Can a movie go too far?

 I suppose, one could ask the broader question: Free expression in film vs censorship?

When does a movie go "too far"?

What IS the most depraved movie you have ever seen?

The idea for this thread came to mind when reading this little ditty:

Can a movie go too far? 50 years of 'The Last House on the Left'


Excerpt: 

Questioning the mere release of such material, the promotional material for Wes Craven’s 1972 controversial debut feature read, “Can a movie go too far?” alongside an iconic message that stated, “To avoid fainting, keep repeating… ‘it’s only a movie!’’. Sitting somewhere between a genuine warning and a self-reflective comment, the poster for The Last House on the Left, one of the original video nasties, is celebrating 50 years of debauchery, and represents the film’s eager desire to tempt and taunt audiences into consuming and questioning its provocative nature. 

Raw in its unrelenting depiction of reality, The Last House on the Left is loosely based on Ingmar Bergman’s classic 1960 film The Virgin Spring, following two teenage girls heading to a rock concert when they are captured by a brutal gang of psychopaths. Bound, gagged and taken to a nearby forest, the two girls are forced into doing humiliating sexual acts on each other in some genuinely disturbing scenes of mental and physical torture. 

As for myself, I have a high tolerance level for disturbing films, not that I necessarily seek them out but on occasion I have found a movie that really disturbed me, yet I couldn't resist trying to watch.
The most disturbing and depraved movie I ever watched, yup - all the way through - was this one:
Others, like the typical slasher film, I find just plain silly and don't bother much with them.
SO - two questions:
Can a movie go too far?
And can you give us an example of a movie you saw that went - in your humble opinion - to far?


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