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Everybody loves a decent horror movie. Some people get off on the blood and guts and mucus spilling all over the place, while others prefer to cower uncontrollably in the arms of a loved one. Whatever the reason for watching a horror flick, there’s no question that a decent film with plenty of gore can entertain an audience like no other genre.

With this in mind, we’ve compiled a list of the top 5 Gory Movie Moments.

#5. Girl gets her eye cut off in Hostel

The plot

Three backpackers meet a Russian man in Amsterdam who tells them about a Slovakian hostel full of American-loving, promiscuous women. Like most men, the guys follow their penis to Slovakia for fun and fornication.

The scene

Do you remember how you felt when you first saw her eyeball sagging from the nerves after she’d met the unfortunate end of a blowtorch? How about when the guy doesn’t know what to do and decides to cut it off? Personally, I was shaking my head in utter disbelief and I honestly didn’t know whether to laugh or turn away! The oozing puss was really just the cherry on top of the whole thing. Although I didn’t particularly rate the movie, this scene shows that a tiny bit of bodily puss can be more effective than blood and guts.

Video of the scene [not for the squeamish]

#4. Uncle Frank gets hooked in Hellraiser

The plot

Lunatic Frank Cotton purchases an antique puzzle box from a dealer in Morocco. When he solves the puzzle, chains fly out of the box and tear into his flesh. Then a guy with pins in his head, the aptly named Pinhead, restores the room. Hidden in the depths of the room, Franks soul is restored by a drop of his brothers blood. Frank then encourages his brothers wife Julia to bring him more bodies to restore himself.

The scene

The final scene in Hellraiser is cinematic gore at it’s very finest. Sick and twisted Uncle Frank has almost restored himself, having killed his own brother in the process, and is about to kill his brothers daughter Kirsty. Unfortunately for Frank, the demons are back and he gets ripped to pieces by dozens of hooked chains tearing into his flesh and pulling him apart. Even with hooks pulling his cheeks apart to make him look like the Michelin man, Frank still manages to lick his lips in the way only a creepy Uncle can, before uttering the immortal line, “Jesus Wept.”

Video of the scene

#3. Rhodes being torn apart in Day Of The Dead

The plot

The third movie in George A. Romero’s Living Dead series is a zombie assault on a military establishment. Essentially, the zombies sweep through the underground compound, killing scientists and soldiers as they go. One of the scientists had been working on a zombie named ‘Bub’ to study how much of his mind was still human. Commanding officer Captain Rhodes doesn’t like it and kills a few doctors before fleeing and leaving his own men to die.

The scene

After getting shot by Bub, Rhodes tries to escape through a door which inevitably leads to a load of zombies. You know what’s going to happen when he opens the door but poor old Rhodes hasn’t got clue. He gets tagged in the gut by Bub and the zombies grab him from behind. What’s great here is the stretching of the skin right before he literally gets ripped into two pieces! All of his blood and guts ooze out in what is a very graphic scene indeed. Another great moment is when Bub gives him the military salute before leaving him to get devoured. Classic.

Video of the scene

#2. The torture scene in The Audition

The plot

A middle-aged Japanese man by the name of Aoyama who lost his wife seven years ago is urged by his 17-year old son to start dating women. The father and his friend (a film producer) hold mock auditions under the pretense of auditioning for a new film, so that they can find a suitable bride for him. As soon as he sees the beautiful Asami, with her soft voice and quiet confidence - he falls in love.

The scene

This entire scene is just a fantastic piece of torture and pain. To say that Asami is unstable would be the understatement of the century and when she finds a photo of Aoyama’s dead wife, she flips a lid and spikes his drink. Upon waking, he finds that he has been injected with a drug that disables his muscles but keeps his nerves alert. The tension in this scene is amazing as Asami sticks large pins deep into his body and eyelids. As she tortures him she tells him that he will never be completely hers and that she will kill his son. The kicker in this scene is when she pulls out the sharp wire used to cut meat and bone and wraps it around his foot. If you haven’t seen this movie, you really need to. The scene shown below is 8 minutes long but if you want to jump straight to the wire incident, skip ahead to 5.25 on the video.

Video of the scene

#1. Lionel chopping up zombies in Dead Alive/Braindead

The plot

Lionel is a young mama’s boy living in a normal neighbourhood. That is until his evil mother gets bitten by an infected rat-monkey (don’t ask). She gets sick and dies. But then she comes back to life as an undead zombie and begins killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends and neighbours - infecting residents of the town in the process. Lionel is the only one who can stop her…and them!

The scene

Holy blood-and-guts-fest Batman! This scene has it all. Lionel waltzes into a house full of zombies with a lawn mower strapped around his neck and nonchalantly proclaims, “Parties over!”. What ensues is a blood bath of arms, fingers, ears, noses, and heads as he plows through the zombies like a man possessed. Over 300 litres of blood were used for this mammoth scene of zombie slaughter. Keep a look out for the random head that gets shoved into a blender and set to juice mode. It’s sheer brilliance. I’d love to see what kind of zombie comedy type movie Peter Jackson could come up with if he were given a Lord Of The Rings sized budget.

