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Grotesque (2009)

Genre: Horror, Independent

Rating: TV-MA

(My) Rating: 6/10

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Gore: Severe [See warnings for more info]

Warnings at the bottom

Summary: A doctor with extreme and depraved needs kidnaps a young couple and forces them into a game of torment in his twisted attempts to seek excitement.

Review [Stop here if you want to avoid any and all spoilers. Warnings are at the very bottom.]

This movie does not let you get comfortable. There is no ‘meeting the characters’ in the beginning- there is no deep look into their lives. We get straight into it. And when I say straight into it, I mean that the intro was literally a couple getting kidnapped and the kidnapper driving away.

It’s never directly stated where the unnamed doctor is keeping them. Is he in his home? In a warehouse? Who the hell knows! But, wherever they are, it’s grimy and extremely uncomfortable even to the viewer. Even the lighting is this god awful yellow that makes the movie feel so much more dingy than it needed to be. But it’s not like I watched it for giggles, I was looking to be disturbed and man I definitely got what I was looking for.

Now, just because it hit the mark on the disturbing scale, that doesn’t mean that it was enjoyable to watch. I felt sick to my stomach with some scenes- especially the ones with very heavy sexual assault.

So, this doctor- whose name I either didn’t catch or he’s just an unnamed character- is looking for excitement. He even asks the couple if they could excite him with their wills to live. Yeah, crazy, I know.

The torture he subjects them too is pretty brutal. Even though the gore isn’t exactly the worst I’ve seen, the aggression of it was enough to make me rate the gore as severe.

If you find yourself watching this movie and you end up having hope for the characters, lose that hope immediately. There is no hope. None. I really mean it this time.

Gotta say, the last ten minutes seemed like something more out of a parody of a horror movie, but the rest was very unsettling and hard to watch.

Warnings: Rape- and I say this with my chest- if you are not comfortable watching that then DO NOT watch this movie. There are several rape scenes in this movie and one of them lasts six minutes. To add to that, there is quite a bit of nudity and I mean full nudity- nothing is spared. There is also severe torture, extreme sadism, limb severing, idk how to put this lightly but there’s penis torture, intestines, vomit. Really, I don’t think I can even list all the warnings for this movie- there’s quite a bit and it doesn’t really let up. Just know that it’s got lots of gore, sexual abuse, and torture.

This movie definitely lives up to its name. Truly grotesque.

Please let me know if you have any ideas for movies I should watch/review next! :)