Most graphically disturbing movies?

[clarice]

I watched a film called "Irreversible" last night.
Still can't get the imagery out of my head......horrible..*shudder*

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. The Cook, The Thief, The Wife and her Lover I found particularly disturbing....

The first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan is another that was tough to sit through and watch...though so important to do so.

[clarice]

2. I've seen both....

and yes, both are very disturbing. First 20 minutes of SPR ? I was actually crying.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. My then teenage daughter nearly lost it - uncontrollable sobbing. thought of 2 more...

I watched them because some video review sites said they were among the worst movies ever made. I Spit on Your Grave...and Last House on the Left. Low production values, but exploitative, raw, nasty - and just didn't need to be made. Felt horrible after each of them.

[clarice]

4. I must admit....

I have an unhealthy taste for gory trash cinema as long as children or animals are not
involved. Seen both of those that you mentioned. Felt like I needed a shower after both.
Have you seen an of the Asian horror films? *yeek!*

[cactusfractal]

5. Not a dry eye...

The Omaha Beach sequence in Saving Private Ryan has been described by those who were actually there as the most realistic battle scene ever. I heard an interview with an old corpsman who said it wasn't so much the visuals as the *sounds* of war that were the best replicated. The things that closing one's eyes can't shut out.

I felt like I held my breath the entire time they were storming the beach. I was exhausted from the experience and in more awe of those grunts, as I still am today, who go over the top again... and again... and again.

It sure brought the ugly reality home, didn't it?

[Aristus]

56. The one reassuring thing about the depiction of the battle on Omaha Beach

is that that was as bad as it got on D-Day.

The assault on Utah Beach took far fewer casualites, and got inland much quicker. The British came ashore on Gold and Sword Beaches riding bicycles and playing bagpipes. The Canadians at Juno Beach had it tough, but managed to complete all of their assigned objectives by the end of the first day.

Something the film couldn't depict, though, was the fact that the assault on Omaha Beach actually went on for the whole day, and part of the next. That might have been too awful to watch, though. Both SPR and The Longest Day depicted the troops getting the better of the German defenders within a couple of hours.

[arcane1]

6. Indeed, the beginning of SPR made me feel like I had PTSD.

The first time I saw "Platoon" I was very very high on LSD, and that messed me up pretty good too.

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. The final siege battle scene of Platoon is just incredible...

[Chan790]

8. A pair of shorts from the Animatrix...

detailing the rise of the machines and the Matrix over humanity. My former roommate is a huge fan of disturbing graphic movies and anime...but these two 9-minute animated shorts, he refuses to re-watch them. They gave him nightmares.

http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/n5vpzw/the-second-renaissance-part-i

http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/b77icl/the-second-renaissance-part-ii

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

9. When I was a teen in the 1960s, it was the horror film Blood Feast

I think it has the reputation of being the first gore film. I saw it at a drive-in on Halloween and it made me sick for days. It's probably considered tame by today's standards but it did have a lot of blood and the representation of human organs being removed from live victims. I'm not a gore fan although I love horror movies. I prefer horror movies that are atmospheric and where the horror is just suggested. But i don't think any film today could really disturb me, not the way it could when I was a kid.

[clarice]

14. This is a classic...sort of. nt

[Susannah Elf]

64. What a fantastic poster!

"More grisly than ever in blood color"
Who could resist that?

[OmahaBlueDog]

10. A Clockwork Orange

..both for the rape scene and the hooks-on-the-eyelids scenes.

[JustAnotherGen]

42. +1 on this

Some things can't be unseen.

[scarletwoman]

43. Maybe there's something wrong with me. I can remember those scenes, & I remember being

sorta grossed out at the time, but whatever "disturbance" I felt when I was watching it didn't carry with me.

I saw "Clockwork Orange" on the big screen when it was first released. Back then, you weren't hip if you hadn't seen it. I can remember cringing at the scenes you mention, but they didn't really affect me to any kind of extent. For me, the whole movie was already high camp and surreal, and there was something about the campiness and surrealism that removed me from having much of an emotional reaction to those scenes.

