Movies that messed with your head

[sakabatou]

Title and why.

[rooboy]

1. Full Metal Jacket....freaked me out. n/t

[MemphisTiger]

53. Vincent D'Onofrio rocks

[Kire]

56. especially as Pooh Bear in the Salton Sea

and Happy Accidents, albeit, as two completely different characters. But he indeed rocked, nonetheless.

[driver8]

106. He is an amazing actor, isn't he??

From Private Pyle to Pooh Bear to the guy on that Law and Order show. He doesn't even look like the same person.

His acting in Full Metal Jacket blew me away -- incredible.

[Kire]

112. have you seen him as Abbie Hoffman?

Janeane Garofalo plays his wife, and she's smitten.

[Armstead]

180. The Ruling Class with Peter O'Toole

Not very well known, but a real scary mind bender, that is both social satire with a knife-sharp edge. It's about a lot, including the clas system and the nature of good and evil.

Peter O'Toole plays a crazy nobleman who thinks he is Jesus. he preaches p
Mind-boggling movie. Starts out as as a little British comedy of manners, by the end is blood curtling.

[leftofthedial]

2. jacob's ladder

creepy as hell and I never saw the twist coming

[autorank]

12. Oh yeah. This is a classic. Just brilliant film making.

[NationalEnquirer]

43. I was going to say that one myself.

Great movie, very weird and sad.

[lovelaureng]

181. Exactly what I thought,

freaky through most of the movie and you really didn't know what was going on and why, until the very end.

[annofark]

218. Totally Forgot about the movie

Good Call...I want to go and watch that again.

[Whisp]

371. that would be my vote too

scariest movie ever.
I dreamt and smelled it for days.

[ISUGRADIA]

3. The Fly (80s version)

when jeff Goldblum started losing body parts. Creeped me out.

[glaeken777]

50. One of my faves

Goldblum should have won an Oscar for that role.

His poignant (and unexpected) spin on the "help me!" line from the original would be case in point.

[Progressive4Life]

265. when he becomes a full-fledged insect

Still creeps me out.

[XanaDUer]

4. Eraserhead

Just 'cause it did.

[kedrys]

6. Beat me to it

Still have the whole thing blocked from my memory 20 years later. Eek.

[XanaDUer]

15. The chicken

the radiator...the...thing...

[htuttle]

282. "Strangest damn things, they're man-made."

"Little damn things, smaller than my fist.

But they're new."

[lazarus]

30. yup

still waiting for the DVD.

For three days afterwards, I couldn't smoke, and eating and drinking was hard. No taste for anything. Amazing, because it wasn't a "gross" film, just seriously disturbing.

And there's no way to explain it to anybody. There's a dude with a haircut, a mutant baby, a radiator, some dancing chickens....

On edit:

It's available on DVD! Only from David Lynch's weird site:

http://ecomm.davidlynch.com/catalog/dvd_ehead.php

Unsigned is 39.94. I'll be getting that as soon as finances allow. Woohoo!

[Zookeeper]

187. That is still one of my five favorite movies...

I saw it when it first came out and about a dozen more times at midnight shows. I haven't seen it for years though, and would love to have it on DVD.

[thefloyd]

5. Blackhawk down

Could not take the violence. I had to stop watching.

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

35. The best war movie ever made in modern day.

[MemphisTiger]

52. Agree. This was the first movie that I know of that

showed Urban warfare. Seems much worse than desert or jungle

[HALO141]

87. We Were Soldiers

is at least as good when it comes to accuracy. IMHO, they run neck and neck for the title of "Best War Film."

[ksilvas]

121. "Pretty Village, Pretty Flame" best war movie ever, about Yogoslavian War

[Kire]

234. Jaime Smith was in my Boy Scout troop

He's the one they operated on in the field that died. His father, a Vietnam Vet who lost his own leg in combat, did a lot to get the author of the book in touch with all of the other guys involved. Both of his brothers are serving now.

[LSdemocrat]

7. 2001: A Space Odessey

The last segment of the movie absolutely befuddled me until someone who had studied the film in a film class explained it to me.

[sakabatou]

10. The floating baby?

Yeah... what is it really?

[LSdemocrat]

18. It is apparently supposed to represent the ultimate evolution of man

Apparently the baby represents the ultimate evolution of man into a being of light and energy. Still doesn't make any sense to me, but that is the actual explanation.

[lazarus]

24. It doesn't make sense to you

because it doesn't make sense. Any sense anyone sees in it is just interpretation.

Possibly the most overrated film of all time.

[StellaBlue]

171. .

I think Citizen Kane is the most overrated.

I finally watched it about two months ago... and it was SOOO boring and rambling and pointless.

And I am not your typical explosions/chick flick moviegoer, either. I got it... but I just didn't get it. It could've been much better, given the subject.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

329. You didn't get the structure obviously.

The narrative of his life goes backwards and forwards. Most of the events in it are portrayed twice.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

374. Citizen Kane is highly regarded because it was so innovative for its time

Many of the narrative and cinematic techniques that are commonplace in today's films were seen FIRST in Citizen Kane, made when Welles was only 25.

It seems boring and ho-hum today because we've seen all that before. When it came out in the 1940s, it was considered extremely innovative.

It's like Birth of a Nation, some 30 years before that. Offensive story, characters from the corniest melodramas, but Griffith did things with the camera and narrative structure that no one had ever done before. Again, we can't see it, because we're used to it.

[Democracy White]

114. I kinda figured that

but it was a weird way of representing that.

Dee

[bananas]

219. It's all explained in the book

The book is really good. I recommend it.

[NationalEnquirer]

44. 2001 YES! Freaked me out as a kid..

Spooke me for many, many years, had to read the book twice and see the movie 5 or 6 times to come to grips with it.

[Mad_Dem_X]

100. Wow...I gotta see this now

Never had a chance to see it before...I'll have to rent it.

[Blue_In_AK]

143. 2001 didn't make a whole lot of sense...

...but it looked really COOL to me, high on acid on the first row of the theater, 1968. Truly mind-bending and one of the all-time great psychedelic movies.

[sakabatou]

8. For myself

End of Evangelion. Very very weird and mind numbing.

[eleny]

9. Tarantula

For years, I slept with the blankets tucked under my feet.

[glaeken777]

48. Hahah!

I loved that movie as a kid. Until later I read that a giant insect of any sort is impossible according to the laws of physics. Ruined my childhood, I tell ya.

[autorank]

11. "White Noise" .... holy shit!

This movie really rattled me. The narrative, acting, and special effects produced more fear than I've felt at a movie. I do not believe in 'talking to the other side,' ghosts, trance mediums, or the like. I'm not even a believer in the traditional after-life. That's why I'm impressed with the film. They sucked me in to a story that I was inclined to dismiss and scared me shitless for the length of the film and about two hours afterwords (after which point, I was released from the ER, just kidding).

[Mad_Dem_X]

119. Oh, snap - I'm watching this on DVD tonight...

so it will probably haunt me for weeks. Thanks for the warning! :scared:

[CanuckAmok]

203. YAY! That's the company I contract for!

"Brightlight Pictures".

I'm glad you liked "White Noise". We just finished a new movie called "Bloodrayne". It'll be out in a few months. Ben Kingsley and Michael Madsen are in it, and it's about hot lesbian vampires who like to go around topless.

