Best torture porn movies

R 90 min Horror. A group of friends stop to pick up a hitchhiking woman only to end up getting drugged by her with a gas. They awaken to find that vials have been implanted in the base of their skulls Votes: 5, R min Horror, Mystery, Thriller.

Also called splatter films and gornos, these nasties were, and still are, the worst of the worst. As time passed, less and less of those were coming out of studios in the US where it started, but started coming out on the other side of the ocean. They came most notably from the UK and Italy, and further east in Japan, a decent number was coming into the theatres every year. However, they were a touchy subject to talk about. The situation changed in the last couple of decades: with the speed of light, what was a taboo topic became a trend among the creative minds of the industry, from the Land of the Rising Sun to Los Angeles. Though the ending was not the best idea, the ambient of the old farm was way creepier than it is in many similar movies.

Not just a list of movies that feature pain and torture to the characters, but movies that hurt your eyes while viewing. Movies that make you wanna look away from the screen but terrified to look away from whats gonna happen. R min Crime, Drama, Horror. R 84 min Horror, Thriller.

Being a horror fan is tough work — especially these days, when watching gore films can be such a pain. Thanks to the relative popularity the Saw and Hostel series, torture porn seems to be everywhere these days. But that doesn't mean the best splatter movies are the ones now screening in multiplexes. Movie history is filled with cinematic nastygrams — some surprisingly smart, others just plain not-for-the-squeamish — that didn't get enough love. To find out which of them brings the most pain, Wired got picks from Fangoria editor in chief Chris Alexander and marketing director Rebekah McKendry.