Elon Musk has spoken out after being accused of giving a ‘Nazi salute’ during Donald Trump’s inauguration.

On Monday (January 20), Donald Trump was officially sworn into the White House as the 47th President of the United States and for his second term since 2021.

The President made a raft of promises during his inauguration speech as he vowed the ‘golden age of America begins’ with his term.

However, during his inauguration celebration, the Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder, Musk, appeared to make a ‘Nazi salute’ in the Capitol One Arena, Washington, ahead of the Inauguration Day parade.

Musk made the awkward gesture inside the Capitol One Arena during the inauguration (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

The 53-year-old appeared to be thrilled about the prospect of sending a man to Mars and planting an American flag, during which the Twitter owner thumped his chest and shot his right arm out towards the sky.

The billionaire tech mogul commented: “Thank you for making it happen. Thank you, my heart goes out to you,” before turning back to the audience and repeating the bizarre gesture towards the American flag.

The move sparked controversy online with many describing the gesture as akin to a fascist salute or ‘odd-looking’, such as CNN anchors, Erin Burnett and Kasie Hunt, reports The Independent.

Hunt noted the move was ‘evocative of things that we have seen through history’ and ‘not something you typically see at American rallies’.

Others on Twitter accused Musk of making a ‘Sieg Heil’ as ‘clear as day’, while others said the move was indefensible and couldn’t have been a mistake or accident seen as as he ‘did it twice’.

However, the Anti-Defamation League, the antisemitism watchdog, has since defended Musk, writing on Twitter: “It seems that [Musk] make an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute, but again, we appreciate that people on on edge.”

The statement added: “This is a delicate moment. It’s a new day and yet so many are on edge. Our politics are inflamed, and social media only adds to the anxiety.

“In this moment, all sides should give one another a bit of grace, perhaps even the benefit of the doubt, and take a breath. This is a new beginning. Let’s hope for healing and work toward unity in the months and years ahead.”

US Congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez snapped back to the New York-based group: “Just to be clear, you are defending a Heil Hitler salute that was performed and repeated for emphasis and clarity.

“People can officially stop listening to you as any sort of reputable source of information now. You work for them. Thank you for making that crystal clear to all.”

What has Elon Musk said about the gesture?

Now, Musk himself appears to have spoken out amid the backlash, writing in response that Ocasio-Cortex has ‘just 100 percent lost her marbles’.

Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term yesterday (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)

Another user jumped to his defense, writing: “Can we please retire the calling people a Nazi thing? It didn’t work during the election, it’s not working now, it’s tired, boring, and old material, you’ve burned out its effect, people don’t feel shocked by it anymore, the wolf has been cried too many times.”

Musk responded with a ‘yeah exactly’ and a yawn emoji.

“Frankly, they need better dirty tricks,” he wrote in a follow-up. “The ‘everyone is Hitler’ attack is sooo tired.”

Musk was also the subject of social media chatter earlier in the day when Trump commented on America’s goal to send a person to Mars, during which Musk gave an enthusiastic thumbs up next to a less-than-impressed Barron Trump.

A Stephen King novel once thought to be ‘unfilmable’ by directors premiered on Netflix back in 2017 and is still being described as ‘terrifying’ by viewers.

With at least 60 films and 50 shows based on his numerous novels and short story collections, author King, 77, is considered one of the most adapted authors of all time, according to Empire Magazine.

From blockbusters IT and Carrie to The Shining and more—you’re bound to have seen a King adaptation in your time… or even just a trailer if you’re not much of a horror fan.

Right now, Netflix has a huge selection of flicks to get through, including Mike Flanagan’s eerie adaptation of Gerald’s Game.

Based on the 1992 book of the same name, the story sees Jessie and Gerald Burlingame arriving at an isolated lake house in Alabama for a romantic weekend.

However, Jessie’s husband accidentally died during foreplay, with the Gerald’s Game synopsis adding: “Handcuffed to the bed, she soon becomes delirious.”

While it was released a few years ago, a Netflix fan recently posted to the Netflix Bangers Facebook group and asked people for their thoughts on Gerald’s Game.

One person replied: “Good movie, even better book!”

“Loved it – seen it 3x lol,” replied another. “Can be uncomfortable in certain scenes but worth a watch.”

“Well it is Stephen King!!!!! It’s good!!!” insisted a third.

Gerald’s Game is an adaptation of Stephen King’s novel of the same name (Netflix)

Elsewhere, someone warned: “Be careful. The big climactic scene made me sick to my stomach. I had to take a break before I could come back and finish watching it.”

A different person described it as ‘terrifying’.

Echoing similar sentiments at the time of Gerald’s Game’s release in 2017, another person said they nearly passed out while watching it.

The Twitter user wrote: “Okay, I genuinely nearly just passed out. #GeraldsGame has been on pause for ten minutes. A film has NEVER affected me like that before.”

They added in a follow-up tweet: “Can’t believe it affected me like it did. I swear I’ve seen worse. But I genuinely felt faint. Had to run to the loo and everything.”

Despite its extremely gruesome scenes, the King favorite boasts a very impressive 91 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

One critic enjoyed Gerald’s Game so much they argued the movie was actually better than the book.

