Your 3 most Disturbing Films (non porn)

a serbian movie - not cool at all.

I thought Audition was worse than Oldboy..

Flowers Of Flesh And Blood was orrible..

Funny Games (Austrian movie not to be confused with the Holywood remake p1sh)
Irreversable
Exorcist

willard
texas chain saw massacre
clockwork orange

only 2:
Arlington Road
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

RLKingPunter 07 Jun 12 14:16
anyone seen Snowtown about an aussie mass murderer in the outback?

I watched it up until he made the kid shoot the dog and then I fell asleep.

I wasn't planning on watching the rest as I thought it was a bit boring but is it worth seeing through?

Forgot to add The Blair Witch Project as my answer to the original question.

HOSTEL

h, did you see the bit where they chopped the kangaroo up , mashed it up in a bucket and poured the lot over the paedo,s balcony opposite? Later on, they tie a neighbour up to the bath tap and really torture him pulling his nails out and using pliers to cut his big toe off.Not only was it  frightening but you heard every gory sound as they crunshed and hacksawed their victims.I saw it on the bigscreen at the Cinema where it really looked and sounded gruesome but on a dvd at home may not look as bad....
There was another Aussie film Animal Kingdom which was about some low life bank robbers which was filmed in a similar vein plus of course Wolf Creek which had its moments......

Could only think of 2 Kill list and Martyrs. . .

Yeah saw the bit with the roo, perhaps I shall watch the rest sometime when I'm in the mood.

1.Straw Dogs
2.Magic(anthony Hopkins film)
3.Anything with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

Is 'magic' the one where Hopkins is a ventriloquist who goes mad?
Creeped me out when i was a kid

Thats the one!

The Killer Inside Me

I can confirm that the Holywood remake of Funny Games is pish, nothing more than control freak/torture porn

PS I am assuming this is a "without Schindler's List" market

Salo, that film crosses the line.

dead mans shoes, when he has the body in the suitcase.
can't remember what it's called but an Almodovar film where a hospital nurse gets a woman in a coma pregnant.

The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael - ten times more disturbing than anythng else mentioned. Just wrong one scene is.

^ does he refer to Frankel in less than exaltory tones

Requiem for a Dream
Kill List
Human Centipede

Kill List??! that was just a pile of shyte, the only disturbing thing about that was how the **** they ever managed to get it funded

deliverance
reno armed dangerous and bursting for a pony
the prime of miss jean brodie

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (the original not the remake).

Very powerful and disturbing film.  Not particularly gory by today's standards,
and apparently it was NOT based on a true story. And the characters
and the scary bits are not really that remarkable,
the plot and the story is extremely simple. Yet this is
a masterpiece in low-budget horror.  Some more recent low-budget horror films don't even come close.

The mood and the atmosphere is so dark and sadistic
the film really disturbs.  Years ago when I seen it for the first time it scared the sh1t out of me.

Paddy Hair     Joined: 08 Jun 07

Who ever found Porn disturbing.

Think bonvivvy was perhaps referring to '2 girls 1 cup'.
I haven't dared watch it but I think it is regarded as a form of porn, lol

The eyeball slitting opening of Un Chien Andalou, partly because it is non-violent.

Opened this to post Eraserhead, then read the thread and sure enough it is in.

boggle     08 Jun 12 13:12 
The eyeball slitting opening of Un Chien Andalou, partly because it is non-violent.


Deb-aaaaser !!!

Straw Dogs was shocking and shockingly bad.
Henry Portrait Of A Serial Killer was no fun, I knew a guy who didn't know it was that bad and took a first date to see it


The Long Kiss Goodnight made me want to claw my own eyeballs out and jam them in my ears, just to make it stop.

just reading through this thread, human centipeded got me curious

wiki:
The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is a 2010 Dutch horror film written and directed by Tom Six. The film tells the story of a German doctor who kidnaps three tourists and joins them surgically, mouth to anus, forming a "human centipede".

