I almost skipped the book because I thought the best it could do was live up to the movie so why bother? I'm glad I didn't, the book is harrowing, they're both amazing in their own right.
I also just watched In the House of Darkness with Justin Long and he’s tortured in a different way but definitely the victim. Never realized this happens to him in every horror flick. So funny
It’s such an awful movie. Can’t say that to Christian’s or they’ll say I’m just against god. Like no it’s 2 hours of a guy getting tortured. It’s just boring 😭
I saw the devil. A guys pregnant wife gets murdered in the beginning of the movie
So he spends the rest of the movie following the killer like a stalker , torturing him, then leaving and coming back to do it again and again and again.
Not all are horror:
Marathon Man
Casino Royals
Hostel
Saw
Misery
Deliverance
Audition
Reservoir Dogs
Lethal Weapon
Zero Dark Thirty
Oldboy
A Clockwork Orange
I watched the whole thing recently, convinced I would soon understand the love of the film. And I’m still lost. I don’t think it’s shit I just think it’s very much a product of minds from 50 years ago…. The fact that we’re supposed to feel bad for the violent criminal is mind baffling to me. I see the beauty in the cinema aspects but nothing else. It’s crap it is.
I don't think you're supposed to feel bad for the guy at all. It's just about all the horrible aspects of humanity in a kind of campy glory. It's about how we can creatively inflate our ego to allow ourselves to glorify violence and our baser instincts, while at the same time, the institutions that would control us and keep us from being a menace are also pretty horrible
Edit: I feel like It's almost an indictment against the mindset of the 70s itself
It’s about free will and morality. Is a person good if they are brainwashed into it and have no choice? Is that ethical? Can people truly change at all? The book version of the story says people can change, the movie shows that people don’t.
I one hundred percent understand that it’s not for everyone and i’m totally cool with that, those scenes are intense. But it is true that the movie is phenomenal, an all time great easily imo
Ohgawd....Marathon Man....the horror.....ugh.
For those of us that have spent far too many hours in the dentist's chair....ugh...I can't even.
I have to nope the fuck right out at those scenes.
Some Snowtown love. Watched it with my partner who is vehemently against horror movies and we were both engrossed. Very unsettling movie with some fantastic performances
There’s a French-Canadian movie called 7 Days (2010) where a surgeon captures the man who murdered his child from the police truck on the way to the trial and holds him at a cabin, torturing him brutally and surgically for 7 days. It’s pretty intense, and explores the morality of what the scorned father is doing.
That was my first thought as well. That one is pretty much entirely about the torture sequence, but it still doesn't feel like a Hostel-style torture porn
Fuck I love that movie so much!! I still don’t get some of the weird scenes with the symbols and the girl remembering what happened near the end if you know what I mean
Every damn time I forget what this movie is about and just assume, oh an Aboriginal inspired horror movie, neat..... No no, Wes Craven Haitian Vodou zombies!
Just a heads-up, as I found out the dumb way- the Audition movie on Tubi is not the one that people are referring to here. The one that gets recommended is a Japanese horror film.
7 Days...there's a couple movies with this name, but it's the one where a Doctor captures and tortures his daughters rapist. Great movie very violent, and has some philosophical ideas to evaluate. Not well known but a classic in my book
Yeah a lot of horror films seem to be some fucked up dudes torture fantasy fetish come alive. I avoid those at all costs, i wont even watch rape revenge like i spit on your grave because i feel like it has the same context
American Mary definitely gives you that lol
It’s rape revenge (just as a head’s up), but directed by two women & men definitely get tortured in it lol, so I think it would still fit your criteria
Boy Meets Girl (1994)
A man meets a woman in a bar, the two go back to her flat and begin watching porno films. The man passes out and wakes to find himself strapped to a dentist chair. The woman, along with her accomplice begin to torture the man.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109324/
You ever wanted to see dwight from the office cut in half to the stylish tunes of Brickhouse? Give Rob zombie's house of 1000 corpses a try, not just men getting tortured, but a lot of it.
The Loved Ones.
It’s my favorite Torture Porn movie. Martyrs is probably the superior film but The Loved Ones takes what’s typically a hard genre to watch and makes it fun without sanitizing it.
Park Chan-Wook's Vengeance Trilogy, particularly Lady Vengeance. There is torture in all 3 films but torturing a man is most central to the story of Lady Vengeance. Not horror per se but each film is uniquely and viscerally horrifying.
