1] August Underground's Mordum (2003) 2] Cannibal Holocaust (1980) 3] Men Behind the Sun (1988) 4] Gummo (1997) 5] Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
don't watch these movies man, unless you want to be disturbed.
Philosophy of a Knife is a great way to wash down Men Behind the Sun. Especially if you're actually interested in the subject matter, and not just the gore. (although the gore is still delivered in gallons)
@killingroom: Oh god I have seen the last four... I can 't even find August Underground... You know fuck Cannibal holocaust. That is probably the most disturbing in my book just because the pointless killing of animals. Also I wouldn't call Gummo that disturbing. I think I found Korine's other film, Trash Humpers to be more disturbing. @navyboy: Infant porn scene is fucked. yeah, don't watch a Serbian film. That entire film was really fucking stupid.
Any movie that tries as hard as A Serbian Film does to be gross and crazy is going to end up being so lame that only slugheads are going to get wound up by it.
I rather enjoyed Indy 4. It was, at worst, on par with Temple of Doom. And they could have cut out the prairie dogs and monkeys. But still...
But more on topic, I generally don't watch movies that try to disgust you, because, let's face it, the sick things that can happen to people in real life are much scarier than what happens in movies.
9 minute rape scene. One shot, no cuts. Also, some dude gets his head caved in by a fire extinguisher, it's fucking brutal.
I just read some trivia on iMDB, found this interesting:
" The first 30 minutes of the film has a background noise with a frequency of 28Hz (low frequency, almost inaudible), similar to the noise produced by an earthquake. In humans, it causes nausea, sickness and vertigo. It was the main cause of people walking out of the theaters during the first part of the film in places like Cannes and San Sebastian. In fact, it was added with the purpose of getting this reaction. "
@Carestrike: Taxidermia is a good pick. @EVO: Holy crap. I've heard about that infamous rape scene before but I did not know about the low frequency background noise. That's a pretty nasty trick to do. I'm sure that must be banned now? If not, I bet a lot of horror movies would use that just because they can.
As soon as I read the title, I fucking knew someone was going to say Irreversable.
What an overrated piece of shit. Not just the movie (seriously, the first 30 minutes is so mind bogglingly badly filmed, I don't even understand how anyone can define it as 'intent'. I GET what they were going for, but it didn't work at all because the camera control was so amateurish.), but the rape scene.
I know how this sounds, but.. worst.. rape.. scene.. ever. It was terrible. There was nothing raw or gritty about it, and when you're going for a rape scene, it HAS to be raw or gritty because rape is the very definition of raw and gritty. But it was just terrible. Random ass camera location that never moves (it being one take would work good, but again, it was so amateurishly and badly handled). Completely terrible dialogue (I was laughing at the shit the guy was saying. It was far closer to terrible amateur porn with some guy trying to copy lines he heard a porn star saying, than someone commiting a violent and vicious assault). Terrible acting from both parts. Just completely and utterly horribly filmed and directed. Utter incompetence. Still boggles my mind how anyone can defend that movie. The only thing I can think of is that seeing rape at ALL was shocking to some people so they defend the terribleness as intended. But no, it's just terrible all around.
@EVO said:
"I just read some trivia on iMDB, found this interesting:
" The first 30 minutes of the film has a background noise with a frequency of 28Hz (low frequency, almost inaudible), similar to the noise produced by an earthquake. In humans, it causes nausea, sickness and vertigo. It was the main cause of people walking out of the theaters during the first part of the film in places like Cannes and San Sebastian. In fact, it was added with the purpose of getting this reaction. "
"
It wasn't the noise that was making people leave the audience, it was how shit that movie was.
Anyway my pic is another french film that I think is vastly overrated, Martyrs. hate the last third of that movie, hate the direction it takes, but the starting scenes with the crazy skinbitch cutting that chick up are filmed really well and actually kinda bothered me, and it takes a fair bit for a movie to do that. I ended up mad at that movie for disappointing me, but I can't deny that the first bit was effective
@Tordah said:
@EVO: Holy crap. I've heard about that infamous rape scene before but I did not know about the low frequency background noise. That's a pretty nasty trick to do. I'm sure that must be banned now? If not, I bet a lot of horror movies would use that just because they can. "
Pretty sure it is against the rules, think the movie only got away with it because it was french or something.
@EVO: I've watched Irreversible three times now and that rape scene is definitely up there with the most disturbing. It's simply just a fixed camera on a woman being raped for 8 minutes straight. Fucking brutal.., Also everything about Antichrist made me uneasy. The film was so quiet and eerie at times but yeah, the genital mutilation was fucked. There was also the shot of the deer giving birth that was pretty questionable.
