THEME EXPLORATION

surgical torture

21 films · 3 directors

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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
David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films explore invasive surgical procedures and medical violation as metaphors for existential transformation and loss of bodily autonomy.

 Gaspar Noé France

His extreme cinema directly confronts graphic medical trauma and surgical violence as unflinching examinations of human suffering and physical destruction.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

His provocative films depict surgical mutilation and medical violence as instruments of psychological and physical torment within narratives of human cruelty.