# Most disturbing movies ever

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movies-ever/290880>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 19, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movies-ever/290880 "2005-02-19T12:09:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movies-ever/290880/61 "2005-02-20T15:56:52Z")

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I’m surprised no one has mentioned **Taxi Driver**.

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Gutgore_Blooddrink)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movies-ever/290880/62 "2005-02-20T16:05:44Z")

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> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#):
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> And then, somehow, I realize that he’s the OP…
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> D’oh.
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> Although, now I do see you did have a namechange recently…

shhhh…'tis secret!!!

Sincerely,  
Cap’n Gutgore Meatbeast  
d’oh

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**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movies-ever/290880/63 "2005-02-20T21:23:12Z")

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Jacob’s Ladder.

The scene where his girlfriend is penetrated by a demon (?) is among the very disturbing aspects of this film.

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**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movies-ever/290880/64 "2005-02-20T21:52:01Z")

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Anyone see Event Horizon from about 7 or 8 years ago. Laurence Fishburne. I wanted that movie out of my house after watching it.

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**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movies-ever/290880/65 "2005-02-21T03:33:09Z")

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> [@Mac Guffin](#):
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> Jacob’s Ladder.
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> The scene where his girlfriend is penetrated by a demon (?) is among the very disturbing aspects of this film.

Ahhh. You took the one I came here to post, **Mac Guffin**. I saw this film after having been accidentally dosed with LSD. Well, Actually, I saw this film accidentally after having taken the acid. Made the ‘chemical experimention’ parts of the film especially poingniant, and the hallucinatory parts particularly distressing.

Next day, I had to check my Drivers license to make sure _I_ wasn’t Jacob Singer.

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