Some syrup may get on your chicken but that's okay.
I saw "Funny Games" and "The Piano Teacher." Both are pretty brutal, yet fall splendidly in line with Haneke's "toying with the audience" M.O. But be warned- they really aren't for the squimish or easily put off.
I wouldn't still be dropping by these boards if I were either squeamish or easily put off, would I?? I will check those out immediately. Thanks for the recommendations! Time of the Wolf isn't all that brutal, actually.