Martyrs

If you got it on DVD from here in Britain, I believe it was passed uncut here.

I'll have to check the DVD edition. I borrowed a copy from a friend so not sure if it was the cut one or not. There wasn't anything shown of the

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flaying sequence except for her being put on the rack and then the camera pointed at her face as the guy began...It then skipped to her being taken out of the wheelchair and being clamped by the wrists under the hot light

So not sure if that's the cut version or not.

It did show a fair bit of violence in the 1st half

The

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shotgunning of all 4 family members...The beating with the hammer...And most disturbingly the suicide wrist and throat cutting

I just didn't think it was as emotionally draining as people make it out to be although this is probably due to me having no empathy for Anna or Lucie.

I didn't think it had as much an impact as the fire extinguisher scene or rape scene from irreversible, for example.

I thought the manifestation of her guilt being that horribly disfigured girl was very well done (and the only thing which takes the film into the horror genre) as was the

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girl Anna found in the basement...Although she had clearly gone through far more torture (minus the flaying) than Anna did

I need to watch it again, but I don't think they went into detail in the scene you mentioned in the first spoiler, just think it concentrated on her face while it was happening for the most part. I think that was a good choice.

I don't...But then i'm a sick and twisted person.