10 Horror Movies That Went Too Far

Much in the same way as Fire in the Sky, Misery is a movie that takes a slow-burning, psychological drama tinged at the edges with a smattering of horror and opens the floodgates on it with one gnarly scene - the film infamous for its nail-biting depiction of Paul Sheldon's hobbling at the hands of obsessed fan Annie Wilkes.

The Stephen King adaptation follows the book faithfully, setting up a narrative that sees Sheldon in a car crash before being rescued and nursed back to health by Annie, only to learn she knows far more about him and his career as an author than any average reader would. Her slow decline into mania as she attempts to keep him in her house and write a story that suits her preferences is captivating watching - right up until Paul gets a sledgehammer taken to his ankles to stop him from escaping his bed-come-prison.

It's an expertly crafted scene that comes at just the right moment, transforming the film from standard spooky fare into full-blown body horror with two fell swoops. It's not A Serbian Film, or Human Centipede, or any noisy exploitation movie that could have easily taken it's spot, but rather a film that sets up clear boundaries and then goes way far past them in a moment that has ended up defining the film ever since.