10 Hardest To Watch Horror Movie Moments
4. THAT Sequence - Antichrist
Oh, Lars von Trier, why must you be so graphic with the material you serve up?
There's no doubting that von Trier is a hugely talented filmmaker, yet some find it a little uncomfortable how the Dane is forever happy to show you exactly what you didn't want to see. But then, that's all part of getting across the message of von Trier's movies and forcing an audience to confront whatever issues are at play.
In the case of 2009's Antichrist, that 'at play' ended up being castration.
To give some context, He (Willem Defoe) and She (Charlotte Gainsbourg) are a couple dealing with the death of their child. After heading to a cabin in the woods locale, He starts to have bizarre visions, while She becomes increasingly sexually violent.
As Antichrist races to a, err, climax, She knocks He unconscious, drills holes in his legs (with a hand drill!), bolts him to a grindstone, then smashes the ever-living sh*t out of his penis with a blunt object. That's not nearly the end of this ordeal, mind, for She then masturbates what's left of He's d*ck until he ejaculates blood.
Antichrist wasn't done there, though, for She would cut off her own clitoris with a pair of rusty scissors.
And yes, here we are, just another day where you think to yourself, "Did I really just write all of that?" - or in your case, "Did I really just read all of that?" The answer on both fronts, is sadly yes.