The Most Shocking Film You've Ever Seen?

200motels

smash wrote: »

To be honest I just thought Antichrist was art-house tripe.

Worst would be Irreversible and Martyrs.

I haven't seen the two you mentioned, as for antichrist it is tripe but disturbing all the same.

Sooopie

whirlpool wrote: »

Funny Games (this is the only one that really comes to mind right at this moment.)

I'm not sure I've really even seen a film that I found particularly shocking, but Funny Games is probably the closest. It's one of my favourite films.

Um, I guess Eden Lake was a little bit shocking, I wasn't expecting a lot of what happened. It's also one of my favourites.

^ I saw Last House on the Left. I wasn't overly shocked by it. It wasn't what I was expecting but I really didn't think it particularly disturbing.

Okay I really haven't seen any shocking films! :rolleyes:

Good call - I enjoyed Eden Lake a lot - did not expect it to go where it did!!!

smash

I forgot about Audition... some weird stuff in it that'll make you cringe.

As for rape scenes in films... I Spit on Your Grave.

thebostoncrab

I adore Ichi The Killer, personally I wouldn't call it shocking at all. It's a black comedy and is so over the top you can't help but laugh. Except for the nipple slicing, no laughter there.

I hate Requim for a Dream with a passion. It is easily the most horrible, shocking and depressing films ever made. It takes a lot of courage for me to watch it. But by God, it is easily one of the greatest films ever made. Nothing will ever hit home with you like Requim, and it's helped by an excellent performance from all the cast. And the soundtrack, chilling. Darren is easily by favourite director, and every day I curse and praise him for this film.

smash

thebostoncrab wrote: »

I hate Requim for a Dream with a passion. It is easily the most horrible, shocking and depressing films ever made. It takes a lot of courage for me to watch it. But by God, it is easily one of the greatest films ever made. Nothing will ever hit home with you like Requim

What about kids? It's an old film now and was banned in a lot of countries but god it's depressing and deals with real issues.

cruffystyle

From what I've read in review the sequel to the Human Centipede is so revoltingly awesome that it works as art while still ringing the bell on the disgust-o-meter. Bring it on!!!

A.Partridge

The most shocking I have seen is also a film-noir masterpiece.

It's a Belgian made film called Man bites Dog shot in documentary style about a film crew that follows a serial killer around as he goes about his grisly business.

There is a great twist at the end but be prepared for some disturbing scenes.

Very funny in places too !

Fishooks12

cruffystyle wrote: »

From what I've read in review the sequel to the Human Centipede is so revoltingly awesome that it works as art while still ringing the bell on the disgust-o-meter. Bring it on!!!

Art? Have you seen the first? It's ****e

Not overly disturbing either compared to some of the films on this threa

corbonykeidis

Edz87 wrote: »

I watched A Serbian Film and Irreversible and I still maintain that The Ring is the only film that messed with my head. I will never forget the night I watched that..

Its not that scary or even good, it just got under my skin and I felt really weird walking out of the cinema.. I never watched a shock/horror film in the cinema after that.

Completely agree with you on the Ring, really don't get why it stuck with me

corbonykeidis

Thought the hills have eyes was pretty f***ed up. The rape scene was just outright disturbing

cruffystyle

Well apparently in the second the gloves come off, theres no such thing as actual "surgery"! its all duct tape and inept nastiness inspired by the first film. So the second becomes a carnival hall-of-mirrors reflection of the first. If there is art in this conception so be it otherwise its just some funky shizzle.
I guess I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and go check it out!

opinion guy

fran oconnor wrote: »

I don't know why, but that film 8mm always freaked me out, the thoughts of that snuff film sh!te is bad..

This. I'm surprised more of ye aren't saying this, but maybe not many people saw it.
8mm was by a wide margin the most depressing, disturbing movie I've seen.
If you haven't seen it don't.

