Films which disturbed you?

[Trevor]

I have a few: some of them I will quite happily re-watch but others: no way.


THE CRIMSON RIVERS         MATHIEU KASSOVITZ
CROWHAVEN FARM            WALTER GRAUMANN
EVENT HORIZON            PAUL W S ANDERSON
THE STICK               DARRELL ROODT
DARFUR / ATTACK ON DARFUR         UWE BOLL
JANNIE TOTSIENS            JANS RAUTENBACH
PET SEMATARY               MARY LAMBERT
IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS         JOHN CARPENTER
THE BEYOND               LUCIO FULCI
THE SHADOWED MIND            CEDRIC SUNDSTROM
THE MEDUSA TOUCH            JACK GOLD
THE BELIEVERS               JOHN SCHLESINGER
PRINCE OF DARKNESS            JOHN CARPENTER
KATRINA               JANS RAUTENBACH
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD         GEORGE A. ROMERO
CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST            RUGGERO DEODATO
CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD         LUCIO FULCI
IRREVERSIBLE               GASPAR NOE
THE SHINING               STANLEY KUBRICK

[Derf]

To go for the obvious joke, I was already disturbed when I watched these movies *rim shot*.

The Lord of the Flies - The only movie and book to leave me creeped out beyond reason. Sadly, I could see the situations in this story actually happen, making it all the more terrifying.

Un Chien Andalous - Just the eye-cutting scene. 

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) - Scared the snot out of my teenaged self. I don't want to watch it again because I'm sure it would be nothing but a cheese-fest now, and I don't want to ruin that memory.

[Alex]

The first Saw movie left me almost shaking at the end reveal.
Nazi's At The Centre Of The Earth, expected an Iron Skys or Dead Snow style movie. Put it off at the forced abortion scene.
The Mist, every time I watch it, the ending still gets me.

[Allhallowsday]

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) - Scared the snot out of my teenaged self. I don't want to watch it again because I'm sure it would be nothing but a cheese-fest now, and I don't want to ruin that memory.

The original INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS holds up quite well.  Definitely dated, but still effective.  The 1978 remake is also good. 


If I think about movies that disturbed me, I am hard pressed... being disturbed by a movie... that does not happen often.  However, you may note a recurring theme in my top choices for "disturbing". 

TWO WOMEN (LA CIOCIARA 1960) is disturbing.  That is one film I can always look at the first hour or so, but the ending is devastating.  Brilliant performances, excellent direction, a true masterpiece... which I will never look at again. 

LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (1972)  I hate it.  Will never look at it again. 

I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978)  I may perhaps look at this again (I'd probably skip the first hour or so...) but this one has one merit: revenge. 


I did think the beginning of WILD AT HEART (1990) very disturbing because of Sailor's violence, but being 25 years younger and drunk and stoned may have had a hand in my impression.  I've seen it since, and find it a box of bonbons kind of movie.  BAD for you but kind of good.    

LA DOLCE VITA (1960) A beautiful, touching, eerie film with a few truly disturbing sequences, it's a masterpiece which I own, but don't look at too often because it still shocks and disturbs me.   

GERMANIA ANNO ZERO (GERMANY YEAR ZERO 1948)  A story about waste and despair, this film has the most shocking conclusion I have yet seen.  A great film directed by ROBERTO ROSSELLINI and disturbing as it is, this one I view any opportunity I get.

[dean]

Takes alot to disturb me these days but unsettling films usually are of the torture porn variety eg Hostel.

The only one I can think of that's not in that genre is probably Requiem For a Dream or Enter The Void

[Trevor]

To go for the obvious joke, I was already disturbed when I watched these movies *rim shot*.

The Lord of the Flies - The only movie and book to leave me creeped out beyond reason. Sadly, I could see the situations in this story actually happen, making it all the more terrifying..

If you were with me in high school in 1984, that was our set work. 

[Trevor]

Takes alot to disturb me these days

You've known me for a while: that's usually long enough to disturb anyone. 

Enter The Void

That's directed by Gaspar Noe, am I right? After Irreversible, I will never watch another of his "films" again. 

[dean]

Yup its by Noe. I really like it but its not what I would call 'pleasant watching'

[claws]

The Last Man on Earth, Let's Scare Jessica to Death, Jaws and The Exorcist gave me nightmares when I was a kid.
Another late night TV creeper that gave us the shivers was Expulsion of the Devil.
In the early days of video rentals, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was quite disturbing, especially for a first time viewing.
The Evil Dead and Faces of Death were dare-you-to-watch movies. Which we did by covering our eyes and shrieking in disgust most of the time.
Eraserhead and Possession (1981) went beyond disturbing. They f**ked with my mind for weeks and months. Both are my all time fave movies.
The slow burn intensity of Halloween (1978) had me constantly on the edge of my seat, and I was an emotional wreck after watching Pet Semetary.

[Trevor]

Yup its by Noe. I really like it but its not what I would call 'pleasant watching'

True that. 

[Trevor]

and I was an emotional wreck after watching Pet Semetary.

I literally ran out of the cinema after the final shot where the couple embrace 

[Derf]

A couple I failed to mention earlier:

Meet the Feebles - I wanted to like it. I've watched it twice, and both times it left me feeling like my soul needed a long, hot shower.

Tideland - I love almost every film Terry Gilliam has directed, but this one left me in a daze for nearly a week. I had a lot of trouble processing the horrors going on in this movie. It is definitely one of the most disturbing pieces of cinema I have ever experienced.

[lester1/2jr]

any movie that features intimate relations between family members, except in a very very few instances feels like a violation. leave it to the soap operas/ 70s pornos film makers. if you need that to be shocking you are missing something or maybe I'm just uptight. whatever, it's my dvd player

[bob]

Antichrist (2009) directed by Lars von Trier

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