# Movies that made you squirm **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 30, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191 "2008-07-30T02:54:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/41 "2008-07-30T19:15:40Z")
Any movie where a character lies his or her way through an encounter, usually making something up out of whole cloth for no logical reason and it’s painfully, ridiculously obvious to anyone outside the movie. I usually get up and leave, or fast forward, or pace in the kitchen. I can’t stand it. If I’m forced to watch, I squirm like a earth worm. I can’t think of a specific example, but I can say that _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_ _didn’t_ provoke this reaction for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/42 "2008-07-30T19:27:12Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] I can’t think of a specific example, but I can say that _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_ _didn’t_ provoke this reaction for some reason. [/QUOTE] How about Quick Change, when they stumble into the mob lair? “We’re here… for the money.” ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/43 "2008-07-30T19:28:21Z")
_ **Dancer in the Dark** _ and _ **Breaking the Waves** _: two masterpieces I’ll never watch again. Recently, the French seem to be on the same oneupsmanship tear that the Japanese were on a few years ago: the closest I’ve come to covering my eyes during a horror movie in a long time was during \*\*\*Inside \*\*\*and _**Frontier(s)**_, two recent masterpieces of extreme horror. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/44 "2008-07-30T19:40:05Z")
8mm. The movie creeped me out so much, as a teen, that I stopped watching porn for almost two years. I still occasionally have nightmares about the killer’s speech at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/45 "2008-07-30T19:53:54Z")
[QUOTE=Oredigger77] 8mm. The movie creeped me out so much, as a teen, that I stopped watching porn for almost two years. I still occasionally have nightmares about the killer’s speech at the end. [/QUOTE] Exactly the movie I came in to mention. I was horrified while watching it but had to see how it ended. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/46 "2008-07-30T20:11:49Z")
[QUOTE=BMax] _Requiem for a Dream_ made me feel like I needed a shower after watching it. [/QUOTE] +1 The most awesomely amazing movie that I will never watch again, under any circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/47 "2008-07-30T20:12:35Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] Any movie where a character lies his or her way through an encounter, usually making something up out of whole cloth for no logical reason and it’s painfully, ridiculously obvious to anyone outside the movie. I usually get up and leave, or fast forward, or pace in the kitchen. I can’t stand it. If I’m forced to watch, I squirm like a earth worm. [/QUOTE] Yeah, sitcoms are the worst for this. Even if it’s just a stupid, throwaway joke, like the “Old Grey Whistle Theft” episode of “Father Ted” where Ted makes up some long winded excuse for why he has the whistle. It’s just a TV show and I know how it’ll end, but it’s painful. This isn’t a movie either, but I finally saw clips of the bike man pedophile episode of “Diff’rent Strokes”–I haven’t STOPPED squirming. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/48 "2008-07-30T20:20:11Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] Yeah, sitcoms are the worst for this. Even if it’s just a stupid, throwaway joke, like the “Old Grey Whistle Theft” episode of “Father Ted” where Ted makes up some long winded excuse for why he has the whistle. It’s just a TV show and I know how it’ll end, but it’s painful. [/QUOTE] Oh man, “Father Ted” is great. I don’t remember the whistle, so forgive me if this is the same episode, but the one where he was accused of being racist, especially against the Chinese, had my Thai wife of Chinese ethnicity rolling in tears laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/49 "2008-07-30T20:29:19Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Oh man, “Father Ted” is great. I don’t remember the whistle, so forgive me if this is the same episode, but the one where he was accused of being racist, especially against the Chinese, had my Thai wife of Chinese ethnicity rolling in tears laughing. [/QUOTE] Oh, that one was awesome–it was, I think, just too ludicrous to be uncomfortable. I especially loved his little “pro-Chinese” slide show towards the end. But in general, I do love the show…and no, “That money was just resting in my account!” never fails to make me laugh (sans discomfort). Hmm, maybe it’s time for a Father Ted appreciation thread. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/50 "2008-07-30T20:31:27Z")
Okay, I’m drawing a blank on the “Old Grey Whistle Theft”. Pardon the hijack, but please jog my memory. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/51 "2008-07-30T21:19:45Z")
I’ve started a Father Ted thread here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10052103#post10052103](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10052103#post10052103) Info on Old Grey Whistle Theft inside. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/52 "2008-07-30T21:52:23Z")
[QUOTE=DellieM] But for you the Borat wrestling scene? I found the whole retarded brother raping the prostitute sister far worse! “But one day, he break outta the cage, and he get the ginnie” (But for women, a pair of hairy balls on one’s chin probably isn’t unheard of!) [/QUOTE] It was more… visceral? lol I can’t even recall the scene you mentioned. But imagine I was able to easily play it off as acting, whereas the wrestling scene was, you know, actually happening. I also get very squeed by characters on the verge of being ‘caught’ or embarrassed. Much more so than characters in danger of or encountering physical harm. ---
**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/53 "2008-07-30T22:04:10Z")
“The Woodsman” with Kevin Bacon where he plays a pedophile returning to his hometown after getting out of jail. The scene with the little girl in the park. Squick. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/54 "2008-07-30T22:07:07Z")
“Requiem for a Dream” +2. I haven’t worked up the nerve to watch it again. “Bound” where they ask the question ten times. “Hard Candy.” “Rosewood”—numerous parts. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/55 "2008-07-30T23:05:21Z")
The “reveal” in [In the Company of Men](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119361/). I almost couldn’t watch. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/56 "2008-07-30T23:20:48Z")
Robin Williams in **One Hour Photo**. Sy’s descent into psychosis and the hotel scene were hard to take. Great performance by Williams though. ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/57 "2008-07-30T23:27:55Z")
_ **Notes on a Scandal** _ The scenes between the teen boy and Cate Blanchett were disturbing and I can’t watch this movie without imagining how difficult it must have been for her to do. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/58 "2008-07-30T23:39:26Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] Any movie where a character lies his or her way through an encounter, usually making something up out of whole cloth for no logical reason and it’s painfully, ridiculously obvious to anyone outside the movie. [/QUOTE] Ah, you mean **The Birdcage** , right? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/59 "2008-07-31T00:11:43Z")
[QUOTE=Darth Nader] Ah, you mean **The Birdcage** , right? [/QUOTE] Not so much, but it is pushed a little close to the edge. Two differences: One is that there is a reason for lying and the lie is a logical (movie-logic) extension of the existing situation. The other is that it IS painfully obvious, and only these two willfully-clueless stiffs ignore it all, you’re laughing **at** them for being so insular in their world-view they can’t even suspect what’s really going on. What I’m talking about is the entirety of _Meet the Parents_. I hate that movie with a loathing that ought to be reserved for genocidal dictators, TV psychics, and _Star Wars: Episode II_. I think you’re supposed to laugh at the awkwardness of it all. It’s obvious he’ll never get away with any of them, but repeatedly the lies are so bad they could never be believably believed in the first place. Many other Ben Stiller comedies fall into the same category. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191/60 "2008-07-31T00:14:09Z")
**Iron Man** , due to one scene early on in the movie, when he first realizes he is in captivity: Stark wakes up with the tube up his nose, which he then proceeds to pull out. And pull out some more. And pull out some more still. First time I saw that, I was like “Eeww!”, second time I saw it (with a girl this time even), I had to cover my eyes. That was just… bwahhhh _squick_. Also, in general, any movie or TV show where someone takes an obviously severe blow to the legs, like, breaking, severing, etc. Hands and such? Don’t bother me so much. But legs? Yaaagh. Took me a while to warm up to CSI. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-made-you-squirm/458191.md?page=4)