As I finished watching what many people claim to be the most distressing movie ever made I had to ponder, why in the name of god did anyone want to turn out a reel like this?  Now I have seen some real messed up movies e . g. “men behind sun”, “necromantic”, “I spit on your grave” and all the other shock/gore movies. But after I watched Salo and let the closing credits role to the eerily calm, yet unnerving music I uttered a single phrase out loud. “That is the most fucked up shit I have ever seen”! So lets take a look at the plot shall we. 120 days takes place in Mussolini run Italy during the big one. Four particularly un-edged men have enlisted the help of a small private army to kidnap 8 teenage boys and 8 teenage counter parts for them. The teenage victims are taken to a villa in the woods and told by no uncertain terms they are prisoners. As if this was not bad enough they are given a set of laws/rules that they must live by. Makes the sleeping in class heroine test look like a birthday present. A few include ·Any one ...

As I finished watching what many people claim to be the most distressing movie ever made I had to ponder, why in the name of god did anyone want to turn out a reel like this?  Now I have seen some real messed up movies e . g. “men behind sun”, “necromantic”, “I spit on your grave” and all the other shock/gore movies. But after I watched Salo and let the closing credits role to the eerily calm, yet unnerving music I uttered a single phrase out loud. “That is the most fucked up shit I have ever seen”! So lets take a look at the plot shall we. 120 days takes place in Mussolini run Italy during the big one. Four particularly un-edged men have enlisted the help of a small private army to kidnap 8 teenage boys and 8 teenage counter parts for them. The teenage victims are taken to a villa in the woods and told by no uncertain terms they are prisoners. As if this was not bad enough they are given a set of laws/rules that they must live by. Makes the sleeping in class heroine test look like a birthday present. A few include ·Any one ...