{
  "reviewedAt": "2026-07-27",
  "method": "Years, countries, directors, awards and classification facts were cross-checked against film institutions, festival archives, distributor catalogues and structured film databases. Plot questions are deliberately limited to stable, non-graphic facts.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "tmdb",
      "label": "The Movie Database: title and credit cross-check",
      "url": "https://www.themoviedb.org/",
      "scope": "release years, original titles, countries and directors"
    },
    {
      "id": "kino-teatr",
      "label": "Кино-Театр.Ру: российское кино",
      "url": "https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/",
      "scope": "Russian film titles, years and credits"
    },
    {
      "id": "dau-official",
      "label": "DAU official project",
      "url": "https://www.dau.com/",
      "scope": "DAU. Degeneration title and creators"
    },
    {
      "id": "bbfc-serbian",
      "label": "BBFC case study: A Serbian Film",
      "url": "https://www.bbfc.co.uk/case-studies/a-serbian-film-srpski-film",
      "scope": "2010 release, Serbian origin, classification history and content warnings"
    },
    {
      "id": "criterion-salo",
      "label": "Criterion: Salò, A Cinema of Poetry",
      "url": "https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/512-salo-a-cinema-of-poetry",
      "scope": "Pasolini, 1975, historical setting, source material and the film's three Circles"
    },
    {
      "id": "criterion-funny-games",
      "label": "Criterion: Funny Games — Don't You Want to See How It Ends?",
      "url": "https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6347-funny-games-don-t-you-want-to-see-how-it-ends",
      "scope": "the television-remote rewind and fourth-wall break"
    },
    {
      "id": "criterion-antichrist",
      "label": "Criterion: Antichrist",
      "url": "https://www.criterion.com/films/27524-antichrist",
      "scope": "the grieving couple, the death of their child and the forest retreat"
    },
    {
      "id": "bfi-extreme",
      "label": "BFI search and features: European extreme cinema",
      "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/search?search=extreme%20cinema",
      "scope": "French and European extreme cinema context"
    },
    {
      "id": "cannes-antichrist",
      "label": "Festival de Cannes archive search: Antichrist",
      "url": "https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/antichrist/",
      "scope": "director, year and festival record"
    },
    {
      "id": "cannes-house-jack",
      "label": "Festival de Cannes archive search: The House That Jack Built",
      "url": "https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/the-house-that-jack-built/",
      "scope": "director, year and festival record"
    },
    {
      "id": "bfi-funny-games",
      "label": "BFI: Funny Games (1997)",
      "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/film/b1c51d8a-8462-5c64-a46a-38e4bf1f256a/funny-games",
      "scope": "1997, Austria, Michael Haneke and credits"
    },
    {
      "id": "bfi-haneke",
      "label": "BFI: Where to begin with Michael Haneke",
      "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-with-michael-haneke",
      "scope": "fourth-wall and rewind device; 2007 shot-for-shot remake"
    },
    {
      "id": "bbfc-cannibal",
      "label": "BBFC: Cannibal Holocaust",
      "url": "https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/cannibal-holocaust-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0yotczotu",
      "scope": "director, production date, found-footage premise and real animal-cruelty warning"
    },
    {
      "id": "bfi-craven",
      "label": "BFI search: The Last House on the Left",
      "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/search?search=The%20Last%20House%20on%20the%20Left",
      "scope": "1972 film and Wes Craven credit"
    },
    {
      "id": "bbfc-spit",
      "label": "BBFC search: I Spit on Your Grave",
      "url": "https://www.bbfc.co.uk/search?q=I%20Spit%20on%20Your%20Grave",
      "scope": "version distinction and content warnings"
    },
    {
      "id": "bfi-buttgereit",
      "label": "BFI search: Jörg Buttgereit",
      "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/search?search=J%C3%B6rg%20Buttgereit",
      "scope": "Nekromantik films and director"
    },
    {
      "id": "bfi-nekromantik",
      "label": "BFI: 10 great erotic horror films — Nekromantik",
      "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-erotic-horror-films",
      "scope": "Robert's accident-scene cleaning job and the corpse he takes home"
    },
    {
      "id": "bbfc-centipede",
      "label": "BBFC search: The Human Centipede",
      "url": "https://www.bbfc.co.uk/search?q=The%20Human%20Centipede",
      "scope": "film premise, director and content warnings"
    },
    {
      "id": "bbfc-centipede2",
      "label": "BBFC search: The Human Centipede II",
      "url": "https://www.bbfc.co.uk/search?q=The%20Human%20Centipede%20II",
      "scope": "2011 sequel, black-and-white presentation and classification"
    },
    {
      "id": "cannes-ducournau",
      "label": "Festival de Cannes: Julia Ducournau",
      "url": "https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/p/julia-ducournau/",
      "scope": "Raw, Titane, director and awards"
    },
    {
      "id": "cannes-titane",
      "label": "Festival de Cannes: Titane",
      "url": "https://www.festival-cannes.com/f/titane/",
      "scope": "2021, France/Belgium, Julia Ducournau and Palme d'Or"
    },
    {
      "id": "bfi-titane-review",
      "label": "BFI Sight and Sound: Titane is a full-throttle masterpiece",
      "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/titane-is-a-full-throttle-masterpiece-road-rage-violence-queerness-julia-ducournau",
