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Plot Summary:
Japan nineteenth century. High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their "production". Europeans pay more for tattooed beauties. Against this background, and considering the gorgeous tattooed women develop the history of confrontation between two highly skilled masters of tattoo.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, controversial, cult classic, queer horror, crying, transgressive, pink cinema, sexploitation film, cult film
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Blind Woman's Curse (1970)
Plot Summary:
Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat along with the eye-victim go on to pursue Akemi’s gang in revenge, leaving a trail of dead Yakuza girls, their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, slasher, disturbing, cult classic, scary, psychological, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful
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Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)
Plot Summary:
Hirosuke (Teruo Yoshida) , a medical student with almost no recollection of his past, is trapped in an asylum, despite being perfectly sane. After escaping from the loony bin, and being framed for the murder of a circus girl, he spots the photo of a recently deceased man, Genzaburo Komoda, to whom he bears an uncanny resemblance. By pretending to have been resurrected, Hirosuke assumes the dead man's identity, fooling everyone, including Komoda's widow and mistress. Whilst at the Komoda household, Hirosuke recalls memories that convince him to travel to a nearby island, home of Jogoro, the web-fingered father of Genzaburo. Whilst on the island, Hirosuke not only discovers Jogoro's plans to build his 'ideal community' (by transforming perfectly normal humans into hideous freaks), but also the awful truth behind his own identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, slasher, experimental, gothic horror, disturbing, controversial, art house, grindhouse, creepy
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Violated Angels (1967)
Plot Summary:
A young man breaks into a nurse's rooming house and one-by-one kills off nurses.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: scary, depressing, suspense, controversial, crying, avant garde
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A Chinese Torture Chamber Story II (1998)
Plot Summary:
A pair of country thieves make friends with a general rising within the imperial army. After the general finds himself falling in love with the beautiful sister of one of the thieves (who is the fiancee of the other) he decides to do whatever it takes to get rid of the competition and have her for himself. Viewer discretion advised: this film contains extreme violence and sexual situations.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, crying, transgressive
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Shogun's Joys of Torture (1968)
Plot Summary:
One of the most famous of cult director Ishii Teruo's films. A young magistrate recalls three tales of heinous crimes committed by women and brutal punished that ensued. Not for the faint of heart.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 613
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: anthology, bloody, suspense, slasher, grindhouse, dark fairy tale, crying, weird
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Assault! Jack the Ripper (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two restaurant employees begin a sexual killing spree after they accidentally kill a hitch hiker and find that murder and mutilation is their mutual aphrodisiac.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 551
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: erotic, disturbing, controversial, psychotronic, slasher, slasher horror, disgusting
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Yakuza Torture History - Lynching (1969)
Plot Summary:
The film is divided into three parts - the first two taking place in feudal Japan, the last segment being more "modern" and set in the late 1960's. All three deal with those that have broken the Yakuza code, and their subsequent torture and dispatch.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: anthology, grindhouse, banned
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Sex and Fury (1973)
Plot Summary:
Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shonusuke, a radical set on murdering prominent politician Kurokawa and Christina, an American spy posing as a gambler.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, erotic, sensual, bloody, disturbing, controversial, crime drama, cult classic, action thriller, exciting
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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable (1973)
Plot Summary:
Following her successful prison break, Scorpion begins this third episode in the series hiding out in a brothel. Her prostitute friend tries to keep her identity secret, but the brothel's madam discovers that Scorpion is the ex-girlfriend of the vice officer who killed her lover.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: erotic, grindhouse, slasher, cult classic, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crying
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Story of a Wild Elder Sister: Widespread Lynch Law (1973)
Plot Summary:
Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a gang of female thieves.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 920
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, disturbing, controversial, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, cult film
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Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976)
Plot Summary:
Ilsa works for an Arab sheik who enjoys importing females to use as sex slaves.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, sexy, bloody, suspense, controversial, sensual, cult classic, independent film, erotic, rough
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The Dawn Rapists (1978)
Plot Summary:
Crime drama centering on a gang of rapists, the aftermath of their crimes on the victims and the gang members being brought to justice.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspense, crying
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School of the Holy Beast (1974)
Plot Summary:
After the mysterious death of her mother, Maya takes religious vows to find out what terrible things happened to her mother inside the Sacred Heart Convent. As soon as the door closes to the nunnery, the nuns start torturing her. She also has to deal with a lecherous archbishops and a lesbian mother superior.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: erotic, grindhouse, disturbing, controversial, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual
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Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)
Plot Summary:
A young woman, muted after a sexual assault as a child, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who have wronged her after being kidnapped and forced to work as a prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: disturbing, grindhouse, controversial, serious, sexual, suspense, slasher, cult classic, philosophical, psychedelic
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Red Room 2 (2000)
Plot Summary:
The sequel to the underground goretastic RED ROOM, RED ROOM 2 will leave you gasping for air in its grueling portrayal of what people will do for money. Another million dollars is up for grabs as four more contestants enter the RED ROOM. Locked inside, they begin to play "King", a deadly card game in which the loser must perform whatever action the winner desires. The game is played till there is a single survivor. How far will the contestants go for a little hard earned cash? How much abuse can a person handle? Can you dare watch the horror of the RED ROOM?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 471
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspense, controversial, psychological, tense, bloody, terrifying, sequel to cult film
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Donkey Punch (2008)
Plot Summary:
