Sicko cinemahas been alive and well in 2024, but by no means are disgusting movies a new phenomenon.

Peoplego to an isolated cabin, demonic possessions start happening, and then horrific violence follows.

Videodromedoesnt mess around, and trying to explain some of the stuff that goes down here is futile.

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They live in a rough world, ravaged by war and social inequality, and so they lash back.

Its hard to like all ofSociety, but easy to respect the brazen places it goes to.

Theres something more sickly here, owing to such a horrible thing happening to just one person.

A bloodied and sweaty Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) holds up a shotgun as he searches, wide-eyed, around a cabin in ‘The Evil Dead’ (1981).

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This one has gross content, but feels all the more sickening due to its relentless style.

Similarly helpful: an appreciation for gory practical effects.

Do you really exist?

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Oh,what a film.

What a grimy, slimy film.

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James Woods Putting His Head Into a TV in Videodrome

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A man holding Agnes by the hair in Flesh + Blood

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A malformed head coming out of an elongated neck in ‘The Thing’ (1982).

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Society - 1989

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The Fly - 1986 (2)

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Tetsuo the Iron Man

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Herbert West filling a syringe with a green liquid in ‘Re-Animator.'

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Michael Gambon yells about eating a man while holding cutlery in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover.

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