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Extreme cinema

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Extreme cinema

Extreme cinema (or hardcore horror and extreme horror[1][2]) is a subgenre used for films distinguished by its use of excessive sex and violence, and depiction of extreme acts such as mutilation and torture. The rising popularity of Asian films in the 21st century has contributed to the growth of extreme cinema, although extreme cinema is still considered to be a horror film-based genre. Being a relatively recent genre, extreme cinema is controversial and widely unaccepted by the mainstream media.[3] Extreme cinema films target a specific and small audience group.[4]

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A set of props used in the production of the Saw films, which are notorious for depicting extreme graphic violence

History

The history of extreme cinema can be traced back to censorship of art films and advertising tactics for classical exploitation films to Anglophone markets alongside later liberal representations of sex in the first half of the 20th century onwards.[5]

The name "extreme cinema" originated from a "line of Asian films that share a combination of sensational features, such as extreme violence, horror and shocking plots".[6] Extreme cinema can be rooted as "Asian Extreme", the term for Japanese and other Asian films used to its excessive nature. Early examples of Asian Extreme such as Ring (1998) and Battle Royale (2000).[7]

Notable films

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Title YearRef.
A Serbian Film2010[8][9][10][11][12]
August Underground2001[13][14]
August Underground's Mordum2003[15][16][17]
August Underground's Penance2007[18][1][19]
Act of Vengeance1974[20]
Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember 2016 [21]
Angst1983[22]
Antichrist2009[23][24]
Audition1999[25][11]
Auschwitz2011[26]
Bandit Queen1994[27]
Begotten1989[26][23]
Benny's Video1992[26]
Black Friday2004[28]
Blood Feast1963[26][1]
Caligula (unrated version)1979[26]
Caligula... The Untold Story1982[29]
Cannibal Holocaust1980[30][31][32][33][11]
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover1989[34]
Cannibal2006[35]
Crash1996[26][36]
The Devils1971[26][37]
Dogtooth2009[25][11]
Dogville2003[38]
Faces of Death1978[29][23]
Fat Girl2001[39]
Flower Of Flesh And Blood1985[40]
Frontier(s)2007[41][42][43]
Funny Games1997[25][44][11]
Gandu2010[45]
Grotesque2009[46]
Gummo1997[47]
The Green Elephant1999[48]
Hacksaw2020[49]
Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies1994[29]
Hellraiser1987[29]
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer1986[50][51]
Hostel2005[29]
The House That Jack Built2018[52]
The Human Centipede2009[29][53]
I Spit on Your Grave1978[29]
I Stand Alone1998[1]
Ichi the Killer2001[54][55]
The Idiots1998[56]
Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS1975[29]
Infinity Pool2023[57][58]
Inside2007[59]
In the Realm of the Senses1976[60][11]
Irréversible2002[29][11]
Julien Donkey-Boy1999[47]
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love1996[61]
Kinatay2009[62]
The Machine Girl2008[63]
Maniac1980[64][65]
Man Bites Dog1992[66]
Mark of the Devil1970[66]
Men Behind The Sun Quadriology1988-1995[67][68][69][70]
Melancholie der Engel2009[71][72][73]
Martyrs2008[8][10][12]
Masking Threshold2021[74][75][76]
Matrubhoomi2003[77]
Megan is Missing2011[78][79]
Multiple Maniacs1970[80][81]
Mysterious Skin2004[66]
Naked Blood1996[82]
Natural Born Killers1994[83][84]
Nekromantik1987[66][85]
Oedipus Rex1967[66]
Oldboy2003[44][86][11][1]
Paanch2003[87]
The Passion of the Christ2004[88][89][90]
Pieces1982[91][92]
Pigsty1969[66]
Philosophy of a Knife2008[93][94][95]
Pink Flamingos1972[66][96][11]
The Poughkeepsie Tapes2007[66]
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead2006[66]
Rambo 42008[66]
Re-Animator1985[66]
Relic2020[97]
Requiem for a Dream2000[66]
The Revenant2015[53]
Saani Kaayidham2022[98]
Schramm1993[99][100]
Snuff 1022007[101][102]
The Sadness2021[103][12]
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom1975[31][104][11][12]
Saw2004[105][1]
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist1997[105]
Snuff1976[1]
Stille Nacht1969[105]
The Substance2024[106]
Suicide Club2001[54]
Subconscious Cruelty2000[107][108]
Sweet Movie1974[105]
Taxidermia2006[10]
Tetsuo: The Iron Man1989[109]
Thanatomorphose2012[110][111]
Thriller: A Cruel Picture1973[105]
Trash Humpers2009[47]
Tumbling Doll Of Flesh1998[112][113]
Un Chien Andalou1929[105]
Vase de Noces1974[105]
What is It?2005[114]
Where the Dead Go to Die2012[105]
Who's Watching Oliver2018[115]
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Notable directors

Controversy and legacy

Extreme cinema is highly criticized and debated by film critics and the general public. There have been debates over the hypersexualization that makes these films a threat to the 'mainstream' community standards.[130]

There has also been criticism over the increasing use of violence in modern-day films. Ever since the emergence of slasher-gore films in the 1970s, the rising popularity of extreme cinema has contributed to the casual violence in popular media.[131] Some criticize the easy exposure and unintended targeting of adolescents by extreme cinema films.[132]

Pink Flamingos is inducted into the National Film Registry.[133] Requiem for a Dream and Oldboy were named on the BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century.[134] The behind-the-scenes look at Cannibal Holocaust was the subject of a Season 2 episode of the documentary series Cursed Films.[135][136]

At the 97th Academy Awards, The Substance was nominated for five awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Coralie Fargeat and Best Actress for Demi Moore (the former becoming the ninth woman nominated for directing).[137][138][139]

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