When approaching investors prior to filming, Six did not mention the mouth-to-anus aspect of the plot, fearing it would put off potential backers

- good idea!

what goes on in people's imagination huh? I'll be passing on that filmatic treat ^^

A French film called "Martyrs" is probably the most disturbing film I've ever seen.

Honourable mentions to The Shining and Audition

numerone, wasn't that an episode of South Park? I remember one with Steve Jobs that had a very similar idea.

1. Seed.

It's not a particularly well made film but the footage of real animals being tortured is very unpleasant.
There's also a five minute sequence of a woman being hit with a hammer.

The director clearly just wanted to offend as many people as possible and to a certain extent succeeded.
Hopefully he gets hit by a car or something in karmic retribution.

2. Spit on your grave (the remake)

The only remake of one of these kinds of films that went further than the original.
It possibly works because its sleek modern look makes the viewer expect another watered down remake.
Virtually no plot, just an excuse for an extended sequence of some genuinely nightmarish images.

3. Repulsion (polanski)

Unlike Seed and I Spit, this is actually a good film.
The best thing Deneuve ever did and the claustrophobic atmosphere is conveyed superbly.

In fact Polanski's combined Horror portfolio has more going for it than the entire 'torture porn' scene.

That'll teach me to google one your suggestions.

So, innocently I thought 'hmm 2 girls 1 cup' that sounds cheery.

Oh   my    god 


It ranks up there with someone who said what type of water sports do you like .....

I'd steer clear of 'One Man, One Jar' then

As an adult - Deliverance (shocking omission so far)
As a teenager - I Spit On Your Grave (original)
As a child - Catweazle (ok was TV but used to sh1t myself and hide behind the settee!)

I can't think of anything that has horrified me as I've got older.
When I was a kid I was allowed to watch The Thing (Kurt Russell one), around the age of 7/8, although when I saw watch I probably mean hide my face behind the cushions.

I remember the end of this frightening the bejeebers out of me when I was a kid:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=747SKishQPg

Armchair thriller.

I'd have to go with Martyrs also, for uncomfortable viewing at least. Something of a page turner, but anti-climatic imo.

Johnny Got His Gun
Apocalypse Now
Razorback,it was Arkie that disturbed me not the pig.

Cujo

Fatal Attraction) Glenn Close was unbalanced, especially when she slit her wrists)

BTW Oldboy is a great great film, slightly gruesome but the film is brilliant so the small bit of gruesomeness is just a part of the plot.

It#s being remade by Hollwood next year, they will ruin it.

The cartoon version of Lord Of The Rings...

It disturbed me because it was so fkin awful.

I'm still waiting for part2 of that classic...

I thought it was amazing

the ring
lady in white
the shining

As a kid Asylum with Robert Powell.
IRREVERSIBLE is shocking and brilliant.
Seven- What an ending.
Philadelphia.

Deliverance and Straw Dogs

Guy in the army hospital bed, where doctors think he's dead or gonna die soon... the whole film's about what's going on in his head.. Anyone know which film this is??

^
Jacob's ladder

Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

Watched it as a kid... Disturbed me then.

Synopsis

Joe Bonham (Bottoms), a young American soldier hit by an artillery shell during World War I, lies in a hospital bed. He is a quadruple amputee who has also lost his eyes, ears, mouth and nose. He remains conscious and able to reason, however, rendering him a prisoner in his own body. As he drifts between reality and fantasy, he remembers his old life with his family and girlfriend (Kathy Fields). He also forms a bond, of sorts, with a young nurse (Diane Varsi) who senses his plight.

At the end of the film, Joe tries to communicate to his doctors, via Morse code, and wishes for the Army to either put him in a glass coffin in a freak show as a demonstration of the horrors of war, or kill him. In the end, however, he realizes that the Army will grant neither wish, and will leave him in a state of living death.

In the film's climax, his nurse attempts to euthanize him by clamping his breathing tube, but her supervisor stops her before Joe can succumb. This does not occur in the novel. The film ends with Joe weakly chanting "S.O.S. Help me."

