15 Films That Only Needed One Scene To Become Legendary
4. Scissor Mutilation - Antichrist (2009)
The Movie: Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist tells the story of an unnamed couple (played by Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg) who, after the death of their child, retreat to a cabin in the woods where he experiences strange visions and she manifests increasingly violent sexual behavior and sadism.
The Legendary Scene: The violent behavior of the film’s characters ultimately manifests when the women crushes her husband’s testicles with a block of wood, masturbating him until he ejaculates blood and then cuts off her own clitoris with a pair of scissors. Ouch.
The mutilation isn’t just implied by noise and facial expression, it is exposed to the audience in graphic detail. The sound of the scene itself is horrifying as the snipping of the scissors cuts right through you and feels like it goes on for an eternity. It’s quite a distressing moment, and one that solidified Antichrist's spot in the WTF hall of fame.