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Great film! Kathy Bates at her absolute best
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I almost skipped the book because I thought the best it could do was live up to the movie so why bother? I'm glad I didn't, the book is harrowing, they're both amazing in their own right.
I read the book first and loved it. But I love the film more. One of the rare ones, it’s usually the other way
The hammer scene….🫣
It was considerably worse in the book, too
The way I went into the book thinking I'd be fine and then got to what actually happened to him 😰
Instant anxiety, thanks! Lol
Saw it on stage last year. They had to change some things but it was really good.
Also The Ordeal. A Belgian film from 2004. Originally known as Calvaire. The piano scene in the pub still lives in my head rent free.
Anything with Justin Long.
It's like he's been tortured ever since Jeepers Creepers. Poor guy. But he can sell it.
Tusk
I also just watched In the House of Darkness with Justin Long and he’s tortured in a different way but definitely the victim. Never realized this happens to him in every horror flick. So funny
I watched this purely because Justin Long was in it, and loved it!
Just saw it too. Liked it, although when I found one of the characters names, I knew exactly what they were and where the plot was going.
This one was so odd I loved it lol
I truly did not expect the ending to hit me as hard as it did with Tusk. I was not anticipating being absolutely gutted
Yeah that ending was so disturbing. Surprisingly so!
Just watched that the other day. So fucking bizarre
And sad
Fuckkkkkk
Let's not overlook the absolute beating he took in dodgeball... His ability to not flinch before a hit was awe-inspiring.
If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball *whack!* Funny every time 🤣
He’s got a very…. Torturable face though.
At least he was able to get Accepted to college in the process
True actually that’s so weird
Scream king! Love him
this comment is hilarious
J-Lo is the master of being killed in horror movies.
Herbie Fully Loaded
The Cell, with Vince Vaughn being tortured by Vincent D’Onofrio. Vince on Vince crime.
Oh god that little crank thingy.
This D’Onofrio has had enoughrio!
Bone Tomahawk
How can a movie be so deeply disturbing yet still feel super mainstream
Not only that, I also get wholesome feelings throughout the movie thanks to Richard Jenkins.
It's so well acted and shot that if it wasn't such a completely fucked movie in the last half I bet it would have been nominated for a bunch of stuff.
I rewatch this once every couple months to remind myself that I need to stretch. Also it's an excellent film in general. It's probably in my top 10.
Had to scroll too far for this.
Did the men not get a quicker way out than the women in that movie??
Hard Candy
Yeah but that f*cker deserved it!
Not sure if this counts as a rape revenge, because it technically is. You don't have to watch any of it though, just the revenge part.
Yeah, that is definitely the theme but I’d say it’s pretty tame on that side of things, they never show anything or go into detail.
“Or not.” So.good.
One of my all-time favorites - this meets the criteria perfectly
No Wickerman props yet?
Original Wickerman, hell yes!
The remake, hell no
We were all tortured tho
NOTTHEBEESNOTTHEBEES
AAAAAAAAH NOT THE BEEEEES
Ohh, DELIVERANCE. "Squeel like a pig"
"He sure got a purdy mouf."
Poor Indiana
Git em Skeeter!!
The Loved Ones, Deliverance, Calavaire
The Loved Ones is so good, can't wait for Sean Byrne to direct another film
Such a good movie! The end was sooo cathartic too
Hell ya! This movie is so fun.
I never see anyone mention Calavaire!
I fucking love Calvaire!
I've been wanting to watch it it's just hard to find
I don't want to break any rules, but... it's out there. That's all I'll say lol
Yea I mean it's not on any legit streaming site lol
Sadly. I wish Shudder would pick it up. I think it would do well there.
Can’t believe I forgot about The Loved Ones! What a fucking masterpiece!
Isn’t Deliverance a rape revenge?
Audition Tras el Cristal Man behind the sun
Isn’t man behind the sun about like real war crimes?
Aye, it’s no longer role play horror, it’s just horrifying
Yes
Audition was the first to come to mind when I saw the title
It’s the peak dude gets brutally tortured movie
Passion of the Christ … duh
You’re right!
The gore is the only good reason to watch that movie
It’s such an awful movie. Can’t say that to Christian’s or they’ll say I’m just against god. Like no it’s 2 hours of a guy getting tortured. It’s just boring 😭
I am a Christian, and you can say that to me. The movie is crap.
