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Has Any Violence Or Gore In A Film Ever Truly "Shocked" You?
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OmegaSupreme
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Seeing Murphy blown to bits in Robocop still gets me. Especially the uncut version.
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Yes came out of fucking no where. The foot cut was done really good as well. That shit haunted me for days.
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GymWolf
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I thought the foot cut looked a bit bad tbh.
But maybe i'm remebering another scene where they cut something but it clearly looks fake.
The movie was a fairly standard fare, this is one of those cases where extreme violence somehow elevate the final product, nobody would remember that movie without these scenes.
I think the most disturbing part of the movie is when you see their womens and how they are just a tool to make childrens, the protagonists doesn't even mercy kill them if i remember well...
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Yeah that was quite something...
A collective trauma by Verhoeven.
Proud to be Dutch.
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1: Yes. A seemingly great executed (excuse the pun) build up and; well there it is.
2: indeed. Woman removed of their limbs as to only function as fuck/breeding animals.
Great first date movie.
Loved the throat whistle though.
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GymWolf
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Yep, if a woman can't handle some healthy scalping and eviscerating scenes she is not wife material.
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swaffles23
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Not really. Maybe the scene in the original Pet Sematary when the old man gets his achilles tendon cut lol
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Agreed. Verhoeven still wins. Where's my gold?
Putonahappyface
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Yeah that scene was horrific and reminded me of an X-Files episode called "Home", where an inbred family were screwing their quadruple amputee mother.
Yerd
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Nope.
Although I was watching a movie from the 50's or 60's, in black and white, not too long ago. I don't remember the name, but the opening was a man cheating on his wife, wife finds out and murders him.
They showed the murder in shadow profile, the wife chopping his head with an axe as he was in bed. I wasn't shocked by the imagery, I was shocked that was something they showed back then. Seemed pretty gruesome for the era.
Although I was watching a movie from the 50's or 60's, in black and white, not too long ago. I don't remember the name, but the opening was a man cheating on his wife, wife finds out and murders him.
They showed the murder in shadow profile, the wife chopping his head with an axe as he was in bed. I wasn't shocked by the imagery, I was shocked that was something they showed back then. Seemed pretty gruesome for the era.
GymWolf
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Back in the 50s there was no violence or gore in movies?
Putonahappyface
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Hohenheim
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That X-Files episode was amazing! I was quite young when that aired, and it was like nothing i'd ever seen. A huge factor in my love for horror.Yeah that scene was horrific and reminded me of an X-Files episode called "Home", where an inbred family were screwing their quadruple amputee mother.
Putonahappyface
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The special effects still hold up to this day imo.Yeah that was quite something...
A collective trauma by Verhoeven.
Proud to be Dutch.
Putonahappyface
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Wasn't the mother strapped to a skateboard? I'm not sure I want to remember.
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Putonahappyface
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Best to watch it in 4k uhd to maximise those emotions. It works well enough for me with a 77 inch screen.
Hohenheim
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She was strapped under the bed, with most limbs missing.. probably so the inbreed sons could easily flip the bed around and go to town. Fucking disturbing stuff, and pretty hardcore for an X-Files episode!
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Putonahappyface
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Best to watch it in 4k uhd to maximise those emotions. It works well enough for me with a 77 inch screen.
A very emotional pleasant piece of cinema for sure
Yerd
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Nothing you could say would be very shocking. The shower scene in Psycho was a big deal when it came out at the time. That was 1960.
The scene I'm referring to was a wood cutting axe, one swing to the head, I don't remember if it lopped his head off but it might have.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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Watch at your own risk 
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
The special effects still hold up to this day imo.
Paul Verhoeven is fantastic especially when he does ultra gory Sci Fi
Wish he did more of them
Putonahappyface
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I really liked any episodes where the premise revolved around aliens or ufo's.
Dacvak
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Aw fuck I managed to not think about that scene for like 15 years, and it all just came flooding back…. Uggghhhhh that shit was brutal to watch.