One viewer described the film as ‘terrifying’ (Netflix)

“There are few movies that manage to outdo their source material,” they penned on the review site.

“There are fewer still movies that are based on a Stephen King book and still manage to outdo the source material. Netflix original film Gerald’s Game is one such movie.”

A movie branded the ‘most disturbing film’ was so horrific that actors involved could barely finish their lines.

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, which was created in 1975 by Pier Paulo Pasolini, has been described as one of the most disturbing films of all time.

And when you learn what it’s about, you can see why.

The movie is seriously disturbing (United Artists)

The film focuses on four Italian men who kidnap nine teenage boys and nine teenage girls.

They lock them in a huge house and torture them for months, conducting utterly heinous and gruesome acts, including extreme graphic violence and rape.

The film is based on the book by Marquis de Sade, which he wrote while imprisoned in 1785.

Upon its release, the movie was banned in Italy, Finland, Australia, West Germany, New Zealand and Norway.

People have been discussing the movie on social media and Reddit, where one person described it as the ‘most f****d movie’ they had seen.

People have been left disgusted by the film (Produzioni Europee Associati/Les Productions Artistes Associés/United Artists)

“I wanna say thanks for sharing? But this was honestly the most f****d movie I’ve ever seen,” they wrote.

While another added: “There’s something seriously wrong with you then cause this is clearly an extremely disturbing film.

“You have to be a 100% psychopath to not be at least a little scarred or disturbed by this.”

And a third added: “Literally such a disgusting movie like what was the point of it.”

According to a Wikipedia claim, the movie was shot without any sound, meaning all dialogue would be dubbed after filming.

However, due to all the controversy, the actors in the film didn’t return and so they had to be dubbed by other actors.

The movie is about a group of teenagers who are kidnapped (Produzioni Europee Associati/Les Productions Artistes Associés/United Artists)

Over the years, a number of disturbing films have been banned across the world.

One movie, Nekromantik, was a 1987 German horror flick that was hugely controversial at the time it was released, due to its sickening subject matter.

It tells the story of Robert, a street sweeper who likes to have sex with corpses.

The movie, which starred Bernd Daktari Lorenz as Robert and Beatrice Manowski as his wife Betty – is seriously dark, so it’s no wonder that it was banned in several countries, including Iceland, Malaysia, Singapore, certain provinces in Canada, Australia and Finland.

On one occasion, Robert is involved in recovering the body of a man, who had been discovered in a lake.

He manages to secretly take the man’s body home for Betty and the pair carry out their disturbing fantasies.

Robert ends up getting fired from his job, dumped by Betty and taking his own life after committing two, gruesome murders.

One wrote on Reddit: “I think this is the only horror movie I can remember that I regret seeing. It revolves around necrophilia and is basically soft-core necrophilia porn.”

When watching a great romcom, we all at once point have really hoped that the chemistry we see on screen is real, or watching an action film hope that the actor did their own stunts.

I think when watching a horror movie, this desire is a bit less common.

In some rare cases however, sickos will actually hire actors under sickening false pretences and kill them for a ‘movie’, often known as ‘snuff films’.

In the case of one shocking horror movie from the 80s however, it was so disturbing and well done that people actually thought it was a snuff film – even though it wasn’t.

You can get why people thought the film was real when watching. (United Artists)

Not only were film fans taken aback by the realistic horror and gore, the authorities were too, with the director being charged with murder.

Before we continue there is one important thing to note.

We are not recommending a snuff film to you. This is not a snuff film.

Whilst the director was arrested, he was later cleared of murder after showing the actors were alive.

The film in question is called Cannibal Holocaust, which tells the story of a group of documentary filmmakers who go missing after heading into the forest to try and find cannibal tribes.

Ruggero Deodato, the director, decided to go for full realism as much as he could with the film’s gore, and added to that by having his actors sign contracts to avoid being seen in the media, and avoid work for a full year.

This technique was one later used in The Blair Witch Project where they had actors sign agreements to stay out of the media and not take other roles to add realism with an element of ‘… did they… actually die…?’

The film is horrifying. (United Artists)

Cannibal Holocaust is actually one of the first ever found footage films, and considered a pioneer of the genre.

It has been reported that the filming was tense, with the actors having to act in the Colombian heat, predominantly whilst nude, simulating sexual assault, murder, and the actual killing of animals took place.

The film is gruesome, gory, and deeply disturbing, and was banned on release, with Italian officials grabbing the film reels – and then later bringing in the director and charging him with murder.

The actors had to be shown to the police to prove they were alive. (United Artists)

Deodato was forced to not only bring his actors out to prove they were alive but show some of the filmmaking techniques to explain how he made the film look so realistic.

One of these involved how he managed to, using moviemaking magic, portray a man being graphically impaled on a spike.

All charges were dropped, and years later the film’s ban was lifted in Italy.

Collider reviewed the film two years ago after the director’s death, saying:

“To put it bluntly, one of the most intentionally distasteful and violent experiences one could ever watch. It also remains one of the genre’s most enduring, for better and worse, after all these years.”