Nastiest of the nasties

1known

The Driller Killer

Abel Ferrara's debut. More interesting as a document of downtown New York.

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I Spit on Your Grave

The most argued-about film on this site. Read the glossary entry before deciding.

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The Burning

The raft scene is the best kill in any slasher. The rest is fine.

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Anthropophagus

Almost entirely people walking around an island. Then two minutes of infamy.

5cult

Contamination

Alien via Rome, with exploding chests and a Goblin score doing heavy lifting.

6cult

The House on the Edge of the Park

Deodato points Last House at a dinner party. Grubby, mean, effective.

7cult

SS Experiment Camp

A DPP video nasty far better known for its poster than for anything in the film.

8cult

Night of the Bloody Apes

Mexican horror at the gore end: a gorilla-heart transplant, real surgery footage, and a masked lady wrestler.

9cult

Love Camp 7

The film that invented nazisploitation six years before Ilsa made it a genre.

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Blood Feast

The first gore film. Barely competent, historically unavoidable.