20 Most Extreme Horror Films Of All Time

No one can accuse the makers of Murder-Set-Pieces of false advertising. The film's entire plot is right there in its title. Featuring over 30 killings, Nick Palumbo's homicidal narrative has little else on its agenda outside of giving its antagonist, simply named The Photographer, an uninterrupted stage to hack and slash his way through every hooker in sight. His day job is to take sexy photos of models, but the film is hardly concerned with developing the character beyond “guy who murders for pleasure.”

Quite shocking indeed, from beginning to end “every scene is a scream" (as claimed in the trailer). Throughout the proceedings the murders become increasingly more intense and the victims eventually shift from prostitutes to children. Not to mention that the film's obligatory rape scenes are some of the most graphic ever filmed.

From past interviews it's clear that the film’s director, at times, seems to have at least minor delusions of grandeur, pitching the story as some kind of commentary on the breakdown of society in the same manner as Mary Harron's American Psycho. This is, of course, an oft quoted excuse for showing extreme carnage, and one which never really rings true with this film in particular, as it's simply too inept to be seen as anything other than low grade exploitation.