(minor spoilers only) Well well well. I went into this expecting a typical torture porn fare and nothing more - but WOW, this film just played with me and sent me places i had no idea i wanted to go - and i loved it for it!The premise was fairly common - couple gets abducted by crazy guy and ends up in his torture lair. Been there, seen that, now just gimme some believable effects and we'll all be done here.But this film, if you can go along with it, shows some surprising details and unique twists and by the closing scenes has you feeling amazingly connected to the whole journey. Its not just a nutjob seeking a blood bath, there's something else going on here, lurking deep below the surface. There's an emotional component which mixes up everything and leaves you in deep thought about exactly what the killer sought from his little exercise.Give this film a chance. Go along with its more unique moments and try to keep up with what the film-maker wanted. You'll either love it or hate it, but if torture porn with a little more depth is what you're after - Grotesque is just the ticket!

Came across this film here, on IMDb a while back but never thought to check it out until now! I came across this film again & thought to check it out, I first learnt that it was banned in the UK so it got me very curious as to why it was looking in deeper & watching it!A VERY, VERY sick film! The name 'Grotesque' fits it perfectly! An unknown doctor snatches a couple off the street & rapes, humiliates & tortures them in the most depraved ways possible! Ranging from hammering nails into a guys balls to cutting off a woman's nipples! Just twisted!There ain't much of a story-line to this film to say the least! It's basically what I've just described above! The doctors basically does this for sexual stimulation! He wants the couple to survive & stops the torture if they pass out or to patch them back up so the can live for a long period of time! Weird parts involved where the doctors comes in to the basement & eats cake & drinks tea! What? Not to mention when he plays classical music when he tortures them! Among other random if not unnecessary parts involved the guys eye getting popped out & this woman's arm getting sawed off with a chainsaw! The ending however was f**ked up! He rips the guys intestines out, ties it to a chain & asks him to walk to the other end of the room to cut his girlfriend free as an act of 'love'. But he once again tricks him as the rope has metal wire running through it!(Ass)This is after he lied to them about setting them free, turning himself in & giving them a large, if not colossal amount of money as compensation for all the suffering he caused the couple!Though vengeance was there's when after he decapitates the woman's head off with an axe (after she insults him & says he stinks really badly!) & it lands on the doctors shoulder & bites/chews off a piece of his skin! The the guys stabs him in the foot with the scissors! Then they die facing each other! How sad!The evil b*****d doctor survives & bury's the couple! He then back in his van sprays deodorant on himself & goes after his next victim...Overall, a VERY, sick, nasty, evil, twisted film! Not or the faint hearted but it was good all the same! Gory & vile! 8/10

First, I would like to say that I understand that this is a love story in disguise. It shows what pain one would go through for the other.Now that that's out of the way, this movie is awful. There's hardly a back story or really anything presented about the characters at all. We know the killer is a doctor (I can't recall which kind) and the couple works together. That's all we know. On top of that, there's not much of a story either. The couple gets tortured by a psychotic killer who gets sexually excited through torturing people. Whatever happened to plot development?The violence is stupid, pointless, and in the ending scene, completely ridiculous. If all you care about is seeing people go through extreme pain, go and watch this movie, because that's all that's there. Most people I've heard try to justify the violence in this movie say something like "BUT DIS IS LUV STURRY ND IT HAZ DEEPIR MEENING". If you've actually been paying attention to the little information you've been given in the beginning of the movie, you wouldn't think there's a deeper meaning at all. Even if it was truly a deeper meaning, that doesn't make it good. The point of the violence is to show what some people will go through for another out of love. The topic of love isn't original after it's been brought up countless times in all forms of art for thousands of years.If you care about a movie having substance, or not wasting time out of your life you will never get back, don't watch this movie. You will regret it.

most disturbing film and banned by the BBFC, because in their wisdom this will do harm to viewers? give me a break and thank god for the internet. the only thing banning this did in the uk is make more people interested in it.to start the film may seem a bit short on the plot and has been criticised for it. this may seem true at first but actions speak louder than words and boy does the action hurt.we start with a young couple who are clubbed into unconsciousness and then wake up in a dungeon strapped to surgical boards and gagged. they are then tortured asking how far they will go for each other. that's pretty much it for set up and plot. but if you stick with it there is development and thought behind what is going on and it is revealed slowly. now don't get me wrong what happen to the couple is nasty and cruel but watching it from start to finish I felt the film did what it did well. the ending is slightly over the top but reveals a key thing about the torturer and gives more depth to the film.is it the best thing since slide bread? no, but the effects are done well, the Cinematography is executed well and the acting is top notch. most disturbing film? no, just another horror film that has a bit more going on. if you want gore try something else this film is not that bad if you want disturbing try watching Lars von Trier Breaking the waves.