[Be Brave]

13. A Beautiful Mind

It was part of the plot.

[lovelaureng]

182. This was an excellent movie.

I really liked it.

[cynatnite]

231. I kept hoping what he was seeing was real

Even though my gut said otherwise, I was still disappointed when it turned out to be a symptom of his illness. That movie had me going.

[Jamastiene]

14. Bent

All the horrid stuff the nazis did to gay people isn't mentioned much, but that movie pointed out some terrible stuff and some really humiliating stuff that was done.

[gottaB]

16. 12 Monkeys

Suite Punta Del Este -- Isn't that backwards?

[BrklynLiberal]

20. Great movie. And it turns out he met himself as a kid in the airport!!!

[swimmernsecretsea]

37. I saw the original, "La Jette" in University

You have to see the original. It's moving and eerie without the usual trappings of a science-fiction film. There's one moment of surprise (I won't tell you) where something changes, and it caused the audience of students I saw the film with to gasp in surprise.

[gottaB]

40. lucky dog

It's out on dvd, but I don't think Netflix has it. I'll have to look for that one.

[swimmernsecretsea]

42. Netflix does have "La Jette" on a compilation DVD

called "Short 2: Dreams." Chris Marker's film is presented uninterrupted, unedited, and subtitled.

[gottaB]

47. Cool. I'll add it my queue -n/t

[lumberjack_jeff]

262. Excellent movie, 12 Monkeys. I love Terry Gilliam. Say, like Brazil

When the good guy is driving down the road with the fair lady, and it turns out he's just having a dream in the interrogation chair. That sucked.

[NAO]

17. Arlington Road...your efforts to stop "them" help them achieve their goals

perfect paranoia, absolute transparency, the real perpetrators behind the 'terrorist attack' will never be exposed...

And best of all, your attempts to expose them and stop them are actually used by them to perpetrate the attacks and provide an airtight cover story.

[XanaDUer]

19. That scene with the girlfriend

seeing "them" in the mall parking garage was so creepy. (shudder)

[NAO]

23. Everyone here is supposed to be here...everyone but YOU!

"...after thousands of man-hours and the most intensive investigation in history, the authorities have determined that the bombing was the work of one man, acting alone..."

[cleveramerican]

213. "Syriana"

just a great film about the true complexity of war. very timely.

[CoffeeCat]

21. The Butterfly Effect...

I expected a silly movie, since Demi Moore's boyfriend was in it. :)

However, it was actually very interesting.

[swimmernsecretsea]

38. Try to see the director's version on DVD with the alternate ending...

That one will mess you up for DAYS. It is far, far bleaker than the version shown in theaters in a number of ways, but most specifically, the ending, in which the way his character solves all of the problems he's created in a way that I never expected.

[NationalEnquirer]

45. Great alternate ending.

Wont give it away.
But it was 100% perfect.

[pthalomarie]

244. don't know what the alternative ending was, but...

i thought they missed the perfect ending in the movie. the last scene should've been him in the asylum, with his books taken away from him, unable to get out.

[Lautremont]

22. Glengarry Glen Ross

because I was wickedly high on mushrooms and then Alec Baldwin comes out and just starts shouting at people!

A very odd movie to see while stoned, and in the theatre yet. Not really sure why I did that.

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

36. "You know what it takes to sell real estate?"

"Brass balls. It takes brass balls to sell real estate." Damn I loved that movie.

[fryguy]

79. "Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired."

kick ass baldwin

[Bryan Sacks]

284. "that cop couldn't find a couch. . .

. . .in the living room."

Am I remembering the quote correctly? Broke me up the first time I heard it.

[tulsakatz]

268. great movie!

It's one of my favorites!! And even though Alec is only in it for about 5 minutes, he leaves a strong impression!!

Pacino was very good in it too!! Really, everyone was good but I especially loved Pacino and Baldwin.

[fryguy]

78. Spanish Prisoner was also very good

classic Mamet

[Patiod]

93. I hate when my SO does Mamet

Has an appalling effect on his language. He was in American Buffalo at a regional theater, and during the whole rehearsal period and run of the show, it was like living with Al Swearengen from "Deadwood"

[driver8]

107. I love this movie...

"Spanish Prisoner" is a sleeper of a movie. Anybody who has seen it usually raves about it...but I don't think it was very popular when released.

Steve Martin was very good in it. Also, I have a HUGE crush on David Mamet's wife, Rebecca Pidgeon I think her name is. As she says, "She is easy on the eyes."

[akarnitz]

138. Homicide

is my favorite Mamet film. I got sucked in by the "Grofaz..." thing as bad as Mantegna's character.

[mduffy31]

178. Outstanding movie

another good Mamet is Spartan, was just released in '04 with Val Kilmer, great movie.

[kwassa]

25. Secretary

I saw this on cable one night when I had insomnia.

It is about a sado-masochist relationship between a boss, played by James Spader, and his new secretary, played by Maggie Gyllenhaal, that turns into true love.

Very bizarre, very good, superb performance by Gyllenhaal, who I've never seen before.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

58. Wow, I watched it on DVD tonight.

It really was interesting and different. James Spader has always been my secret crush. He was so hot at one time, but in his t.v. show he looks very dumpy. What happened?

[thinkingwoman]

75. even dumpy

he smolders. There is just something about him.

[StellaBlue]

172. I LOVE JAMES SPADER

have had a secret crush on him, too, since Pretty in Pink, which he referenced on Boston Legal last night - see that?

He and Shatner were dressed as flamingos for Halloween, and James Spader quips, 'My, my, aren't you pretty in pink?'. hahaha

[Rhythm]

270. ~ deleted for typo-stupidity~

[Rhythm]

271. Did you see "Jack's Back"?

It's a little-seen horror flick that Spader did years ago, and for the limited budget, it's terrific.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

330. Have you seen True Colors??? Pretty good.

Very old flick from early 1980s with James Spader and John Cusack as law school buddies.

It played ONE theater in Houston for two weeks, and I caught it b/c Spader was in it.

I think I first saw Spader in sex, lies and videotape.

One of my friends said he was "tired of those head-bobbin' blowjob movies" like White Castle (Susan Sarandon and James Spader) "A younger man...and a bolder woman".

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :toast:

[MISSDem]

147. I rewound this one.

Did not like.

[reichstag911]

226. Ah, yes. Maggie...

Now what do I do about the guy who was nice enough to take this pic of me and Maggie? Guy named Peter Sarsgaard...

[MISSDem]

354. Peter was great in Boys Don't Cry but I couldn't pick him out in

JarHead.

[bliss_eternal]

248. One of my favorite movies...

love it. :)

[ZombieHorde]

367. That is one of my wife's favorite movies. nt

[cedahlia]

26. Mullholland Drive

But then, it seems to be David Lynch's goal to "mess with our heads."

I know many people hated it, but I didn't. I wouldn't say I loved it, but it did resonate with me. The scene where "Crying" was beautifully sung in Spanish was very moving. I still don't fully understand what was going on in the film, but it was definitely fascinating to watch and fun to try to interpret.

[gottaB]

27. Lynch's most successful headtrip

The story itself is engaging.

Reminded me of Memento.

[XanaDUer]

31. One of my favorites

Got the DVD as soon as it came out...