Simon Adebisi

opinion guy wrote: »

This. I'm surprised more of ye aren't saying this, but maybe not many people saw it.
8mm was by a wide margin the most depressing, disturbing movie I've seen.
If you haven't seen it don't.

Great film. Its depressing but not that disturbing.

Most fúcked up film ive seen was The Life And Death Of a Porno Gang. Insanely wacked out movie from Serbia.

Ive heard of A Serbian Film but i dont think i could bring myself to watch it.

JerryHandbag

Simon Adebisi wrote: »

Ive heard of A Serbian Film but i dont think i could bring myself to watch it.

Watched it last night after reading this thread, its on youtube. Or at least the censored version is, but still....my god. The depths of depravity.

sbsquarepants

I can't for the life of me understand why so many people rate requiem for a dream, it's rubbish! It's over the top, completely unbelievable, ham acted bollox - the only thing it has going for it is that the main girl in it is gorgeous, well at the start anyway!
Aronofsky is well over rated, the wrestler was just well acted crap, black swan is just extremely well acted crap, but requiem is just bargain basement bullshít of the highest order!

LumpyGravy

I talked a friend of mine into going see a film with me at the Tartan Extreme film festival in the UGC once. We ended up going to a Takashi Miike film called Gozu.

Hilariously disturbing stuff. Needless to say he was not impressed.

Oh_Noes

Sprouts wrote: »

Bad boy bubby is worse than anything mentioned so far

That is such a strange movie. It starts off being completey depraved and shocking, especially for the time but then towards in the end it turns into some kind of silly Rob Schneider type movie with comedy romps and fish-out-of-water gags. It's like they forgot what they were doing in the middle.

I actually saw it on TV sometime in the 90s on ITV. I couldn't believe what I was seeing for the first 45 minutes or so.

gravityisalie

Jaysus only one person has mentioned Faces of Death . now that is a messed up film

smash

gravityisalie wrote: »

Jaysus only one person has mentioned Faces of Death . now that is a messed up film

That's not really a film, it's a series of captured actual events.

Simon Adebisi

smash wrote: »

That's not really a film, it's a series of captured actual events.

A lot of faked events too.

R P McMurphy

Tetsuo would have to rank up there in the realms of strangeness and parts borderline depraved as well.

decies

Jaws 3 would be up there

muppetkiller

As they've been mentioned before

A Serbian Film (The first movie I've ever felt unwell after watching and will never watch it again)

Martyrs (Simply brilliant movie if you give it a chance - but again not one I'll jump to watch again)

Irreversible (as mentioned the rape and head smashing scene are pretty rough)

Yahew

Edz87 wrote: »

I watched A Serbian Film and Irreversible and I still maintain that The Ring is the only film that messed with my head. I will never forget the night I watched that..

Its not that scary or even good, it just got under my skin and I felt really weird walking out of the cinema.. I never watched a shock/horror film in the cinema after that.

The American Version? It weirded me out on the DVD, as the bloody video kept playing on the menu screen. That video was the highlight of the movie, it was deeply strange.

R P McMurphy

Yahew wrote: »

The American Version? It weirded me out on the DVD, as the bloody video kept playing on the menu screen. That video was the highlight of the movie, it was deeply strange.

The menu screen kepty showing someone sticking their finger nail though an actual nail if I remember correctly and it was pretty horrible looking

fran oconnor

foxyboxer wrote: »

Channel surfing one night, came across Trinity and Beyond about the develpment of nuclear weapons. Both engrossing and deeply disturbing. William Shatners deadpan narration is spot on.

Watched that film before myself, how people can create such destruction is wrong. I found the film on youtube if anyone is interested.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A-rdhoLJUw

Shane-KornSpace

Watched A Clockwork Orange for the first time when I was 12. First time I had ever seen a rape scene. I was shocked and actually felt ill!

That_Guy

We watched a surrealist film in Film Studies in college called L'age D'or.

