For connoisseurs of horror films, we have compiled a list of FIVE disturbingly creative and original HORROR films that we think have broken the mould, shattered the boundaries of artistic freedom and left a deep emotional impact on the audience. These are definitely not the sort of films you would love to watch and enjoy with family or friends on a pleasant evening, so please don’t risk watching them unless you are mentally-strong and really want to study the eccentric side of film-making.

5. The Wild Red Riding Hood/Molina’s Ferozz (2010)
Directed by Jorge Molina, this Cuban film, a bizarre adaptation of the original Grimm’s Little Red Riding Hood, takes incest to an extreme, dizzying, puke-worthy heights. The story primarily focusses on four main characters in a family: a witch-like old woman, portrayed by a man, who is violent and encourages her alcoholic son to assault his wife, who later becomes a widow and lusts after her brother-in-law, who in turn lusts after the widow’s carefree, underage daughter despite being her paternal uncle. Also in this dysfunctional family is a curly-haired, deranged pervert who is both an uncle and a brother to the young girl. Most of the plot deals with incest interspersed with a scene of bestiality, and all the gore is reserved for an unusual, sick climax. This movie was reportedly pulled out of a film-festival at the last minute because the organisers felt it would upset animal-rights groups.

4. I Spit On Your Grave (2010)
The remake of a controversial classic of the same name and directed by Steven Monroe, “I Spit On Your Grave” revolves around a young female writer who, seeking some time for herself away from the busy city life, arrives at a reclusive house in a remote town only to be tortured, assaulted and left to death by a group of vicious men, including a married sheriff. The bruised victim recovers from her trauma, resurrects herself and sets out for revenge in a much more brutal fashion. Although not as gripping as the 1978 original, the remake has multiplied the gore-quotient and the revenge scenes are so gruesome that they force you to temporarily shift your eyes off the screen. A sequel to this film, directed again by Steven Monroe, employing the same rape-and-revenge concept but with a different protagonist was released in 2013.

3. The Human Centipede (2009)
A mad doctor abducts three strangers, surgically conjoins them into what looks like a ‘centipede’ and brutalises them in this grotesque, nauseating film by Tom Six, which was reported to have triggered shockwaves among its audience during its initial screenings at various film-festivals. Claiming to be inspired by the experiments that were carried out at Nazi concentration camps during World War 2, ‘The Human Centipede’ indulges in the most inhuman kind of torture where the victims are left to resign as mere experimental objects in the eyes of a sadistic man. Basking on the critical success of the first film, Tom Six went on to release a sequel in 2012 amidst much controversy. The last of the trilogy, released in 2014, didn’t live up to the expectations of the original or its sequel.

2. Antichrist (2010)
Narrated in chapters, this visually-stunning, award-winning horror film by avant-garde filmmaker Lars Vons Trier hovers around an anonymous couple who, upon the death of their baby in a bizarre accident at home and unable to cope with that loss, retreat to a cabin in the woods. The wife, brilliantly portrayed by Charlotte Gainsbourg, gradually slips into a depression, develops a strange aversion to being a woman and as her mental condition deteriorates, she indulges in a series of unbelievable, appalling acts of violence against her husband and then upon herself.
‘Antichrist’ garnered a lot of controversy for its graphic violence and misogynistic theme. Charlotte Gainsbourg, however, went on to win the Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009 for her role in this film.

1. A Serbian film (2010)

Widely considered to be the most controversial and sickest film of all-time, ‘A Serbian film’ centres on the gloomy life of a retired porn actor residing with his wife and a 6-year-old son. Driven by a financial crisis, the actor is compelled to sign a contract for an art-house-like film by an effeminate filmmaker. During the filming of his latest project, the actor gradually realises he has been trapped in a snuff-film laden with drugs, murder and necrophilism and as the movie progresses, meandering from one subplot to another, the missing links are eventually connected leading to a deeply-disturbing finale that is bound to leave you utterly-shocked and depressed for quite a few days to come. Directed by Srđan Spasojević, ‘A Serbian Film’ was banned in several countries upon its release due to its explicit content and unacceptable scenes of child-abuse. It also holds the reputation of being the most censored film in Britain since 1994 when an Indian film titled ‘Nammavar’ faced cuts.