[swimmernsecretsea]

41. After I saw "Mullholland Drive" I emailed everyone asking

WTF is this movie about?
It turns out to be simpler to decipher once you look over the elements of the story, and break those down a bit, but the images are so surprising and spooky that it distracts you from the story line. There are clues, of course, and the usual Lynchian tropes, such as being drawn into a dark abyss with howling wind sounds, but I think even Lynch surprised himself with this one.

Even more unusual is hearing the backstory: this was a failed pilot for a TV series! Lynch took the existing footage and built upon it, which explains the somewhat episodic, yet seemingly truncated story form.

That scene of "Crying" was very reminiscent of "In Dreams" in "Blue Velvet, but had its own peculiar memorable quality. There was something unearthly about her singing, and hearing something familiar yet foreign.

[ceile]

166. Loved it, but.....WTF!

It was the first movie I rented in a while where I didn't notice time passing. No need for a smoke or food, and all of a sudden I was two hours into the movie!

[Gilmore]

196. I definitely Agree Mullholland Drive is messed up!

I know what you mean, the characters in the movie were awesome, but my mind couldn't link any thing that I saw into one complete story.

[radiclib]

308. Best Lynch ever

One that reveals more with each viewing. It helps to think of it in two parts, the first part being Naomi Watts' character's dream, the second part being "reality", or at least someone else's version of it.

[IndianaGreen]

339. I had to see it more than once

It was the best Lynch work since the first season of Twin Peaks.

[Kire]

28. Easy Rider

check out my sig line

[MISSDem]

54. Amen to Easy Rider.

They actually killed those dudes cause they were different from themselves. I'd forgotten about that.

[Kire]

63. my sig line has changed

to a line from another movie which messed with my head, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, in honor of old Dr. Thompson.

[Caoimhe]

199. the end was totally depressing n/t

[sipping radicchio]

344. I wonder how it messed with your head...

(This is an older post and I don't know if you will be reading my question in the near future.)

I have seen "Easy Rider" several times. It's an interesting period piece, for sure. Interesting that it came out the last year of the '60s because as usual, what is "hip" doesn't become mainstream until later and the quest for understanding the self, which the characters were undertaking, became much a part of the early '70s. I recommend that you see an earlier movie starring Fonda and Hopper (and written by Nicholson) called "The Trip." It came out in 1967 and predates "Easy Rider," but there is a trippy scene which echoes the latter film. Also, "Head" starring the Monkies is bizarre and messed with my mind, I suppose...

[Manifestor_of_Light]

348. Peter Fonda was a sexgod in Easy Rider.

That is all.

[AgadorSparticus]

29. Poltergeist and The Shining.

The clown toy was just scarring to me. I still hate clown toys to this day. Although I am a loner, the idea of total isolation in an empty hotel without access to the outside world still freaks me out.

[fight4my3sons]

156. The Shining really messed with me...

When I got pregnant with twins my husband kept saying, "I hope we don't have two girls," because he would have been spooked. I know it's an awful thing to say, we have friends with twin girls that don't look like the ones in the movie. We ended up having boys anyway. Then my older son who is just going to be three next month went through a stage where he would talk in this little squecky voice with his finger held up. That kind of freaked me out for a while.
I also hate any clowns thanks to "It" scared the crap out of me!

[Rhythm]

272. we taught our nephew to do the "redrum" thing with his finger when he was about 3...

Yes, we're evil... but we laughed our asses off the whole time.

[Occulus]

363. Oh my, yes, Poltergeist.

I was seven or eight years old when I saw it for the first time, and it scared the living crap out of me. To this day, I have a thing about open closets in my bedroom while I sleep. I just like them shut.

And I never leave the TV on static. Never ever.

[u4ic]

32. Dead Ringers and Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

both...utterly bizarre.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

61. And Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is

one of the most visually beautiful films I've ever seen. Or at least it was, until its colors started fading.

When I'm a millionaire, I'm going to pay to have it digitally restored.

[Downtown Hound]

33. A Clockwork Orange

I found myself laughing and being sickened at the same time. That alone was enough to mess with my head.

[chimpymustgo]

55. That's my pick. CRAZY shit.

Movie shakes you up.

eggie-wegs.

[Loge23]

162. Same here

Aversion therapy - it works!

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

34. The Usual Suspects. The best murder mystery ever.

One of the best ensemble casts. Also, One Hour Photo. I didn't sleep right for a week after that film.

[Mad_Dem_X]

101. YAY, TUS!

Sorry, that's one of my favorite movies of all time. :)

[swimmernsecretsea]

39. Safe, by director Todd Haynes.

Once, a group of friends and I were having brunch in a cafe in the Haight in San Francisco, when someone brought up the subject of this movie. As it turned out, everyone in the group had seen it, and we began to discuss it. As we got further into the discussion, it became apparent how genuinely creeped out we all were by this movie, and even more, how we'd all worked hard to put it out of our minds because it was so disturbing. It wasn't just that the subject matter and what happens to the lead character is so bad, but that all of the events in it just lead to one conclusion--that her character will end up very much like another one that is glimpsed a few times during the film. Those of you who have seen this film will know whom I refer to.

"Safe" just gets under your skin. It's not a thriller or a horror film, and it doesn't seem plausible at first, unless you know of someone who has this syndrome, but the frightening aspects of it start to sink in after a while.

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

[NationalEnquirer]

46. Sixth Sense.

Although to be honest, by the first 1/3 of the film, I figured out the ending.
Still liked the way it progressed and ended.

[Patiod]

94. We had just seen "Lola on the Bridge" the same week

The whole film takes place in the head of a dying man (Harvey Keitel) who is shot at the beginning of the movie.

So when Bruce Willis is shot, and then walking around, I said to my SO: "He's dead, right?" "Oh, yeah."

So we kept looking for the "twist" because we went in with the assumption that if a guy is walking around after he's shot, then it's either happening in his dying mind or he's a ghost.

[glaeken777]

49. Session 9

The mindfuck of all time, in my opinion. It's got a buildup to the ending with at least three twists in it, none of which are cheats. Damn creepy, too.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

184. My choice too!

Craaazy movie. Scary as hell, probably the only movie that's scared the crap out of me since I was a little kid. Just an unbelievable psychological thriller.. mindblowing, creepy, crazy twists.. and an unbelievably haunting setting filmed in what remains of an old mental hospital.

[MemphisTiger]

51. Requiem for a Dream

You see a part of the world you shouldn't see. Screwed me up for a solid week

[Iris]

110. Yep.

Me, too. The ending - oh, my.

[Iggo]

288. oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no...

...oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no...

:scared:

[zinndependence]

118. still messed up

I saw this movie over a year ago and I'm still messed up!

[ksilvas]

122. Amen to that, saw the directors cut, was depressed for days.

[cedahlia]

170. I never ever want to see that movie again

I watched it when I was at a very low point in my life (anxiety, depression, etc.) Bad idea. I understand why it was applauded for its directorial merits and exceptional acting, but for me, it is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Ugh.

[darkmaestro019]

228. requiem is pretty hard to watch, yeah....

for me it's the mother that's the real heartbreaker--I live very far from mine and I feel like a horrible son for WEEKS every time I see that movie because I don't get to see her often.

[Iggo]

287. Great movie. Saw it once. Never again.(n/t)

[Iggo]

289. I am so bookmarking this thread.

What a great list of effed up movies!

