True Crime • Radical Realism • Unfiltered Archives
Srđan Spasojević's extremely controversial shock film — a retired adult film star agrees to participate in an art-house project for quick money, only to discover he has entered a nightmarish world of manipulation, violence, and psychological horror.
Joel Schumacher's dark crime thriller — a private investigator is hired to examine a mysterious 8mm film that may contain real murder. As he descends deeper into the investigation, he uncovers a disturbing underground world of exploitation, secrecy, and human depravity.
Julia Ducournau's provocative French-Belgian body horror — a young vegetarian woman enters veterinary school, where a hazing ritual awakens her most primal instincts, leading to shocking transformations and an obsessive craving she cannot control.
Based on a true crime, this Category III shocker features Anthony Wong in his most terrifying role as a sociopathic killer who takes over a restaurant in Macau. To dispose of his victims, he grinds them into 'pork buns' and serves them to the unsuspecting public. A brutal, dark, and deeply disturbing descent into madness that redefined extreme Hong Kong cinema.
Perhaps the most offensive and disgusting film ever made. Anthony Wong returns as Kai, a wanted murderer from Hong Kong hiding in South Africa. After contracting the Ebola virus during a rape, he discovers he is an asymptomatic carrier. Realizing his potential as a biological weapon, he begins a terrifying spree of deliberately infecting, killing, and serving his victims to customers in his restaurant. Raw, ultra-violent, and deeply disturbing Category III chaos.
The episode so extreme it was banned from cable television. Takashi Miike's nightmare vision follows an American journalist in 19th-century Japan searching for his lost love. His journey leads him to a secluded island and a deformed prostitute who recounts a tale of systematic torture and supernatural horror. A visual masterpiece of pain and the dark side of the human soul.
Recommended Signals — Volume 3. The archive continues with some of the most challenging, psychologically devastating, and boundary-pushing films in transgressive cinema. Proceed with extreme caution.
Return to Volume 1 to read our full manifesto on Radical Realism and the ethics of unfiltered true crime.