‘Atroz’, also known as ‘Atrocious’, is a brutal Mexican film that begins with police arriving to the scene of vehicular homicide. Once they arrest the two drunk men responsible, Goyo & Gordo, they search the car and find a camcorder. And once the police chief presses play, he is immediately enraged and disgusted. The two […]
Valeria has long dreamed of being a mother. Her and her husband, Raul, have tried for a long time for pregnancy and have finally had success. However, instead of being happy, something is off… and Valeria fears that something is trying to harm her and her soon-to-be baby. When she feels all hope is lost,
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The morbid minds over at Unearthed Films have once again given us insight into their next upcoming release, “La Petite Mort 2: Nasty Tapes”. A nasty piece of work from Germany that is essentially torture porn that aims to surpass the typical gritty camerawork of others of its ilk, while also trying to be aggressively
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In 1982, Taiwanese director William Chang Kee released an animal attack film that was intended to be exploitive, shocking, and violent. What he accomplished was something that still rings true to this day on a multitude of levels. In “Calamity of Snakes”, a wealthy businessman has hired a highly-regarded young architect to complete a high-rise
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Among the list of heavier titles on the Extremity Iceberg sits a weird Japanese film titled “Suicide Club”. A seemingly random outburst of suicides amongst mostly high school students has police baffled. They don’t know why this is happening, they just notice that there’s a trend. The deaths vary from Gruesome and gory, to quiet
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Oh, once again, we’ve returned to an infamous “Video Nasty” just for your (dis?)pleasure. Tonight’s offering is a hefty dose of necrophilia, depression, and bad romance. It’s coverage of these topics was so taboo that it was only released here in the United States (with an official release) in 2014. ‘Nekromantik’ tells the tragic love
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Out of all the prolific Japanese animators we’ve seen in the last 30-40 years, one of the all time greats is Satoshi Kon. He has a style that creates mind-bending realities that are intercut with realistic realities that force you to question who you yourself are as a watcher. His films are dark, heady, and
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Mockumentaries have taken on several different shapes and sizes throughout the years. Back in 1992, a super low budget indie film was released to festivals that was shocking and controversial for the time. When it was finally released worldwide, it was given an NC-17 rating and became a cult classic. ‘Man Bites Dog’ is the
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Beginning in the mid 90s, the New French Extremity Movement was gaining momentum that the world could not ignore. A number of transgressive French directors were presenting bold, uncompromised visions that reflected the growing and complicated fears and anxieties of the culture. One of the earlier pieces to plant the flag for this movement was
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