not long after the ep's release, a short horror musical film also named "broken" was created during and after the production of the ep. it was rumored to be a snuff film with all of its songs with the exception of "last", "physical", and "suck" playing to a scene. this film was directed by peter christopherson of throbbing gristle and coil fame. a music video for "gave up" would prove to be part of the film, as well as the videos for "happiness in slavery" and "wish". portions of "broken" would, however, be released as part of the "closure" vhs, which was released after "the downward spiral". due to the graphic substance of "gave up", an alternative version of the music video consisting of the song being performed at le pig studios by reznor, a young marilyn manson, richard patrick and chris vrenna was released to mtv. much of the cast, aside from bob flanagan in "happiness in slavery", and the band itself in "wish", is unknown. the film is generally credited to be directed by christopherson, although the music videos themselves were directed by various other people: "pinion" and "help me i am in hell" is credited to eric goode and serge becker, while "happiness in slavery" is credited to jon reiss.