I think I could probably watch it again, and still experience the same emotional remove I felt the first time.

[Susannah Elf]

60. I felt the same way.

Maybe the clownish make-up and the odd vocabulary gave me enough distance. The scariest movies depict things that might actually happen...

[clarice]

11. Lot's of good ones....thanks for your responses.

Has anyone seen the movie that I mentioned..."Irreversible"?

[mockmonkey]

12. I've seen it

Agonizing. I don't know how I managed to watch the whole movie. It's not a movie that you would want to watch a second time.

[clarice]

13. I know..right? absolutely brutal. Can't unsee it. nt

[sweetloukillbot]

15. I'll second "The Cook, The THief..."

My ex-wife got physically ill at the end. Great movie that I never, ever, want to see again.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

55. I'll third it. I still get queasy...

thinking about a couple of scenes, particularly the force-feeding one.

[Susannah Elf]

61. For me it was

the ride in the butcher truck with all the rotten meat
I could almost smell it myself.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

63. Yeah, that was nauseating.

But that spoon scene and the gurgling... ugh. Part of me wants to watch it again to see what a difference 20+ years makes, but I just looked at still photos and think I'll pass!

[MrMickeysMom]

16. The ending scene of "Looking for Mr. Goodbar"...

There is no overt graphic scene… just the use of dark and light flashes and the sound of Diane Keaton getting stabbed by Richard Gere and death.

Jeez….

[clarice]

17. I saw that movie *shudder* nt

[MrMickeysMom]

19. Yeah, you know what I mean, clarice!

I was almost going to link it, but I'd have to have a warning…

[clarice]

23. DON"T link it...eeek.....lol

[TexasBushwhacker]

20. She wasn't stabbed by Richard Gere!

She was stabbed by Tom Berenger. Richard Gere had a bigger part though.

[MrMickeysMom]

22. Yeah… that's right...

It was a long time ago, and I have NEVER since been able to re-watch. Maybe it was the sounds of that "incident"…

[clarice]

24. That's right....I forgot. nt

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

18. Not graphically....

....just disturbing, period....would be "Happiness".

[clarice]

25. Yes it IS. nt

[TexasBushwhacker]

21. Reservoir Dogs

I walked out during the ear cutting scene. It was just too much for me.

I will say, I take a pass on torture movies, so I haven't seen any of the Saw or Hostel films. Violence is one thing. Torture is something else. I also can't watch any kind of violence against children or animals.

[clarice]

26. Me too....

I saw a breakdown of the original Psycho on tv the other day.
I remember when I first saw it, it seemed very bloody. Watching the slow motion
There was hardly any actual gore. Great film making.

[TexasBushwhacker]

29. My mother saw Psycho in 1960

alone in the theater when she was PREGNANT. Imagine how shocking it was, and add her hormones to it!

[clarice]

32. Yikes !!!! nt

[valerief]

36. The blood was actually Bosco.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/trivia
The blood was Bosco chocolate syrup.

[clarice]

37. Didn't know that...great trivia question. Thanks. nt

[Susannah Elf]

62. At this point in Tarantino's career

his gore has become almost comical, it's so over the top.I did find Reservoir Dogs disturbing (the overdose scene) but Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained were just ridiculous. It felt like Quentin had found a really good source for cheap tomato sauce!

[ZombieHorde]

27. Tetsuo the Iron Man and Cannibal Holocaust come to mind. nt

[clarice]

28. Now you're getting hard core. lol

[valerief]

35. Damn, just when I'd forgotten about Tetsuo, you had to bring it up! nt

[ZombieHorde]

39. I have seen that movie so many times.

It's so good. The third one was interesting, and much nicer than the other two. It's also in English.

[valerief]

40. I just checked your profile. Male. Of course. It's too "holy shit, no!" for us females. :) nt

[ZombieHorde]

41. Tetsuo the Iron Man is too "holy shit" for most people.

It's intense, and even most of those who can finish it don't know the plot at the end of their first viewing because they're so shocked. The next two, Body Hammer and Bullet Man are much less violent and nihilistic, so people have an easier time with them.