" 'Man Bites Dog' fucked me up pretty good and proper when I watched it... "
That scene where the hitman gets drunk, breaks into a house, takes a couple hostage, rapes the wife, then shoots the husband when he starts freaking out disturbed me. This is also comming from someone who actually sat through all of August Underground: Mordum.
My 5 in no particular order:
Man Bites Dog
August Underground: Pennance (a way better film than Mordum)
Funny Games (you don't see much violence, yet the film really captures the feeling of being taken advantage of the sense of hopelessness involved in house invasion)
I Spit On Your Grave
Antichrist (this film gets a nod for opening up with a macro shot of Willem Dafoe's cock)
Honorable Mentions: 120 days of sodom Gomorra Hostel Saw 2 (the pit of syringes is one of the most cringe inducing scenes ever) Henry Portrait of a serial killer Slaughtered Vomit Dolls Flower of Flesh and Blood Men Behind the Sun (about the Japanese atrocities in WWII, nuff said)
" 'Man Bites Dog' fucked me up pretty good and proper when I watched it... "
Is that the serial killer documentary? That was interesting. In a similar vein, for some reason Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer really hit me because of how realistic the home invasion scene seemed to be. It really does feel like you're watching actual home video footage of this family being murdered.
Apparently they're starting to show A Serbian Film in theaters here in the States as a midnight movie type thing. I'd love to see that with an audience.
I haven't seen a single film listed here, so I'm sure that this is probably nothing compared to what was already said: Eraserhead. I watched that movie alone at night with one friend and we were freaked the fuck out.
" I haven't seen a single film listed here, so I'm sure that this is probably nothing compared to what was already said: Eraserhead. I watched that movie alone at night with one friend and we were freaked the fuck out. "
For me, Lynch straddles the line between horror and comedy a little too close so a lot of the "creepy" stuff instead seems absurd and silly. However, that dude just standing around with half his brain on the floor in Blue Velvet kinda freaked me out.
I'm terrible at remembering the names of movies so I can't really list anything off, but I don't recall ever watching a movie that disturbed me. I'm not saying I'm some tough bad ass that doesn't get affected by movies, but after spending a few days in art class back in high school where our art teacher taught us all how to make facial wounds and what not out of latex and toilet paper I can't watch any movie without seeing it as just that. Most of the time anyway.
I guess my one exception to that rule is in that one Hostle movie where the Asian girl had to use something, I think it was an iron, to cut off her eye ball because it was hanging from her face. Anything to do with the eyes getting cut/injured always bothers me. I was born nearly blind in my right eye and have often times had bad thoughts of what my life would be like if I ever hurt my one good eye, and how that would basically blind me. So I think that's why it bothers me so much.
1. Eraserhead 2. Cujo 3. The Last House on the Left 4. Freaks 5. El Topo
Eraserhead, i mean, just don't watch it. Cujo is one of the most scariest movies i have ever seen. The Last House on the Left was so scary i nearly pissed my pants. Freaks is a movie with Freaks which... I HOPE are fake! El Topo is bad for people with a weak stomach.
Also, 120 Days of Sodom looks fucked up.
EDIT: Also, Never Say Never as number 6, even though i haven't watched it, it looks fucked up.
So I read the wikipedia articles on those movies you mentioned OP, and I basically have to say WTF! I don't give a shit if it's "artistic freedom" or some bullshit like that, these movies shouldn't even have been allowed to been made. This is what pisses me off about some media people because there are a lot of quotes saying that "It has some sort of deeper meaning" but a movie that has depictions of.. what ever the hell I just read doesn't deserve to even be thought of and has no deeper meaning other than to just try and mentally scar people. These directors should basically be locked up.
" As soon as I read the title, I fucking knew someone was going to say Irreversable.
What an overrated piece of shit. Not just the movie (seriously, the first 30 minutes is so mind bogglingly badly filmed, I don't even understand how anyone can define it as 'intent'. I GET what they were going for, but it didn't work at all because the camera control was so amateurish.), but the rape scene.
I know how this sounds, but.. worst.. rape.. scene.. ever. It was terrible. There was nothing raw or gritty about it, and when you're going for a rape scene, it HAS to be raw or gritty because rape is the very definition of raw and gritty. But it was just terrible. Random ass camera location that never moves (it being one take would work good, but again, it was so amateurishly and badly handled). Completely terrible dialogue (I was laughing at the shit the guy was saying. It was far closer to terrible amateur porn with some guy trying to copy lines he heard a porn star saying, than someone commiting a violent and vicious assault). Terrible acting from both parts. Just completely and utterly horribly filmed and directed. Utter incompetence. Still boggles my mind how anyone can defend that movie. The only thing I can think of is that seeing rape at ALL was shocking to some people so they defend the terribleness as intended. But no, it's just terrible all around. "
Saying Gaspar Noe has 'amateurish' camera control is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. His material is often incredibly simple but his direction is perfect for a large majority of that movie. Similarly, the screenplay was only two pages long so it is near all improv but when it's Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel and Monica Bellucci, three of the world's finest actors, it works perfectly. The guy who was La Tenia may not be a professional actor but that scene is still incredibly visceral and, again, saying that the camera being locked down somehow makes it bad continues to imply that you didn't get it at all, no matter if you put it in caps or not.
