Martyrs (2008) - Pascal Laugier

As torture porn films go you would be hard pressed to find one so poignantly well-structured as Martyrs. Although occasionally suffering from the cliched horror faux pas of the stupid heroine (just... call the police... what's wrong with you..?), it's final scenes resonate harrowingly with the audience long after viewing and allow you to build your own conclusion, as positive or as morbid as you wish.

★★★★

Gigi (1958) - Vincente Minnelli

A charming little tale, even if nothing of actual interest takes place. It does manage to hold your attention however... or at least for a while... until the pleasantly lullabylic tunes rock you gently to sleep.

★★★

Day 195. The Bastille Boogerman

This man is so French that his nose is 600 times that of the normal human nose. Going by the alias "The Bastille Boogerman" this Parisian villain is extremely patriotic. He hates all other nations and will stop at nothing until he has sucked up all the "déchets toxiques" (what he calls non French people) through his gargantuan nostrils and disposes of them in his booger backpack, which grinds the bodies into dust. His right nostril doubles up as a bogey cannon.

Livide (2011) - Alexendre Bustillo and Kulien Maury

By the end of Livide you'll have no what idea what in the hell just happened. All you'll know is what you saw was absolutely horrifying and that you will have to sleep with the lights on for a couple of nights.

★★★.