Tonny (1962)

Tonny: Directed by Per Gjersøe, Nils R. Müller. With Per Christensen, Wenche Foss, Liv Ullmann, Joachim Calmeyer. Tonny is a schoolboy in fostercare who serves his first sentence in a jail for adults. We follow him 24 hours before his parole and 48 hours after his release. We get to see his experiences in prison and his relationship with his mother, friends and girlfriend Kari. Just like Bjørneboe’s novel, the movie is a critical note to the debate how society took care of youth on the edge during the 50s and 60s.

“This is one of the most ignored and genuinely horrific horror films Iu0026#39;ve seen, and I consider myself a connoisseur of these type of films…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis ranks with Irreversible, I Spit on Your Grave, Last House on the Left, Hostel etc for pure nauseous shock – a childu0026#39;s tongue is cut out by his perverted u0026#39;parentsu0026#39; as a birthday present which is utterly normal in the context of the film…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eForget Texas Chainsaw Massacre or The Hills Have Eyes – this is real US horror, like The Girl Next Door (though not that shocking).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eUtterly nihilistic, very strange and well worth a look if you can find it!”