Three hot girls, four guys, and one mega-swanky yacht collide for a serious night of drugs and sexual deviancy. One debaucherous act goes too far though, turning this teen joy ride into a weekend of bloody bedlam.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sexy, suspense, suspenseful, erotic, bleak, scary, psychological, sexual, disturbing, psychological thriller
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All Night Long (1992)
Plot Summary:
Three high-school outcasts pursue a savage gang of thugs after one of their girlfriends is raped and murdered.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 813
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, extreme horror, bloody, slasher, disgusting, terrifying, transgressive, cult film
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Tomie (1998)
Plot Summary:
Following some trauma in her past that has since been repressed, a young woman is trying to recover her memories with the help of a psychiatrist. During her hypnosis sessions, she repeats the name "Tomie" but is unable to recall where she knows it from. Meanwhile, a police detective is investigating a string of brutal murders, where he also runs across the name "Tomie." How are the two connected?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: manga, detective, scary, tense, rough, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, weird
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Star of David: Beauty Hunting (1979)
Plot Summary:
"Beautiful Girl Hunter" by Norifumi Suzuki is based on manga by Maasaki Soto.The film portrays the life of Tatsuya,a young man of proper descent whose outward respectability hides his urges for rape and torture.This handsome rapist seduces women,then brings them to the basement of the mansion he inherited from his well-to-do parents,where he indulges in lengthy sessions of sado-sexual violence.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: controversial, naughty, erotic, sexual, erotic drama, disgusting, sexy, scatology
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Dog Lay Afternoon (1976)
Plot Summary:
A young girl witnesses her mother having sex with the family dog. When her father finds out, he burns the dog alive. She is so traumatized by these incidents that she later turns into a nymphomaniac. She moves to an island and lives there with her own dog, having sex with various guests who visit her.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 443
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: erotic, thought provoking, controversial, transgressive, banned, sexploitation film, banned film
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Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1975)
Plot Summary:
Ilsa is a warden at a Nazi death camp that conducts experiments on prisoners. Ilsa's goal is to prove that woman can withstand more pain and suffering than men and should be allowed to fight on the front lines.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: erotic, grindhouse, disturbing, controversial, rough, bloody, brutal, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic
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Flower and Snake (2004)
Plot Summary:
The wealthy president of a company has built up an unpayable debt to a local crime lord, and to escape punishment he sells his famous dancer wife to the lecherous old man figuring a 90 year old can’t do too much bad with her. Perhaps not, but others can while he watches. She’s put on stage in an underground BDSM sex show and begins a spiraling decent from strongly independent woman to submissive sex slave.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: erotic, disturbing, psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, sexual, sexy, surreal, controversial
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Naked Blood: Megyaku (1996)
Plot Summary:
A scientist taints his mother's scientific experiment with his own drug that transforms pain into a pleasurable experience. Unfortunately for the three women involved in the experiment, the drug works a little bit too well.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: extreme horror, disturbing, bloody, slasher, erotic, experimental, surreal, controversial, deep, cult classic
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Shogun's Sadism (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1. During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as her personal slave to torment him, and tries breaking her spirit by means of rape, torture and pure sadism. After Iori refuses to participate any longer he is exiled, but vows to get her back. 2. When Sutezo is forced to serve the cruel master of a brothel to repay his debts, he becomes friends with the young girl Sato. Together, they escape and try to get by on scams and theft.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 748
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bloody, depressing, controversial, anthology, extreme horror, transgressive, sadistic
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The Torture Club (2014)
Plot Summary:
Film adaptation of the same-titled comic popular for its extraordinary premise. Up-and-coming Yoshida Kota, known for his humorous yet sensual style in films like Usotsuki Paradox, creates a unique coming-of-age drama about love between two girls, with elements of sports and perseverance sprinkled throughout. The "Torture Club" is an official afterschool activity at the private school Saint Honesty Gakuen. Yuzuki (Kijima Noriko) has no idea about the club when she enrolls, and gets abducted by the club members and hauled off the clubroom. There, she finds out that upperclass student Aoi (Yoshizumi Haruna), her secret idol, is in the club, and decides to join, but….
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, manga, controversial, sex comedy, yuri, erotic
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House on the Edge of the Park (1980)
Plot Summary:
Alex (David Hess) is a darkly sinister thug driving around New York City at night when he spots a young woman (Karoline Mardeck) driving alongside him. He follows the woman to a nearby park where he cuts her off, gets out of his car, and runs into hers where he throws her into the back seat and proceeds to savagely rape her before strangling her to death. He takes her locket as a trophy to another one of his many killings.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, grindhouse, sexual, surprise ending, suspense, controversial, dread, cult classic, terrifying
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Grotesque (2009)
Plot Summary:
An unnamed doctor has always had everything he's ever wanted, but that has only made him develop more extreme and depraved needs. He kidnaps a young couple in the prime of their life together and forces them into a game of torment that slowly extinguishes their hopes for survival.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: disturbing, brutal, controversial, splatter, slasher, rough, bloody, extreme horror, disgusting, scary
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The Seasoning House (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Seasoning House - where young girls are prostituted to the military. An orphaned deaf mute is enslaved to care for them. She moves between the walls and crawlspaces, planning her escape. Planning her ingenious and brutal revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, bleak, realistic, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, spooky
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The Girl Next Door (2007)
Plot Summary:
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that involve her young sons, the neighborhood children, and one 12-year-old boy whose life will be changed forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, bleak, psychological, suspenseful, rough, brutal, depressing, suspense, controversial
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The Woman (2011)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer puts his family in jeopardy when he captures the last member of a violent clan and tries to forcibly tame her.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bleak, scary, rough, suspenseful, slasher, twisted, controversial, psychological thriller, bloody