self mutilation
24 movies and shows
Talk to Me
Wed, 26 Jul 2023
When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.
The Banshees of Inisherin
Thu, 20 Oct 2022
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
Antichrist
Wed, 20 May 2009
A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Thirst
Thu, 30 Apr 2009
A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend.
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Fri, 23 Dec 1988
Confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty Cotton insists her supposedly dead father is stuck in hell, controlled by sadomasochistic demons after being betrayed by his evil, occult-obsessed wife, Julia. Few believe Kirsty, except the thrill-seeking Dr. Channard, who is intrigued by the young woman's lurid stories. So when Kirsty and fellow patient Tiffany head to hell for a rescue, Channard and Julia are close behind.
Return of the Living Dead III
Fri, 01 Oct 1993
Having recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught teenager performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's killed in a motorcycle accident.
Ghosts of Mars
Fri, 24 Aug 2001
In 2176, a Martian police unit is sent to pick up a highly dangerous criminal at a remote mining post. Upon arrival, the cops find the post deserted and something far more dangerous than any criminal — the original inhabitants of Mars, hellbent on getting their planet back.
Skinamarink
Fri, 13 Jan 2023
Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.
Lords of Chaos
Thu, 20 Sep 2018
A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome.
Begotten
Wed, 05 Jun 1991
Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Fri, 17 Jun 2005
Single dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard’s divorce has left him emotionally damaged. Meanwhile, Richard’s sons—one a teenager, the other 6-years-old—take part in clumsy experiments with the opposite sex.
Lover
Fri, 01 Jul 2022
Lally is madly in love with his school mate Heer. Things take an interesting turn when Heer and Lally are separated from each other.
Asylum Blackout
Fri, 04 May 2012
A group of cooks at an asylum for the criminally insane get locked in with the inmates during a massive thunderstorm
Babysitter Wanted
Thu, 19 Jul 2007
When she takes a job babysitting a young boy for a night at his family's remote farmhouse, sweet college co-ed Angie Albright becomes the target of a scar-covered creep making mysterious phone calls and prowling outside the windows. Angie gets the drop on the would-be killer, but quickly discovers that her nightmare has just begun.
The Big Shave
Fri, 29 Dec 1967
A young man walks into a meticulously clean and sterile bathroom and proceeds to shave away hair, then skin, in an increasingly bloody and graphic bathroom scene.
Truth or Dare? - A Critical Madness
Sun, 01 Jun 1986
Mike Strauber catches his wife Sharon in bed with his best friend Jerry. He gets mad and takes off to embark on an adventure of murder and self-mutilation in demented games of truth or dare.
Cutting Moments
Tue, 01 Jul 1997
In the center of a monotonous suburban existence, Sarah lives silently and in subservience to her icy husband Patrick. They have been together far too long, and Patrick's affections for his wife have all but vanished. Instead, his sexual urges are tempting him to lust after their own son. Realizing how far gone her husband is, Sarah undertakes drastic, shockingly sickening measures to salvage some sense of her life and purge her years of festering resentment.
American Guinea Pig: Sacrifice
Wed, 01 Mar 2017
A young man suffering from significant childhood trauma believes there are portals to the darkness around him that can be accessed through extreme self-mutilation. He locks himself in his home and proceeds to perform acts to summon the Goddess Ishtar to help him cross over to the other side.
Fragments of a Life
Tue, 01 Jan 2002
Small fragments from the life of a woman tortured to death by a drug addict and a cannibalistic Satanist. The thick blood splatters against director Baiestorf's dirty lenses, which shows in a surreal way the most realistic scene of heroin use ever filmed in the history of Brazilian cinema. The short was created from scenes filmed for the feature "Stay Sick!" which Baiestorf was unable to finish.