Your Favorite Gore Scene, Non Zombie Movie Related.

[DjfunkmasterG]

I sat here thinking about my favorite splatter scenes, from non zombie flicks, and was thinking what scene was the most profound for me, literally one that creeped me out so much that I haven't shaken it, even to this day.

Well for me, it would be the brain eating scene in Hannibal. Now I know some would say the CG makes it look goofy, but come on man, Ray Liotta, awake while his head is being taken off, and piece of his brain being sliced and sauteed as a meal, what caps it all off is the fact Lecter feeds the guy a piece of his own cooked brain.

That is the clincher for me.

Whats yours?

[AcesandEights]

Well for me, it would be the brain eating scene in Hannibal. Now I know some would say the CG makes it look goofy, but come on man, Ray Liotta, awake while his head is being taken off, and piece of his brain being sliced and sauteed as a meal, what caps it all off is the fact Lecter feeds the guy a piece of his own cooked brain.


I gotta agree that this is one disturbing scene. Not sure if it's gory, such much as just plain old disturbing/horrifying to contemplate. I mean...come on, that's totally fucked up.

[bassman]

Not sure if you would consider it gore, but the head shot in Fight Club made me flip out.


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[Chic Freak]

Again, not sure if it counts as gore, although there is some blood, but the rape scene in Irreversible is probably the most disturbing thing I've ever seen in a film. I wouldn't call it my favourite but it left a big impression.

My favourite gory-ish scene in a film might well be when Mickey and Malory Knox shoot up the diner at the beginning of Natural Born Killers, which is also one of my favourite films.

I imagine the worst things I could watch would be films like Cannibal Holocaust and Men Behind the Sun as they apparently feature genuine animal cruelty/ slaughter and I know I couldn't handle that for even 2 seconds.

[MinionZombie]

Chic - yes, Cannibal Holocause does feature real animal killings - I've only seen the film once, but it left a profound impression.

Favourite gore/most memorable? Blimey, there's so many.

Story of Ricky is stupendously gory, and lots of fun.

Evil Dead ... not really a zombie movie ... but the gore in that is fantastic.

Videodrome - when that dude gets shot in the head, and his gurgling screams are filling the conference hall via a microphone, they cut in for a shot of his head all kindsa fucked up and jiggling around - that's always stuck with me.

Scanners - the best head explosion ever.

Friday 13th Part 4 - meat cleaver to the face.

The Devil's Rejects - several moments, but the girl getting run over by the truck is pretty amazing.

Ah dude, so many choices, too many to choose from!!! :D

Evil Aliens has some really fun gore in it (it's a really fun indie movie too).

Fisher Stevens getting his fingers cut off in The Burning.

Johnny Depp getting turning into a geyser of blood in A Nightmare on Elm Street.

The sliced head of the yuppy Mercedes driver in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.

TCM: The Beginning - when that dude who ends up in a wheel chair gets his legs sawed off.

Maniac - Tom Savini's head explodes - the other best ever head explosion in a film, but the best head explosion by a gun shot (the second best would be in Dawn of the Dead).

Sooooooo many to choose from, my mind is flooded with choice it's gotten blocked!

[DjfunkmasterG]

In honor of the Hannibal post I made, I just learned through IMDB news that Anthony Hopkins, and Ridley Scott are teaming together one more time for another Hannibal Lecter flick.

Hopkins To Feast As Hannibal Again
15 May 2009 5:00 AM, PDT


Sir Anthony Hopkins is teaming up with director Sir Ridley Scott to bring his most infamous villain Hannibal Lecter back to the big screen.

The actor will reprise his cannibalistic serial killer for the fourth time in a second sequel to the 1991 hit film The Silence of the Lambs, for which he won a Best Actor Oscar.

Hopkins also appeared in 2001's Hannibal before starring in the 2002 prequel Red Dragon.

And actress Cate Blanchett has been tipped to take over the role of Clarice Starling after Jodie Foster pulled out to direct Claire Danes in the forthcoming Flora Plum.

A spokesperson for film-makers Universal says, "Hopkins and Scott are both very committed. We like what we've got, and the revised script is really, really good."

[Chic Freak]

Ah, how could I forget Texas Chainsaw and Evil Dead?? :hyper:

I'm going to say Evil Dead II and the original TCM are my favourites though :)

[MaximusIncredulous]

In terms of disturbance, I gotta go with the Cockroach explosion in Creepshow. Can't stand huge cockroaches and seeing those things come out of Mr. Pratt en masse always creeps me out.