House of 1000 Corpses, the audio cues in that movie are what got me. Also i saw it when i was 14 or 15 and it really got under my skin especially when they played "she's a brick...house" during a fucked up scene. Also seeing The remake of the Hills Have Eyes was pretty brutal
" As soon as I read the title, I fucking knew someone was going to say Irreversable.
What an overrated piece of shit. Not just the movie (seriously, the first 30 minutes is so mind bogglingly badly filmed, I don't even understand how anyone can define it as 'intent'. I GET what they were going for, but it didn't work at all because the camera control was so amateurish.), but the rape scene.
I know how this sounds, but.. worst.. rape.. scene.. ever. It was terrible. There was nothing raw or gritty about it, and when you're going for a rape scene, it HAS to be raw or gritty because rape is the very definition of raw and gritty. But it was just terrible. Random ass camera location that never moves (it being one take would work good, but again, it was so amateurishly and badly handled). Completely terrible dialogue (I was laughing at the shit the guy was saying. It was far closer to terrible amateur porn with some guy trying to copy lines he heard a porn star saying, than someone commiting a violent and vicious assault). Terrible acting from both parts. Just completely and utterly horribly filmed and directed. Utter incompetence. Still boggles my mind how anyone can defend that movie. The only thing I can think of is that seeing rape at ALL was shocking to some people so they defend the terribleness as intended. But no, it's just terrible all around. "
Saying Gaspar Noe has 'amateurish' camera control is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. His material is often incredibly simple but his direction is perfect for a large majority of that movie. Similarly, the screenplay was only two pages long so it is near all improv but when it's Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel and Monica Bellucci, three of the world's finest actors, it works perfectly. The guy who was La Tenia may not be a professional actor but that scene is still incredibly visceral and, again, saying that the camera being locked down somehow makes it bad continues to imply that you didn't get it at all, no matter if you put it in caps or not. "
Alright, to show I get it: he was going for a disorienting camera effect to create tension and unease. He purposely had the camera keep doing it for 'too long' to stress that. That's fine. The problem? The camera control. The camera man was terrible. There's literally pauses where the camera man is adjusting himself, slowing down, etc. It seriously looks like it was filmed by some high 14 year olds. It's just horrible. It reminds me of Doom House.
Also, visceral? Not in the slighest. You just see some dude on top of some other chick and that's literally it. I'm not asking for porn or anything, but come on, watch that scene. Again if you have too. He's just on top of her. And they're fully dressed. It looks like she's laying down and he's hugging there. And she just kinda lays there. And he spouts really lame porn one liners. Visceral? Come on.
" As soon as I read the title, I fucking knew someone was going to say Irreversable.
What an overrated piece of shit. Not just the movie (seriously, the first 30 minutes is so mind bogglingly badly filmed, I don't even understand how anyone can define it as 'intent'. I GET what they were going for, but it didn't work at all because the camera control was so amateurish.), but the rape scene.
