Trent reznor presents his dark vision of the ep broken by telling the story of a man kidnapped and forced to watch nine inch nails videos, disturbing in their own right, while being tortured. The extremely graphic film was directed by peter christopherson of throbbing gristle, coil, and hipgnosis design group fame. The film itself consisted of segments shot in the style of an amateur snuff movie based on a scenario by trent reznor. May 06, 20 twenty years after its creation, nine inch nails mastermind trent reznor today finally released broken, the 20minute, highly graphic short film directed by peter christopherson. The broken movie is a short film made in 1993 to promote the broken ep, released in 1992. Ive uploaded it in full so you can enjoy it as intended, complete with a large silence after gave up. Singer, songwriter, multiinstrumentalist, and producer trent reznor was the only permanent member of the band until the official addition of. This intense visual was created by peter christopherson of throbbing gristle, coil, and hipgnosis design group. Nine inch nails classic first record, produced by trent reznor with flood, john fryer, keith leblanc and adrian sherwood. The movie, roughly 20 minutes in length, weaves the albums four music videos together via a violent snuff film framing sequence, concluding. Published on feb 17, 2019 broken, also known as the broken movie, was a short horror film made in 1993 to promote the nine inch nails ep of the same name.
The film was never released, but made the rounds via leaked copies. It is presented as a snuff film, about 20 minutes in length, interspersed with brokens four music videos and includes its own video for the song gave up as its conclusion. Watch nine inch nails disturbing broken short film nsfw. Almost 25 years after it was unleashed upon the world, the broken film remains the most graphic and unsetting piece of art nine inch nails have ever produced. It is presented as a snuff film, about 20 minutes in length, interspersed with broken s four music videos and includes its own video for the song gave up as its conclusion. But the threeyear wait actually helped most of nins fans were relatively recent converts, and they eagerly snapped up 1992s broken, which afforded the already angstridden reznor. Filled with crunchy yet catchy riffs, broken is the perfect transition from the cheesy 80s to the dark 90s. For those unfamiliar with the term, a snuff movie is a movie in which an actor is actually murdered or. According to the official nine inch nails tumblr, this 1993. With trent reznor, james duval, bob flanagan, nine inch nails. Nine inch nails broken also known as the broken movie is a 1993 short film featuring four music videos from the broken ep with wraparound segments shot in the style of an amateur snuff film. What resnor portrays in this short film containing the videos that are the.
Nine inch nails grotesque film broken finally makes its way. This bootleg copy of the 20minute short film for broken ep might just take the prize as their most provocative and graphic video ever. It is based on an idea by trent reznor, founder of industrial rock band nine inch nails, and is a companion piece to the 1992 nine inch nails ep broken. The movie wove brokens four music videos together via a violent snuff film and included its own video for the song gave up as its conclusion. May 06, 20 nine inch nails extremely graphic broken short film surfaces 20 years later images of sex, murder, and cannibalism make up the nsfw 1993 feature kyle mcgovern may 6, 20. Released 20 years ago today september 22nd, 1992, this album blew away a generation. Broken is a 1993 horror musical short film and longform music video filmed and directed by peter christopherson. Broken is an infamous nine inch nails pseudosnuff video that its not as shocking as its reputed to be. The broken short is the third significant nine inch nails video piece to arrive in 20. Due to its extreme graphic content, the broken movie was never officially released. Watch nine inch nails graphic, unreleased short film broken. A bleak and unflinching celebration of selfdestruction in the. The movie was filmed and directed by peter christopherson. Then the murderer,who wears plastic mask like the snuff filmmakers from last house on dead end.
The ep was recorded in secret, in order to avoid interference from tvt records it was followed later that year by fixed, a companion ep of remixes of the. In 1993 nine inch nails released the 20 minutes short film broken often referred to as the broken movie featuring 4 music videos from the broken ep. Listen free to nine inch nails broken pinion, wish and more. It was released on september 22, 1992, by nothing, tvt, and interscope records. Nine inch nails grotesque film broken finally makes its way online. Broken also known as halo 5 is an ep released on september 22nd 1992. Nominated for over a dozen grammys, nin won best metal performance awards in 1992 and 1996 for two tracks.
Trent reznor presents his dark vision of the ep broken by telling the story of a man kidnapped and forced to watch nine inch nails videos. Rhorror, known as dreadit by our subscribers is the premier horror entertainment community on reddit. Sep 19, 2017 even more infamously, though, it would inform the deeply disturbing, still legendary promotional video hed make in connection to that ep. Nine inch nails infamous unreleased snuff film now online. Nine inch nails, commonly abbreviated as nin stylized as ni, is an american industrial rock band formed in 1988 in cleveland, ohio. The album was released in october 1989 and peaked at number 75 on the billboard 200 the following year. Earlier this year, fans united to complete a film document based around the bands final 2009 show.
The movie wove broken s four music videos together via a violent snuff film and included its own video for the song gave up as its conclusion. Nine inch nails grotesque film broken finally makes its. Pulling the harsh sounds of industrial rock into the mainstream, trent reznor and his band nine inch nails became the face of industrial music in the 90s with head like a hole, closer, and hurt becoming hits and the downward spiral 1994 and the fragile 1999 topping the charts. Reznor posted the movie to nins vimeo channel today, warning that it contains extreme violent and sexual content. Recorded in secret to avoid interference from the record label, the followup to pretty hate machine takes an unexpected abrupt turn into sheer aggression. Dead souls joy division cover natural born killers 1994. Slavery that can be found on nine inch nails video compilationdocumentary closure 1997, the movie has never. This was part of the broken ep, which was released three years after the first nine inch nails album, pretty hate machine. The reason for this is 1992s broken ep, a 99 track 33 minute long metalfest essential to the nine inch nails collection, despite its underratement. Nine inch nails extremely graphic broken short film. Fans of nin will know what i mean when i say that nine inch nails sound, and its here on the broken ep in abundance. Trent reznor presents his dark vision of the ep broken by telling the story of a man kidnapped and forced to. Nov 12, 2014 this is the first day of my last days.