[MinionZombie]

Ah, how could I forget Texas Chainsaw and Evil Dead?? :hyper:

I'm going to say Evil Dead II and the original TCM are my favourites though :)
Although, interestingly, there's barely any actual gore in TCM. It's mostly bloodless, but it appears very violent.

[Tricky]

the gore in "the thing" still turns my stomach,the bit where the guys head falls off then sprouts legs :barf:
Im not really a fan of gore these days though,in my teens i'd watch films because they were gory,whereas now gore for the sake of it doesnt appeal to me at all. Thats not to say i mind gore in films,especially in modern war films or if its not overdone in horrors,but im certainly not one for watching splatterfests or torture films.

[bassman]

As MZ said above...It's funny how people consider TCM to be filled with gore when there's hardly any blood.

TCM2 however is a different story. I'll add that as one of my favorites. Savini's work on that flick is great.

[Chic Freak]

As MZ said above...It's funny how people consider TCM to be filled with gore when there's hardly any blood.

TCM2 however is a different story. I'll add that as one of my favorites. Savini's work on that flick is great.

Yeah, it was suprisingly good if I'm thinking about the same one- the one that was released about 4 years ago?

[DawnGirl27]

One for me, especially when I was younger, was in Alien and Aliens when the creature burst out of the chest while the person was still alive, breaking the ribs. Couldn't imagine how much that would hurt. :eek:

[Tricky]

how about the tendon cutting scene in pet sematary?always made me cringe that!

[bassman]

Yeah, it was suprisingly good if I'm thinking about the same one- the one that was released about 4 years ago?

I'm actually talking about the two original Tobe Hooper films. I wasn't a huge fan of the remake...

[Mike70]

the gore in "the thing" still turns my stomach,the bit where the guys head falls off then sprouts legs :barf:
Im not really a fan of gore these days though,in my teens i'd watch films because they were gory,whereas now gore for the sake of it doesnt appeal to me at all.

that is a great scene in the thing but i think the effects in that film are way over the top. carpenter's remake has none of the subtly of the original (even though it is more faithful to john campbell's story).

i agree on the second point as well. i am not a big fan of gore either, never have been. i know that sounds funny coming from a life long zombie movie fan but i don't watch zombie flicks for the gore. in fact, that is the last reason i watch them. i find gore boring. very boring in fact and i think in most movies it is used as a crutch for shitty storytelling.

aside from a good zombie flick my sense of horror is very gothic (gothic in the original sense of the word not asshole kids dressed in black). i far prefer the movies of the 30s and 40s, the hammer films and some of the stuff done in the 70s and early 80s to just about anything out there today.

[Crappingbear]

As MZ mentioned the Story of Riki O is must see for hilarious gore kung fu prison insanity. The guy explodes anothers head by slapping his hands together and even sews torn tendons in his arm by himself. :)

[PJoseph]

Oh man - GREAT question!!!

First of all - The Thing - hands down - has some of the best make-up/gore FX.

Peter Jacksons' Bad Taste - saw it when it came out on VIDEO back in 1988 - that really affected me - even though it's totally goofy.

And as for a great scene - I think that both Omen 1 and 2 have some really shocking gore scenes.

Omen 1 - decapitation by sheet of glass

Omen 2 - body sliced in half by falling elevator cable = AWESOME!!!!

I mean, honestly though, the list can go on and on. I guess these days I don't seek out gore that much, but when I first discovered make-up FX when I was about 13, I couldn't get enough. I have Savini's Grand Illusions 1 (signed of course!) and I studied that thing in and out. I was a gore hound.

pJ

[clanglee]

Quite a few wonderful gore scenes out there, but for some reason the one I am thinking about right now (which isn't the best, but it is great) is the tongue scene in Ichi the Killer. Just gets me every time.

[ProfessorChaos]

war movies such as saving private ryan and hamburger hill have some moments that make me cringe/empathize with the victim....although most war films don't even come close to the type of stuff that happens on battlefields, these two films in particular have some pretty disturbing imagery.

war films aside, these days the whole gore-porn shit is over the top and too cheesy.

[Chic Freak]

Although, interestingly, there's barely any actual gore in TCM. It's mostly bloodless, but it appears very violent.

Speaking of horrifiying "bloodless gore", what about that bit in American History X when Ed Norton stamps on that dude's head while he's biting the pavement? The sound of his teeth on the curb nearly made me puke the first time I watched it!

[MinionZombie]

I'm actually talking about the two original Tobe Hooper films. I wasn't a huge fan of the remake...
Unless Chic was talking about the release of TCM2 in the UK. For quite a while it was banned by the BBFC, then it got shown on television (the BBFC don't have dominion over that - but it was a cut version), then finally it was released in the UK a few years back ... although more than 4 years ago.

