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Originally Posted by WizardEQ
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Salo is always quoted as "one of the most disturbing" movies ever. Honestly, it's fairly lame/tame compared to others mentioned here, but for it's time (1975) it was monumentally earth-shattering and I believe caused riots places.
For me horror is akin to Halloween, Nightmare on Elm street, but horrific is:
Human Pork Chop http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103743/ (true story, of course dramatized)
Session 9 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261983/(another true story that took place a few towns from me at Danvers State Mental Hospital in MA.)
Martyrs http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1029234/ (very nice twist, excellent movie but will stay with you awhile)
The Girl Next Door http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0830558/ (probably the MOST disturbing film for the general population, amazing this was based on a true story!)
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I think Salo is more disturbing than all of those films. Not so much because of the actual gore/violence seen, but because of the institutionalization of the violence. It remains #1 on my disturbing films list. I can handle people being monsters, or even small groups (Matyrs), but Salo seemed much more than that. So dehumanizing.