What is the most disturbing film you've seen?

The Devil's Advocate....was I really rooting for the devil?! Shameful....I haven't watched it since it first came out

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Seriously, wtf.

Originally Posted by Fuuma

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Lilja 4-ever
More depressing than disturbing, I think. --- I recently saw a Japanese compilation of real-life "snuff" footage--rather disturbing and gross images were plastered across the cover. Think fat corpses slightly pungent from several days tied up in string and other bizarre police incidents and accidents.

Originally Posted by whnay.

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Good choice.

Most of the other movies in this thread didn't come close to creeping me out the way It did. Then again, I haven't seen it since I Was a child so that's probably a part of the reason.


The Hills have eyes is pretty creepy too. Blood and guts do'nt bother me, but I don't handle disfigurement very well.

I don't think J was able to sit through all of August Underground.




Basically, it is an uber-realistic simulated snuff film. There is no plot to speak of. It is made to look like a home-made videotape shot on a consumer grade camera of two guys going on a kidnapping, torturing, and murdering spree. It was done so well that most people had actually will not be able to tell that its fake, nor may they believe you if you tell them and cannot prove it. It really has no "artistic merit". It is just 70 minutes of "what the **** am I watching this for"?

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

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I don't think J was able to sit through all of August Underground.




Basically, it is an uber-realistic simulated snuff film. There is no plot to speak of. It is made to look like a home-made videotape shot on a consumer grade camera of two guys going on a kidnapping, torturing, and murdering spree. It was done so well that most people had actually will not be able to tell that its fake, nor may they believe you if you tell them and cannot prove it. It really has no "artistic merit". It is just 70 minutes of "what the **** am I watching this for"?


You should have snuggled with him so that he wouldn't get scared.

Salo
August Underground
August Underground's Mordum

However, i see merit in Salo, and would happily watch it again. The latter two were watched when with friends and are absolutely ridiculous, not to mention unentertaining.

Cannibal Holocaust Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer High Tension (the 2nd and 3rd kills esp. b/c I went numb after that) Black Christmas (we never really find out who the caller really is) I Spit on Your Grave Last House on the Left

Originally Posted by GQgeek

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The Hills have eyes is pretty creepy too.
The remake? Because it has some seriously disturbing scenes (except when Ted Levine gets barbecued) esp. when the girl gets raped. Those August Mordum/Guinea Pig reminds me of that garbage genre of professional wrestling. You know trash cans, light bulbs, barbed wire... As Steve Austin said in his debut promo in the ECW "that's all just a bunch of violent crap".

"Disturbing" isn't quite the right word, but La Dolce Vita induces something of an existential crisis in me. Much more affecting than most horror movies.

The Steiner subplot, in particular, is pretty brutal, along with the end.

Originally Posted by Vintage Gent

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Man Bites Dog. Hands down, the most unsettling film I've seen.

you did know it was a mockumentary?

I'll agree with a few others on Black Christmas. Not only is it the original to all the "slasher" films, it is much smarter and scarier than all of them.

Instead of gore, sex, nudity, special-effect makeup supernatural bad guys, and pointless romantic sub-plots, it does it the hard way...suspense, moody cinematography, believable dialogue, decent acting by real actors, and a fair amount of dark humour.

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Billy is easily the scariest killer...no background story...no motive...we never see him...we never know who he is...he doesn't get caught...we have no idea what happens to him. The only sound we hear from him is that horrific screaming and squealing he makes on the phone.

A sequel was never intended or done, which makes it all the more creepy (the ****** remake doesn't count).

The ending leaves things hanging, and is very creepy....the killer is thought to have been caught...everyone leaves the house, except for the last girl sleeping in a bedroom. The camera pans out from the attic window (where the first victim, plastic bag over her head, has been sitting visable for the entire film).

Then the phone rings.

The Scooby Doo set in Mexico was also a real nailbiter.

City of God (Cidade de Deus), not at all a horror movie, but definitely disturbing.

Originally Posted by LabelKing

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Sex and the City.
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Eraserhead.

Originally Posted by Biscione

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Salo

according to wiki, this will be getting re-released on dvd in the coming months, I have been waiting to check it out.

Eraserhead was (sorry Lynch fans) a snoozefest. The 'baby', I will admit, was gross, especially when it meets its end.