It was probably around about the time the remake came out that the UK could finally buy TCM2, perhaps a bit earlier, but around that time.

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Aye yes, The Thing, and Ichi the Killer are another two great movies for gore.

Also, Braindead (aka Dead Alive), the uncut extended scene of that 'British vampire chick' from Buffy getting her head drilled in the Toolbox Murders remake, as well as the uncut extended scene in TCM2003 where that dude gets chainsawed right up the bollocks (they cut out a huge gush of blood 'n' guts, but it's on the DVD).

Zombi 2 (aka Zombie Flesh Eaters) - the feasting on the woman in that house, as well as the famous eye-skewering ... oh wait, that's a zombie film ... as is Braindead ... whoops, got carried away. :D

SAW - the uncut version of the ankle-sawing.

SAW III - that machine which twists that guy's body so all his bones burst out.

SAW V - I actually found two moments to be "a bit much", which was the arms getting power-sawed through (and the subsequent 'gross out comedy-ish' floppy arms jiggling), as well as the bone bursting through that dude's arm near the end. At the time I thought that was a bit much, and I was rather jaded by it all (plus Saw IV and V were shit).

Hostel 2 - the dude getting his cock 'n' balls cut off ... bloody nora. :eek:

Planet Terror - many moments, from the real-gore photos on the hospital computer, to the pustules getting smeared on Brolin's face, the gleefully OTT gunshot hits, Savini's demise etc etc etc...mind you, it's kind of a zombie movie, but not really ... so bugger it.

From Dusk Till Dawn - again, when the shit kicks off, it's just constant fun gore.

X-Files: F Esmasculata - the only episode to be rated 18 in the UK (so I assume, according to my DVD box sets and a bit of thought) - those exploding pustules are truly gross.

I Spit On Your Grave - while not a major effect, it's just gushing blood, the eruption of blood from that one dude's groin in the bath once he's had his todger lopped off, is enough to make any dude wince.

Teeth - speaking of cocks getting lopped off, this movie has a few such moments ... mind you, if that chick was into anal sex, the problem would be solved. :p

Just a few more off the top of my head.

[Tricky]

war movies such as saving private ryan and hamburger hill have some moments that make me cringe/empathize with the victim....although most war films don't even come close to the type of stuff that happens on battlefields, these two films in particular have some pretty disturbing imagery.

war films aside, these days the whole gore-porn shit is over the top and too cheesy.

Yeah im with you on the war films,one that affected me the most was "we were soldiers", the combat is brutal on there & the scene where the napalm falls on friendlies & the skin comes off that guys legs when they try to lift him to the medevac,horrible!From speaking to guys who have seen real combat they said that film is one of the most authentic.the series "band of brothers" had its moments as well.

I happened to watch 28 weeks later again last night & theres some extreme gore in that!the part where the dad character kills his wife,or where the chopper pilot goes through about 30 infected with the rotor blades

[Purge]

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[krakenslayer]

X-Files: F Esmasculata - the only episode to be rated 18 in the UK (so I assume, according to my DVD box sets and a bit of thought) - those exploding pustules are truly gross.

The episode rated 18 was "The Căluşari", believe it or not. That's the one in Season 2 with the little boy who was possessed by hid dead twin. I think it got that rating because it opens with a baby being run over by a train. :D

Here's the original ratings certificate: http://bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/8D701FE5C5F6B7ED8025660B00302B30?OpenDocument

[MinionZombie]

Speaking of horrifiying "bloodless gore", what about that bit in American History X when Ed Norton stamps on that dude's head while he's biting the pavement? The sound of his teeth on the curb nearly made me puke the first time I watched it!
Good pick - that bit freaks me out as well - the power of imagination I guess, as well as the power of suggestion.

Plus, it's a fantastic film ... although Tony Kaye comes off as a bit of a prat on this "top adverts" show that was on Channel 4 t'other week, where he was yammering on about an advert he did for Michelin tyres or something (and I remember this advert from absolutely years ago), and it was some shoved-up-it's-own-arse 'art' piece that occasionally involved a car or a tyre ... what a load of bollocks ... so, on that clip show with interviews anyway, Tony Kaye came off as a bit of a prat...to me anyway ... and I'm sure he thinks highly of me. :lol:

American History X was fantastic though ... didn't Kaye want his name off it or something?

[DjfunkmasterG]

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WHOA, nice clip. Have never seen Maniac. Might have to hun this one down.

