Disturbing Movies.

[cheshirenoir]

So what movies disturbed you folks?

For me the list (In no particular order) would be:
Creepshow
The Shining
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
Inner Senses
Santa Sangre

And no, I haven't seen the Ring yet :-)

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[angriest.livejournal.com]

Audition
Oldboy
Se7en

[cheshirenoir.livejournal.com]

Of those I have only seen Se7en.
Se7en was kinda cool, but I didn't find it that disturbing.
Velvet Acid Christ did do a rather fine song with samples from it.

[angriest.livejournal.com]

The climax to Se7en felt like I'd been gutpunched at the time.

You should hunt down Oldboy and see it, btw, although it is very disturbing.

[maffyew.livejournal.com]

Requiem For A Dream

I think I sat in stunned silence and hugged myself for about twenty minutes afterwards.

[gevauden.livejournal.com]

I concur.
I own it on DVD, have done for probably close to two years.

I've watched it once.

[prk.livejournal.com]

Scooby Doo.

How could they sink that low.

[utopos.livejournal.com]

Working on the basis that repetition isn't wanted (but still mentioning that Oldboy is worth your time and money) and in no order:

Un Chien Andalou
L'Age D'or
Tetsuo
The Devils
Candyman
Prince of Darkness
Possession

I didn't actually find the Saw movies all that disturbing, viewing it as a couple of D&D scenarios with ACME props and stupid PCs might have had something to do with it.

The remake of The Amytiville Horror has an effective ending, pity about the rest of the film (same can be said about Friday the 13th. The Night Flier also has an effective ending but with a half-decent straight-to-video flick attached to it.

Event Horizon gave me creeps for the first half but its reliance on (tasteless) gore in subliminal cuts in the last few minutes turned me off it entirely (I now leave rooms if the film gets to that stage). I have similar issues with Wolf Creek.

The US remake of Ringu is worth checking out for the slight differences (although the superior-budget special effects ruin it), haven't got around to watching the US sequel though.

Must. Not. Suggest. This. As. A. Panel. For. This. Year's. Swancon.
Fandomedia on the other hand...

[cheshirenoir.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Canyman was... Well, it was a horror movie. Not a great one, but a good one.

I'v only seen some of Tetsuo II, and no Tetsuo.

Haven't seen any of the others.

[hkneale.livejournal.com]

Ditto on Un Chien Andalou, especially the eye scene. {shudders}

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and her Lover also made a strong impression on me.

[zey.livejournal.com]

Piggy: 110 Kilos in 25 Weeks (http://www.sbs.com.au/whatson/index.php3?progdate=31:03:2005):

This program gives a detailed picture of the life of Knor, a pig. For centuries, pigs had close ties to humanity. In the past decades, however, the existence of pigs has largely been kept hidden. We don't see them anymore. When we are confronted with pigs, it is at the butcher's or on the shelves in the supermarket where they are neatly divided into servings and packaged in plastic. Knor is born on a breeding farm in the northern Netherlands. After a few days, his tail is clipped and he is castrated. Together with his brothers and sisters, Knor spends the first ten weeks of his life on the breeding farm. Dramatic change enters his life when he is moved to the pig farm owned by Geert Roossien in Anevelde. Here, Knor spends the next 15 weeks of his life, in the company of 1600 other pigs. The end, when it comes, is as much a surprise to Knor as it is to the viewer. (From the Netherlands, in Flemish with English subtitles)

Anthropomophising an animal whose from birth to life on the farm to slaughterhouse to packaging... No punches pulled, no low blows. Seeing a character you've grown attached to for the entire film stunned and beheaded in a production line machine definitely ranks as the most disturbing viewing I've seen on the telly.

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Videodrome

[cheshirenoir.livejournal.com]

Fuck yeah! How did I forget Videodrome?

"Death to Videodrome! Long live the New Flesh!"

[evilpaul.livejournal.com]

I can highly reccomend the Criterion Collection edition for all the extra fruit including uncut fullscreen version of the Videodrome S&M footage. Plus, it's digitally remastered and it has all the bits that were cut from the original Australian release. Also, the packaging looks like a Beta casette and the booklet has 2 essays. (!)

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

Yep, that came to mind straight away as well. Seriously disturbing in a great way. Certainly one of my favourite films of all time.

On the other side of the faves list, I felt that Clockwork Orange was seriously fucked up. I hope I never see that film again.


Eraserhead obviously deserved an honourable mention.

[cheshirenoir.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen Eraserhead yet.

Clockwork Orange was disturbing, but I found the Shining more so.

[angriest.livejournal.com]

I find Orange to be Kubrick's most overrated film. It was probably shocking 40 years ago. Today it's rather tame IMO - although I may have been warped by a few too many Japanese films.

[hkneale.livejournal.com]

Nah.

You're just plain warped.

{g}