Violated Angels1967

Horror Vault's take

Inspired by a real-life American atrocity, Japanese provocateur Kōji Wakamatsu turns a notorious mass killing into a stark, unflinching meditation on male violence and desire. A lone intruder traps a group of nurses, and what unfolds is less a conventional thriller than a cold, almost ritualistic examination of predatory consciousness. Shot with the austere intensity characteristic of the Japanese pink film underground, it strips the horror down to its psychological and ideological bones. Few films are this deliberately uncomfortable to sit with.

Content: Sexual Violence, Graphic Violence, Violence Against Women, Disturbing Imagery