[tinfoilinfor2005]

57. The Night of the Living Dead

still can't watch it...the cemetery scene creeps me out. The Shining also was goosebumps, especially the hallway scene with the two little girls.

[Biased Liberal Media]

69. They're coming to get you Barbara!

Yeah, the cemetary scene is the best. I loved the overall creepy atmosphere of the movie.

[YOY]

125. just about any Romero zombie flick spooks me...

With the exception of "Day of the Dead". That was just a gorefest.

[Kire]

129. after I saw LOTD last week, I got a voice mail from my mom's boyfriend

I had auditory hallucinations torment me that night when I was trying to sleep.
for a schizophrenic like me, that's no joke

there couldn't be any better word to describe than 'Zombie'

[Kashka-Kat]

259. the only movie I've seen where the audience was screaming- and MEANT IT!

[AP]

59. A friend saw Matrix and was convinced it could be real...

...and that we were all living in a Matrix.

[chimpymustgo]

60. We are, AP. We are.

I want to take the red pill, please...

[Steely_Dan]

62. Fail Safe

Saw it recently...can't imagine Bush in the role of the President in this one...no class.

"A dream, a dream, a dream..."

"A matador..."

-P

[NYdemocrat089]

74. Saw

That movie was so messed up...I LOVED it. The ending is crazy. I had to watch it twice.

[Mandate My Ass]

86. That was good wasn't it?

I couldn't believe I actually watched it (hate gore) but I thought it worked as a psychological thriller.

[Saboburns]

64. From Dusk Til Dawn

But for a very different reason. I can't remember the exact date it came out, but I know I was much LESS informed thanks to me not being online. Took the wife and son on a weekend getaway. We wanted to go to a movie and we were out in the backwoods. Well the local theatre only had three screens. I had no idea what FDTD was about, but knew that I liked quirky Tarantino stuff.

Well the first half of the movie was a VERY COOL shoot'em up, car chase, had killer characters (Clooney is my fav), gratuitas violence and a cool story line. Then, when they went into that bar, and Selma Hayak(mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm) did her dance and then....................................................................BAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had NO IDEA what happened was going to happen. I sat stunned for the remainder fo the flick. That movie was like watching two diferent movies for me. Since then, I've found that I quite like being surprised at the movies. I rank that movie as one of muy alltime favorites.

[tulsakatz]

281. I had a similar experience the first time I saw it......

I happened to be going out with this guy. So we decided to go to a movie but I didn't really want to see anything that was playing but I knew From Dusk 'til Dawn was a Tarantino film. That was the only thing I knew about it but I wanted to see it just for that reason. The poor guy I was with didn't know anything about it but fortunately he didn't mind.

And I felt the same way.......that it was like 2 different stories. The first part was a lot like Pulp Fiction, which I expected but the second part was like I fell into a Stephen King film!!! And I love Stephen King!! I was so surprised.......that was the last thing I expected from Tarantino!

It's rare to find a film that does something so unexpected nowadays (when so many films are predictable)!

[Touchdown]

65. Memento.

Trying to figure out the plot with a backwords narrative was quite a chore the first time. Now, I love it. Pick up something new every time I watch it.

Vanilla Sky and Fight Club also fucked with my head as well.

[thinkingwoman]

76. 1st rule about fight club...nt

[EarlG]

225. Awesome movie

Have you tried out the DVD easter egg where you can watch all the scenes in forwards chronological order, as opposed to backwards?

[bliss_eternal]

249. Very cool feature--

only offered on the special edition of Memento, though.

[iamjoy]

269. Interesting Tidbit About Momento

I heard from some one connected to the business that it was originally shot in chronological order.
In the editing room, they decided to try it backwards.

I think it being backwards is what makes it so fascinating.

[leftchick]

278. "Everything you wanted to know about Memento"

I LOVED that movie and it did creep me out. I could never have figured the whole thing out without help. I read this article and went to the official website after seeing it the first time.....

http://archive.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2001/06/28/memento_analysis/index.html

Everything you wanted to know about "Memento"
A critic dissects the most complex -- and controversial -- film of the year.

[northernsoul]

66. 28 Days Later

can't sleep... zombies are gonna eat me

[peekaloo]

67. Lost Highway

deep down I like it but I don't know why.


Robert Loggia's tailgating lesson scene is both disturbing and hilarious.

[pthalomarie]

245. i like robert blake's first scene

where he meets bill pullman at a party, and he tells him that he's in pullman's house.

[Biased Liberal Media]

68. Last House On The Left, Night of the Living Dead

I just recently saw LHOTL, and it wasn't that great, but being the mother of a girl, I have to say, the shit really creeped me out.

[imenja]

70. The Believer and the Pawnbroker

not getting into why. See them if you haven't done so already.

[Kire]

71. The Ring two

It actually hasn't been released yet, but I imagine it will.

/snark/

[ExpresS]

72. The Grudge

The movie got in my head for some reason. Doesn't make sense since the movie sucked... but I guess the flick was better than I'm willing to admit.

[Flying Flyn]

73. Requiem for a Dream

Really depressing.

[darkmaestro019]

229. See the original (Ju-on?)

creeeeeeeepy. Ours had english voice-overs we didn't notice till we'd already seen it in Chinese, though. I'm a big fan of all things dark and gruesome, it's not easy to give me the creeps and this one managed it. Fantastic stuff.

[fryguy]

77. Identity

Just saw it the other day and was tripped out by the premise.

[Raiden]

80. Don't Look Now

Twisted Ending

[Zookeeper]

189. Don't Look Now completely rattled and depressed me.

I still count that as one of the most disturbing films I've seen.

[passy]

81. Amityville 2

I was only 10. Enough said.

[legocat]

82. Vanilla Sky and A.I.

Sad sad sad...

[yo-yo-ma]

104. check out abre los ojos

the film that vanilla sky copied - much better

[MJP]

233. A.I. - definitely

I will never forget that movie. I remember at the end everyone in the theater walked out with their heads down in silence. No one looked around, everyone had blank stares on their faces.

...good thing I'm a Believer..

[pthalomarie]

246. loved A.I. hated Vanilla Sky.

I don't like movies that have twists that "cheat" on the plotline.

[Leftest]

83. The Exorcist

I still to this day won't watch that movie.. hehe

[paula777]

109. I watched it when I was a little kid and I had nightmares about being

taken over by the devil for YEARS after that. scariest movie ever!

[ksilvas]

123. Saw glimpses at babysitters '70's, couldn't sleep in the dark for months.

[Rhythm]

273. one of my favorites...

took all i could muster to walk those steps when a friend took me to Georgetown...

[Capt. America]

377. I too watched it waaaayyyy to young. I wonder what my parents were thinking.

Had me scared of demons for years. Its a good thing I'm an atheist now.

[La Coliniere]

84. Happiness....anything but.

I saw Todd Solondz's sicko suburban opus just once, and that was enough. I'd like to see it again, but whenever I see it on the shelf of my local independent video store, I can't seem to muster up the nerve. If you've never seen "Happiness" beware. It goes where no film I know dares to lurk. You'll laugh, you'll squirm, and you will be disturbed. I guarantee.

[radiclib]

309. This is the one that convinced me

..that there is no character too weird or fucked up for Philip Seymour Hoffman to play.

