Most violent movie ever made?

[Nathan]

That would be Bloodletting, written and directed by Matt Walsh.  I love the sheer perversity of that flick.

Nathan

[Flangepart]

There is truth to that, J.R. I don't like gory films, just don't suite me. And the more realistic it is, the less i can take.  I watched "Enemy at the Gates" yesterday. The gore was in service to a point in time, where you could not avoid it. War is madness, and to show less these would seem ...what...dishonest? Yet, i do feel as i'm getting too numb to what i see in the films i do watch. That bothers me.

[C. Hill]

I can't believe in a thread about movie violence no one has mentioned Death Race 2000, an entire dedicated to the joy of vehicular manslaughter commited against helpless pedestrians.  And babies and children are worth lots of points!  Euthanasia day!  Pretty damned violent for its time, and even today.

And remember,
"Only the winner gets to shake hands with Mr. President"

[Erik J]

I can't believe I forgot about that one myself.
What about the original Rollerball?

[Lee]

Brotherhood Of The Wolf-For the random brutality.

Pedicab Driver-Somewhat brutal and occassionally disturbing.

Dawn Of The Dead-Truckloads of zombie gore!

Evil Dead-Extreme use of an ax!

Any "Beat" Takeshi movie!

[Majin Boo 2]

How about the killer is a john woo thing.

[C. Hill]

Can't forget Natural Born Killers.  It was all glorified violence just for the sake of it.  I wasn't offended by the movie, I just thought it was garbage.

[jmc]

Don't forget THE WILD BUNCH and BONNIE AND CLYDE.  They changed the way movies portrayed violence.  

Definitely agree about a difference between gore and violence.  DEAD ALIVE doesn't impress me much because it's not really scary and is too comedic to be taken seriously.  It's more like a Monty Python film than a real horror film.   The second and third EVIL DEAD movies are the same way.      

My main pick would be CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, just for sheer immorality....

[Private Joker]

Erik J wrote:
>
> I can't believe I forgot about that one myself.
> What about the original Rollerball?

Rollerball wasn't really that violent compared to some of the other flicks mentioned here.  It was mild enough to be shown on Turner Classic Movies, for Christ's sake.

[Erik J]

True but for what is was it was a violent film none the less

And why hasn't anyone mentioned the Faces Of Death series?

[phil28uk]

according to the guiness book of records, the most violent film in history is RED DAWN with an act of violence occouring every 1.5 mins.

[Private Joker]

Yes, but Red Dawn is PG-13.  The acts of violence must not have been that graphic.

[J.R.]

Natural Born Killers was supposed to be a comedy. Usually it's the sort of thing I'd like, but I didn't. It was overblown and bombastic, with all the different angles and tints and stylistic changes. It was made to be viewed while stoned, I guess.

[Jay O'Connor]

,the most violent film in history is RED DAWN with an act of violence occouring every 1.5 mins.

Then how about Star Wars.....just what was the population of Alderan?  Averaged out over the movie?

And how many crewmembers were on the Death Star?

[Andrew]

Phil, can you provide more info on that figure?  My copy (2000) doesn't have this, nor does the online site.

Andrew