I haven't seen too many that are to the point of unwatchable, they are never dragged on enough... Audition's was good, I just watched it.

I'd have to go with Audition for the freaky, pure little girl glee and delicacy of it. It's something really different from everything else out there.

Imprint was pretty bad in terms of pure brutality. I'm noticing a trend of women performing the torture makes it worse. Not because people are shocked that it's a woman, but they seem to just be more into it and more vengeful about it.

Pan's Labyrinth has a very brutal, very realistic torture scene that isn't terribly explicit, but it is really impactful. I found it simultaneously disturbing and beautiful.

a microcosm of the movie as a whole. just watched ichi. the scene with the hooks and the tempura and the spikes was toe curling. just thought of another one. who didn't cringe at the scene with the vice in casino?:eek:

I completely agree. It's a shame I knew about the second half of the movie before watching.

As much as thier not strictly torture scenes, I loved Saw III's. It's the emotional side to them that makes them powerful.

All the Saw films have scenes which are enough to drive a person crazy. Its more a torture of the mind than the body. I have seen Audition too and I must say its brutally shocking to watch because its the least expected in the last stages of the movie. I have to add a scene from my favourite slasher series, Friday the 13th pt.3 in which Jason grabs a red-hot poker from the fireplace and plunges it into a woman. Talk about ouch!