There's a horror movie out there that is so messed up, that you can't legally watch it in a number of countries.
There's something about a movie being banned that makes it even more desirable to watch...
I'll be honest, I am not a horror movie fan because I see no value in spending my down time with sweaty palms and an accelerated heart rate.
That being said, I know that there are millions if not billions of horror movie lovers out there, which is why the genre does so well.
But there's one movie that you probably haven't watched and it's because of how deeply disturbing it is.
The movie in question is Found, which came out in 2012.
When it was initially released, it was banned in places like the UK and Australia and certain scenes that depicted sexual violence had to be cut before it was allowed to be shown to audiences.
The synopsis, as per Letterboxd, reads: "Marty is the ideal fifth grader—he gets good grades, listens to his teachers and doesn’t start trouble in class.
"But a darkness is beginning to fall over Marty’s life, the kids at school won’t stop picking on him, his parents just don’t seem to understand him, and now Marty must grapple with a terrible secret that threatens to destroy life as he knows it - his big brother is a serial killer."
Check out the trailer - Viewer discretion is advised:One Reddit user took to the forum to express their thoughts on the movie, and when someone on Reddit say's its disturbing, then it probably is.
In their post, the user said: "Found 2012 - Maybe even more disturbing than A Serbian Film. Never thought I'd write those words. And yet, this movie is fantastic. Here's why.
“Unlike A Serbian Film, I think it's actually a good movie. It's shocking, but not merely for the sake of shock. There's nothing wrong with shock for shock's sake, but I've always been a bit miffed at Serbian Film's IMO bulls**t deeper meaning posturing.
"The gore is... intense. I haven't seen this kind of thing outside of the French extreme horror cinema. This film manages to make gore shocking again. As for what makes the film shocking... firstly, there isn't a ton of gore, but the gore that IS shown in the film is gratuitous, graphic, and wonderfully tasteless.
"At the risk of repeating myself, the way the film introduces the gore is ingenious. Amazing. See this movie. I'm blown away. I've seen about forty horror films in the last two or three weeks, and this one beats them all.”
Yikes.
People in the comments echoed these points, as one person said: "I just saw this. Gotta admit, i wasn't ready for it. The last ten minutes that is."
A second added: "Easily one of my favorite horror films this year. Some of the best writing and character development I have seen in the a horror film and the kid actor was just amazing, and normally I do not like kid actors. I can't recommend this enough."
A third person said: "I'm a big fan of this film. I consider it one of the best low budget indie films to be released in the last few years. It truly captures a specific era in my life when I would peruse the horror section of my local video rental place."
For context, A Serbian Film, which the movie was compared to, was the 2010 feature directorial debut of Srđan Spasojević, following a pornstar who is struggling financially and agrees to take part in an 'art film', only to discover that he has been drafted into a snuff film with pedophilic and necrophilic themes.
The film attracted a huge amount of controversy for its depictions of graphic violence and sexual content and was itself banned in many countries, including Australia, Spain, New Zealand, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Norway, and needed compulsory cuts to be released in the UK.
The movie remains known as possibly the most disturbing movie of all time.
Despite the glowing recommendations for Found, I will be giving it a miss.
Will you seeking the movie out?