I know how this sounds, but.. worst.. rape.. scene.. ever. It was terrible. There was nothing raw or gritty about it, and when you're going for a rape scene, it HAS to be raw or gritty because rape is the very definition of raw and gritty. But it was just terrible. Random ass camera location that never moves (it being one take would work good, but again, it was so amateurishly and badly handled). Completely terrible dialogue (I was laughing at the shit the guy was saying. It was far closer to terrible amateur porn with some guy trying to copy lines he heard a porn star saying, than someone commiting a violent and vicious assault). Terrible acting from both parts. Just completely and utterly horribly filmed and directed. Utter incompetence. Still boggles my mind how anyone can defend that movie. The only thing I can think of is that seeing rape at ALL was shocking to some people so they defend the terribleness as intended. But no, it's just terrible all around. "
Saying Gaspar Noe has 'amateurish' camera control is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. His material is often incredibly simple but his direction is perfect for a large majority of that movie. Similarly, the screenplay was only two pages long so it is near all improv but when it's Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel and Monica Bellucci, three of the world's finest actors, it works perfectly. The guy who was La Tenia may not be a professional actor but that scene is still incredibly visceral and, again, saying that the camera being locked down somehow makes it bad continues to imply that you didn't get it at all, no matter if you put it in caps or not. "
Alright, to show I get it: he was going for a disorienting camera effect to create tension and unease. He purposely had the camera keep doing it for 'too long' to stress that. That's fine. The problem? The camera control. The camera man was terrible. There's literally pauses where the camera man is adjusting himself, slowing down, etc. It seriously looks like it was filmed by some high 14 year olds. It's just horrible. It reminds me of Doom House. Also, visceral? Not in the slighest. You just see some dude on top of some other chick and that's literally it. I'm not asking for porn or anything, but come on, watch that scene. Again if you have too. He's just on top of her. And they're fully dressed. It looks like she's laying down and he's hugging there. And she just kinda lays there. And he spouts really lame porn one liners. Visceral? Come on. "
The camera was on a special harness allowing it to spin freely and then several takes were merged together to make it all look like one shot, so good job at being able to spot the tears in the editing, just like the rest of us can. I suppose the film is ruined during that one shot of Vincent Cassel getting angry and sliding across the screen ever so much as he was step further to his left on take 2. Also, I'm not sure if you know what rape is, but why would they get naked? Why would he do something other than lie on top of her? And what is a coked out gay rapist supposed to say? Sounds like you want some hyperstylized supersexual take on it like a Last House on the Left remake or something. It's visceral because it's so against what we tend to see in movies and the editing makes it even more blunt.
I usually don't see movies that I'll find disturbing, but I have blundered into a few over the years.
The Lonely Lady (1983) ~ I saw this craptacular movie when I was still in junior high. There is a scene with garden hose that shocked me and I can still recall it all these years later.
Nothing But Trouble (1991) ~ the worst movie I have ever seen. Utterly repugnant, through and through. Dan Aykroyd's nose is a penis.
Freaks (1932) ~ real life side-show "freaks" in this unsettling story of love and betrayal.
Godzilla's Revenge (1969) ~ some bullied kid imagines himself best friends with the muppet-like son of Godzilla and adventures on Monster Island.
Fantastic Planet a.k.a. La Planète Sauvage (1973) ~ weird animated movie with giant blue people and naked humans. Like a Hieronymus Bosch painting come to life.
@InternetCrab: With Freaks they are real in the film, one of the few films to do so but then again in the early years of cinema there were less taboo issues like hiring a bunch of sideshow performers to be in your film or doing a film like Terror in Tiny Town where it's an entire western film with the entire cast being midgets/dwarves (not trying to offend but tired of keeping track of slight word differences). Noadays the sideshows tend to be more self made freaks like the Enigma & other performers than those like the people in Freaks who tended to be born like that. Great film btw & one of my favorites.
Particularly the amount of open family nudity. Also during the sex scene when the daughter asks her own father to give it to her like he does to mom. She literally says can you do me like mom. Haunting.
Second the Poughkepsie Tapes has some disturbing moments.
When the he stops out in front of the house of the little girl playing. Then when he takes the girl prisoner and they way she acts when she acts when they find her.
" As soon as I read the title, I fucking knew someone was going to say Irreversable.
What an overrated piece of shit. Not just the movie (seriously, the first 30 minutes is so mind bogglingly badly filmed, I don't even understand how anyone can define it as 'intent'. I GET what they were going for, but it didn't work at all because the camera control was so amateurish.), but the rape scene.
I know how this sounds, but.. worst.. rape.. scene.. ever. It was terrible. There was nothing raw or gritty about it, and when you're going for a rape scene, it HAS to be raw or gritty because rape is the very definition of raw and gritty. But it was just terrible. Random ass camera location that never moves (it being one take would work good, but again, it was so amateurishly and badly handled). Completely terrible dialogue (I was laughing at the shit the guy was saying. It was far closer to terrible amateur porn with some guy trying to copy lines he heard a porn star saying, than someone commiting a violent and vicious assault). Terrible acting from both parts. Just completely and utterly horribly filmed and directed. Utter incompetence. Still boggles my mind how anyone can defend that movie. The only thing I can think of is that seeing rape at ALL was shocking to some people so they defend the terribleness as intended. But no, it's just terrible all around. "
Saying Gaspar Noe has 'amateurish' camera control is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. His material is often incredibly simple but his direction is perfect for a large majority of that movie. Similarly, the screenplay was only two pages long so it is near all improv but when it's Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel and Monica Bellucci, three of the world's finest actors, it works perfectly. The guy who was La Tenia may not be a professional actor but that scene is still incredibly visceral and, again, saying that the camera being locked down somehow makes it bad continues to imply that you didn't get it at all, no matter if you put it in caps or not. "
Thanks HandsomeDead. I was going to defend Noe at first but then I just decided to ignore Pinworm45's bullshit comment about the directing and acting.
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