THEME EXPLORATION

Torture

21 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Funny Games U.S.
Funny Games U.S.
2007 · Michael Haneke
Captive
Captive
2008 · Gus Alvarez
Saw III
Saw III
2006 · Darren Lynn Bousman
Death and the Maiden
Death and the Maiden
1994 · Roman Polanski
The Evil That Men Do
The Evil That Men Do
1984 · J. Lee Thompson
The Hill
The Hill
1965 · Sidney Lumet
Catch a Fire
Catch a Fire
2006 · Phillip Noyce
Apuntes sobre la tortura y otras formas de diálogo
Apuntes sobre la tortura y otras formas de diálogo
1968 · Patricio Guzmán
Face to Face with Death
Face to Face with Death
1970 · Yannis Dalianidis
Il miele del diavolo
Il miele del diavolo
1986 · Lucio Fulci
Le Chaudron infernal
Le Chaudron infernal
1903 · Georges Méliès
Martyrs
Martyrs
2008 · Pascal Laugier
The Virgin of Nuremberg
The Virgin of Nuremberg
1963 · Antonio Margheriti
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
2009 · Tom Six
The Loved Ones
The Loved Ones
2010 · Sean Byrne
Animalistic
Animalistic
2015 · Sonny Laguna & Tommy Wiklund
Bluebeard's Castle
Bluebeard's Castle
1963 · Michael Powell
Flower & Snake: Zero
Flower & Snake: Zero
2014 · Hajime Hashimoto
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985 · Héctor Babenco
Macabre
Macabre
2009 · Timo Tjahjanto
Orgies of Edo
Orgies of Edo
1969 · Teruo Ishii
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Darren Lynn Bousman USA

Architect of escalating psychological and physical torment exploring morality through elaborate systems of punishment.

 Eli Roth USA

Extreme horror that blends graphic brutality with genre subversion and provocative cultural commentary.

 Fred Vogel USA

Unflinching exploitation cinema that documents psychological and physical extremity without narrative mediation.