Music video by nine inch nails performing head like a hole. In 1992 nine inch nails released broken, an ep featuring six songs and two bonus tracks. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. The ep was produced by frontman trent reznor and flood. Nine inch nails snuff movie for broken ends up on archives side. May 06, 20 this 1993 short film, directed by peter christopherson, collects the videos from the nin broken ep and ties them together as a snuff film. Apr 28, 2016 nine inch nails grotesque film broken finally makes its way online. Mar 12, 2020 the nine inch nails short film known as the broken movie is up online, but nobody knows for how long. In fact despair by spk easily tops it with its authentic footage of autopsies and corpse abuse. Omfg nine inch nails releases incredibly rare broken.
Broken, also known as the broken movie, was a short horror film made in 1993 to promote the nine inch nails ep of the same name. Trent reznor has dug up one of the gorier moments of nine inch nails history by uploading the bands bootlegged broken short film to vimeo. With the addition of future singles head like a hole and sin, many of these demo tracks would later appear in revised form on the bands debut studio album, pretty hate machine. This 1993 short film, directed by peter christopherson, collects the videos from the nin broken ep and ties them together as a snuff film. Nine inch nails broken also known as the broken movie is a 1993 short film featuring four music videos from the broken ep with. Apr 26, 2016 in 1993 nine inch nails released the 20 minutes short film broken often referred to as the broken movie featuring 4 music videos from the broken ep. Slicing up eyeballs points to a post on nine inch nails tumblr page, on which trent reznor has posted a 1993 short film made in conjunction with the bands broken ep, directed by peter sleazy christopherson, of throbbing gristle and coil fame the video, which is highly disturbing and presented as a snuff film though were pretty sure nobody was actually killed for the. Trent reznor vocals, instrumentation, songwriter, producer, the kill bennedy assistant engineer, john aguto assistant engineer, leo herrara assistant engineer, martin brumbach assistant engineer, mike baumgartner. It was followed in 1993 by a short film, roughly 20 minutes in length, known as the broken movie. Broken doesnt get any less nerveracking from there, featuring images of a person being drowned, reznor and nine inch nails performing in a cage surrounded by lunatic fans trying to attack them, and a sequence scored to happiness in slavery involving performance artist bob flanagan as hes strapped naked into a torture machine while his body parts are prodded, pulled, stabbed and grinded into meat.
Although not technically so, broken is usually considered nine inch nails second major release after pretty hate machine since it consists entirely of new material. Initial ambitions for nine inch nails in 1988 were to release one 12inch single on a small european label. Jeff terich slicing up eyeballs points to a post on nine inch nails tumblr page, on which trent reznor has posted a 1993 short film made in conjunction with the bands broken ep, directed by peter sleazy christopherson, of throbbing gristle and coil fame. During the time that pretty hate machine was becoming an underground sensation, trent reznor became embroiled in legal difficulties with his label that prevented the release of any new nine inch nails material. Its very violent and extremely graphic, which are a couple of reasons why i really dig it. The ep was produced by frontman trent reznor and flood the release consists entirely of new material and replaces the synthpop style of the bands 1989 debut album pretty hate machine with a. March 12, 2020 the nine inch nails short film known as the broken movie is up online, but nobody knows for how long. Even more infamously, though, it would inform the deeply disturbing, still legendary promotional video hed make in connection to that ep.
Nine inch nails infamous unreleased snuff film now. Nine inch nails extremely graphic broken short film surfaces 20 years later images of sex, murder, and cannibalism make up the nsfw 1993 feature kyle mcgovern may 6, 20. Trent reznor produced a short film featuring the songs on the ep, which became known as the broken movie. In the liner notes, reznor credited the 1991 nine inch nails touring band as an influence on the eps sound. May 06, 20 watch nine inch nails disturbing broken short film nsfw by. As gritty, nasty, and industrial as anything nine inch nails have ever put out there, this is a fantastic ep that any music collection would be richer for including. Trent reznors very first words on broken are immediately answered by a fit of loud, gurgling guitars. Nine inch nails extremely graphic broken short film surfaces 20 years later images of sex, murder, and cannibalism make up the nsfw 1993 feature kyle mcgovern may 6, 20 share br this.
It contained music videos for songs off the broken ep but it is. Which nine inch nails songs were featured in films. The broken movie is a short film made in 1993 to promote the broken ep. Brokenthis is the dvd quality version of the broken film.
Twenty years after its creation, nine inch nails mastermind trent reznor today finally released broken, the 20minute, highly graphic short film directed by late throbbing gristle member peter sleazy christopherson. Nine inch nails release full version of graphic broken. Fanmade unofficial release of promo video made for the release of the broken ep. Directed by serge becker, peter christopherson, eric goode. Without running it by his new label, reznor envisioned a short film that. The nine inch nails short film known as the broken movie is up online, but nobody knows for how long. Broken is the first extended play and second major release by american industrial rock band nine inch nails. Broken informally known as the broken movie is a 1993 horror musical short film and longform music video filmed and directed by peter christopherson.
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