The Idiots, 1998. Directed by Lars von Trier. Starring Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing and Nikolaj Lie Kass. Lars von Trier’s The Idiots (Idioterne, 1998) features the potentially offensive story of a group of middle class people who pretend to be handicapped as they are unhappy with society. The film begins with Karen […]
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Extreme Cinema – Nekromantik
Nekromantik, 1987. Directed by Jörg Buttgereit. Starring Bernd Daktari Lorenz, Beatrice Manowski, Harald Lundt and Colloseo Schulzendorf. SYNOPSIS: The relationship between a pair of necrophiles hits the rocks when the female prefers sexual relations with a rotting corpse than that of her living partner. If you were to make a list of all of the […]
Extreme Cinema – Maniac (1980)
Maniac, 1980. Directed by William Lustig. Starring Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro, Abigail Clayton, Kelly Piper, and Tom Savini. SYNOPSIS: An unhinged man on the streets of New York City kills and scalps young women. Maniac is a peculiar breed of horror film – it doesn’t set out to scare, but instead attempts to unsettle. It […]
Extreme Cinema: The Most Shocking Movies Of All Time
Check out EJ Moreno’s ten most shocking movies of all time… Join our host EJ Moreno as he dives into the most shocking movies of all-time. Ranging from French shock art to John Waters’ masterpieces, this list is not for the faint of heart and could easily offend you. Watch at your own risk and […]
Extreme Cinema – Schramm
Schramm, 1993. Directed by Jörg Buttgereit. Starring Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Monika M., Micha Brendel, Carolina Harnisch, and Michael Brynntrup. SYNOPSIS: A look inside the mind of a serial killer from the controversial director of Nekromantik. So Schramm is a film that examines the psyche of a serial killer and was made by Jörg Buttgereit, […]
Extreme Cinema – Deadgirl
Deadgirl, 2008. Directed by Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel. Starring Shiloh Fernandez, Noah Segan and Candice Accola. SYNOPSIS: Two high school boys bunk off school to go drink beers in the local abandoned insane asylum – what could possibly go wrong? How about discovering a bound and gagged naked (un)dead woman… Rickie and JT are […]
Extreme Cinema – A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange, 1971. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, and Warren Clarke. In a future British society law and order has completely broken down allowing gangs of youths to roam the streets looking for trouble. Arrested for murder, gang leader Alex Delarge is reconditioned and set free into this […]
Extreme Cinema – The Last House on the Left (1972)
The Last House on the Left, 1972. Directed by Wes Craven. Starring Sandra Cassel, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln, Jeramie Rain, Gaylord St. James and Cynthia Carr. The early 1970s was the period in which America was a nation bitterly divided over the Vietnam War. Wes Craven, a then young director of exploitation […]
Extreme Cinema – Rape Squad
Rape Squad, 1974. Directed by Bob Kelljan. Starring Jo Ann Harris, Peter Brown, and Jennifer Lee. SYNOPSIS: A group of rape victims form a squad in an attempt to find their attacker and deter other rapists. With a title that practically screams for attention, it is perhaps surprising that Rape Squad has been somewhat overlooked […]
Extreme Cinema – Pieces (1982)
Pieces, 1982. Directed by Juan Piquer Simón. Starring Ian Sera, Christopher George, Frank Braña, and Lynda Day George. SYNOPSIS: Young girls find themselves brutally hacked to pieces when a chainsaw killer strikes an American university campus. The tagline for Pieces – ‘You don’t have to go to Texas for a chainsaw massacre!’ – should suitably […]