TRUE SHOCKERS BEWARE

The shocking French-Canadian film featuring scenes of immense torture and violence. Brilliantly made with unrelenting horror throughout. There are horror films and then there is 'Martyrs'.

This is the original shocker following the unfortunate ordeal of a writer who is raped repeatedly by a gang of local men and left to die. She survives and pursues revenge against them. Truly shocking experience for even the hardened viewer with the rape sequence being perhaps the most disturbing ever captured in a movie. Easy to understand how this film was originally banned.

Shocking story aka 'Grimm Love' follows the unsettling true story of two German men, who formed a disturbing and ultimatley tragic alliance. One man fantasized about eating another and his willing volunteer, wanted to be eaten. The film is bleak and difficult to watch, following their fact based background through the eyes of a fictional American student right upto the gruesome finale. Deeply dark and disturbing!

Extreme violence in this Japanese shocker about a widower who in search of a perfect wife, finds a young woman with a terrifying past. This film goes from being calm and slow paced to being brutal and very scary. In fact its shocking and disturbing content goes where very few films have gone before.

This disturbing and dark film features the breakdown of a couple who lose their young child in a tragedy. This film is very unsettling to watch with explicit sexual content and brutal scenes of violence. The film lacks the finesse of 'Martyrs' as it seems to detiorate along with the mental health of the lead character. Difficult to watch!!

Shockingly horrific film with pro-longed scenes of sexual violence. Two teenagers find a girl chained in the basement of an abandoned asylum with harrowing consequences. The film is a powerful insight into the modern male and the de-humanisation of females in modern society.

Deeply disturbing film about an artist who is given a potion, taking her into a hellish world that lurks beneath.

This version of 'The Grudge' is the original Japanese story and is truly scary. A murdered woman and her son curse anyone who comes into contact with their home. As a horror film it remains a classic.

Classic horror at its best, following a young girl seemingly possessed by an unknown entity requests the family priest to perform the exorcism. This film based on real events, takes the viewer to dark places where the true faces of evil exist. Turn the lights off, watch the film alone and believe!

The original classic featuring the infamous 'leatherface' remains the most brutal and realistic of this franchise. As with all timeless classics it shocks even now.

This brutal film features a family who fall prey to disfigured cannibals. The film features sexual violence as well as gruesome horror.

The brilliant Korean thriller features a serial killer who preys on young women. The film contains explicit violence throughout which never lets up as well as sexual violence. However its a clever and stylish film which has to be amongst the best.

This dark and disturbing tale features exceptional performances as a drifter's obsession and paranoia of being infected by bugs, begins to affect his mentally fragile girlfriend. Unsettling scenes of hysteria as well as brilliant camera work creating a very atmospheric film.

Brilliant and shocking film exploring the basic instinct of human survival.

Disturbing sequel adding even more gruesome scenes of violence and horror as a film crew fall victim to a twisted family of cannibals.

Brilliantly made thriller in which a couple take revenge against the family who attack their daughter and best friend. Shocking and disturbing scenes in a tense thriller

This bloody and brutal film shows the demise of two American backpackers who travel to Slovakia for fun. What awaits them is terrifying!!!!!

This French shocker is both disturbing and unsettling, based on a true story of a young couple and their terrifying ordeal as intruders break into their countryside home. The film never lets up with its tension and suspense, bringing to surface our own worst fears. The climax makes this film even more chilling.

This visually disturbing film explores the mind of a person who is battling guilt and grief. Based on urban explorers who enter into places that are forbidden, its claustrophobic atmosphere takes the viewer onto an unsettling journey.

This excellent and chilling film tells the story of two sisters and their strange relationship with their stepmother and father. The build up throughout the film gives many frights with unnerving twists as the reality unfolds.

‘Imagine Sam Raimi directing a cross between ‘Carrie’ and ‘Misery’’. This is how Film 4 described this brutal and shocking movie. Australian cinema competes with Korea and France, with this bloody tale of a twisted young girl who along with her father exacts merciless revenge on anyone who rejects her. Contains strong scenes of torture which almost force you to look away.

This extremely violent film follows three young US tourists who crossover the US-Mexico border entering into 'Borderland'. However their hunt for late night entertainment in Mexico leads them to a shocking discovery of satanic rituals and mayhem. Loosely based on real events, which have not been solved completely to this day, its savagery and explicit violence will shock even the hardened viewers.

British films can never match their counterparts in Europe but this extremely violent and disturbing film is worth watching. A charming young lady goes up against a deranged and deformed killer in a deserted London Underground. Excellent performances and chilling atmosphere keeps the viewer on the edge of their seat.

This is a shocking and genuinely disturbing film based on real events, of the terrible consequences of a hoax call to a fast food restaurant. Without a single blood drop being spilled or even a single scream, it takes the viewer on an uneasy journey of despair and frustration as a young waitress suffers in silence.

This horrific remake to an iconic horror classic more than lives up and goes beyond the original. A group of friends staying in a remote cabin discover a pre-historic book, only to unwittingly awaken something evil deep inside the woods. This brutal and bloody film will make you look away at times but keeps you gripped throughout.