      "scope": "Alexia assumes the identity of the long-missing Adrien"
    },
    {
      "id": "bfi-raw",
      "label": "BFI: 10 great films about female desire — Raw",
      "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-films-about-female-desire",
      "scope": "veterinary school initiation and the raw rabbit kidney"
    },
    {
      "id": "bfi-martyrs",
      "label": "BFI: Martyrs (2008)",
      "url": "https://player.bfi.org.uk/subscription/film/watch-martyrs-2008-online",
      "scope": "cult, pain and transcendence premise"
    },
    {
      "id": "bfi-inside",
      "label": "BFI: 10 great French horror films — Inside",
      "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-french-horror-films",
      "scope": "home invasion, the unborn child and the scissors motif"
    },
    {
      "id": "bfi-audition",
      "label": "BFI Player: Audition",
      "url": "https://player.bfi.org.uk/subscription/film/watch-audition-1999-online",
      "scope": "1999, Japan, Takashi Miike, premise and piano-wire motif"
    },
    {
      "id": "bfi-miike",
      "label": "BFI search: Takashi Miike",
      "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/search?search=Takashi%20Miike",
      "scope": "director credits and release years"
    },
    {
      "id": "subway-visitor-q",
      "label": "Subway Cinema: Visitor Q",
      "url": "https://www.subwaycinema.com/visitor-q",
      "scope": "the visitor, the family's collapse and the film's rock-strike entrance"
    },
    {
      "id": "bfi-sono",
      "label": "BFI search: Sion Sono",
      "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/search?search=Sion%20Sono",
      "scope": "director credits and release years"
    },
    {
      "id": "bfi-tetsuo",
      "label": "BFI search: Tetsuo The Iron Man",
      "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/search?search=Tetsuo%20The%20Iron%20Man",
      "scope": "1989 film, Shinya Tsukamoto and industrial body-horror context"
    },
    {
      "id": "bbfc-grotesque",
      "label": "BBFC search: Grotesque (2009)",
      "url": "https://www.bbfc.co.uk/search?q=Grotesque%202009",
      "scope": "director, year and refusal/classification context"
    },
    {
      "id": "unearthed-films",
      "label": "Unearthed Films: August Underground",
      "url": "https://www.unearthedfilms.com/",
      "scope": "official distributor catalogue and creator cross-check"
    },
    {
      "id": "bbfc-bunny",
      "label": "BBFC search: The Bunny Game",
      "url": "https://www.bbfc.co.uk/search?q=The%20Bunny%20Game",
      "scope": "black-and-white presentation and content warnings"
    },
    {
      "id": "still-funny-games-cineart",
      "label": "Cinéart: Funny Games (1997) official film page",
      "url": "https://www.cineart.nl/films/funny-games-1997",
      "scope": "Safe visual-identification question",
      "description": "Two fully clothed characters in white sit on a sofa; the selected frame contains no injury or nudity.",
      "graphicLevel": "non-graphic",
      "credit": "Funny Games (1997), Cinéart",
      "localAsset": "assets/stills/funny-games.webp",
      "originalAsset": "https://www.cineart.nl/images/cropped/9972-1600x700.jpg"
    },
    {
      "id": "still-audition-bfi",
      "label": "BFI: Audition interview and film still",
      "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/audition-takashi-miike-eihi-shiina-j-horror",
      "scope": "Safe visual-identification question",
      "description": "A non-graphic portrait of Eihi Shiina in white clothing.",
      "graphicLevel": "non-graphic",
      "credit": "Audition (1999), BFI",
      "localAsset": "assets/stills/audition.webp",
      "originalAsset": "https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2020-08/audition-1999-eihi-shiina.jpeg/1440x0/audition-1999-eihi-shiina.jpeg"
    },
    {
      "id": "still-tetsuo-bfi",
      "label": "BFI: 5 reasons to watch Tetsuo: The Iron Man",
      "url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/5-reasons-tetsuo-iron-man",
      "scope": "Safe visual-identification question",
      "description": "A black-and-white close-up with metal elements and no visible injury.",
      "graphicLevel": "non-graphic body-horror",
      "credit": "Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), BFI",
      "localAsset": "assets/stills/tetsuo.webp",
      "originalAsset": "https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/responsive/public/2021-07/tetsuo-1989-nobu-kanaoka.jpg/1024x521-cropped/tetsuo-1989-nobu-kanaoka.jpg"
    },
    {
      "id": "still-titane-neon",
      "label": "NEON: Titane official film gallery",
      "url": "https://www.neonrated.com/film/titane",
      "scope": "Safe visual-identification question",
      "description": "A clothed dancer on a car hood under stage lighting; no visible violence or nudity.",
      "graphicLevel": "non-graphic",
      "credit": "Titane (2021), NEON / Carole Bethuel",
      "localAsset": "assets/stills/titane.webp",
      "originalAsset": "https://www.datocms-assets.com/148598/1740333266-titane5.jpg?fit=max&h=1000&q=90&w=1000"
    },
    {
      "id": "generated-vhs-vault",
      "label": "Original generated VHS archive artwork",
      "url": "local:assets/vhs-vault.png",
      "scope": "Hero and visual-question artwork",
      "description": "A fictional abandoned VHS archive with CRT static and tapes. No people, injury, nudity, film frame or copyrighted character is depicted.",
      "graphicLevel": "non-graphic",
      "generationPrompt": "Wide 16:9 cinematic still of an abandoned underground VHS archive, dusty CRT televisions with red/cyan static, stacks of unlabeled tapes, damaged magnetic tape, warning lights, no people, no gore, no text or logos."
    }
  ]
}