Disturbing films...

Fidelis

Tim Roth's directorial début, "The War Zone" was disturbing, deeply disturbing.

Originally posted by TwoShedsJackson
Funny Games

Agreed, brilliant movie.

DrizztIE

the second sequel to Once were warriors is What becomes of the broken hearted would have to be added to the list.

davej

Originally posted by Fidelis
Tim Roth's directorial début, "The War Zone" was disturbing, deeply disturbing.

Yes I remember seeing it in London and a couple of people left during "that" scene...

Another one with Ray Winstone is Nil by Mouth. It's pretty grim stuff.

Also I think Event Horizon has been blown out of all proportion on this thread. It seemed to me that it was just an Alien rip-off Check out my list (posted previously) for some seriously disturbing movies...

davej

Frank Grimes

Originally posted by thegills
A Clockwork Orange
City of Lost Children
Midnight Cowboy
Once were warriors
Trainspotting

All for different reasons. Good thread as it has given me a new list of films to see.

I take it that Rings is not available in Chartbusters.

Just out of interest, why Midnight Cowboy? I think it's an excellent movie, pretty downbeat but I wouldn't have said disturbing.

Man Bites Dog is probably the most disturbing movie I've seen in awhile, Texas Chainsaw Massacre had it's moments too.

mike65

so I think Event Horizon has been blown out of all proportion on this thread. It seemed to me that it was just an Alien rip-off

Indeed I only caught it when TV3 screened it and even then I was'nt intending to watch it, but I stuck with it and found it great fun, impossible to take seriously on any other level then the comic book level.

Mike.

Syd_Vicious

This is Syd_Vicious speaking...

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the film Patrick yet.

I puked all over the living room floor when I saw the scene where he ate the baby. Damn that was disgusting!

The Hellraiser series was also very disturbing. The scene where the man was making out with the demon was freaky.

I didn't really enjoy IT that much especially when it turns out that IT was a giant spider. That was really stupid.

This has been Syd_Vicious speaking...

Event Horizon. Saw it when I was 11 on my own at about half twelve at night. Freaky. I had to put the light on I was so freaked out.

Makaveli

IT scared the crap out of me when I first saw it.

Event Horizon is a bit disturbing alright but I dont know why it always gets mentioned maybe I should watch it again, I havent seen it in a while.

I kind of found 15 Minutes a little bit disturbing too.

DapperGent

Originally posted by neiko
I thought Lost Highway by David Lynch did it for me.

Me too.

I first watched it alone in a dark room at about 2 or 3 in the morning. It was the first David Lynch film I'd ever seen and it not so much scared but really disturbed me.

I've become a huge fan of David Lynch since. Nobody does stuff quite like him.

DrunkLeprachaun

I don't think I've ever been very disturbed by a film(I thought event horizon was funny and ring was plain cool), but Jin-Roh was pretty ****ed up. It's an anime, but it's damn realistic. Seeing a woman getting eaten by wolves did make me cringe. The most depressing film ever, I'm fairly sure of it.

Talliesin

During their Zooropa tour U2 used scenes from Triumph des Willens at the beginning. I'd seen it before and it was disturbing enough then, but that time the crowd erupted into cheers because the concert was beginning and the whole mob-mind thing you get at concerts kicked in.
Being surrounded by thousands of cheering people watching Hitler Youth drummer-boys is definitely freaky.

Similarly I'd just been reading some of Andrea Dworkin's work when I saw 8mm, which made it more disturbing than it may have been otherwise.

LoBo

I think i'll have to put forward '28 days later' though I just saw it last night so its obviously a bit biased in my mind. Tense, tense stuff. Pushed into 'disturbing' by the killing at the end. You know which if you've seen it. Excellently made film though.

I'd agree with Requiem for a Dream - fantastic film too.

Haven't seen Ring or stuff like Man Bites Dog so I can't comment there. I don't think I will ever watch Audition, what i've heard puts my teeth on edge already

Event Horizon.. fairly creepy and a decent film - but disturbing? naaaah

krankykitty

The Brady Bunch film, where two of them got off with each other..

Now that was disturbing and ruined all my childhood memories! [:)]

kowolski

have to be the larry clark film 'kids'. set in new york about teenagers with absolutely no morals. great film, very disturbing. that and requiem for a dream.

Wheeler

WHAT ABOUT EYES WIDE SHUT.KUBRICKS LAST MASTERPIECE.
IT BLEW ME AWAY. SO ****ED UP AND I LOVE IT.

ESPECIALLY THE ORGY SCENES

Wolf

All very tame.... if you want a real head **** try out Naked Lunch some David Cronenbergs best work and poddible the most warped also anything by David Cronenberg. Also try devils is nasty.

yellum

Naked Lunch was a Cronenberg film

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0102511

Wolf

Ha bugger thats what I meant I was very tired and in a rush writing that soz.

Wolf

Ah I just thought of one movie that any of you will seriouly be left marked by. It called Tetsueo - Body Hammer. I could list why this is such a sick movie but realy you have to see it yourself. I watch alot of movies and have been diturbed by very little.........I rewound the tape and pressed rec after watching this I had to destroy it is was so bad. Trust me if ANYONE can find anything legal sicker that this ill buy them a night out

lili

i have seen recently on tv an old film called "johnny got a gun".
it's a story of a soldier during the wwI who is wounded and is the cowbaye of a not very ethic military doctor.
this soldier do nomore have arms, legs, face. in short he is a man alone with his mind who can only feel. just a nurse do have mansuetude for him.
i don't say more about it, but really this film made me sick.
i will say more about it when i will find out my dictionary cause as you can see i'm nulle in english:rolleyes:

Rabid from David Cronenberg. A ****ing sick film

Makaveli

Channel 4 showed a film called Doberman last night. It's a French film it's not too bad but it is disturbing enough I guess.
One of the cops is the most disturbing cant remember his name (main bad guy in Bad Boys). He gives a baby a grenade to play with.
Oh and one of the bad guys gun butts a cop so many times that the gun breaks.

Kali

Originally posted by Makaveli
Channel 4 showed a film called Doberman last night. It's a French film it's not too bad but it is disturbing enough I guess.
One of the cops is the most disturbing cant remember his name (main bad guy in Bad Boys). He gives a baby a grenade to play with.
Oh and one of the bad guys gun butts a cop so many times that the gun breaks.

just managed to catch the end of that.. where hes holding your man out the car door pushing his head onto the ground,and half his face is missing.. ouch

lili

yes doberman is a violent film.
but the one i didn't want to see is 'irreversible' with the same actors but a controversial director called 'gaspar noé'.
it's the story of the vengeange of a guy whose wife has been raped.

Makaveli

Originally posted by Kali
just managed to catch the end of that.. where hes holding your man out the car door pushing his head onto the ground,and half his face is missing.. ouch

There was another bit where they are driving away from a bank robbery and there's a police man chasing them on a motor bike. He catches up with them and starts shooting into the car. So one of them pulls him into it (or he jumps in cant remember). Anyway he's wearing a helmet, so they open the visor and stick a grenade in, close the visor and throw him out of the car. Couple of seconds later and boom there goes the head.