Absolutely mental. The full film is on YouTube but this final scene is just nuts.

sensibleken

The remake of 'I spit on your grave' was a bit much. The first part anyway, the second half with the revenge scenes everyone was cheering and clapping in the cinema:)

Wattle

Did anybody mention the original Dutch version of The Vanishing? Freaky ending.

livinsane

I was not expecting the last scene is this film:


The Great Ecstacy of Robert Carmichael

It is brutal.
Rest of the film is tame.

Da Shins Kelly

Antichrist is a load of sh*t.

jackwigan

The Toxic Avenger

Giselle

GetInTheHole! wrote: »

"The Human Centipede" is without doubt the must messed up thing I have ever watched..

Trying hard to think of a joke that includes that statement and your username.:)

Dudess

That I've seen: probably Threads, Schindler's List, Once Were Warriors, Song For A Raggy Boy. In the great scheme of things, these unfortunately aren't that shocking, but I've read about stuff like Men Behind The Sun (:eek:), The Audition (:eek:) and now A Serbian Film (:eek:)... not a hope in hell I'd watch them.

American Psycho - much of it isn't ha-ha funny, but it is very, very sharp satire. I couldn't bring myself to read the book though - had a skim through it. Enough.

Giselle

Dudess wrote: »

Tha but I've read about stuff like Men Behind The Sun (:eek:), The Audition (:eek:) and now A Serbian Film (:eek:)... not a hope in hell I'd watch them.

American Psycho - much of it isn't ha-ha funny, but it is very, very sharp satire. I couldn't bring myself to read the book though - had a skim through it. Enough.

This thread is pretty much becoming a list of what I'd have to avoid. Movies stay with me. Savage violence, rape, torture and debasement stick with me too vividly.

I did love American Psycho though, think of it and smile every time I look at a business card.

Dudess

Me too.

It is iconic.

sh1tstirrer

The Exorcist, I was only a young fella when I first saw it.

Not much would shock me now as I am older. I watched a film recently that could shock a young fella and give him nightmares it's called Van Diemens land.

Captain Darling

A weird film about pain called Martyrs of the Human Centipede.

I also found a french film called Frontiers to be fairly fcuking shocking.

Adamantium

pinky 06 wrote: »

I'm still freaked out by that film!! It's definitely had a lasting effect on me.

The depiction of where humanity, society, language goes after the war in 10, 20, 50, 100 years time is haunting and pretty accurate

smash

Giselle wrote: »

This thread is pretty much becoming a list of what I'd have to avoid.

Or have to rent!

crazygeryy

Id say for me it would be the movie: the day after.i was young and knew nothing about nuclear war.shocked me to the core.

Celly Smunt

smash wrote: »

Or have to rent!

paying for movies lol.

Isard

Slaughtered Vomit Dolls
It's called "the most evil disturbing movie of all-time", so what better ad could there be? I tried to watch it. Well, not so much shocking (coz I knew what to expect) but really disgusting.

TwoShedsJackson

Funny Games, the 1997 version, although the remake is a shot-for-shot from the same director.

sensibleken

Isard wrote: »

Slaughtered Vomit Dolls
It's called "the most evil disturbing movie of all-time", so what better ad could there be? I tried to watch it. Well, not so much shocking (coz I knew what to expect) but really disgusting.

"
The gruesome tapestry of psychological manifestations of a nineteen year old bulimic runaway stripper-turned prostitute as she descends into a hellish pit of satanic nightmares and hallucinations. "

sound flippin awesome!

John Doe1

Spiceworld, not for the faint of heart

Conor Bourke

I just don't get the whole "brutal-for-the-sake-of-it" movies thing so a lot of those mentioned here are lost on me, but I agree with everyone who mentioned American History X and that pavement scene.

Another one that made my blood run cold was Hunger, about Bobby Sands and his hunger strike.

Ally Dick

Anyone see the Korean film "I Saw The Devil". Very violent and thought provoking, but excellent

wild_cat

Hardy candy.

Made me feel sorry for a peadofile.