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A set of props used in the production of the Saw films, which are notorious for depicting extreme graphic violence. Extreme cinema (or hardcore horror and extreme horror [1] [2]) is a subgenre used for films distinguished by its use of excessive sex and violence, and depiction of extreme acts such as mutilation and torture.
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In 2010, Empire named the film the 448th-greatest film of all time. [27] The French film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma ranked the film as fifth place in its list of best films of the decade, 2000–2009. [28] In his list of best films of the decade, Peter Travers named this number four, praising director David Cronenberg:
At the time it was released, Red Dawn was considered the most violent film by the Guinness Book of Records and the National Coalition on Television Violence, with a rate of 134 acts of violence per hour, or 2.23 per minute. [27] The 2007 DVD Special Edition includes an on-screen "Carnage Counter" in a nod to this. [28]
Originally titled Tell Your Children, the anti-cannabis film Reefer Madness was called "the grand-daddy of all 'Worst' movies" by Leonard Maltin.. Reefer Madness (originally released as Tell Your Children and sometimes titled or subtitled as The Burning Question, Dope Addict, Doped Youth, and Love Madness) is a 1936 American exploitation film and propaganda work revolving around the ...
Widely considered Bava's most violent film, [2] its emphasis on graphically bloody murder set pieces was hugely influential on the slasher film subgenre that would follow a decade later. [3] [4] In 2005, the magazine Total Film named A Bay of Blood one of the 50 greatest horror films of all time. [5]
Splatter films, according to film critic Michael Arnzen, "self-consciously revel in the special effects of gore as an artform." [5] Where typical horror films deal with such fears as that of the unknown, the supernatural and the dark, the impetus for fear in a splatter film comes from physical destruction of the body and the pain accompanying it.
Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci also starred in the film, with Pesci earning an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, making Goodfellas one of the most critically acclaimed crime films of all time. In 1990, The Godfather Part III was released.