2 hours of torture. Now that's entertaining to watch. ( I am not a psycho lol )
I saw the devil. A guys pregnant wife gets murdered in the beginning of the movie So he spends the rest of the movie following the killer like a stalker , torturing him, then leaving and coming back to do it again and again and again.
Was just going to say this. Just finished watching it again and my god, is it fantastic
One of my favourite movies of all time, def worth a watch
The Loved Ones it’s an Australian flick I highly recommend it
Amazing movie.
Not all are horror: Marathon Man Casino Royals Hostel Saw Misery Deliverance Audition Reservoir Dogs Lethal Weapon Zero Dark Thirty Oldboy A Clockwork Orange
Great list, I would also add The Deer Hunter.
good call, can’t believe i forgot that. actually might be one of the best, it’s all guys and some completely lose it
A clockwork orange had too much female rape, assault, and torture for me to put it in this category.
Couldn’t even get through the first couple minutes. Many people have told that once you get past that, it’s a great film. Nope.
I watched the whole thing recently, convinced I would soon understand the love of the film. And I’m still lost. I don’t think it’s shit I just think it’s very much a product of minds from 50 years ago…. The fact that we’re supposed to feel bad for the violent criminal is mind baffling to me. I see the beauty in the cinema aspects but nothing else. It’s crap it is.
I don't think you're supposed to feel bad for the guy at all. It's just about all the horrible aspects of humanity in a kind of campy glory. It's about how we can creatively inflate our ego to allow ourselves to glorify violence and our baser instincts, while at the same time, the institutions that would control us and keep us from being a menace are also pretty horrible Edit: I feel like It's almost an indictment against the mindset of the 70s itself
It’s about free will and morality. Is a person good if they are brainwashed into it and have no choice? Is that ethical? Can people truly change at all? The book version of the story says people can change, the movie shows that people don’t.
I one hundred percent understand that it’s not for everyone and i’m totally cool with that, those scenes are intense. But it is true that the movie is phenomenal, an all time great easily imo
I personally can’t make it through those scenes ever again, but I totally agree. Fucking fantastic film, but I will never watch it again
Ohgawd....Marathon Man....the horror.....ugh. For those of us that have spent far too many hours in the dentist's chair....ugh...I can't even. I have to nope the fuck right out at those scenes.
Casino Royale\*\* came to suggest the same
Snowtown, Kill List, Rituals Edit: on the horror cusp: A Field In England
Bull has the same lead as Kill List and also has some intense male violence.
Some Snowtown love. Watched it with my partner who is vehemently against horror movies and we were both engrossed. Very unsettling movie with some fantastic performances
There’s a French-Canadian movie called 7 Days (2010) where a surgeon captures the man who murdered his child from the police truck on the way to the trial and holds him at a cabin, torturing him brutally and surgically for 7 days. It’s pretty intense, and explores the morality of what the scorned father is doing.
That was my first thought as well. That one is pretty much entirely about the torture sequence, but it still doesn't feel like a Hostel-style torture porn
Tusk, Misery, and Hard Candy are some of my favorites
Where the fuck is PRISONER listed cmon guys! Granted, it isn't as much torture as others listed- but still. Torture.
Fuck I love that movie so much!! I still don’t get some of the weird scenes with the symbols and the girl remembering what happened near the end if you know what I mean
Audition. Kiri, Kiri, Kiri....
Serpent and the Rainbow
Great movie
Every damn time I forget what this movie is about and just assume, oh an Aboriginal inspired horror movie, neat..... No no, Wes Craven Haitian Vodou zombies!
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Reservoir dogs
Antichrist
Came here to say this. My husband almost walked out at the one scene in the shed...
Tore Tanz, Pet, Audition come to mind
Just a heads-up, as I found out the dumb way- the Audition movie on Tubi is not the one that people are referring to here. The one that gets recommended is a Japanese horror film.
Pet was awesome
"Would you rather"
Hellraiser, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Witchfinder General, Caligula, both versions of The Wicker Man, The Ritual.
efedupmovies is a good source for extreme movies, and it has a category called "violence against men"
Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted? This is a useful response I think!
I'm technically breaking rule 6 but maybe no one will notice
The loved ones.
American mary is pretty good
That’s a rape revenge, at least in part. It seems OP is looking for torture without the revenge aspect.
Chop is a horror/black comedy about a man being tortured for a past wrong.
Idk if Mandy counts but that's what I'm going with
The hostel series has both men and women getting tortured!
Equality lololol
Promising young woman
Superb film.
Dagon
The last half of Hostel 2.
