Trent Reznor has dug up one of the gorier moments of Nine Inch Nails' history by uploading the band's bootlegged "Broken" short film to Vimeo. Directed by late Throbbing Gristle member Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson, the gritty 20-minute film collects videos from NIN's 1992 EP Broken, and for all intents and purposes should be considered extremely NSFW.
"It was never officially released due to its graphic content, but was leaked in the 90s, and became a widely-traded VHS bootleg," Reznor wrote of the "snuff" film.
While it presents the rowdy but broadcast-friendly cage match performance clip for "Wish," it also has an arty S&M passage of a man getting his scrotum yanked by a robotic claw during "Happiness in Slavery" (which was included on the Closure VHS) and features an ultra lo-fi, organ-mangling blood orgy during "Gave Up."
You can stream the sex- and violence-loaded short film down below.
"It was never officially released due to its graphic content, but was leaked in the 90s, and became a widely-traded VHS bootleg," Reznor wrote of the "snuff" film.
While it presents the rowdy but broadcast-friendly cage match performance clip for "Wish," it also has an arty S&M passage of a man getting his scrotum yanked by a robotic claw during "Happiness in Slavery" (which was included on the Closure VHS) and features an ultra lo-fi, organ-mangling blood orgy during "Gave Up."
You can stream the sex- and violence-loaded short film down below.
