The most disturbing films of all time
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1. Shônen no hanzai (1997 Video)
77 min | Crime, Horror
In November of 1988 four young men abducted and held Junko Furuta for several weeks in the house of one of her captors. This is her story.
Director: Gunji Kawasaki | Stars: Nao Ôtake, Hajime Mao, Kazu Itsuki, Kôichi Imaizumi
Votes: 112
2. ReGOREgitated Sacrifice (2008)
TV-MA | 65 min | Horror
A girl with disturbing hallucinations continues her downward spiral into hell. Not for the faint of heart.
Director: Lucifer Valentine | Stars: A. Belle, The Black Angels of Hell, Honey, J.J.
Votes: 999
3. The Gateway Meat (2008)
TV-MA | 69 min | Horror
When his Satanist father dies trying to open a portal to hell, Markus murders locals to continue the mission, aided by family as his daughter watches. He faces pressure to summon demons like his father.
Director: Ron DeCaro | Stars: David Barry, Baro Carvalho, Christianne Cicilio, Aleah Conrad
Votes: 270
4. Ostermontag (1991 Video)
65 min | Horror
A man who is in love with a woman kidnaps, rapes, and murders her and her step-sister, along with his friends, which he betrays in the end, being the ultimate villain.
Director: Heiko Fipper | Stars: Nicole Dietrich, Stephan Fippe, Heiko Fipper, Andreio Flower
Votes: 206
5. Girl Hell 1999 (1999 Video)
65 min | Horror
Misaki is a girl trapped in a world violent beyond compare. Her home life is a wreck, two men are interested in her, and a homeless woman she regularly visits. But little does she know life is only going to get more violent...
Director: Daisuke Yamanouchi | Stars: Natsumi Harada, Yuusuke Kimura, Toshimaru Murai, Sheena Nagamori
Votes: 513
6. Mai-chan no nichijô (2014)
55 min | Horror
A sadistic place in a remote location put out a help wanted ad luring young teen girls to come work as a live in maid only to control them for Sexual abuse, Torture, Murder and Cannibalism.
Director: Sade Satô | Stars: Miyako Akane, An Koshi, Shôgo Maruyama, Chiyoko Nameless
Votes: 260
7. Melancholie der Engel (2009)
Unrated | 158 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two friends meet again to share their last days in an old house where everything happened a long time ago. They gather a group of people, which results in a disastrous turn of events, during which reveals the deepest human depths.
Director: Marian Dora | Stars: Zenza Raggi, Carsten Frank, Frank Oliver, Janette Weller
Votes: 1,501
8. Orozco the Embalmer (2001)
91 min | Documentary, Horror
A Documentary about the grim work of an embalmer in one of the poorest and most dangerous parts in Colombia.
Director: Kiyotaka Tsurisaki | Star: Froilan Orozco
Votes: 771
9. August Underground's Mordum (2003 Video)
Unrated | 77 min | Horror
Two friends bring along a newcomer to go on a killing spree.
Directors: Jerami Cruise, Killjoy, Michael Todd Schneider, Fred Vogel, Cristie Whiles | Stars: Cristie Whiles, Fred Vogel, Michael Todd Schneider, Jerami Cruise
Votes: 3,916
10. Black Metal Veins (2012 Video)
92 min | Documentary
A graphic docu-drama detailing the hopeless lives of several young people addicted to heroin.
Director: Lucifer Valentine | Star: Autumn Misery
Votes: 830
11. Death File: Red (1994 Video)
Horror
The 9th film of a popular shock series, Death File Red is the compilation of clips put together with a narration describing what's going on without any commentary, featuring gore and depravity the world over in similar Mondo Film fashion.
Director: Susumu Saegusa
Votes: 43
12. 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: 1,687
13. Junk Films (2008)
90 min | Documentary
A collection of short documentaries pondering about the meaning of life and death by the use of shocking images.
Director: Kiyotaka Tsurisaki | Star: David Aitken
Votes: 75
14. Slaughtered Vomit Dolls (2006 Video)
Unrated | 71 min | Horror
The gruesome tapestry of psychological manifestations of a nineteen year old bulimic runaway stripper-turned prostitute as she descends into a hellish pit of satanic nightmares and hallucinations.
Director: Lucifer Valentine | Stars: Ameara Lavey, Pig Lizzy, Maja Lee, Pam McCartney
Votes: 2,968
15. Snuff 102 (2007)
Unrated | 105 min | Horror, Thriller
A young reporter fascinated by the urban legend of snuff movies gets more than she bargained for when her deep research begins.
Director: Mariano Peralta | Stars: Andrea Alfonso, Julián Alfonzo, Rodrigo Bianco, Nicolás Blanco
Votes: 1,167
16. House on the Edge of the Park (1980)
91 min | Horror, Thriller
Two low-life punks invite themselves to a party at a posh villa and after being taunted by their snobbish hosts, hold everyone hostage and subject them to various forms of torture and mayhem.
Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: David Hess, Annie Belle, Christian Borromeo, Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Votes: 5,941
17. 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: 42,982 | Gross: $0.12M
18. Slow Torture Puke Chamber (2010)
Unrated | 77 min | Horror
The final in the trilogy. A bulimic prostitute talks about her deranged childhood while being sexually tortured.
Director: Lucifer Valentine | Stars: Shari Caruso, Ameara Lavey, Hope Likens, Ms. Lucy
Votes: 868
19. Zivot i smrt porno bande (2009)
90 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
An aspiring film maker turns to porn after little success, then falls into a pursuit of crime with his band of misfits and suffers the repercussions of their unprecedented journey.
Director: Mladen Djordjevic | Stars: Mihajlo Jovanovic, Ana Acimovic, Srboljub Milin, Radivoj Knezevic
Votes: 2,362
20. August Underground's Penance (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 84 min | Horror
The third film in the series. This time a couple go on a killing spree in their local area.
Director: Fred Vogel | Stars: Cristie Whiles, Fred Vogel, Shelby Lyn Vogel, Jerami Cruise
Votes: 1,646
21. A Dog's Life (1962)
Approved | 108 min | Documentary, Horror
A "shockumentary" consisting of a collection of mostly real archive footage displaying mankind at its most depraved and perverse, displaying bizarre rites, cruel behavior and bestial violence.
Directors: Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi | Stars: Stefano Sibaldi, Rossano Brazzi, Yves Klein, Henning Skaarup
Votes: 4,410
22. August Underground (2001 Video)
Unrated | 70 min | Horror
Two serial killers go on a murdering rampage as one films the outcome from behind a video camera.
Director: Fred Vogel | Stars: Kyle Dealman, Casey Eganey, Dan Friedman, Alexa Iris
Votes: 3,644
23. Long Live Death (1971)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, War
At the end of the Spanish civil war, Fando, a boy of about ten, tries to make sense of war and his father's arrest. His mother is religious, sympathetic to the Fascists; his father is ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Arrabal | Stars: Anouk Ferjac, Núria Espert, Mahdi Chaouch, Ivan Henriques
Votes: 1,497
24. Atrocious (2015)
79 min | Horror
While examining a traffic accident where a woman was badly hurt, the unorthodox police commander finds proof of even more gruesome facts and decides to deal out vengeful justice.
Director: Lex Ortega | Stars: David Aboussafy, Abigail Bonilla, Ricardo Brito, Alberto Hernandez Campusano
Votes: 1,011
25. 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: 71,744
26. 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: 147,750 | Gross: $0.75M
27. 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: 65,869
28. Trauma (II) (2017)
Not Rated | 106 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Four friends, partying in a house in the middle of nowhere are brutally attacked by a man and his son, forcing the remaining women to take vengeance upon them.
Director: Lucio A. Rojas | Stars: Catalina Martin, Macarena Carrere, Dominga Bofill, Ximena del Solar
Votes: 2,492
29. Traces of Death (1993 Video)
Unrated | 78 min | Documentary, Horror
Traces of Death is a collection of archive film and borrowed stock footage, notorious for its pointless exploitative content. In its opening you see the death of a woman named Maritza ... See full summary »
Stars: Damon Fox, Maritza Martin Munoz, Emilio Nunez, James Vance
Votes: 842
30. Faces of Death (1978)
Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, Horror
A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV material to homemade super 8 movies.
Director: John Alan Schwartz | Stars: Michael Carr, Samuel Berkowitz, Mary Ellen Brighton, Thomas Noguchi
Votes: 8,005 | Gross: $35.00M
31. Where the Dead Go to Die (2012)
Unrated | 95 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
A troubled group of children living on the same block are haunted by a talking dog named Labby who brings them on surreal hell-rides between different dimensions and time periods.
Director: Jimmy ScreamerClauz | Stars: Ruby Larocca, Brandon Slagle, Joey Smack, Victor Bonacore
Votes: 1,419
32. Suicide Club (2001)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase, Mai Hosho, Tamao Satô
Votes: 22,227
33. Cannibal (2006 Video)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An internet advertisement placed by a man with a cannibalistic obsession brings yields a willing victim to serve up his own flesh in this dramatic account of the crime that shocked the world.
Director: Marian Dora | Stars: Carsten Frank, Victor Brandl, Tobias Sickert, Joachim Sigl
Votes: 1,587
34. 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: 61,183
35. The Great American Snuff Film (2004 Video)
R | 87 min | Crime, Horror
Two pretty young women are abducted to be the featured stars of a snuff film produced by a pair of lowlife goons. The women are bound, gagged, tortured, burned with cigarettes and forced to dig their own graves.
Director: Sean Tretta | Stars: Mike Marsh, Ryan Hutman, Melinda Lorenz, Holi Tavernier
Votes: 544
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