[clarice]

44. Salo? nt

[ZombieHorde]

45. I love that movie.

I made a fan video using footage from Salo

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[clarice]

47. cool. nt

[clarice]

48. Men Behind the Sun? nt

[ZombieHorde]

49. Ha! I own that one too.

August Underground, The Beyond, Chinese Torture Chamber Story, New York Ripper, Patrick Still Lives, ... so many good movies.

[clarice]

50. You are one sick puppy. *wink*

[ZombieHorde]

52. I know. Being sick, creepy fuck is fun. nt

[clarice]

51. A Serbian Film? It's the worst. nt

[ZombieHorde]

30. I am surprised no one has said Eraserhead yet.

A classic.

[clarice]

33. absolutely !!! That baby ! nt

[Little_Wing]

31. The Fly, specifically the birth scene

Which I saw when I was PREGNANT urghhh

Secondly, The Piano Teacher. If you saw it, you know what I'm talking about. Double urgghh.

[clarice]

34. yup !!! nt

[clarice]

38. Gummo ! weirrrrrrd. nt

[valerief]

46. ^^^this^^^

[Manifestor_of_Light]

53. I refuse to watch that shit.

Or I'll have nightmares.

I fail to understand why some people like horrifically violent movies.

Maybe it's because I used to work at the courthouse and I've seen
REAL photographs of dead people shot in the head at close range, gotten it in the neck with a sawed-off 20 gauge, strangled and bloated, and such.

My kid made me watch Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, and I got absolutely NOTHING out of them. Fortunately I remember very little of any of them.

I think you have to be careful about what you watch and listen to. Just like I won't listen to songs about "I ran out of beer, my wife ran off, my pickup got repo'ed, I'm gonna cry over you" etc.

Nor will I listen to music that demeans women by calling them "bitches and hos".

[Amerincorporated]

54. The Human Centipede?

This movie was nauseating. Almost unwatchable.

[AwakeAtLast]

57. Jacob's Ladder

Always and will ever be my answer.

[AtomicKitten]

58. I have a tie decision

1) Ichi the Killer (Korean).
2) Human Centipede II, Director's Cut

[davidpdx]

80. Interesting that you mentioned a Korean movie

My choice is Old Boy. Watching someone get their teeth knocked out just doesn't do much for my appetite.

[AtomicKitten]

81. My secret shame is horror movies.

Not a big fan of the slasher genre, but love good spooky story-telling.

[davidpdx]

82. I liked horror movies when I was 10-12

and now I can't stand them. Not sure why I liked them back then.

[LeftInTX]

59. Deep Throat - LOL - I ran out of the theater

I couldn't take it

[Stuart G]

65. The most powerful and horrific film ever made is Night and Fog .. 32 minutes of death

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048434/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Read the first 10 reviews of this film..Many agree. It is stuck into my mind like a nightmare. As graphically disturbing as is possible.. Yet this film is real..a documentary.....
If you have not seen it, well you have been warned.

[Independent_Liberal]

74. Yep, that one's really bleak!

I have it on Criterion DVD.

[NuclearDem]

66. Requiem for a Dream, the director's cut.

[Islandurp]

67. A Serbian Film

Look up the plot on wikipedia if you want, but do yourself a favor and don't watch it.

[clarice]

68. YIKES. nt

[Zippyjuan]

69. Subtle is better

I think the best movies are the ones that are subtle. Hitchcock was obviously a master. Psycho was really the original slasher film but of course not graphic the same way as today. I really did not like Halloween, but it had very little compared to today. The remakes of Texas Chain Saw were supposed to bolt you, but I did not see it. They should've never redone that one.