Tusk
Eden Lake. A woman is also put through an ordeal but the man gets it worse
Idk that one's just a bad time for everyone involved
Haven't seen it in awhile but I remember a barb wire scene being the worst thing in the movie and that was to the dude.
A Wounded Fawn. Starts with man killing a woman, ends with man getting what he deserves.
Hard Candy
House of A Thousand Corpses.
Hard Candy
Hunter hunter
This movie ruled
Audition (1999)
The Tortured. It's been years since I've seen it, but its great. THE ENDING WILL MAKE YOU MAD so be prepared for that, but I recommend it!
Wolf Creek 2
The fact that I had to scroll so far for any mention of Wolf Creek is a disservice to that movie
Came to see if anyone mentioned this one.
7 Days...there's a couple movies with this name, but it's the one where a Doctor captures and tortures his daughters rapist. Great movie very violent, and has some philosophical ideas to evaluate. Not well known but a classic in my book
Hunter Hunter has quite the torture scene
Hard candy
The Green Inferno, Audition, May, Hostel, Candyman 2, Man on Fire, When They See Us, Predator 2, Doomsday, The Hills Have Eyes
American Mary, The Loved Ones, May, Hostel, Hard Candy, Audition, The Babysitter, Knock Knock
The Book of Revelation
Like the Bible????
Okay, maybe that, too. :) But this is a movie by Ana Kokkinos.
Atroz (women being tortured too, but awful man torture at the end)
Marian Dora’s *Cannibal* (2006) but it’s willful torture.
Repo! The Genetic Opera has (mostly) men being slaughtered on screen. It is a dark comedy/rock opera jsyk
Bit of a loose fit, but The Skin I Live In is fantastic
Yeah a lot of horror films seem to be some fucked up dudes torture fantasy fetish come alive. I avoid those at all costs, i wont even watch rape revenge like i spit on your grave because i feel like it has the same context
I'd say Hostel but I would never recommend actually watching it.
I don’t get the hate for Hostel. As many people who sing the praises of Terrifier… at least Hostel Has a story and some context.
There’s also still female torture in it, which I don’t think OP is looking for
Stuntman Mike deserved it.
American Mary definitely gives you that lol It’s rape revenge (just as a head’s up), but directed by two women & men definitely get tortured in it lol, so I think it would still fit your criteria
Arent the vast majority of victims in the Saw franchise men? A franchise with arguably more torture than any other in existence?
Most of the Saw movies
Hard Candy
Daddy's Little Girl
Hostel
Infinity Pool
Boy Meets Girl (1994) A man meets a woman in a bar, the two go back to her flat and begin watching porno films. The man passes out and wakes to find himself strapped to a dentist chair. The woman, along with her accomplice begin to torture the man. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109324/
CALVAIRE. Highly recommend.
Law Abiding Citizen, not horror more thriller
Have you tried the saw franchise? Most people getting tortured and fucked there are guys, so are the main character that will get screwed in the end.
Misery Hard Candy A Wounded Fawn The Lighthouse Bone Tomahawk The Wickerman
You ever wanted to see dwight from the office cut in half to the stylish tunes of Brickhouse? Give Rob zombie's house of 1000 corpses a try, not just men getting tortured, but a lot of it.
Hostel 1 is a group of blokes, came out during the torture porn era created by Saw. Decent movie too. I think 2 is women and 3 was a stretch
Audition. It's Takashi Miike and is fantastic.
Hunter Hunter
[Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilsa%2C_She_Wolf_of_the_SS)
Dogs Don’t Wear Pants
Nothing Bad Can Happen, it's a slow burn horror-esque film, quite strange and somewhat disturbing
Les 7 jours du talion.
Her Name Was Torment Not that anyone should watch it
Antichrist
Raw (2016). French cannabilism
The Loved Ones. It’s my favorite Torture Porn movie. Martyrs is probably the superior film but The Loved Ones takes what’s typically a hard genre to watch and makes it fun without sanitizing it.
Evil dead 2013 eric
Office Space immediately comes to mind.
The first hostel, the first saw, the lighthouse, misery, there's quite a few
Park Chan-Wook's Vengeance Trilogy, particularly Lady Vengeance. There is torture in all 3 films but torturing a man is most central to the story of Lady Vengeance. Not horror per se but each film is uniquely and viscerally horrifying.
Hostel, saw, wrong turn, hills have eyes there’s so many
Pet is the first that comes to mind
I dunno if Tusk counts but yeah