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A Serbian Film

This is arguably the most notorious film out there. It's on just about every 'Most Sickening/Disturbing Movie' list you'll find posted, and for good reason. More often than not it's in the top three. Why you ask? Well before we get into that let's see what the films about...

The movie follows Milos, a retired porn star, who gets a mysterious offer to star in one last porno movie for mega bucks... but there's a clause. (Isn't there always?!) The new director doesn't tell Milos exactly what his role will be, or what it will entail.

There are a few scenes early on which may not be to everyone's taste, but probably the most infamous of the films is the "Newborn Porn" scene where Milos' director makes him watch one of his prized possessions... We see a mother give birth to a child while a medic delivers it, then as the mother grins on menacingly, the child is raped by the medic - fresh out of the womb. Disgusting. But that's far from the end of this film...

What follows is almost told via flashbacks in Milos' mind. His memory has been blank, but he gradually starts to piece bits back together of a frantic drug-fuelled night of filming... It starts with him hitting a woman doggy style on a filthy bed, before being handed a machete and lopping her head clean off at the point of climax.

We see a female friend of Milos' chained up, made to suck off a guy, who then closes her nostrils shut to stop her breathing - choking her to death with his cock.

Milos and his brother and brought into a room with a bed, its sheets covering two unknown bodies. Milos and his brother Marko fuck the pairs backsides... You almost hope you're wrong about who is beneath the sheets, but it is as horrific as you thought... it's Milos' own wife and their young son!

Milos gets his revenge on the people who wronged him, fucking one guys eye socket with his erect penis until he kills him. Death by getting your skullfucked moments after the guys unknowingly fucked his own sons asshole, yo! All bullshit aside, it's actually a really well done movie. It doesn't look cheap as often is the problem with some of these 'Most Disturbing' films on the list. It's well acted. It's certainly enough to stay with you for a few days after watching.

This one still rates really highly on my list, up there with Cannibal Holocaust, probably my #1 most disturbing film at this point. It definitely had one of the stronger impacts on me directly after finishing the film, stronger than say... Irreversible, which I'm also a huge fan of.

Everything is brilliantly shot, there's not much in the way of dialogue but that works in it's favour really as the bits it does have are almost comical. It has the benefit of being one of the first 'disturbing' films I watched (second after The Human Centipede) and maybe that little nostalgia has me rating it higher than I maybe would? It's really the film that started me off to find something more disturbing, I guess.

Apparently the director claims it's all a metaphor for Serbia being fucked over by the government. I can't say I buy into that at all, personally, but regardless this is well worth checking out if you're a fan of the genre - or even just into disturbing cinema - You won't forget this movie in a hurry, not probably want to watch it a second time - enjoy or endure!