Disturbing Movie Moments

[forever1267]

Buzzfeed has the 25 Most Disturbing Movies. I've actually seen about 1/3 of these, almost all of them the American films. I don't recall what was disturbing about House of Sand and Fog but I remember it being depressing as hell. Last House on the Left and Hostel Part 2 were just degrading junk. Funny Games, the German or American version, are really disturbing stuff, because it really incriminates you the viewer in it's own actions. I am curious about Dear Zachary. How could a documentary be that disturbing as some of these sick sick sick movies?

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I've seen almost all of the films on that list (plus a whole bunch that I think are equally worthy of inclusion) - some multiple times - and I would have to say of all of them, "Dear Zachary" is perhaps the only one I cannot emotionally bear to watch again. (Some of the films on the list I wouldn't want to watch again because the quality is so bad, but in terms of the subject matter, only "Dear Zachary" - which, make no mistake, is an excellent film - is so intense for me that I cannot bear it.) It's "disturbing" in a different sort of way than the others, as the shock is based not in "what awful images can we get away with?" but instead is steeped in horrible, tragic reality (with an extra element of outrageous miscarriage of justice). I couldn't breathe through the sobs when I watched it. And yet I think it's important for people to see it, in order to acknowledge the events in question. (Without giving too much away.)

[Ladybug]

Jun 14, 2013 1:41:34 GMT -4 forever1267 said:

Buzzfeed has the 25 Most Disturbing Movies. I've actually seen about 1/3 of these, almost all of them the American films. I don't recall what was disturbing about House of Sand and Fog but I remember it being depressing as hell. Last House on the Left and Hostel Part 2 were just degrading junk. Funny Games, the German or American version, are really disturbing stuff, because it really incriminates you the viewer in it's own actions. I am curious about Dear Zachary. How could a documentary be that disturbing as some of these sick sick sick movies?

I'm such a wuss, I couldn't even make it through the list! Stopped at Gummo.

[famvir]

My Japanese horror loving friend loves Audition. The crap eating movies really don't bother me that much (suck on that, human centipede) but I get skeeved at sexual torture. Add a kid to the mix and I am out of there.

[kanding]

I read up on Dear Zachary before watching it, and it still managed to gut me. I always tell people that it's one of the best documentaries ever, but just take my word for it. Don't watch it.

House of Sand and Fog, like Requiem for a Dream was so unrelentingly depressing that you wonder if life has a point. As far as gore, the former did have a scene where one of the characters steps on a nail. OK, jumps on a nail (shudder). And the latter, well, I had to leave the room when the double dildo made its appearance. It wasn't enough for me to turn off the DVD. I had to physically remove myself from the room where I saw those images. Yeah, I'm a lightweight.

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I have seen about two thirds of that list. Its kind of an odd list though. Some of those films are disturbing just for the sake of being disgusting like The Human Centipede 2. While others seem to be going for something much more profound like Irreversible. I guess hard to watch is hard to watch but I don't know, I don't mind watching a really disturbing movie if it is trying to make an interesting point.

And The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane? Its a good movie and a little creepy but honestly it would not even be in my top 50. Although I don't remember the scene with the hamster at all.

One of the most disturbing movies I have seen which is rarely mentioned anywhere is See the Sea by Francois Orzon. I guess it is not technically a film, its 52 minutes. But it feels longer. It is about a woman in the countryside with a baby whose husband is away on business. She's lonely so when a female hitchhiker who doesn't seem quite right in the head asks to camp on her property she lets her. You can totally see where the story is going and there is only a few minutes of gruesome images yet it is tough to watch and the ending still packs a punch. The actress who plays the hitchhiker is just really freaking scary without saying much. I recommend it if you like these types of things.

[forever1267]

The currently playing Prisoners doesn't show too much onscreen of the violence in the film, but you can certainly imagine what's being done to some of these people.