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Theme: Torture Porn

Torture Porn was a term coined in 2005 after the success of films like Saw (2004) and Hostel (2005) to refer to a fad for films featuring scenes of Sadism and Torture pushed to an extreme.

Both Saw and Hostel spawned sequels and a brief fad for imitators. In these, a group of people were imprisoned and usually forced to undergo cruelties or make brutal life and death decisions, resulting in their torture and deaths. The selling point of the film would be these tortures shown in grisly detail.


3 from Hell (2019)

20 October 201927 September 2022

Rating: ★★

Family of Psychos

Director: Rob Zombie
Actors: Sherri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, Richard Brake, Jeff Daniel Phillips, …
Category: Horror

31 (2016)

25 September 201614 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Human Hunting Survival Game

Director: Rob Zombie
Actors: Sheri Moon Zombie, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Meg Foster, …
Category: Horror

Borderland (2007)

2 September 201523 March 2024

Rating: ★★½

Tourists Preyed Upon by Santeria Cult

Director: Zev Berman
Actors: Brian Presley, Sean Astin, Jake Muxworthy, Rider Strong, …
Category: Horror

Broken (2006)

25 May 20084 January 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Abduction and Torture

Director: Simon Boyes, Adam Mason
Actors: Nadja Brand, Eric Colvin
Category: Horror

Brutal (2007)

4 February 201310 March 2020

Rating: ★

Psycho Film

Director: Ethan Wiley
Actors: Jeffrey Combs, Eric Lange, Michael Berryman, Whitney Anderson
Category: Horror

The Collection (2012)

20 March 201331 May 2023

Rating: ★

Sadism and Torture

Director: Marcus Dunstan
Actors: Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzgerald, Lee Tergesen, Christopher McDonald, …
Category: Horror

The Collector (2009)

14 November 200917 February 2024

Rating: ★★

Sadism and Torture

Director: Marcus Dunstan
Actors: Josh Stewart, Madeline Zima, Michael Reilly Burke, Juan Fernandez, …
Category: Horror

The Devil’s Rejects (2005)

13 November 200518 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Family of Psychos

Director: Rob Zombie
Actors: Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, William Forsythe, …
Category: Horror

Hard Luck (2006)

23 February 200810 December 2024

Rating: ★

Odd Couple on the Run/Torture Film

Director: Mario Van Peebles
Actors: Wesley Snipes, Cybill Shepherd, Mario Van Peebles, Luis Guzman, …
Category: Horror

Hostel (2005)

25 February 200623 August 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Sadism and Torture

Director: Eli Roth
Actors: Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eythor Gudjonsson, Barbara Nedeljakova, …
Category: Horror

Hostel Part II (2007)

14 December 200826 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Sadism and Torture

Director: Eli Roth
Actors: Lauren German, Roger Bart, Bijou Phillips, Heather Matarazzo, …
Category: Horror

Hostel Part III (2011)

21 January 201226 August 2021

Rating: ★

Sadism and Torture

Director: Scott Spiegel
Actors: Kip Pardue, Brian Hallisay, John Hensley, Thomas Kretschmann, …
Category: Horror

House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

1 June 200430 September 2022

Rating: ★★

Backroads Brutality

Director: Rob Zombie
Actors: Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, Karen Black, …
Category: Horror

I Know Who Killed Me (2007)

1 January 20091 August 2023

Rating: ★

Twin Psycho-Thriller

Director: Chris Sivertson
Actors: Lindsay Lohan, Julia Ormond, Neal McDonough, Brian Geraghty, …
Category: Horror

I Spit on Your Grave (2010)

10 March 201120 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

Rape and Revenge

Director: Steven R. Monroe
Actors: Sarah Butler, Andrew Howard, Chad Lindberg, Rodney Eastman, …
Category: Horror

Inside (2007)

18 March 201713 June 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Brutal Home Invasion/Pregnant Woman Pursued

Director: Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury
Actors: Alysson Paradis, Beatrice Dalle, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Category: Horror

Jigsaw (2017)

20 January 201831 October 2023

Rating: ★★

Saw Sequel

Director: The Spierig Brothers
Actors: Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Tobin Bell, Hannah Emily Anderson, …
Category: Horror

Live Animals (2008)

4 September 20244 September 2024

Rating: ★½

Imprisonment and Torture

Director: Jeremy Benson
Actors: Christian Walker, John Still, Jeannette Comans
Category: Horror

Martyrs (2008)