[Mr.Soul]

85. hmm....

Sounder, you know why.

[soleft]

88. Sophie's Choice - couldn't talk for 24 hours

[driver8]

108. That movie made me extremely sad...even more so now that I

have children. What a terrible decision to have to make...that would haunt me forever.

[Democrats_win]

89. "My Own Private Idaho" living on the streets, lost friends--scary.

[Raiden]

90. Also, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

Twisted movie, but good nonetheless

[skyblue]

275. Jim Carrey was far better in this than anything else he's ever done.

[Doctor_Horrible]

318. ooh... definitely!

[Elle Woods]

91. The Usual Suspects

I so didn't see that end coming my way.

[VOX]

255. Neither did I, and I'm too good at rooting out twist endings...

My wife is frequently exasperated at my ability to guess endings (for example, I was able to figure out "The Sixth Sense" about halfway through).

Although I had Verbal (Kevin spacey) on my mental short-list of "who-is-Keyser Sose," I **never** saw that ending coming like that. Never. Beautifully executed. :thumbsup:

[Montauk6]

92. Hmmm, let's see...

Pick any film by Atom Egoyan, a latter-day master at circuitous storytelling; just when you think you've figured out the point, BAM!

Sweet Sweetback's Badassssss Song - That opening scene with Sweet as a boy being initiated by a hooker is weird enough until you realize, holy f***, that's Mario Van Peebles!!!!

Sisters - This was back when Margot Kidder was creepy AND sexy. But that whole Dominique/Danielle thing gives the willies to this day. DePalma was never better.

The Howling - Closing credits over a cooking hamburger.

Papillon - I was forever traumatized by that guillotine scene and the leper colony.

Marathon Man - IS it safe???

Nosferatu - Now THAT'S a scary vampire movie! To hell with all that Christopher Lee nonsense!

[bliss_eternal]

250. Isn't it interesting that Mario Van Peebles

created a film, where he portrayed his father during the time he was making that film? It must have been surreal for him to shoot the moments that addressed that scene he did as a child.

:scared:

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

256. Mario's film got "Sweetback ..." retroactively censored over here!

In one of the most bizarre own goals in recent cinema history, Mario Van Peebles' Baadasssss!- a docudrama celebrating the work of his father Melvin - has led to the censoring of the previously uncut Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song. Regular FilmFour viewers will recall that Melvin Van Peebles' 1970s blaxploitation classic Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song opens with a scene of the young hero losing his virginity to a "party girl". In my introduction to the FilmFour Extreme screening of the film a few years ago, I pointed out that, despite the fact that the scene appears to feature the young Mario Van Peebles (who plays young Sweetback), the BBFC had determined that the actor in question was in fact Hubert Scales. Unlike Mario, Scales (who also appears elsewhere in the movie) was over 18.

This was an important distinction for, under the terms of the Protection of Children Act, which outlaws any potentially indecent depiction of minors, the scene would have been a problem if the under-aged Mario had been involved. But the BBFC had on file a letter from writer/director/producer Melvin Van Peebles assuring them that it was Scales who had performed the scene, an assurance the Board were inclined to accept since Melvin was Mario's father, and therefore hardly likely to have placed him in a potentially compromising situation.

Thus, Sweet Sweetback's Baad Assss song was passed uncut on video in 1998, and subsequently transmitted uncut on FilmFour. And all was well and good in the world until the now grown-up Mario came to make Baadasssss! in 2003, where he re-enacts the filming of the infamous scene with his young self in the starring role. Rather than merely skirting the issue, Baadasssss! goes into great detail about how Melvin (here played by Mario) insisted that his own son perform the scene because it wouldn't be right to ask someone else's kid to do it. In fact, the idea that any form of double (Scales or whomever) was even considered is roundly trashed as Mario remembers losing his cinematic cherry in toe-curling detail.

This "new information" presented the Board with a very grave problem, for, unlike issues of taste or potential offensiveness, the Protection of Children Act offers no room for manoeuvre; if a scene of a sexual nature features an underage performer, it runs the risk of indecency, regardless of dramatic or artistic intent. Despite appreciating the historical and cultural significance of the movie, the Board had no choice but to show the sequence first to their own specialist advisor, and then to "one of the leading QCs in this area", to determine whether the scene fell foul of the law. "The legal advice was unequivocal," they discovered. "The sequence was likely to be considered indecent under current UK law."

The ramifications of this conclusion were far reaching, and included the BBFC having to contact the distributors of previously uncut editions of the Sweetback video to warn them that the 18 certificate had been rescinded, and further distribution could incur prosecution. Melvin, meanwhile, agreed to "obscure the relevant images with black ink" for all future versions of the film available in the UK, thereby preserving the soundtrack, but making a mess of the visuals which now look as if they have been scratched off by hand. A caption explaining this "intervention" has also been duly added at Melvin's request.

(...)

http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/feature.jsp?id=150701

Miraculously - as part of the shops over here getting rid of all their video stock - I was able to buy a copy of the 1998 video from Woolworths in January.

[bliss_eternal]

261. That's amazing...

...that you found an uncut version at Woolworth's and that it was some twenty or so years before they decided to censor it, which presents a few questions for me.

Did Melvin lie, just to get the scene and his film left in tact in the UK?

Was Mario aware of what his father said and did to get the film released uncut?

What was Melvin thinking putting a scene like that in his film to begin with? :crazy: Seriously, it certainly could have been suggested in the film, without subjecting a child to such activity.

I've always wondered what and why he felt the necessity for such a scene at all. By most standards, that would be considered kiddie porn...

[Patiod]

95. Last Night, Apocolypse Now, The Birds

Birds: because I saw it when i was too young

Apocolypse Now: Went in drunk, throwing popcorn with a bunch of fraternity boys, and we all came out sober and speechless

Last Night: Just disturbing and sad - you know the world is ending in a few weeks - what do you do? How do you spend the last night?

[MISSDem]

96. Monster

I just saw it last night and now I cannot get it out of my mind. Why? I don't know, but it definitely messed with my head.

[qanda]

217. This would be my choice as well

That movie stayed with me for weeks. It's hard to describe, I guess knowing that it was based on reality and the wonderful job of acting by Theron were two factors.

[jobycom]

97. Grave For Fireflies, and Perfect Blue

Grave of Fireflies because I watched it without knowing what it was about, and I still can't shake it. Absolutely the most tragic, hardest hitting film I've ever seen.

Perfect Blue was just weird. The scene with the actress bouncing on the streetlights was like an acid flashback... not that I've ever tried acid... And the ending rewrote the whole film.

[sakabatou]

144. Or how about the scene where

they main char jabs the awl into people flesh?

[sakabatou]

154. I also saw Fireflies

Weird that it was a double feature with a Miyazaki Film. Totoro I believe.

[AusTexDem]

98. Donnie Darko

[Gilmore]

145. I have to agree with you on that one

[Lydia Leftcoast]

317. Just saw that one last night

Weird is an understatement.

