# Movies That Really Disturbed You **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 21, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066 "2002-07-21T06:30:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/21 "2002-07-21T17:14:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Estilicon \* > \*\*Trainspotting. I will never do drugs. \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by interface2x \*\*\* > A mere stroll through the park on a Sunday afternoon compared to _Requiem for a Dream_, the most disturbing film of all time! \*\* Amen. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki\_actually](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b2d939/32.png) [@Iteki\_actually](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki_actually)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/22 "2002-07-21T17:25:01Z")
Time Bandits - Gave me nightmares, the bit about him touching the black matter at the end… Gia - Screwed me up for about a week, not that the film is particularly disturbing in itsself, but I related in weird ways (no I am not a supermodel). The Big Blue - I forget why, but this sent me off into an all night crying jag about the fact that humans are disgusting foul beings and the world is a horrible place. Boys Don’t Cry - Didn’t freak me out as much as these others (perhaps its part of growing up?), but everyone who left the cinema after the film just stood around outside in a daze, noone really knew where to go or what to do next. Shellshocked more or less. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/23 "2002-07-21T18:33:29Z")
Requiem for a Dream Heavenly Creatures Rosemary’s Baby ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/24 "2002-07-21T18:39:03Z")
Dead Ringers. VERY VERY CREEPY! ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/25 "2002-07-21T19:16:17Z")
**Parents** - a child’s worst nightmare about his parents comes true. The age of the kid is what gets me. At that age kids trust their parents implicitly. This movie still creeps me out. **Rosewood** - I’d never heard of this incident before. That the movie was based on a true story… ::shudder:: Another shellshocker of a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/26 "2002-07-21T19:26:19Z")
I can live quite happily never seeing **Happiness** again. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/27 "2002-07-21T19:48:27Z")
**The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover** – never again. **Naked Lunch** – never again. **Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory** – the tunnel scene made me afraid of the hallway at my house for YEARS. I can watch it now but I still have to close my eyes during that because the chicken thing really upsets me. **Sophie’s Choice** – I’m on medication to make me NOT depressed, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/28 "2002-07-21T19:51:55Z")
The original version of **The Vanishing**. The old British TV movie **Threads** , about a nuclear war and its aftermath. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/29 "2002-07-21T20:08:28Z")
_Pet Sematary_-the part with the flashbacks to the wife’s older sister…_shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/30 "2002-07-21T20:13:57Z")
Grave of the Fireflies. ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/31 "2002-07-21T20:27:17Z")
**Kids** was possibly the most disturbing movie I’ve ever seen because it was so damn accurate. I’ve known people like the dimwitted, drug addled, AIDS spreading, bastard rapist star of that film, Casper. It makes my blood boil just to think of him. One of the few movies I literally had difficulty watching. As for Trainspotting, Se7ev, Requiem for a Dream, and A Clockwork Orange I never found them that disturbing, in fact except for Requiem I have them all on DVD. I guess the thought of a small army of 15-year-old punks with no parental control and no inhibitions scares me more than adult crackheads, thieves, and serial killers. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/32 "2002-07-21T21:00:24Z")
I second the original _The Vanishing_. If you haven’t seen it or are only familiar with the wretched American re-make it’s well worth a rental. It’s one of the best psychological thrillers I’ve ever seen and I will never, ever watch it again. Ditto, for _Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer_. The dead-eyed performances of the lead characters and the minimalist direction presents the horrific events in such an unblinking way that I felt physically ill after watching it. A friend of mine never made it past the video-taping scene. It’s probably one of the best horror movies ever made. _The Blair Witch Project_ also really got to me. I know a lot of people thought it sucked or was over-rated but I bought into it completely. The final scene haunted me for days afterward and I certainly didn’t get much sleep that night. _Un Chien Andelou_. The eyeball scene. 'Nuff said. ---
