The kind filled with so much gore, guts, and jump scares that it sticks with you.
We’re not talking about a film like Sydney Sweeney’s Immaculate, which might stir up a bit of controversy over its portrayal of satanic elements.
We’re diving into a horror flick that’s been banned in over 40 countries. Yes, you read that right.
The movie in question? A Serbian Film. And trust me, I’m not overdoing it with my description.
But before he knows it, he’s trapped in a snuff film nightmare, filled with such twisted sexual content and murder that there are parts we can’t even bring ourselves to describe.
When the director, Srđan Spasojević, was asked by Indiewire about the inspiration behind the film, he said: “We just wanted to express our deepest and honest feelings towards our region and also the world in general — a world that is sugar-coated in political correctness, but also very rotten under that façade”.
To get it shown in any country, major cuts were needed just for it to scrape by with a rating.
Over in the UK, it was slashed by a whopping three minutes and 48 seconds across 11 scenes just to make it to screens.
One daring film festival director, Angel Sala, faced charges of ‘exhibiting child pornography’ in 2011 after a Roman Catholic organization complained about a screening.
Out of the 46+ countries that have banned the movie, big markets like Spain, Australia, and Malaysia have completely shut down any chance of its screening.
Film critic Mark Kermode had his say: “The director says it’s allegorical… if it so, then the allegory just gets lost in the increasingly stupid splatter.”
“The most annoying thing about it is – torture porn is one thing, but pompous, pretentious torture porn is something else.”
It goes like this: “I heard about this movie on YouTube it was someone saying don’t watch it it’s made to disturb you but I didn’t listen and I feel like vomiting now please do not watch this just don’t I’m literally crying right now.”
If you’re in the US and still want to take a peek, A Serbian Film is available on Vudu.
But honestly? I’d pass. Seriously.