The disturbing Clockwork Orange has just started on ITV4

May have missed it, but haven't seen the Spanish Telephone Box short film mentioned.
Can't remember it's name?

Had it downloaded on some HDD for a few years but can't bring myself to watch it, after seeing it as a youngster.
Probably on YouTube

got to be SALO - and if you can deal with it - it's a masterpiece

I've got a film that knocks the living crap out of all these, mainly because it was made to be shown to kids. Was shown it by a teacher it when I was seven, repressed memory came back about five years ago and thanks to the internet, I was able to check my mind wasn't playing tricks. It really was the most messed up thing imaginable. I'm sure some of you will remember it, even if you don't want to. It's about the dangers of playing around train lines. Now...my village didn't even have a railway. To be in danger I would, ironically, have had to take a six mile bus journey.

I've just found the first five minutes on youtube. As I recall it got a lot worse after this...and wikipedia would back me up on this, but it's still pretty crazy.

I present for you...the Trainline.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc54mdvZTFw

Oh, also 'Happiness'. "Hey it's got a soundtrack by REM, this will probably be clever and cool."

..."This is NOT cool!"

I found the remake of Chainsaw Massacre so terrifying I had to turn it off so I think I'll steer clear from the original.

The remake is not as good as the original

mainly because everybody and his dog knows what's going to happen now

Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

I know a strange fact about this film, but I'm facked if I can remember it

I've got a film that knocks the living crap out of all these, mainly because it was made to be shown to kids.

Sparkmaster, A lot of  those  Warnings To Kids Films are disturbing . The plot of that one is ludicrous; the school having kids racing across a railway line!

They didn't fk about in the 70s with worries about scaring kids

This is the most infamous one, which you have probably repressed

'Lonely Water'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb00H6mCTM8

I may have to leave that until tomorrow tobermory, I want to sleep tonight!

Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon may disturb some people.The fictionalised account of Jean Dominique Bauby a french journalist who suffered from Locked-In Syndrome.
In English it is called,incorrectly,The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
It is a magnificent film.

dunlaying
I could google, but I'll give you your moment... why is that incorrrect

The one where Samantha Morton wears her dead mum's coat and gets slashed on is pretty grim.
As for kids ones, this Mark Twain clip takes some beating...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak3z2Pm7Iwg

Un scaphandre is a diving suit,the one that comes with metal helmet,and a great big hosepipe .The giant octupus is an optional extra.
A diving bell is une cloche a plongeur,or just une cloche if it is in context.
Or ,even,a diving bell or pressurized capsule used by astronauts for example but if you watch the film it is clear that it is a diving suit or an isolation suit.
It is not a moment I need it is a winner.

Ahh... wrongly called, rather than wrongly translated ?

We had one of those wandering around here recently,  Willard Price's 'Volcano Adventure' kids book had a great chapter about one of those (sealed) going down a volcano.

No it is the wrong translation.It is not uncommon.I watched ,briefly,a film starring Barbara Stanwyck and Ronald Regan.She said to him "You were born ornery."
The subtitle transated it as "You are a born flatterer."
The film about Bauby is really good if you enjoy a decent film.It is nowhere near as depressing as it sounds.

Je Comprends, this kind of thing has been happening more and more since I can't afford the Grauniad

CHECK THIS OUT!

When I was 12, I went to the cinema to see some ordinary movie, don't remember what, but they showed this short film before. Can't believe they showed this when kids were in the cinema, but that's how they rolled back in the day.

The only other film i saw as a child that freaked me out as much was Don't look now.

Don't read the description or comments, just watch the film. Only just found it reading this thread, because talk of 70s tv shorts reminded me. 33 years later still makes me shiver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mPxaPTX-_8 

wouldn't say it was disturbing but extremely violent, DRIVE.

it's a well made film and the first half is very good and very stylish,
then it's suddenly like they changed director and  Quentin Tarantino takes over...
and it does get very violent. 