Putonahappyface
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Similar scene in the Sopranos. Both equally horrible and difficult to watch.
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
It's nice to see people mention Bone Tomahawk for that scene, but I really advise people check it out regardless, because it really is one of the best movies of the last decade and one of the only modern Westerns.
His Western novels are awesome, too. I think Ridley Scott is attached to direct an adaptation of one but it's gonna be way less brutal than the book.
His Western novels are awesome, too. I think Ridley Scott is attached to direct an adaptation of one but it's gonna be way less brutal than the book.
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Putonahappyface
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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Time of the month?
You should watch Possession
And I'm only putting it here since I watched The First Omen last night (Loved it)
There was a scene in The First Omen that I felt was a homage to that scene in Possession
Also The First Omen had some surprisingly gory moments that were really brutal. That movie pulls no punches I'll say
Putonahappyface
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I'm not a huge horror fan, but I do like a few of them.
Alien
Event Horizon
28 Days Later
The Exorcist
The Thing
The Shining
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You mean the monster of the week instead of the side shit? With ya.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
I love The X-Files even the side quests they go on in the show
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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Peggies
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Thank you for not describing that particular scene again. I never watched that movie but that scene haunted me only after reading about it.
Anyway, I'm used to gore and it doesn't really bother me anymore after watching tons of horror movies. What I find disturbing is "real" violence as in people being beaten up or raped.
Muffdraul
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We got our first VCR in 1982, I was 13.
Alien - the chest burster
Scanners - the head pop
The Thing - defibrillator arm chomp
Those are my Big 3. I guess they desensitized me, because I don't anything disturbing me after those. Well, not until I saw the real thing almost 20 years later, e.g. chechclear. That made me walk slow for like two days. Thanks, Something Awful.
Alien - the chest burster
Scanners - the head pop
The Thing - defibrillator arm chomp
Those are my Big 3. I guess they desensitized me, because I don't anything disturbing me after those. Well, not until I saw the real thing almost 20 years later, e.g. chechclear. That made me walk slow for like two days. Thanks, Something Awful.
SJRB
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Violence is shocking when you least expect it. I watched Bone Tomahawk after reading about the brutality of it, so of course when it happened I wasn't shocked at all, I was more like "ah, see, there it is. Yeah I guess that's pretty gnarly". I can't imagine how absolutely insane it must've been watching this movie without knowing what happens at some point.
First movie that comes up when I think about out of nowhere violence is Drive, where the driver literally stomps a guy's head to mush and you get that super quick cut to the head being completely obliterated. That came out of nowhere after that super slo-mo kiss scene and really had me going "holy shit dude". The Driver's demonic visage and Irene's complete shock at what just happened seals the deal. The elevator door closes and the camera focusses on the scorpion on his jacket.
Perfect sequence.
First movie that comes up when I think about out of nowhere violence is Drive, where the driver literally stomps a guy's head to mush and you get that super quick cut to the head being completely obliterated. That came out of nowhere after that super slo-mo kiss scene and really had me going "holy shit dude". The Driver's demonic visage and Irene's complete shock at what just happened seals the deal. The elevator door closes and the camera focusses on the scorpion on his jacket.
Perfect sequence.
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Yerd
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Took me forever to find this scene. I couldn't remember any details of the movie or who was in it. I guess it's after psycho was out, but I still think it's pretty gruesome for the era. Dude's head falls off.
I didn't actually watch the movie, I only saw this opening scene. My father was watching it, and I commented about how I knew what the plot would be a little after this scene. I'm not a big fan of movies of this era. I find the acting was generally dog shit back then.
I didn't actually watch the movie, I only saw this opening scene. My father was watching it, and I commented about how I knew what the plot would be a little after this scene. I'm not a big fan of movies of this era. I find the acting was generally dog shit back then.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
That one stuck with me
Also loved the ending
Yes it's depressing but just a powerful way to end it
Maiden Voyage
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We make for a cute couple no?
