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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2017 7:48:38 GMT
Cinematic shock jocks like the Human Centipede or Saw are excluded.
For me, I was disturbed by both the Girl Next Door (2007) and the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I can't say why those films disturbed me whilst films like Cannibal Holocaust and Irréversible, whilst difficult to watch, did not leave any sort of lasting impression on me. Perhaps I was too young to have truly comprehended the gravity of them.
Regardless, which film disturbed you the most? What about it was so effective that it left you with a strong, visceral sense of disgust and/or horror?
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Post by Flynn on Mar 3, 2017 18:04:16 GMT
Is Girl Next Door the movie where a mother and her kids keep a neighbor girl in their basement and do bad things to her? If so, then yeah, I'd agree. That movie is disturbing. I didn't make it to the end.
The Maniac remake is also pretty disturbing, as was A Clockwork Orange.
Overall, I avoid highly disturbing movies. For me, the concept of disturbing is more effective when used as a disturbing scene or two in a movie that isn't otherwise disturbing. When everything is disturbing, it feels too easy. Cheap.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2017 18:13:04 GMT
Yes, that's the one. What makes it worse is the fact that it was based on the very real torture and eventual murder of Sylvia Likens.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Mar 3, 2017 18:55:07 GMT
Is Girl Next Door the movie where a mother and her kids keep a neighbor girl in their basement and do bad things to her? If so, then yeah, I'd agree. That movie is disturbing. I didn't make it to the end. The Maniac remake is also pretty disturbing, as was A Clockwork Orange. Overall, I avoid highly disturbing movies. For me, the concept of disturbing is more effective when used as a disturbing scene or two in a movie that isn't otherwise disturbing. When everything is disturbing, it feels too easy. Cheap. The most disturbing thing is that the film is a true story. How evil can people get? |
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Mar 3, 2017 18:57:47 GMT
A Serbian Film, The ABCs of Death and Seed.
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Post by fangirl1975 on Mar 3, 2017 19:03:00 GMT
What Lies Beneath jangled my nerves. I was actually trembling in the theater's ladies room afterwards so badly that my best friend asked me if I was OK.
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Post by Reynard on Mar 3, 2017 20:30:04 GMT
Island of Death by Nico Mastorakis is the only movie without real violence that I've had trouble watching. Very well made and very disturbing.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2017 21:18:50 GMT
What Lies Beneath jangled my nerves. I was actually trembling in the theater's ladies room afterwards so badly that my best friend asked me if I was OK. It was very creepy at the time. I was very young when I saw it and was terrified by it. I remember we rented Stir of Echoes the week after too which was worse. |
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Post by naterdawg on Mar 4, 2017 1:23:40 GMT
What Lies Beneath is a glossy, star-driven, NON-SCARY movie that's more a thriller than anything else. Once you knew the ghost was reaching out to the main character, the end was telegraphed.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 5:24:04 GMT
The Exorcist was the most disturbing movie I have seen.
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Post by naterdawg on Mar 4, 2017 14:42:42 GMT
The most disturbing movie I saw as a kid was What Ever Happened to Baby Jane. Bette Davis scared me shitless as loony Jane! I remember what a revelation it was to discover that she'd actually been a romantic leading lady!
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