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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.
February 24th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Oh my goodness. I am not a big fan of all the gore. I could barf by just looking at the screencaps. BUT I do enjoy the story of the films. There is a different kind of brilliance to them.
February 24th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Thought I’d let you guys know about this site, horrorattic.cjb.net
They have more of the top gory, sickening, films there.
February 24th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Great list, and speaking of asian gore [#2];
It’s all about ‘Ichi the Killer’ !
Most of the movie is awesome gore, but one scene stands out
A yakuza crime boss is suspended from hooks in his back as one of the main characters puts needles through his skin as an interogation technique
When he won’t talk he pours scalding oil on him
Afterwards as an apology he cuts off the tip off his tounge with a katana
Straight up awesome
February 24th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
@Ajit – I think it takes a very smart (but also sick and twisted) mind to come up with some of these horror storylines.
@Adam – Thanks for the heads up. We’ll be sure to check it out.
@CryoTox – Nobody does it like the Japanese!
February 28th, 2008 at 12:23 am
There are 5 better and more gory scenes than this JUST in the first Nightmare on Elm Street…these people don’t accually watch movies, they just report their friends opinions
March 3rd, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Check this frech movie called La Interieur “The Inside”. It was not just gory but deeply disturbing. It shows a live C-Section, too sick and very scary. I found this more disturing than ichi the killer. Enuf said.
March 10th, 2008 at 3:14 am
cannibal holocaust or battle royale
April 14th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
hmmm i dunno, i prefere realism to just a bunch of obv crap guts flying about, so im like saw 2, 3 thn hostel 1, 3 thn end it off with saw 4
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some where along those lines, or maybe like man on fire that has some ok stuff in, hey yea do top 5 comedy and action film lists (personally everything to me is funny like all this gory stuff
May 13th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Has anyone mentioned the August Underground films, in particular August Underground’s Mordum? How about Slaughtered Vomit Dolls? The first film to be labeled “vomit gore”. If you dig deep into the japanese underground there is a lot of other brutal stuff right up there with the Guinea Pig Series.
May 23rd, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Good list, one simple gore scene that really freaked me out was the leg shaving scene in Cabin Fever.
June 4th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
I don’t know what it is, but my stomach can’t handle gore at all.
June 20th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Nice bro.. awesome listing.. shudda added movies like SAW, Wrong Turn also..
What about 28 days later n others..
NEver the less.. Beautiful listing
Nursery Rhymes are said, verses in my head..
Into my childhood, they’re spoon fed!!!!!
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:04 pm
I still think the jaw-ripping scene in the new “Mirrors” was the worst/best. Definitely traumatized me. And to make matters worse, they even sell a full wall-sized poster of it.
November 9th, 2008 at 4:00 am
EVERYONE GO WATCH CANNIBAL HOLOCAST. REAL SICK SHIT. THE GUY WHO MADE IT HAD TO GO TO COURT CUZ THEY THOUGHT IT WUS REAL AND HE HAD TO PROVE IT WUS ALLL IN THE EFFECTS.
OR FACES OF DEATH AND TRACES OF DEATH
FACES IS FAKE TRACES IS REAL
November 20th, 2008 at 9:21 am
“murder set pieces”, “naked blood”, “bad taste”, “blood feast 2″, “cemetery man”, “cradle of fear”, “dead creatures”, “oxen split torturing”, “nekromantik”, “violent shit (series)”,…
November 30th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
WHERE IS “ICHI THE KILLER”
March 25th, 2009 at 12:05 am
An Autralian movie called Feeder…the entire film is too gross to describe.
March 25th, 2009 at 12:17 am
Sorry, its “Feed” and the bit where this guy is fed his own, sauteed penis is INSANE.
April 9th, 2009 at 2:34 am
Wow no one mention evil dead, or anything by dario argento? i’ll tell you the goriest most disturbing thing i’ve ever seen in a movie. its in antropophagus a guy reaches into a girls womb after chocking her out pulls out a fetus and takes a bite of it, now thats gore.
May 25th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Where’s A Cat in the Brain? Moreover, where are any of Fulci’s greats? The eye scene in Hostel is based on Fulci’s eye gouger in Zombi 2 (aka Zombie, Zombie Flesh Eaters). There is no Herschell Gordon Lewis either?
The most recognized “godfathers of gore” are not even on the list? Whoever came up with this list was born in the 1990s and doesn’t know dick about horror or gore. What’s next? Kurt Cobain as the greatest guitarist whoever lived?
