# What movies are you scared to show friends? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-scared-to-show-friends/642565 "2012-11-30T13:45:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-scared-to-show-friends/642565/41 "2012-12-02T19:15:51Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > _Hero_. Compelling plot, good acting from Tony Leung and Michelle Yeoh, fight scenes that are as beautifully choreographed as ballet. _Gorgeous_ cinematography. > > Half my friends would sneer at it for being a kung fu film. The other half would sneer at it for being propaganda for totalitarian Chinese Communist Party rule. Still, one of my favorite films. Hero is one of my favorite films, even though it’s ultimate “message” is an apology for totalitarianism. I can love a move despite disagreeing with the “truth” of its universe. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-scared-to-show-friends/642565/42 "2012-12-02T20:16:47Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Hero is one of my favorite films, even though it’s ultimate “message” is an apology for totalitarianism. I can love a move despite disagreeing with the “truth” of its universe. Yes, exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-scared-to-show-friends/642565/43 "2012-12-02T21:25:31Z")
A buddy came over yesterday evening, and we watched [Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilsa,_She_Wolf_of_the_SS). I wouldn’t show that movie to just anyone… ---
**Author:** ![jordanr2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@jordanr2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jordanr2)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-scared-to-show-friends/642565/44 "2012-12-02T22:50:18Z")
I’m a big fan of _Martyrs_ but I’m a little afraid to endorse it to my friends (even though a couple of them really like violent movies). ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-scared-to-show-friends/642565/45 "2012-12-03T01:08:50Z")
[The Loved One](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059410/) I love this movie. My dad and I used to watch it. He had the greatest twisted sense of humor. I don’t think I’ve shown it to any of my friends, but I did show it to **Suburban Plankton** before we got married. He didn’t love it, but he appreciated it. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-scared-to-show-friends/642565/46 "2012-12-03T01:20:58Z")
> [@MegaBee](#): > > The 1986 animated Transformers movie. I don’t want to hear the inevitable snark while watching it. I grew up on that movie and am still a big Transformers fan, so it still holds a special place in my heart. I know it’s a crap movie by objective standards, but I love the 80s soundtrack and voice lineup and general mix of cornyness with the occasional good line or awesome moment. Needless to say, one of my friends found it so dull they fell asleep while watching it. Not breaking that one out again… Anyways, I love to show _Oldboy_ to people but I also find that there are several friends who I won’t show it to because they won’t “get”/appreciate it and just think I’m all sorts of messed up in the head. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-scared-to-show-friends/642565/47 "2012-12-03T02:32:38Z")
> [@Oedipus](#): > > Is it possible for Harmony Korine to make a normal movie? I mean, between this and _Kids_ and something called _Trash Humpers_, this dude is a real piece of work. No one forgets the day they saw Gummo, I’m now running off to watch these other two. ---
**Author:** ![Crime\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e495f1/32.png) [@Crime\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crime_Scene)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-scared-to-show-friends/642565/48 "2012-12-03T04:19:30Z")
> [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](#): > > That was the first one that came to mind for me. The rape scene in that movie combined with the background music is just so…unsettling, to say the least. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-scared-to-show-friends/642565/49 "2012-12-03T04:52:39Z")
[Fantastic Planet.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgCxCZNkQ9E) I really like 70’s sci-fi - Planet of the Apes, Logan’s Run, even Zardoz, but this gem is one my absolute favorite movies. It’s deliciously weird, slow-paced and unlike anything else out there. I watch it at least once a year. The music is great - I jokingly call it the best of Pink Floyd’s movies. There’s some non-sexual cartoon nudity (didn’t stop it from getting “Best Film” at the 1973 Teheran Film Festival :D), but I think that’s minor, compared to the “WTF is this?” reaction I’d expect if I were to force this movie on someone. But if you’re looking for a good Sunday hung-over movie, I can’t recommend it to you all any higher! I first saw this on Night Flight in the 80s and picked up a copy a few years back. It stuck with me that long. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-scared-to-show-friends/642565/50 "2012-12-03T17:50:13Z")
> [@magnusblitz](#): > > I grew up on that movie and am still a big Transformers fan, so it still holds a special place in my heart. I know it’s a crap movie by objective standards :mad: I’m going to need you to take that back. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-scared-to-show-friends/642565/51 "2012-12-03T17:55:30Z")
> [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](#): > > [Fantastic Planet.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgCxCZNkQ9E) > > I really like 70’s sci-fi - Planet of the Apes, Logan’s Run, even Zardoz, but this gem is one my absolute favorite movies. It’s deliciously weird, slow-paced and unlike anything else out there. I watch it at least once a year. The music is great - I jokingly call it the best of Pink Floyd’s movies. There’s some non-sexual cartoon nudity (didn’t stop it from getting “Best Film” at the 1973 Teheran Film Festival :D), but I think that’s minor, compared to the “WTF is this?” reaction I’d expect if I were to force this movie on someone. But if you’re looking for a good Sunday hung-over movie, I can’t recommend it to you all any higher! > > I first saw this on Night Flight in the 80s and picked up a copy a few years back. It stuck with me that long. I think I first read about it in Famous Monsters of Filmland in the late 1970s & was delighted when they showed it on Night Flight! ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-scared-to-show-friends/642565/52 "2012-12-03T18:05:16Z")
All the ones I’d normally be scared to show people, I have shown people- Videodrome Naked Lunch A Clockwork Orange Blue Velvet Wild At Heart Eraserhead ReAnimator & Bride of Now, I did get a little crap for the Eraserhead showing to the Church Singles & I heard that my friend who headed up the group got some negative feedback for showing Harold and Maude. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-scared-to-show-friends/642565/53 "2012-12-03T21:54:53Z")
I once recommended _Brazil_ to my mother. She doesn’t ask me for movie recommendations anymore. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-scared-to-show-friends/642565/54 "2012-12-03T22:59:05Z")
After many attempts at trying to get friends to like my “acquired taste” martial arts movies, I just enjoy them now in my own company. Stuff like The Swordsman Trilogy, the Baby Cart series, Blade, Bride with White Hair, and such. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-scared-to-show-friends/642565/55 "2012-12-03T23:18:06Z")
The friends I watch movies with have fairly extreme tastes. I took them to _Oldboy_, and they loved it, for example. We watch all of the Japanese horror movies, and old Grindhouse style flicks, and are huge fans of the Alien series. However, I made them watch _Prometheus_ a few weeks ago, and to a person, they all hated it. I like the movie, even with the inconsistencies and silliness. 🙂 I would like to have them watch _Hedwig and the Angry Inch_ (mentioned above), but I don’t think I could handle the jokes at my expense. What a great movie. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-scared-to-show-friends/642565/56 "2012-12-04T00:23:54Z")
From my collection… Mulholland Drive Wild, Wild Planet Eraserhead Last Exit To Brooklyn 60s era lesbian vampire flicks 60s era sexploitation B movies Anything in black and white or with subtitles [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-you-scared-to-show-friends/642565.md?page=2)