[krakenslayer]

Maniac is an okay movie, but the rest of the film is nothing like that clip would suggest. As far as I can remember, most of the film is about the killer struggling with his conscience while trying his best to go steady with the girl out of The Spy Who Loved Me without snuffing her. There are only a few deaths and only a few parts you'd call horror, but it does have a very grimy, grungy feel and there is a very nasty undertone that sort of sticks with you afterwards. Sort of reminds me of Driller Killer, both in terms of plot and how the story was pretty dull but the atmosphere sort of made it work.

[EvilNed]

My favourite headshot of all time is actually a deleted one from The Night of the Living Dead remake. Tom shoots a zombie that comes waltzing up towards the truck, but the finished film doesn't show the actual impact. The deleted footage is just... one helluva headshot, let me tell ya! The head literally just explodes into a thousand pieces.

Other than that, the eye-slitting scene in Un Chien Andalou always gets me. Yikes, that shot is disturbing.

As people have mentioned, The Thing is really nice too. My favourite part is actually a quick shot of one of the scientists being enveloped in tentacles with blood all over him.

The scene in Ravenous where they cook "human-stew" is kinda nice too. And the part where Guy Pearce chops down David Arquette and begins to eat him. That one is really nice. Yes, I'm sorry, I'm sort off a gore-hound.

Also, as someone mentioned, when Daria Nicolodi gets her eye shot out in Opera is nice too. Other Argento gems are the ending of Phenomena when that detective breaks his own thumbs in order to get out of those handcuffs. Strong stuff, especially since he's covered in blood.

Then we have the extended version of Troy. Say what you want about that film, but there's some really juicy stuff there. One guy gets a spear chucked at him and it pierces his face!

[MoonSylver]

One of the scenes in a movie that have me the creeping whim wham heebie jeebies & had me squirming in my seat literally was in "Hard Candy". And-they-don't-show-a-single-thing. Just the sound fx, the acting, the set-up, etc...uff...left me totally wrung out & drained after.

One screen gore? Seen so much over the years that I'm pretty desensitized & have forgotten. A lot of one's I can think of off the top of my head have already been mentioned. The Thing, Evil Dead 2, Bad Taste. I remember some over the top stuff in The Toxic Avenger. Blood Diner is another one.

[Tricky]

My favourite headshot of all time is actually a deleted one from The Night of the Living Dead remake. Tom shoots a zombie that comes waltzing up towards the truck, but the finished film doesn't show the actual impact. The deleted footage is just... one helluva headshot, let me tell ya! The head literally just explodes into a thousand pieces.

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how about the headshot on Hamburger Hill where the guy blows that NVA guys head off with an M60 point blank?that totally shocked me when i first saw it :barf:

[MinionZombie]

how about the headshot on Hamburger Hill where the guy blows that NVA guys head off with an M60 point blank?that totally shocked me when i first saw it :barf:
Aye, that kinda wigged me out when I saw it - the colours of the head-innards I particularly remember wigging me out.

[blind2d]

The one at the end of Hot Fuzz where the arsehole gets stabbed, er, skewered. Real nasty. - 2D

[DjfunkmasterG]

Another gore moment comes to mind, not so much in that it was shocking in its depiction where it left an uneasy impression on me, but the simple fact it left an impression made me think of it nonetheless. That scene would be from the newest Rambo flick when Rambo jumps into the Burmese military vehicle and unloads, what I think is a M60 into the guy sitting in the front seat.

That was a bloody as hell scene. However, I must admit that clip someone posted from Maniac was pretty intense too, ever since I watched that clip I have been thinking about that scene.

[bassman]

Another shocking one for me is Saving Private Ryan. Particularly the quick scene on the beach with a soldier holding his own organs and screaming for his mom. That's always stuck with me...

[Chic Freak]

American History X was fantastic though ... didn't Kaye want his name off it or something?

Surely not! AHX is one of the best films I've ever seen!


Another shocking one for me is Saving Private Ryan. Particularly the quick scene on the beach with a soldier holding his own organs and screaming for his mom. That's always stuck with me...

Me too. Incredibly powerful.

[DjfunkmasterG]

American History X was fantastic though ... didn't Kaye want his name off it or something?
In fact yes he did because the studio allowed Ed Norton to go in and have the film re-edited. He made so many changes it wasn't the film Tony Kaye wanted, but because of the success Tony backed off the hub bub about it.

I believe it is in the IMDB trivia page for the film.
First entry actually:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120586/trivia

Gary

[clanglee]

Other than that, the eye-slitting scene in Un Chien Andalou always gets me. Yikes, that shot is disturbing.

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[capncnut]

The scene where the dude gets his skull beaten in with a fire extinguisher in Irreversible. That's some crazy FX.