
Because we are now back with a part 2 to our list Top Most Controversial Scary Movies.
I said in my first part that I would steer clear of films that a controversial just to
be controversial, but this time I couldn’t avoid it.
So with that I should say disclaimer to any of you that are sensitive to acts of violence
or snuff elements.
We won't be showing you anything but I will be describing in depth some of the reasons
why these films are so shocking.
So be warned!
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Alright, let’s jump in.
5 The Human Centipede: First Sequence (2009) Because of course.
We all remember when this film was first released in 2009.
The controversy surrounding it was immense, and many warned us to never set our sights
on it.
But because we’re all curious martyrs we did it anyway.
For those of you lucky few that don’t know, The Human Centipede is Dutch horror film directed
by Tom Six.
I guess the only way to put it simply is that it tells the story of a German Surgeon who
surgically joins three kidnapped tourists together, mouth to anus, creating a “human
centipede”.
The first piece of controversy came after Tom Six failed to tell investors about the
true nature of the film, aka, the mouth to anus aspect, as he feared backers would be
put of.
Yup, of course they would be!
If only they knew in advance, then we could have all lived a peaceful, human centipede-free
life.
The financiers didn’t actually discover that aspect of the film until it was complete.
Can you imagine?!
Seeing 3 humans get surgically attached together, even having to eat each others poop, and knowing
that YOU were the one that personally funded it.
No thank you!
The film received mixed reviews, but surprisingly not overly critical ones.
The film scored a fairly high 49% on Rotten Tomatoes, I mean, for this type of film, that’s
pretty damn good.
Even IMDb scored it a 5.1 out of 10.
This is baffling.
Now, though the film was never globally banned, it is still unavailable for wide release in
Australia after they refused classification for the film.
Now if we weren’t traumatized enough by the first film, Tom Six cursed us with 2 more,
thus completing his “move-centipede”.
Gross.
And I must say, the second film makes the first look like a walk in the park.
Being banned by a number of countries the BBFC refused to classify The Human Centipede
2 for video release, thus making it illegal to supply in any format throughout the UK.
God bless!
4 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) An 1986 American Psychological Horror, Henry:
Portrait of a Serial Killer follows, you guessed it, a serial killer named Henry and his random
crime spree, seemingly operating with impunity.
A spares no one, killing men, women, and children as he travels across America.
Now, as you can imagine, the film struggled to find distribution, many pulling out due
to fears of a potential lawsuit due to the films use of real names.
Side note, the film had such as small budget that they couldn’t afford extras, restorting
to using real people on the streets of Chicago innocently going about their day.
Not only that but a lot of the clothes that the cast wore belonged to Michael Rooker himself.
What a guy.
Atlantic Entertainment Group had expressed interest in releasing the film theatrically,
but under an R rating, however, the MPAA weren’t having that.
They gave it an “X” rating, which at that point was only ever associated with pornographic
films.
By March 2003 the films uncut version was FINALLY released in Britain, 17 years after
it’s initial festival debut.
But this came after many years of fighting, many cuts, and many debates with the BBFC.
But after those 17 years the BBFC finally considered the public ready for the uncut
version and all its gruesome nature.
3 Faces of Death (1978) Now if you don’t know what a mondo horror
film is, let me quickly refer to the wikipedia page for you.
Mondo, from the Italian word meaning “World” is an exploitation documentary film.
Yes, documentary.
Primarily focuses on taboo topics such as death and sex.
Over time many films that fall into this category place emphasis on footage of the dead and
dying (both real and fake).
Yup.
Real footage of death.
Which is exactly what this film presents.
Various ways to die or be killed.
So you can understand why there’s such a negative reception surrounding it.
Now many of the more gruesome scenes in the film ARE fake, but then again, many of them
are very much real.
One scene being the remains of a cyclist crushed under a semi-tractor trailer.
That’s absolutely disgusting.
This is a film that is often listed as one of the Banned in 40+ countries, however, it
was actually only truly banned in Australia, Norway, Finland, New Zealand, and our good
friend the UK.
And that was just temporarily.
In 2008 the film was re-released in Blu-ray, no thank you, which included deleted scenes,
outtakes, featurettes and commentary tracks.
I suggest those of you that are sensitive to death, or just function like a normal human
being, not to watch this film.
But feel free to let me know down in the comments if you have.
2 I Spit on Your Grave (1978) Released in 1978, I Spit on Your Grave is
a rape-revenge exploitation horror film.
Yep, that’s a mouthful.
The film follows Jennifer, a writer, who is on a summer vacation at a lakeside cabin.
It is during this trip that she is violently raped by a group of four men that leave her
for dead.
Jennifer survives though, and embarks on a mission to kill her attackers in the most
brutal and gruesome ways possible.
And that she does.
Hanging one and even cutting the genitals off of another, and in the final moments of
the film, disemboweling one with a propeller.
It’s brutal.
Now as you can imagine it had quite the backlash.
Roger Ebert referred to it as “a vile bag of garbage….without a shred of artistic
decision”, “attending it was one of the most depressing experiences of my life”.
Wow.
That says a lot.
Many countries agreed with Ebert, claiming it glorified violence against women before
banning the film altogether in countries like, Ireland, Norway, and West Germany.
And of course, our good from the UK has to make an appearance as well.
The BBFC quickly added the film to the list of “video nasties” and ordered heavy cuts
to some of the more gruesome and explicit scenes before giving it an 18 certificate.
The film surprisingly went on to have an unofficial sequel, which unsurprisingly received TERRIBLE
reviews.
It was barely over an hour in length and no scenes were used from the original for flashbacks.
To top it off, the misspelled the title of the film, which was meant to be called Savage
Vengeance, but was instead spelt Savage Vengance.
Without the second “E”.
Yep.
Good stuff.
Now I promised myself I would not talk about the film at our number 1 spot, but I just
couldn’t avoid it any longer, so, coming in at number 1, A Serbian Film.
Released in 2010, A Serbian Film is an erotic drama horror thriller that centers on a financially
struggling porn star, Milos, who agrees to participate in an “art film” only to quickly
discover it’s actually a snuff film with pedophilic and necrophilic scenes.
After the graphic sexual abuse of a newborn baby Milos drops out of the film but is subsequently
drugged, and awakes in a bloodied state and disorientated.
He stumbles to the film set to discover some tapes that show him engaging in gruesome acts
of murder and rape, and after is even forced to rape his own son, unbeknownst to him.
It’s a truly disturbing AND disgusting film that I recommend none of you watch, and for
those of you that have seen it, I’m very sorry.
It is of course banned by many countries, even to this day, and for a very brief amount
of time the film appeared on Netflix, which was a horror to a lot of people who mistakenly
clicked on it and had to suffer through its gruesome nature.
The streaming service eventually removed it from their list in 2011 without any explanation.
Honestly, none needed.
During its festival circuit, after a screening at a Spanish film festival in October 2010,
Angel Sala, the director was charged with exhibiting child pornography by a spanish
prosecutor after a complaint by the Roman Catholic Church.
However, the charges were later dropped.
Well, I hate to leave this list on a downer, but this is Top 5 Scary Videos after all.
Have you guys seen any of these films?
Were there any that we missed?
Leave us all of your thoughts and feelings in those comments down below, and if you haven’t
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you never miss another scary vid.
And until next time, see ya later