I don't like films which show violence just for the sake of violence,
this would  have been a really good film without the sudden intense graphic violence.

The Devils
The Exorcist
Soldier Blue

The Exorcism of Emily Rose - Really creepy & loosely based on True Story. 3.00 am is the witching hour.....My GF was really freaked for a while.

Schindlers List - Thought provoking, evocative, truly disturbing. All interwoven with the good sideof human nature.

The Champ - Cried loads watching it. When I split up with my ex I was petrified of my daughter coming into my room one morning and me being really ill or dead & her not knowing what to do as a 3 year old & the sadness she would feel.

Honourable mentions to:

Dear Mr Gacey

Wolf Creek

The Shining

Schindlers List - Thought provoking, evocative, truly disturbing. All interwoven with the good sideof human nature.


In China you see loads of odd western images and phrases on fashion tees 'Woolworths'  'Mushroom quiche' etc...
The oddest I saw was a fancy, gold foil and crystal embellished long sleeve top with the Schindler's List poster on it

Cries and Whispers.

Jacobs Ladder good shout especially on acid

The Vanishing (the french one)

The Sound Of Music

When she came over that hill at the start, singing her head off, I ran for cover.

1, Cannibal Holocaust - banned for 20 years because of rumours of it being a snuff movie.  One scene shows you killing a REAL life monkies by chopping off its skull and feeding them off to the natives. Can be found on youtube.

2, Bad Taste.

3, Invasion of the body snatchers.

*monkey

The Human Centipede is repulsive but, like a motorway accident, you have to look.  I think they've made a sequel.  Salo is supposed to be about the Italian fascist elite and what they did to the proles.  Suspect you could make something similar about what the super-rich intend to do to the rest of us in the near-future.  Baise-moi has lot of explicit sex and violence and is pretty remorseless - the sector of French society depicted has deteriorated further in the past decade. 

Many of Tarantino's films reflect his degraded persona.

Freaks. Tha actors were real people.

The Shining.

Eraserhead. Not really frightening but very disturbing and creepy for some reason. Like a real life nightmare put on film.

Lilya 4 Ever - brilliant film - not what you might call feelgood though

bix     17 Feb 13 08:50 
Freaks. Tha actors were real people.

Good call, i watched this a few months ago and there's some interesting history to it .
The version i watched did not have the castration of Hercules and his subsequent Falsetto singing scenes

The Thing, more so on it's original release.
Terrorvision, although it's more of a comedy - btw, after 27 years it's finally to be released on dvd this week.
Mama Mia, no more needs to be said.

the Blue Meanies in Yellow Submarine have always unsettled me

exorcist
tree of life
cant think of a third just now

'La Cabina' (1972)

The everyday becomes terrifying

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFeERCVkAPg

Henry:Portrait of A Serial Killer
Wicker Man
Society

the shining
ringu
the last broadcast

Brian Yuzna's Society - good work Yeast

worst violence : Man bites Dog, and a 30 second sequence in Red Lights,  an otherwise very dull film starring Deniro and Sigourney Weaver

Great shout with Society.

I couldnt remember wot it was called cos i saw it years ago.

Just always remembered it for being just really wrong and disturbing.

Wasn´t there a john walters film back in the 1970´s were that fat tranny called Divine picked up real dog poop and ate it.

so far

The shining 5 votes
Eraserhead 5 votes
Salo, Exorcist, Original Chain Saw Massacre, Audition, Martyrs all with 4 votes.

Naked is quite unsettling, David Thewliss is a very underrated actor imo.

I thought Eraserhead was brilliant..my best film of all time
Jacobs Ladder...v good
The Shining v good
not seen anti christ

I found Naked unrelently grim slippy
rated by some best British Film ever

Jacobs Ladder
Oldboy
Man Bites Dog

Silence Of The Lambs
Nightmare on Elm Street 1
The Exorcist

William and Mary (Tales of the Unexpected)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmZvUHUfn00


Very creepy ending

Dominique, with Jean Simmons and Jenny Agutter.

Freaked me out for days