Stay at home dad who spends as much time teaching his kids the merits of Martin Scorsese as possible against the missus' wishes. General video game, TV and film nut. Occasional sports fan. Full time loon. Though the horror genre has been enjoying something of a European renaissance over the last few years, the Japanese have always led the way as far as the most unsettling and disturbing movies go. From half-century-old classics that continue to endure to the latest button-pushing torture porn flicks and everything in-between, Japan are the masters of constantly erasing the line of decency and taste, establishing new standards of depravity and WTF-ness.

Scenes of 'sadistic' torture captured on tape



13 Horrifying Torture Methods Used On Women
Throughout history, the ways women have been tortured at the hands of the men who tried to control them will send a shiver down your spine. Women have been tortured to repress their sexuality, silence their tongues, and conform to standards of beauty. Most of all, women have been tortured to break their spirit and to keep them submissive to the men who feared what a liberated woman might mean for their fragile worldviews. The majority of the methods and devices men created for the purpose of this cruelty were intended to humiliate the female victim. Many of these instruments of torture used on women display an overt sexual-sadism that torture methods used on men simply did not. There are devices below created with the sole purpose of mangling the genitals, and other sexualized body parts, i. Most of these torture methods were abolished centuries ago, however, a few of these barbaric punishments are still practiced today.


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The origin of torture dates back to A. The inventors of torture devices have somehow managed to be more creative in their approach. Look at these 27 brutal torture techniques in the history of mankind and tell us what you think about them. A piece of metal or wood with very sharp spikes is worn on the neck.



The wooden horse, the wooden pony or the Spanish donkey, is the name given to an extremely painful torture device used throughout history, particularly during the American colonial period and medieval times. There are three variations of the device, however, the principle and design are the same. The wooden device is triangular in shape and angled, often sharpened at the top. Similar to the wooden horse, the Judas cradle was a pyramid-shaped and sharpened device, on which a victim was lowered via ropes. As the victim was lowered, the device would slowly tear open their anus, vulva or scrotum.