Most DISTURBING movie you have ever seen?

[henderson98]

^ Could it not be film noir, Henderson?

fair enough.


Keep the posts coming. Fascinating thread

 

[Andreus]

Harold and Maude didnt bother me... I kinda liked that dark humor.

But I laugh all the way through baby jane too, so go figure.

 

[nwdavis]

Showgirls!
oh my god, how did anyone in that movie ever have the balls to show their face in hollywood afterthat?
Nomi - can protray two emotions pissed and orgasmic
and you can actually processing which she should use.

OK, you beat me to it Showgirls if funny disturbing.

But just plain freaky disturbing...I don't think it was mentioned yet "8MM" staring Nicolas Cage. There really are snuff films out there and people that watch them. Kept me awake for a while.

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max (Joaquin Phoenix), Welles relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife (Catherine Keener), family and simple life as a small-town private eye.

Tom Welles, private eye, is hired by a wealthy widow, whose well-known husband passed away recently. She has found a reel of S8-film in a safe. On the film is a cruel slaughtering of a young girl, who obviously does not pretend or act: A snuff-movie. Welles takes up investigation, which leads him to the girl's mother and from there to Hollywood, into the office of a porn flick producer. Welles' rising obsession to solve the case also carries him away from his wife and new-born daughter. But when finally names are at hand, Welles suddenly finds himself on ice much thinner than he planned.

 

[bloblo]

ohhh, i just thought of one.

OPEN WATER
omg, that movie is sooo disturbing, especially the scene in the pitch black and it's storming while the guy is dying, ahhhh..., and the ending, there's no ending, it just leaves you there and the most disturbing thing is it was based on a true story and COULD happen! *chills*
Anyone else agree?

 

[bloblo]

oh, an another one

THE SHINING ESPECIALLY the scene w/ the naked lady thing, yuck. I'm surprised no one else has said this one yet, but it disturbed me.

 

[Andreus]

oh, an another one

THE SHINING ESPECIALLY the scene w/ the naked lady thing, yuck. I'm surprised no one else has said this one yet, but it disturbed me.

oooooh.. the naked old lady with the psoriassis scabs

AAAHHHHHHH thats got to be one of the worst !!!

 

[kev]

The Deer Hunter

I saw it in college and could not sleep the entire night. I woke up the next morning and had to go to class and was dead.

I think there are things that disturb you, that tell you "stay the fuck away from this" and you don't really know it, except when you cannot sleep.

 

[henderson98]

The Deer Hunter

I saw it in college and could not sleep the entire night. I woke up the next morning and had to go to class and was dead.

I think there are things that disturb you, that tell you "stay the fuck away from this" and you don't really know it, except when you cannot sleep.

Phenomenol movie. Leaves such an impact on whoever views it

 

[Joshua_me]

ohhh, i just thought of one.

OPEN WATER
omg, that movie is sooo disturbing, Anyone else agree?

Hmm, yeah... We just rented 'Open Water' last week.

It was OK, but it was a case of having too high expectations
going into it.

It seems as if all the movie critics came all over themselves reviewing
this film and ranting about what a 'non stop thrill ride' it was.

Truth be told, it was painfully low budget, (although, surprisingly, the
video and audio were top notch)

I *did* like the way they played with the darkness when they were
at sea, and how she first 'lost him' when he fell asleep.

I won't spoil the ending for those who haven't seen it, but it seemed like
less than 'thrill ride' to us.

Worth a look, I suppose,

'joshy'

 

[Adamax]

The most disturbing movie that I have ever seen I my entire life is a movie that I cannot remember the title of.

It was about this German family (mother,father,and young son) who go to their vacation house in the country. Once there,the come across two male drifters who are initially very friendly with the family (I remember one was very skinny and the other guy was a bit chubby. They both wore all white polo shirts and white shorts),but eventually they start mentally torturing them.

They shoot the father in the knee caps,and tie up the mother and son and play mental games with them. They ripped the mom's clothes off in front of the little boy and force him to watch.

At one point the little boy escapes to an abandoned house next door and you really think he is going to escape and get help but they catch him.

They then bring him back to the house and tie him up and force he and his mother to watch as they play Russian Roulette with the father. They eventually kill the father by shooting him through the head.

Then they start to torture the son and make the mother watch and they shoot him in the back of the head when he tries to run away.

After this they decide to take the family's boat (the house was near a lake) to find another family to torture. Then the mother tries to wriggle free from the ropes and they shoot her in the face,throw her body overboard and laugh hysterically.

The movie ends as the boat pulls to shore and the two guys knock on the door of another unsuspecting family.

I saw this movie a few times on The Sundance channel and I cannot remember the name of it!!

I asked Corny,but it didn't sound familiar to him...

Has anyone here seen it?????

I too have seen this film but can't remember the name. I'm sure it was french with subtitles. It was very, very disturbing.

 

[Gayboys4u]

SALO - Afilm by Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Pasolini's final and most controversial film has been banned censored and reviled the world over since it's first release. The film is based on the Marquis de Sade's novel 120 Days of Sodom.

The imagery in this film is extreme, troubling, and sick. "Eat Shit and Die", sums this film up perfectly.

Watch it, but be warned this is a fearsome piece of art.

 

[Corkles]

I too have seen this film but can't remember the name. I'm sure it was french with subtitles. It was very, very disturbing.

French,then???

So i am not going crazy...(well,except for the part about mixing up French and German....)_

 

[Paws]

I totally forgot this one:

Un chien andalou

The one (and probably only) disturbing scene is so classic.

 

[GL]

I have to admit I was hesitant to add this one to my original post, but... Has anyone ever seen "Quatermass and the Pit?" I think here in the US it was released as "Five Million Years To Earth." One quiet Saturday night, we stayed in as we were both pretty much broke. We polished off a bottle of vodka and were feeling comfortably numb. This movie comes on the TV and we begin to watch it. For those who've never seen it, a construction crew working in the London Underground, unearths an ancient spacecraft. As the movie progresses, it's determined that man was descended from ape like creatures under the control of psychic powered insectoid life forms from Venus. Goofy, I know. The last half of the movie has the 'spirit' of these insectoids unleashing their psychic powers on all of London, causing mass destruction and mayhem. Well, my roommate and I did not stop drinking during the course of the movie. By the time the movie was over, he and I were both completely weirded out. Even now, my old roommate does not like this movie as it gives him the creeps. I guess the lesson of this post is don't watch 1960's era, B science fiction flicks while drinking!

 

[Davelandia]

for what ever reason it might have been, A.I. for some reason i thought was disturbing.

 

[pausanias_usa]

How could I forget?

Andy Warhol's FRANKENSTEIN. The ending was the most disturbing, but there was a lot of unexpected gore and such too. . . .

 

[angelus]

Top of my list is Requiem For a Dream but then I'm suprised that nobody has mentioned it, Natural Born Killers. The first time I tried watching it I gave up about halfway through. Schindlers List also makes my list.

 

[some_person]

I saw this clip of a movie called "The Audition" on some scary movie list ... it looked really really horrifying. Haven't had the guts to rent it, much less, even look for it.

I've heard of it. Apparently it is one of the most horrifying movies to come out in the last couple of years.

 

[RationalLunacy]

Without question, the single most disturbing scene I've ever seen comes from the Stephen King miniseries The Stand.

There is nothing I can imagine more horrifying than watching Molly Ringwald make out with Gary Sinise. How utterly grotesque!!

 

[henderson98]

Top of my list is Requiem For a Dream but then I'm suprised that nobody has mentioned it,

Dude real the first post (from me) and a few others. It's been mentioned and discussed a lot in this thread