Nice to see you around.

lol. yes, i see my irresponsible use of the word impact and its inverted commas has come undone and that sexual connotations were inevitable. apologies, no doubt freud would've declared me a filth merchant

You could try some of the following:

Scrapbook
August Underground (the first one)
Red Room
Red Room 2
Slaughtered Vomit Dolls (I haven't seen it but heard it is pretty disgusting)
Salo (haven't seen this either but have heard it is quite confronting)

Personally, I find Irreversible one of the most disturbing, but it is not obscure.

if i am gonna buy a sick movie then i'll go with irreversible. i'd rather watch violence in the context of a good movie than just violence for violence sake.

I watched this and it was difficult to watch. I'd say I finished the movie a slightly different person than when I started it. I certainly couldn't say I 'liked' it but I'm glad I've seen it and as was mentioned it is top quality gore.

I'd have to go with MancestrMorgue about finding the scenes in Irreversible more disturbing, though. I suppose because it had a context, where this does not as such.

And as for worst - well I haven't watched it yet but I understand that 'Men behind the sun' is also pretty fucked, especially when you know a bit of the trivia about it.

no movie is ever as bad as people say it'll be. i'll let you know what i think

Oh yeah, I forgot about that one :)

It does have some pretty confronting scenes in it (and yeah, knowing the history behind the autopsy scene makes it more confronting).

"Isla, She Wolf of the SS" is not a bad exploitation flick either. Not in the same league as the AU films or many of the others mentioned here though.

This is so very true. I had heard a lot about AUM for some time prior to seeing it. I don't know what I thought would happen to me when I watched it, but all the hype perhaps "overprepared" me for it.

Irreversible, on the other hand, was recommended to me by someone who I didn't pick would like these sorts of films, and I didn't know ANYTHING about it before watching it. The lack of preparation probably made the impact of the film even greater (although after having watched it once, I still feel uncomfortable rewatching those first few scenes).

Iv'e got Mordum on DVD. It's a full on film that tries to push all the boundries in what has been put on film. A bit like The Pink Flamingo and Salo did for instance. The best thing about Mordum is telling your mates that you have a snuff film that was taken by some killers and the video was leaked. Put it on and then see how far they can watch it. My mate did this to a friend of his and about 20 mins in he gets up and starts walking out saying " I just dont see the point in watching this"
I think you have to see it just to see if you can sit through it.
Slaughted Vomit Dolls I have also and that is just rubbish. People just vomiting and then eating their vomit to just vomit again. "I just dont see the point in watching this" ;)

So has anyone else seen August Underground's Penance yet?

I watched a week or two ago.

I prefer it to Mordum - the picture isn't intentionally downgraded like the first two are, so you get a much clearer view of what is going on.

It doesn't seem to push as many boundaries as Mordum, and I don't think that's a bad thing.

I also prefer the character depiction in this one - the two main actors give quite a good impression of severe cluster B personality disorders.