19 June 201015 April 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Imprisonment and Torture

Director: Pascal Laugier
Actors: Morjana Alaoui, Mylene Jampanoï, Juliette Gosselin, Xavier Dolan
Category: Horror

Martyrs (2015)

28 February 201624 August 2024

Rating: 0­

Imprisonment and Torture

Director: Kevin Goetz, Michael Goetz
Actors: Troian Bellisario, Bailey Noble, Kate Burton, Caitlin Carmichael, …
Category: Horror

Mother’s Day (2010)

22 June 20128 March 2025

Rating: ★

Home Invasion/Torture Porn

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Actors: Rebecca De Mornay, Jaime King, Shawn Ashmore, Patrick Flueger, …
Category: Horror

Saw (2004)

16 November 200426 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Killer’s Sadistic Games

Director: James Wan
Actors: Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Leigh Whannell, Michael Emerson, …
Category: Horror

Saw 3D (2010)

1 March 201131 October 2023

Rating: ★

Killer’s Sadistic Games

Director: Kevin Greutert
Actors: Costas Mandylor, Tobin Bell, Sean Patrick Flanery, Cary Elwes, …
Category: Horror

Saw II (2005)

13 November 200517 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Killer’s Sadistic Games

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Actors: Donnie Wahlberg, Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Franky G, …
Category: Horror

Saw III (2006)

11 February 20073 November 2023

Rating: ★★

Killer’s Sadistic Games

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Actors: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus MacFayden, Dina Meyer, …
Category: Horror

Saw IV (2007)

19 January 200817 March 2022

Rating: ★

Killer’s Sadistic Games

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Actors: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Lyriq Bent, Scott Patterson, …
Category: Horror

Saw V (2008)

31 October 20086 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Killer’s Sadistic Games

Director: David Hackl
Actors: Costas Mandylor, Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Julie Benz, …
Category: Horror

Saw VI (2009)

2 November 20098 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Killer’s Sadistic Games

Director: Kevin Greutert
Actors: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Peter Outerbridge, …
Category: Horror

Saw X (2023)

3 November 20233 November 2023

Rating: ★★

Saw Sequel

Director: Kevin Greutert
Actors: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Synnøve Macody Lund, Steven Brand, …
Category: Horror

Seed (2007)

14 February 20108 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Executed Killer’s Revenge

Director: Uwe Boll
Actors: Michael Paré, Will Sanderson, Ralf Moeller, Jodelle Ferland, …
Category: Horror

Skeleton Crew (2009)

26 May 202026 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Disturbed Film Director Recreates Snuff Movies

Director: Tommi Lepola, Tero Molin
Category: Horror

Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)

11 June 202131 October 2023

Rating: ★★

Killer’s Sadistic Games

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Actors: Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, …
Category: Horror

Stripped (2013)

4 September 20244 September 2024

Rating: ★★

Found Footage/Party Trip Gone Wrong

Director: J.M.R. Luna
Actors: Carson Aune, Nicole Sienna, Josh Cole
Category: Horror

Timber Falls (2007)

4 June 200920 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Backwoods Brutality

Director: Tony Giglio
Actors: Josh Randall, Brianna Brown, Nick Searcy, Beth Broderick
Category: Horror

The Tortured (2010)

30 June 20125 May 2025

Rating: ★

Couple Torture Paedophile

Director: Robert Lieberman
Actors: Erika Christensen, Jesse Metcalfe, Bill Moseley, Fulvio Cecere, …
Category: Horror

Train (2008)

26 November 202426 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Torture Porn/Organ-Harvesting Train

Director: Gideon Raff
Actors: Thora Birch, Gideon Emery, Derek Magyar, Todd Jensen, …
Category: Horror

Turistas (2006)

23 February 20087 October 2020

Rating: ★

Organ Harvesting of Tourists

Director: John Stockwell
Actors: Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew, …
Category: Horror

Undocumented (2010)

2 December 201215 July 2024

Rating: ★★★

Vigilantes Torture Mexican Illegal Immigrants

Director: Chris Peckover
Actors: Peter Stormare, Scott Mechlowicz, Kevin Weisman, Greg Serano, …
Category: Horror

Wolf Creek 2 (2013)

6 July 201412 June 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Australian Backwoods Brutality

Director: Greg McLean
Actors: John Jarratt, Ryan Corr, Shannon Ashlyn, Gerard Kennedy
Category: Horror

Wolf Creek (2005)

13 March 200612 June 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Australian Backwoods Brutality

Director: Greg McLean
Actors: John Jarratt, Cassandra Magrath, Nathan Phillips, Kestie Morassi
Category: Horror

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