Video of the scene

Obviously there are numerous horror movies with plenty of gore-tastic scenes to feast on so if you’ve got a list that differs to ours then leave us a comment listing your top five goriest movie moments and spread the love blood.

Okay, so most of us are not in any imminent danger of being lifted at home or work and then taken to a remote location to be tortured for information. That being said, you may be looking to take a job in the Middle East or perhaps you’re worried about the husband of the woman you were sleeping with while he was serving with the SAS in Iraq! Either way, it doesn’t hurt to know what may happen to you if you get captured and how you can survive interrogation.

Why would you be targeted for interrogation?

There are a number of reasons why you could be picked out as an interrogation target. If you work in a high profile job or have access to sensitive top level information, you could become a target. If you work, or are about to take work, in the Middle East, you may be lifted for ransom or - worse still - execution! Whatever the reason, if you feel you may be at risk of being taken, you need to know the procedures and steps that you can take to maximise the chances of your survival!

Now, there are a number of things that you need to plan for and be aware of if you do find yourself in an interrogation situation.

1. Accepting your situation
2. Always be the ‘grey’ man
3. Psychological torture
4. Stress positions
5. Stay strong
6. Always plan to escape

Accepting your situation

The first point to make is that if you do get kidnapped by a terrorist group or your mistress’ husband, you need to accept your fate. In his books, Andy McNab (former SAS commander who survived 6 weeks of torture in Iraq) often talks about the character accepting the fact that he is ‘in the shit’! Once you can come to terms with being in the situation you are in, you will be able to calm down and think more clearly to create a plan for survival. Panicking is not an option. If you panic, all logic goes out of the window and you won’t survive. End of story. You’ve been captured and your captors have physical control of you. You need to keep a focused mind and accept that you are in the shit. You will be beaten and possibly tortured, but for the time being there is nothing you can do about it!

Always be the ‘grey’ man

According to McNab, one of the worst things you can do in this kind of situation is puff out your chest and be aggressive with your captors. What will happen is they will beat you relentlessly, which damages your fitness and impedes any chance you may have of escaping. Worse still, they may mistake you for Special Forces and transfer you to another location which is more secure where you may receive a full physical interrogation. You need to appear at all times to be calm, placid and submissive. McNab also advises to overplay your injuries. Every time they touch you, moan, groan, scream, yell and even cry. This not only buys you time to escape if the opportunity presents itself, but they may provide you with more food and drink if they think you are badly injured.

Psychological torture

Interrogators are smart people and are very good at finding ways to make you talk. They will use a psychological approach in which they will assess your body language, how you react to their methods and your eyes can be a dead giveaway! They are looking to see what you are like and what factors scare you. If they find anything they think can be used to turn you, they will. They may also use the ‘Fear Down’ approach by bringing you a hot drink and food. They’ll tell you that it’s okay and you’re not going to be hurt. Nothing will happen to you and they will help you and your captured friends if you tell them what they need to know. Making you feel comfortable is a very good way of breaking you to get the information. You must always, always remain the grey man. You know nothing.

Stress positions

Stress positions are used throughout the world to interrogate prisoners. They put stress on muscle groups which over a long period of time can be very painful and dangerous for your health. A common stress position is to stand you a meter away from a wall with your legs spread apart and force you to lean forward with your hands above your head on the wall. Very quickly you will start to get pins and needles in your hands and after about half an hour your hands will start to swell and the position will be extremely painful to maintain. As soon as you move out of the position, you will be kicked and punched and then put right back into the stress position again! Quite often it’s not just the stress position that you fear, but the punishment you will receive if you move!

Stay strong

You will, at some point, be subjected to physical interrogation. If you are a soldier, it is very important that you maintain operational security. People that you consider friends could die as a result of you giving your interrogator information. You need to stay mentally strong and have the will power and resolve to not give up no matter what they do to you. You may come out with cuts and bruises or you may have more severe, life-threatening injuries - it doesn’t matter! You are in the situation and you need to hold out. As mentioned earlier, you should overplay your injuries. Look to make eye contact with your guards and try to get them to see you as a weak human being. This might get you more food and drink to keep your mind alert so that you don’t ever submit to your captors.

Always plan to escape

From the moment you are captured you need to be thinking about escape. You will have plenty of time to create “What if?” strategies for every eventuality. What if the guards forget to lock the doors? What if there is an air attack? What are you going to do? You should always be planning your escape. It will keep your mind fresh and focused despite the physical abuse you may receive and if you miss that one split second window of opportunity to get out, you may never escape! It is imperative that you always try to get out!

Now it’s worth mentioning that I’m not in the military and I have never been interrogated by mercenaries of any kind. Seek professional advice before going to Iraq, folks! Also please don’t go out and kidnap a friend, put him in the stress position and make him wet himself! That’s just not cool!

Image taken from Waiting For The Guards campaign by Amnesty International. The guy in the video actually held stress positions for over 6 hours to make the film as realistic as possible!