As a teen I went to all-nighters organized at the local cinematheque.
One Friday at 18:00, we started with Eraserhead (1977). Ouch. Very unsettling in its dream/nightmare-like atmosphere. Half of the 20 or so people left (more showed up for the later screenings).
Around 3 am they showed I racconti di Canterbury (1972). What the F???
On a separate note, Miike's Audition (1999), especially it's finale, was very hard to stomach (3 quarters of the viewers left while I was squirming in my seat...)
I made the “mistake” of watching movies like Schindler’sList and TheGreenMile when I was still a kid…; the electric chair gave me nightmares…; later I watched movies like Salò and ASerbianFilm but that was a different kind of disturbing…; a lot more disturbing was some Japanese snuff movies, not the GuineaPig series, but other ones that I refuse to mention here…; recently I’ve watched the Korean one… ISawTheDevil and that one is a recommendation of mine… great, amazing movie… it’s not just the gory parts… to see a man lose everything and become completely “empty” is truly disturbing and sad.
On a separate note, Miike's Audition (1999), especially it's finale, was very hard to stomach (3 quarters of the viewers left while I was squirming in my seat...)
The tone of this movie make it all the more jarring - it starts off almost like a boring drama with romantic inklings then goes a very, very disturbed rabbit hole. The change in tone and pace almost gives viewers whiplash. It's one of my favorite movies of Miike's.
Oh yeah, Martyrs… that one messes with our mind… “when you’re not you anymore…”, “when you accept and embrace pain…” again, it’s not just the gore, it’s the psychological part of it… extremely disturbing sh…
I mean if these type of movies are your bag, the New French Extremity category is where you should go.
Inside is another excellent(!) movie and imho, it’s a superior movie when compared to Martyrs and other French movies from that category.
When I was younger, I saw "Funny Games" (1997), which was like nothing else I'd seen before.
More recently, I saw "The Sadness" and "The Medium", both from 2021. I'm a little desensitized to onscreen violence, so "The Sadness" was more thrilling (and just a little gross) to me. "The Medium", however, got under my skin a bit, more so than "The Exorcist", with its documentary feel and slow burn into bleak madness.
"Little Big Man." The scenes of massacre were too much for me, had to walk out. I avoid horror flicks because I can't stomach them. While much of Little Big Man was very good, and no one would call it a horror flick, the massacre scene was not what I expected, and too much, IMO. I do not deny it as historical record.
A lot of the movies mentioned here are horror or psychological type. They’re not real folks! I never understood nor got the attraction.
For that very reason, something that did happen, and for many who had grandfathers or family there, easily the scariest movie: Saving Private Ryan. When you have D-Day veterans walking out of the theatres because it was too close, too accurate…….The first 25 minutes are something I shall never forget. Heaven knows what it must have REALLY been like, especially at Omaha Beach.
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ジョージ
The Crucible / Silenced / Dogani (2011)
Films based on true events are often amongst the most disturbing.
David Brent
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Irréversible
Midsommer
A Serbian Film
Requiem For A Dream
Aly Rustom
Oh man, that one is hands down probably the MOST disturbing movie EVER made.
A distant second would be Martyrs
That one is also REALLY disturbing.
piskian
Ika Wrestler.
blue
As a teen I went to all-nighters organized at the local cinematheque.
One Friday at 18:00, we started with Eraserhead (1977). Ouch. Very unsettling in its dream/nightmare-like atmosphere. Half of the 20 or so people left (more showed up for the later screenings).
Around 3 am they showed I racconti di Canterbury (1972). What the F???
On a separate note, Miike's Audition (1999), especially it's finale, was very hard to stomach (3 quarters of the viewers left while I was squirming in my seat...)
Aly Rustom
oh!! FORGOT!
The Crying Game and Deliverance
rcch
I made the “mistake” of watching movies like Schindler’s List and The Green Mile when I was still a kid…; the electric chair gave me nightmares…; later I watched movies like Salò and A Serbian Film but that was a different kind of disturbing…; a lot more disturbing was some Japanese snuff movies, not the Guinea Pig series, but other ones that I refuse to mention here…; recently I’ve watched the Korean one… I Saw The Devil and that one is a recommendation of mine… great, amazing movie… it’s not just the gory parts… to see a man lose everything and become completely “empty” is truly disturbing and sad.
kyushubill
Anything with Streisand. Torture, pure torture.
purple_depressed_bacon
Oh boy, as an avid horror movie fan, the list could go on but off the top of my head:
Guinea Pig 2: Flower of Flesh and Blood
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Salo
Martyrs
Human Centipede
A Serbian Film
Dans Ma Peau (In My Skin)
Cannibal Holocaust
I Spit On Your GraveI mean if these type of movies are your bag, the New French Extremity category is where you should go.
purple_depressed_bacon
The tone of this movie make it all the more jarring - it starts off almost like a boring drama with romantic inklings then goes a very, very disturbed rabbit hole. The change in tone and pace almost gives viewers whiplash. It's one of my favorite movies of Miike's.
rcch
Oh yeah, Martyrs… that one messes with our mind… “when you’re not you anymore…”, “when you accept and embrace pain…” again, it’s not just the gore, it’s the psychological part of it… extremely disturbing sh…
Inside is another excellent(!) movie and imho, it’s a superior movie when compared to Martyrs and other French movies from that category.
ジョージ
When I was younger, I saw "Funny Games" (1997), which was like nothing else I'd seen before.
More recently, I saw "The Sadness" and "The Medium", both from 2021. I'm a little desensitized to onscreen violence, so "The Sadness" was more thrilling (and just a little gross) to me. "The Medium", however, got under my skin a bit, more so than "The Exorcist", with its documentary feel and slow burn into bleak madness.
Sven Asai
TCM series, Hostel series, Carnivore, Midnight meat train, Audition and quite some more that would exceed the space here…
Mr Kipling
Watership Down.
Human Centipede.
Human Centipede 2.
Animal Farm.
Two girls one cup.
Mark
The Silence of the Lambs, PG12 1991, Anthony Hopkins was Awesome in that cast.
Anonymous
Reservoir Dogs - torture scene very creepy.
Speed
Howard the Duck
1glenn
"Little Big Man." The scenes of massacre were too much for me, had to walk out. I avoid horror flicks because I can't stomach them. While much of Little Big Man was very good, and no one would call it a horror flick, the massacre scene was not what I expected, and too much, IMO. I do not deny it as historical record.
samuraivunyl
Strange world…. Disneys latest woke rubbish …. An utterly disturbing movie reflecting how pathological pc correctness has spread like a virus.
shogun36
"A Clockwork Orange" Demented stuff.
"Good Luck Chuck" I still can't believe someone green lit that garbage.
Mocheake
Se7en's next to last scene was the most disturbing in a movie with many disturbing scenes.
master
classy.
"Bone Tomahawk" was a very strange film with maybe the most disturbing scene I've ever witnessed
Anonymous
I guess some folks enjoy simulations of torture …
ジョージ
I don't think it's that. You might have noticed that even the most innocuous comments get down voted on here.
quercetum
Rosemary’s Baby and other satanic films.
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, Psycho and films with things in the basement.
Derek Grebe
Irreversible
A Serbian Film
Two Girls, One Cup.
aaronagstring
A lot of the movies mentioned here are horror or psychological type. They’re not real folks! I never understood nor got the attraction.
For that very reason, something that did happen, and for many who had grandfathers or family there, easily the scariest movie: Saving Private Ryan. When you have D-Day veterans walking out of the theatres because it was too close, too accurate…….The first 25 minutes are something I shall never forget. Heaven knows what it must have REALLY been like, especially at Omaha Beach.