May 29th, 2009 at 4:06 am
Here are a few movies I think are must haves in any gore top # list. Also they are terrific movies as well. Behind the title of the movie is the country that the movie originates from incase anyone would like to track them down.
Sheitan (france)
Irreversible (france)
Martyrs (france)
Men behind the sun (japan)
audition (japan)
Inside (france)
High Tension (france)
Ichi the killer (japan)
Cannibal Holocaust (italy)
I spit on your grave (USA)
Salo (Italy) (not so much gory as it is disturbing)
Oldboy (South Korea)
There are many more, these are just some off the top of my head, or that I have recently watched. Enjoy
~D
July 31st, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Tokyo Gore Police needs to be on this list!!!
September 1st, 2009 at 3:51 am
well i think its a good list but i got more info from the comments below
wrong turn 1&2 must be added if some one f4got
and also final destination 1,2,3 & 4
dese really hav some serious gore
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Like the list and there are so many films out there, take a look at Grotesque and Meat Grinder both stunning and full of gore. I think the new thread should be disturbing films, here I would put Invitation Only.
September 4th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Hey, I was just wondering, This is a great list. The hostel choice was spot on, but my little sister was sitting next to me and now she hates me to hell. Maybe you could take off the pictures, or have like, a click to show option? xD
September 17th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
i vote for final destination 1, 2, 3 and 4. the best.
September 17th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
resident evil, anyone?
November 13th, 2009 at 9:10 am
i sooo think that Finla Destination 3 should be up there!
November 13th, 2009 at 9:10 am
*Final
November 19th, 2009 at 5:57 am
I’m sure all of these have already been cited, but I feel I have an obligation to post homage to them-
Ichi the Killer
Hood of Horror (Only movie where I actually felt ill, look for the caviar scene you’ll know what I mean)
Rambo (Last 8 minutes or so) [2008]
Guinea Pig Series
Cannibal Holocaust
Man on Fire (Rectal Explosion hahahaha)
Battle Royale I $ II
Doom Generation (Castration Scene)
February 18th, 2010 at 6:09 pm
I don’t know how to put these in order, they are all gory and disturbing:
Cannibal Holocaust
August’s Underground Mordum
Guinea Pig 2: Flower of Flesh and Blood
Bloodsucking Freaks
Nekromantik
March 12th, 2010 at 12:27 am
Hmmm i watch lots of horror movies but not full on gore. Goriest ive seen are most of the final destination ones; some in house of wax… Yeahh.
March 22nd, 2010 at 3:48 pm
I loveee qoreey moviiesz <333
May 1st, 2010 at 9:13 pm
the helicopter blade zombie massacres in 28 Weeks Later and Planet Terror have to be up there. a few others:
Cube – first victim is diced into chunks of flesh
Premutos – a tank blasts zombies to bits in ultra gory fashion
also the whole zombie spectacle at the end – guttings, dismemberment, etc.
the Burning Moon – the hell scene where a guy is ripped in half
Riki Oh – the prison warden is put into a giant meat grinder
August Underground Mordum – barrels full of rotten bodies covered in maggots
Men Behind the Sun – autopsy on a living boy, also the pressure chamber
Guinea Pig Mermaid in a Manhole – the rotting mermaid has worms emerge from her
wounds, then is chopped into a thousand pieces
Hatchet – head ripped in half and tongue exposed
Das Komabrutale Duell – pretty much the whole movie
Guinea Pig – Flowers of Flesh and Blood – arms/hands cut off and you can see the
fingers still moving
Naked Blood (splatter) – a chick deep fries parts of her own body and eats them
Abominable – guy’s face is bitten clean off by a bigfoot
Nekromantik 2 – guy’s head is sliced off
Maniac – shotgun blows a guy’s head off
July 14th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
A good list, but needs more Japanese clips! Surely some Machine Girl or Tokyo Gore Police could have made it on to the list?
Japanese gore films are soooo the best, that I’ve just started a blog dedicated to them at http://japanesegoremovies.com – mmmm… gore…
August 25th, 2010 at 2:37 am
There’s a lot of good goriest lists, and this has “Dead Alive” as #1, as all should. But where’s “The Wizard of Gore”? The comments bring up a lot of other great goriests. As films increase it becomes increasingly difficult to limit “bests” to any given number. I think TOP TIER is a better way to classify, below which is a clear distinction from the rest.