**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 21, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/33 "2002-07-21T21:09:27Z")
Se7en was pretty disturbing. Sloth is the most memorable scary-scene I’ve ever seen…that alone ranks it up there. Heavenly Creatures- my favorite movie of all time. So brilliant. There really is a fine line between genius and madness. Suspiria, a Dario Argento film. That one scene where the two girls are behind the sheet where the headmistress is. When I was a lot younger (and even now probably) The Witches…just because. The Exorcist. Lots of gore doesn’t usually get to me, but the way they managed to make Linda Blair go from a sweet innocent kid to an utterly creepy creature…just got to me in ways I can’t begin to explain. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/34 "2002-07-21T21:49:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cainxinth \* > \*\ ***Kids** was possibly the most disturbing movie I’ve ever seen because it was so damn accurate. I’ve known people like the dimwitted, drug addled, AIDS spreading, bastard rapist star of that film, Casper. It makes my blood boil just to think of him. One of the few movies I literally had difficulty watching. > \*\* Actually, Casper was the one that (possibly)got AIDS at the end of the movie after having sex with the girl that was passed out(so the rapist part still applies). I believe it was his friend who was obssessed with virgins that was the AIDS-spreading bastard. they were both pretty dimwitted and drug-addled though. Casper’s character was almost endearing in his stupidity up until the end, though. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/35 "2002-07-21T21:59:58Z")
I’ve seen about 1/2 of these movies and don’t find them particularly disturbing, but the one I have to agree with is **Kids**. It’s the most disturbing movie I’ve ever seen _because_ the movie channel I saw it on said it was a documentary, not a mockumentary. I’ll tell you, it’s a lot more #$@&ed up when it’s presented as being real. **Session 9** ended up being a lot more disturbing than I was expecting, too. ---
**Author:** ![KalliopeCU](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@KalliopeCU](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KalliopeCU)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/36 "2002-07-21T22:06:11Z")
The newer version of “Lolita,” very simply because Jeremy Irons still seemed so sexy when he was lusting after a prepubescent girl. Ditto for “Dead Ringers.” Just for good measure, thow “Donnie Darko” in there as well. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/37 "2002-07-21T22:27:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Pet Sematary-the part with the flashbacks to the wife’s older sister…_shudder_ Ditto on that. Zelda, she was extremely disturbing. With her mangled back and scraggly hair and all. **American History X** was very disturbing, very scary, and very realistic. My boyfriend bought that movie and watched it, and he tried to get me to watch it again with him a few days later. No thank you! Once was enough for me. I’m sure there’s a TON more movies, but I just can’t think of any of them right now. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/38 "2002-07-21T22:39:47Z")
Acts of senseless violence disturb me a lot. The scene from **Kalifornia** where Brad Pitt (I think it’s his character anyway) goes into the old woman’s home and she says she doesn’t have a husband, and then Brad goes and finds the old guy back in his observatory or something, and the guy happily says, thinking his wife has just entered, “Ooh, look what I just found…” Cut to Brad re-entering the living room with a bloody golf club, telling the woman, “You’re right. Now you don’t have a husband.” That was HORRIBLE. I had nightmares about that scene for weeks, I kid you not. I just can’t deal with senseless violence that destroys people’s lives that way. I had to turn the movie off at that point. Similarly, **The Sixth Sense** bothered me, but not for the reasons you might think. The scene that disturbed me for a long time after I saw the movie was the one right at the beginning, where the crazy guy breaks into their house and shoots Bruce Willis. That’s my worst nightmare. Literally. In fact, these days I refuse to go see a movie where it’s even remotely possible that a child or anyone’s loved one is going to be seriously hurt. This extremely limits my movie-going opportunities, but I just can’t handle the stress. Sigh. Maybe it’s a sign of impending old age. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/39 "2002-07-21T23:04:20Z")
I’ll second “Salo,” but not because of its graphic depictions of the sadists mistreating their victims, but because of how the victims allowed themselves to be mistreated. ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066/40 "2002-07-21T23:31:44Z")
Oooh, I loved _Heavenly Creatures_ and _Farewell, My Concubine_! The most disturbing movie I have ever seen is _Baby of Makahn_, directed by Peter Greenaway (_The Thief, the Cook, etc_ guy). The movie is set in Restoration England and the premise is that no children have been born in 20 years. Finally, one couple does have a baby, and the film is all about how various people and factions try to manipulate the baby for their own purposes. That makes it sound much more straightforward than the movie actually is. Not only is it an incredibly creepy premise, but very, very disturbing things (death by repeated rape, etc) happen to several of the main characters. Jesus, it was disturbing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-really-disturbed-you/120066.md?page=3)