[MinM]

341. "Sometimes I Doubt Your Commitment to Sparkle Motion"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouFnQTq6gNQ :popcorn: :applause: :rofl: :woohoo:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

99. Blood Feast

I saw this 1963 film when I was just a kid of about 14 years of age at a drive-in movie theater. It's a cult movie and is known as the first true gore film ever made. The acting in this low budget film was terrible in retrospect and the special effects were pretty bad. But what twisted my young mind for quite a few days was all the gore and the blood. I guess when you are that young, you don't really think of blood and body parts inside the human body. And there hadn't been a tradition of blood and gore films to get used to, before this film hit the screen. The story is about an old guy who runs a catering service who is obsessed with bringing an Egyptian Goddess back to life. To do that, he has to kill young women and take various body parts from them (liver, gall bladder, kidney, thigh, etc.) as sacrifices. I think they used chicken blood and cattle parts from a butcher shop. If the sight of blood and entrails coming out of murdered young women makes you feel uneasy, this is not your film. After that film, I don't think I ever saw the human body in the same way.

I can also mention that when I was 18 years old, I spent a year in Paris. I remember seeing a documentary on the French TV about the Nazi death camps that lasted several hours. I don't recall the title of the film, but it was relentlessly gruesome and depressing. The sight of death, decay, and human humiliation was overpowering and I wasn't the same for many, many weeks after watching this documentary film. That was REAL horror.

[RebelOne]

279. I remember that movie vividly. Totally disgusting.

I kept my hands over my eyes for most of the movie.

[thelordofhell]

373. I believe you're talking about "Shoah"

9 hour long documentary about the Holocaust

[Mad_Dem_X]

102. Fahrenheit 9/11

For obvious reasons.

[yo-yo-ma]

103. primer

just out on dvd

[gorbal]

105. "The Changeling", "The Wicker Man"

I think it might have been because I was alone, but after watching "THe Changeling" I went into a trance and started making the exact same drawrings that are made in "The Ring" (and this was thirteen years ago).

"The Wicker Man" messed with my head in a more positive way. The first time I saw it it depressed the crap out of me, but then I kept dreaming about it afterwards. For some reason I really like the film now, I had this total pscychological transformation.

:)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

111. Ingmar Bergmans' "Persona"

with Liv Ullman and Bibi Andersson... merging.

The origina The Vanishing, not the Hollywood remake. The original creeped me out as few movies have.

[applegrove]

113. Chinatown - I saw it when I was 12. It freaked me out at the end. Boy

was I naive.

[Democracy White]

115. Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn

That thing that crawled into those dude's ears. I was 5 at the time and I had nightmares for two weeks. Also "Enemy Mine" with that creature's tongue sticking out of the ground and grabbing the turtle thing. For some reason I couldn't eat after that.

Dee

[dejaboutique]

116. GUMMO

holy crap have any of you seen that? wow! about poor rural kids..one of the first time I saw Chloe Sevigny. it is documentary style and I felt physically ill after seeing it. I dont usually get physically ill from movies..i love things that twist my mind but this movie is insane

[Forkboy]

324. Harmony Korine is the director of that (he also did Kids, which is excellent).

Korine actually spent a little time in an institution, and it shows. His most recent movie. Mister Lonely, is ten times more bizarre than Gummo (though not as good). I swear, the scene in Gummo where the drunk dudes fight in the kitchen is a real scene from the town I grew up in. :)

Korine also has directed some music vids (Sonic Youth, Cat Power). I discovered him through the band Sun City Girls, who featured a answering machine massage that Korine had left them.

He has other movies that I haven't seen yet, but I will. His movies are out there, but fascinating as well.

[Goblinmonger]

117. Saw

finally got this viewed over the long weekend. I knew it wasn't who they wanted us to think it was, but didn't see the ending coming. Some pretty gruesome scenes, too. Much like Se7en but not quite as good.

[ksilvas]

120. "El Topo"-Alejandro Jodorowsky-wildest movie ever

"Black Rain" or "Kuroi ame"-Shohei Imamura-most depressing movie ever
"The Mission" if you love to hate religion
"Straw Dogs" violent sexual conclusions

[CrazyForKucinich]

124. Fight Club

Because the movie messes with the characters' heads.

[pthalomarie]

247. great movie

i'm amazed it's not getting more "votes"

[Lilith Velkor]

126. Watership Down

men...filled in the burrows...couldn't get out... :scared:

[Kire]

130. that was the first movie I ever saw (4 yo)

I still don't remember the details of the movie, other than my mom was pissed. not what she expected (or wanted) me to see

[DemocraticBassPlayer]

127. The Big Fish

unresolved issues with my late father

[MsAnthropy]

134. That one got to me, too

The father was SO like my mother, who drove me NUTS.

[skyblue]

276. Big Fish--- Tim Burton's masterpiece!!! Very Intense!

[DanCa]

128. Soylent Green and Manchurian Candidate

At the time MC came out I had alot of sleeping problems and I was just getting used to my muscle stiffness and freezing. For awhile there I thought the military was actually conducting secret experments on me and sending me out on night raids. And the shakiness and stiffness was caused by the adrenaline drugs they given me the night before.

[Cha]

131. "Memento" cause..

I couldn't wrap my brain around what was happening.

Maybe I didn't see it enough times?

[cleveramerican]

132. Bob Roberts

great little seen movie from Tim Robbins about a right-wing folk singing senatorial candidate.

I can do most of the dialog.

Its a great movie ,check it out!

[Ron Mexico]

133. Another vote for The Usual Suspects

I pride myself on being pretty good at figuring out movies, and I was completely taken in by this one.

[FormerDittoHead]

135. Frailty

can't say how, because it would probably be a spoiler.

*I* saw the movie (on cable) without ANY idea of what it was about, etc. - when it unfolded, it blew me away.

PS: I saw "Life Is Beautiful" thinking it was going to be a romantic comedy - did THAT spoil my expectations!

[MISSDem]

148. Frailty got to me to.

I'm afraid to watch it again so far.

[chalky]

150. Dayum! THAT'S the one. Nevermind my earlier "Angel Heart" mention.

:scared: I was messed UP for weeks after that one.

[Cocoa]

136. "Performance" with Mick Jagger

:wtf:

[akarnitz]

140. love that film

"You're Jack the Lad."

[Lydia Leftcoast]

137. Just watched Suspiria, a 1970 Italian horror film about

a young American woman who goes to study at a dance academiy where all sorts of weird and surreal and oddly lit things happen, all backed by tinkly music that's reminiscent of Tubular Bells (the Exorcist movie). I couldn't tell what was happening or who was who much of the time.

[ksilvas]

142. I saw Suspiria a couple years ago, very intense,

The opening scence freaked out my friend
so I watched it later. Very sureal take on horror, I could'nt
figure out what was going on most of the time either but I kinda liked that
disconected dream like quality. I became as disoriented as the main
character.

[akarnitz]

139. The Ice Storm

because I was LMAO when Noah Wood's character dies. I mentioned this to some friends and they stared at me, horrified. I think this film is a black comedy. Is there something wrong with me?