[XxShelbersxX]

70. My scariest

The Poughkeepsie Tapes

[clarice]

71. Yup pretty &^&^ing scary !!!! Welcome to DU. nt

[Independent_Liberal]

72. For those who don't understand why some of us like graphically disturbing and upsetting films...

Well, first and foremost, I'd say film is art. Art should be used by an artist as a means to express something they feel needs attention. Enjoying art in some cases is something we need to take our mind off the troubles of every day life. Film can depict fantasy or dissect historical topics in a variety of ways. Filmmakers who tend to make films that are disturbing or subversive often have a certain moral message they are trying to get across about certain topics and things in society that are generally so terrifying to us, we choose to simply ignore them as a means of making us feel a sense of security. The most confrontational horror films of the '70s like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Last House on the Left, I Spit on Your Grave, etc. were in some ways a response to the turmoil that was going on in the world at the time. For example, at the time of some films like Night of the Living Dead, TCM, Last House, etc. Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy had been assassinated, their was the Vietnam war, civil rights issues, the Kent State killings, an oil crisis, Watergate, etc. Just a series of crises happening the world over. We learned about how our government was corrupt, the media focused on the horrors and violence of Vietnam, there were massive protests, race riots, etc. Those disturbing and graphic movies at the time were kind of an artistic response to the ongoing angst people were feeling over different issues at the time. In other words, when Wes Craven made Last House on the Left, when John Waters made Pink Flamingos, and when William Friedkin made The Exorcist, they were all sort of "artistic rebellions" against the system. Filmmakers felt the need to be controversial and push boundaries in film. So people who went to see these shocking films kind of wanted something that gave them a release from all their anxieties due to the troubles at the time. To me, it says the world is a fucked up place. Awful shit happens. Sometimes we need dark films as a way of expressing our deepest feelings about certain things. We can watch fictional films and understand they are just acting and special effects and all that, but the style the filmmaker portrays is always the thing that speaks to us most on a personal level. Art is our way of releasing tension that personal problems bring us. Just because I watch graphic and gory movies, it doesn't mean that I am sick and enjoy seeing people getting tortured and killed, I watch them because they are artistic pieces that are simply conveying messages and that is usually the message that although life is hard, in some cases I have to be thankful for what I have as there are people in the world who are left suffering and have no hope at all. Films like Last House on the Left and I Spit on Your Grave aren't films that glorify violence. They are disturbing and shocking (especially in their day), but they are that because that's what violence is like in real life. Rape, torture and killing isn't pretty. I think films that glorify violence are the ones that shy away from it and don't show you how horrific it is. German filmmaker Jorg Buttgereit, the director of the cult classic Nekromantik, said he thinks you glorify violence if you don't show it how it is. A movie like Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is a film that portrays a serial killer as what a serial killer is in real life. It shows that serial killers shouldn't be idolized like some people try to do with them in real life. It shows they are the scum of the earth. The movies that try to portray villains in a "fun" light are usually the ones that glorify violence. This is the perspective and bigger picture people need to look at when they so quickly judge films like Henry, Last House, and ISOYG as glorifying violence. They simply don't. That's not what they're about. Are they films for everybody? No. Some people simply can't watch that stuff and that's understandable. It's not everyone's cup of tea. By the same token, people shouldn't pass judgment on those who like to watch those movies, just as I wouldn't pass judgment on somebody who choses to watch cleaner, family friendly stuff. Those are my thoughts.

[Independent_Liberal]

73. Speaking of disturbing films, has anyone seen the British film Threads from 1984?

I've had it recommended to me by several fellow cinephiles and it looks INTENSE! It's about what people would do in the event of a nuclear apocalypse and from what people have told me, it's pretty fucking grim! It was only released on VHS in the US. It's available on DVD in the UK.

[clarice]

75. Yes, I've seen it. Very bleak, very disturbing. Guaranteed to ruin your day. nt

[bvf]

76. Audition.

http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0235198/

[clarice]

77. eeek eeeek eeeek . nt

[Juicy_Bellows]

78. If someone already mentioned it and I missed it I apologize.

Martyrs. Not only is it graphically disturbing but it is an excellent movie.

I've seen more disturbing movies like A Serbian Film (mentioned above) and the Guinea Pig series also the August Underground trilogy but they aren't really worth watching. The are just brutal for no real reason but the effects and camera work are beyond unsettling.

If you like horror movies and aren't afraid of some intense sequences, Martyrs is a really good movie in my opinion.

Cheers!

[clarice]

79. Yes it is....one of my favorites... BUT a very harrowing experience. nt