After seeing this movie on DVD, I am 100% confident that it should be BANNED WORLDWIDE.
Sorry, but who on earth would LIKE a movie that contains such graphic scenes of torture?
This is Charles Manson material - not mine!!
Whoever is interested in watching it would probably like this movie.. If you didn't like it SO WHAT! You have no power to feel that it should be banned or anything. You obviously KNEW it would be VERY TORTURING and GRAPHIC SCENES why bother watching it. HMM? I"m waiting to hear about what you had to say about that.
shareIf this is the worst, most graphic movie you've seen, you've lived a sheltered life. FYI, it was 99.99% FICTIONAL, as most movies are. I suggest reading what movies are about before you see them if this form of "entertainment" causes you inner turmoil. That way you can save yourself some personal issues that may arise after you watch certain movies.
shareI thought it was harsh, but good. There are worse films out with gore than this one.
You've got a crazy look in your eye... and it's really starting to freak me out.
Banned world wide? YOU should be "banned" from attempting to project your ridiculous values onto others.
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Good point
You've got a crazy look in your eye... and it's really starting to freak me out.
I actually enjoyed it... didn't think there was much blood or gore at all... I was expecting it to be more like Inside...really this was pretty tame
shareI thought it was good precisely because it was excruciating....the violence wasn't just empty spectacle, it was extremely human, viscerally painful and disturbing.
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Banned world wide? YOU should be "banned" from attempting to project your ridiculous values onto others
The OP is more than likely incapable of comprehending such a comparison.
Thanks for the reply silverr8c. Happy new year.
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Wow 2008, I don't even remember that year
And yes you're right. Troll-baiting is never good.
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How gore just was this film? more gore than INSIDE?
shareSuck it up.
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What is this "INSIDE" you speak of? I might just need to see it.
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Just rented it today and thought it was quite an interesting film. Would recomend seeing it.
Just sit back and enjoy the show!share
I honestly thought the same thing as the OR poster. His tagline really. But not for the same reason. I felt the same way about the movie Session 9 but that movie was actually decent. This movie I almost turned off because it got boring. There was really no point to this movie at all. I am sorry the second chick that was taken was annoying the hell out of me too. I was like shut up. Goddamnit. He wasn't even doing anything to her, no torture nothing. And she kept wailing. Some people might call me heartless. But oh well. She didn't deserve to have her tongue cut out but maybe just hit in the head with the gun to knock her out. Just to quiet the situation and stop the aggravation. I thought the movie was just bad. The only reason I kept watching was to see if it actually got better. I mean it left a lot of explanation out and I didn't like that. Some movies it is okay but this wasn't one of them. Why was Jennifer's chin all bloody. Did he cut her tongue out too? Why was he holding the kid in the first place? He could have left the kid at home. Why bring the kid along? The acting by the lead actress was pretty good for it being low budget but still the movie needed a lot of explaining. there was really no point, or real plot.
shareI personally thought this was and still is a peice of art.
But you have to be a real fan of the horror genre to understand why I would think such a thing.
As for the gore, I've seen so much worse in movies that aren't even listed under gore and horror.
What can I say thought, some people just don't understand... I of course wouldn't suggest anyone let their children watch it, but one statement deciding for the entire world? no wonder personal opinions are going out the window.
It's not as if the director says it'ssuitable for all viewing, maybe next time you read what it's about before you watch a movie and then judge it, when you are obviously not a fan of these sorts of movies, I personally don't think it's right the way half the woman in the modern age of film are treated, but I'm not going to go decide for everyone on what should happen, because those woman agreed to be treated and percieved that way.
It's all fictional, someones imagination running wild as it should. That's what's so great about horror.
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I understand this original OP's point of view. I simply can't watch anything with more than very mild violence -- it repulses me.
I think his question (and the question I ask people who enjoy this type of film is, "How can you enjoy it?" What is it about watching simulated torture or murder that's appealing? Enjoyable?
I'm not trying to be a douche. I'd really like to know.
I admired this movie because it wasn't "enjoyable." It was a slow, realistic, depressing and very unpleasant depiction of violence and suffering, which makes it pretty different from most horror movies. If you're just looking for outrageous gore, it won't cut the mustard. It kinda puts the viewer in the position of the tortured--not in a "Holy sh-t that was nasty!!!" sense a la the "Hostel" movies or whatever, but having to squirm right along with characters in extreme discomfort for long periods.
Which is not to say SOMEBODY out there won't "enjoy" watching this anyway, but the whole point is solidly anti-fun. It's pretty much the antithesis of standard horror movies where gory, fast-paced action is there for you to enjoy as giddy spectacle. Without being as didactic about it as say "Funny Games," it means to take the "entertainment value" OUT of movie violence and upset the viewer's expectation of having a good time watching such acts.
Not saying it's the greatest movie ever made, but saw it three? four? years ago and it still sticks with me.
I think his question (and the question I ask people who enjoy this type of film is, "How can you enjoy it?" What is it about watching simulated torture or murder that's appealing? Enjoyable?
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There is a WORLD of difference between asking a question like this one, and calling for a worldwide ban on someone's work because you are too stupid to articulate such a question. Unfortunately, it is the OP's attitude that most often dominates.
One reason for interest in this sort of material is that you only need to think of recent headlnes to see why women kept captive by madmen is something on people's minds -- Josef Fritzl. Wolfgang Priklopil. Phillip Garrido. Several cases in Saudi Arabia, where names weren't released because the imprisonment was not regarded as criminal (!).
Horror movies are a way for us to deal with our fears, both rational and irrational. Demographics of horror fans have recently found that horror fans are more than 50% female...so, before deciding a film is misogynist, do consider whether the women facing these horrific images aren't, in fact, learning to deal with some brutal truths that exist in this nasty modern world. Portraying evil, women-hating characters and their actions isn't an expression of misogyny. Quite the opposite! True misogynists are dedicated to hiding their vicious core, not exposing it to the light of day! Women are working through the fear of such men, which must figure into ALL their relations with the opposite sex, while men must deal with the potential for violence that exists within them.
Movies like this one concretize such issues, which otherwise might be nebulous, hard to pin down, and just add to the free-flowing anxiety of the day-to-day.