[msongs]

141. "The Devils" from 1971...religion is still like it was in the 1600's ->

this synopsis from amazon.com:

"Originally rated X, this film combines historical, comedic, and surrealistic elements to tell a tale of politics and witchcraft. In order to take over pre-rennaisance France, Cardinal Richelieu and his power-hungry followers will have to eliminate Father Grandier. Grandier controls the one town that keeps Richelieu from having total control of the region. The plan is to convince the townspeople that Grandier is a warlock and that all of his nuns are possessed by devils. The accusations are heard at a public trial - whose results may surprise you."

directed by Ken Russell a very bloody and real looking film,
nightmares dead ahead as you realize many millions of americans would like something similar to happen again

bloodthirsty christians terrorize and murder in France.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

208. It's finally getting a DVD release this year

I'm not sure exactly when, but the original print has been restored/remastered/whatever and Ken Russell has recorded a commentary for it. AFAIK, it will be in its most complete form available - ie the version shown at the BFI in 2004 with the once-missing 'Rape of Christ' and bone dildo scenes restored:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/film/2004/Dec04/devils.html

There were 2 other scenes unearthed, but they were found without sound and had degraded somewhat. Last I read, Russell was happy for them to stay cut as they added nothing to the finished product. Also, Mark Kermode (the film critic who uncovered the missing footage) will be providing a commentary and has updated his "Hell on Earth" documentary which is very good.

If you've only seen the US release you're in for a treat, as Warner Bros cut it even further for the US release than the British censors had and it's that version which has been available on video (apart from the UK 'Maverick Directors' edition in 1997 or so.

[lovelaureng]

146. Jacob's Ladder, The Matrix, 8mm

[MISSDem]

277. I have 8 MM and I

am afraid to watch it again after the first time. It spooked me.

[chalky]

149. Angel Heart.

n/t

[radiclib]

310. Great one!

Extremely scary, and I can't say that about too many movies I've seen. Mickey Rourke was at the top of his game, and a great star turn by DeNiro.

[raccoon]

151. The Blair Witch Project

It creeped me the hell out.

Something about knowing that an unseen, evil force was there, and they couldn't fight it, couldn't escape from it, and you knew it would ultimately get them..it just creeped me out totally.

[Onceuponalife]

294. Blair Witch was aiight

but it can't compare with the truly creepy sequel Book of Shadows.

[DJ MEW]

152. Passion of the Christ

The blood and Violence was just to much for me. I also thought the way the Jewish people in the movie were portrait was disturbing.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

153. Funny Games

Difficult to say why without giving the game away. I saw this a week ago and it's been haunting me ever since. Michael Haneke fucks with you the entire film, but you carry on watching anyway.

Also I've got to mention Tetsuo - a low-budget, hyperkinetic, Cronenberg-plus, mechanical nightmare of a film. I first saw it on the big screen at an Asian festival (in a double bill with its weaker but bigger budget sequel "Body Hammer") and it blew my mind.

Finally a shout out to Miike Takashi's Gozu, Peter Greenaway's A Zed and Two Noughts, Harmony Korine's Julien Donkey=Boy and Larry Clark's latest Ken Park

[sakabatou]

159. You'd probably like Ricky-O: The Story of Ricky

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

160. I actually picked up a copy about 2 weeks ago!

Some great effects and a jolly good romp. I appreciate the way it tried to be creative with each new death - I saw Dawn of the Dead again last week and the shots to the forehead get a tad repetitive.

I also finally got to see the Guinea Pig series. Flower of Flesh and Blood was great, but Devil's Experiment (the Chalie Sheen / FBI one) was a real disappointment (apart from the final effect). The other four were good fun, intentionally so, but nothing remarkable.

[Tummler]

221. The entire Guinea Pig series disappointed me

I too finally got to see the entire series recently, via the Region 1 DVD set from Unearthed. I found all of the films, even Flower of Flesh and Blood, to be phony and boring. I guess that makes me the sickest fuck on this thread!

Nacho Cerda's Aftermath is what the Guinea Pig series should have been ...

[darkmaestro019]

230. I keep seeking those, but many people say the same thing you did

Maybe it's just that at the time it was more shocking? eh. I'll probably chase them down eventually, but I'll have lower expectations than "omg is this a real snuff movie?!?" after this many thumbs-down.

[onager]

155. The Devils...

Nicely covered by another poster above.

Also Ken Russell's "Salome's Last Dance." The plot: with Oscar Wilde's "Salome" banned in Britain, a very special performance is arranged at a London whorehouse. The movie must be near-banned today, since I've seen VHS tapes of it going for over $100. Ken Russell, so it's gorgeous, profane, baffling and occasionally infuriating. But always very watchable.

The Rapture--an atheist writes and directs a movie about the ultimate Fundie wet dream. Yes, THAT Rapture. Starring a pre-X-Files David Duchovny and Mimi Rogers. Incredibly intense. Trust me, you'll think about this one long after it's over.

Wise Blood--John Huston's adapation of the Flannery O'Connor novel. Amazing.

Crows--I usually HATE movies that focus on children, but this Polish movie is a huge exception to the usual American kiddie glop. A lonely and neglected 10-yr-old girl kidnaps a 3-yr-old to keep her company. The female director uses the story of the kids as cover for a story about universal human concerns of love, family relationships, and other Big Issues. Despite that, it's never preachy or boring.

Besides, you just gotta love a movie that starts with a snarky kid bellowing "Shit!" at her gym teacher--a nun. And this is another one that makes you think long after it ends.

The Bridge--1960 German movie about a band of doomed Hitler Youth guarding a worthless bridge as the Allies move into the Fatherland. A real eye-opener for those who grew up on American war movies that never showed the real consequences of war.

[kweerwolf]

157. "Salo, or 120 Days of Sodom"

Pasolini's last (I think) film ... four men (representing the government, the church, capitalism, and the military) take men and women hostage and subject them to horrible sadistic tortures.

The movie is tame by today's conventions, but was highly controversial when it was originally released. Granted, it was pretty much showcase for Pasolini's pro-communist ideas, but it is still an indictment of man's inhumanity.

[ZombieHorde]

368. I absolutely love that movie. The book is fun too, depending on the version you get.

One version of the book is entirely in list form.

[rocktivity]

158. The opening of The Naked Prey

The killing of the hunters totally freaked me out, though I should also point out that I watched it during my time of month.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Domitan]

161. Man Bites Dog (banned in dozens of countries)

Just think of a "Blair Witch Project" mockumentary on a serial killer! Basically a few college kids decide to make a documentary about a serial killer who allows them to film him doing his murders as well as the other sides of his life. Really left me feeling like I had blood on my hands after I watched this film. The contrast between Ben (serial killer) during his cold and brutally wicked murders/rationalizations AND his ordinary cheerful family life truly did turn my psyche inside out!

[Domitan]

163. I guarantee you that these 2 will mess with every single mind here.

Possibly the most controversial movie ever!


Wes Craven's first movie

I've not seen either of them, but having read the reviews and excerpts on these movies...only an icy psychopath or someone void of emotions will not be profoundly disturbed by these movies.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

164. I feel like an icy psychopath!

I wasn't particularly impressed with I Spit on Your Grave. Although the 'revenge' aspect is fully justified given the multiple rapes, I have a big problem with the way she goes about doing it.

SPOILER -- tjat is having sex with, and masturbating 2 men before she kills them
--END SPOILER

It feels like exploitation for exploitations sake. A far better (although one that still suffers from exploitation - hardcore scenes were inserted by A.Non ala Caligula post-production) rape-revenge film - which predates Grave - is Thriller: A Cruel Picture. (As a side note, Elle Driver in Kill Bill is based on the lead).

