Thriller: A Cruel Picture
1973 · Sweden · 107m
Obscurity: known. banned somewhereThe eyepatch Tarantino copied. Contains real hardcore inserts and a real animal death.
Exploitation films
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Coffy
1973 · USA · 87m
Obscurity: known. watchable legallyPam Grier's arrival. Jack Hill knows exactly what he has.
Ms. 45
1981 · USA · 80m
Obscurity: known. watchable legallyFerrara's best. Zoë Lund is extraordinary and the ending is a genuine image.
I Spit on Your Grave
1978 · USA · 101m
Obscurity: known. watchable legally. banned somewhereThe most argued-about film on this site. Read the glossary entry before deciding.
The Last House on the Left
1972 · USA · 84m
Obscurity: canon. watchable legally. banned somewhereBergman's Virgin Spring, brutalised. Genuinely unpleasant and knows it. Tonally a mess.
Irreversible
2002 · France · 97m
Obscurity: canon. watchable legallyNoe runs the night backwards so the horror lands before the love does, and half the cinema left before either.