Last House on The Left, however, is a pretty good film. It's a remake of sorts of The Virgin Springs by Bergman. It's a bit dated and not as shocking as the description implies, IMHO although it does have its disturbing & uneasy moments. This is broken up by a strange subplot about two bumbling cops and the denoument is somewhat more comic than tragic. I'd recommend it if you like Craven & want to explore his pre-Freddy work (The Hills Have Eyes is excellent), or if you have an interest in horror.

Another film on a similar theme which is really nasty is House on the Edge of the Park starring David Hess (who also plays the lead nasty in Last House on the Left). I've only seen this once about 10 years ago and have no desire to revisit it.

With all that said, two seriously disturbing films I have seen recently - which gave me pause to think about my interest in extreme cinema - were:

August Underground Mordum
http://www.toetagpictures.com/

and Scrapbook
http://www.thrae.com/nbmm/ra/reviews/scrapbook.html

Incidentally I couldn't agree more about Man Bites Dog which is fantastic. I don't know if you've seen the American film partly inspired by it -- Series 7 - The Contenders -- whilst not brilliant, is pretty funny satire.

(Incidentally, all of the films I mention above are either banned or censored in Britain.

[Tummler]

220. The first "August Underground" is even more disturbing than "Mordum"

The gimmick is basically the same, but the violence and special effects are not as over-the-top, so it gets under one's skin (so to speak) even more. The August Underground crew have a third movie, Penance, in the pipeline.

Scrapbook, Man Bites Dog, Series 7 - The Contenders, Last House on the Left, and House on the Edge of the Park are indeed worth checking out. David Hess was such a great bad guy!

I concur re: I Spit on Your Grave -- it's an inept movie all around, and not particularly shocking in comparison to some of the other films you noted.

[smbolisnch]

165. Scarface

Just because it is incredibly violent.

[bliss_eternal]

251. I found it disturbing, too..

but because of all of the drug use. The violence was kind of a relief, as then I didn't have to watch those people do drugs... :shrug:

[ceile]

167. Audition!!!

I have never been so shocked and disturbed by a movie ending in my LIFE!!! :scared:

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

169. "Kiri kiri kiri kiri kiri ..."

[Lydia Leftcoast]

238. I couldn't make it to the ending

It was shown on the Sundance Channel late one night, and even though I try to see every Japanese movie that comes on cable, I turned it off after they brought out the razor blades. :scared:

[Doctor_Horrible]

319. just about shit my pants with that one... when that bag moved... holy crap!!!!!

[intheflow]

168. "Natural Born Killers" and "Dogma"

Both gave me wicked nightmares for weeks.

[sakabatou]

175. Dogma gave you nightmares?

:shrug:

[mduffy31]

179. Dogma?

How could that movie give you nightmares, it has a rubber poop monster in it for god sakes, and my boys Jay and Silent Bob, JERSEY REPRESENT!

[ruthg]

173. Momento

Its about a guy with no short term memory and it is told backwards. Incredibly fun.

[Rockholm]

174. JAWS.

I can't believe nobody has said JAWS yet. As a kid, I used to sail, swim, waterski..you name it, I was in the water.
NOw, at 41, if I can't see the bottom, I don't go in the water, much less in a river or a creek.
Thanks.

[WernhamHogg]

176. Battle Royale

Hands down: Battle Royale. I was still thinking of that movie a week after watching it. VERY intense from beginning to end. I was well aware of what the movie was about before watching it, but I still came away shocked at what I had seen.

[Forkboy]

323. Great book, too.

Part of the ending was slightly changed for the movie, and for once the change was actually a bit of an improvement (the book was a little murky). The book is still great, though.

Whatever you do, avoid the sequel. Pure garbage that bears no resemblance to the first one.

[long_green]

177. The Magdalen Sisters

Irish movie about a Catholic workcamp/convent for fallen young women.
After it was over, I felt like I'd been hit by a bus.
Funny story. Near the end of the film is an escape scene; the sound of footsteps is somewhat exaggerated on the soundtrack (the effect was used earlier). I am so worked up by the movie at this point that I snap and yell out "TAKE YOUR DAMN SHOES OFF!" like I'm at a horror movie (wasn't I?). A couple of weeks later, a friend of mine is overhearing someone talking about that movie and sure enough the person talking says. "...and then some big jerk yells out, 'TAKE YOUR DAMN SHOES OFF!'"
very few people saw that movie in the States but anyone who did will agree with me when I say...that if "The Magdalen Sisters" had ever taken off in this country yelling out "YOU ARE NOT A MAN OF GOD!" would be like yelling "FOOD FIGHT!"

[free_spirit82]

190. I watched this movie...

And I completely agree. I watched it while my husband was at work, thinking he wouldn't need/want to see some chick flicky movie. When my husband got home, I made him rewatch it with me, plus the extras (the interviews with some of the women that had been sent to the camp).

[Lydia Leftcoast]

239. One of the most striking things about that film

was the way in which so few nuns were able to control so many young women.

I think especially of the scene in which the nastiest of the nuns lines up about eight of the women as they come out of the shower and starts talking about their bodies in a leering tone.

It's a shocking scene, but just as shocking is the fact that the women didn't rebel then or at any other time until the end, and then it was only two who got violent. It looked as if about six nuns were able to keep fifty young women prisoner.

Even the ones who were released (remember the one whose brother came for her at Christmas?) or escaped (the two at the end) seem to have done nothing for those who were left behind.

[Bridget Burke]

183. Existenz--a David Cronenberg film.

I've had some crummy jobs, but none as bad as working at The Trout Farm. Mutated amphibians!

"The Woman Chaser" starred Patrick Warburton as a used car dealer who wants to write a movie. Was it a weird homage to "film noir"? An extremely black comedy? I saw it on IFC but it's never been released as VHS or DVD.

[bliss_eternal]

252. I no longer even attempt to watch Cronenberg films

His work always disturbs me.

The Fly had me upset for weeks.

I don't dare his other films--I've heard all about Dead Ringers. :scared:

[catbert836]

185. Hotel Rwanda

Such a powerful film, but so hard to watch. It gave me goosebumps months after I'd watched it.

[greiner3]

186. They shoot horses, don't they?

I'm suicidal anyway and the ending has stayed with me all these long years.

[Zookeeper]

188. I remember seeing that film when it came out...

it made quite an impression on me and stayed with me for a long time.

[Flying Dream Blues]

191. The Shining, Brazil, Schindler's List

All for different reasons. I couldn't even get all the way through the Shining...just too real and too damn scary. Brazil is Terry Gilliam's movie, a Kafka-esque mindbender from start to finish, and is just brilliant; the kind of movie you talk about and argue about with your friends for hours after you see it. Schindler's List just made that whole tragic crime against humanity unbearably real, which was a gift to mankind and yet traumatizing as well.

I'd like to say, thanks for all the good movie ideas as well. Now I have lots to rent during the cold days to come.

[davidinalameda]

192. The Talented Mr. Ripley

I saw myself agreeing with Ripley--I saw myself agreeing with his completely amoral attitude

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

194. Have you seen "Ripley's Game" with John Malkovich in the role?

I haven't, but your post just reminded me I've been meaning to get hold of a copy. I heard very good things about it when it came out, but it didn't really get much publicity.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265651/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00018D40O/

[Domitan]

195. It wasn't bad

The sequel delves into Mr. Ripley's sociopathy in his older "settled" years. However, there's still a bit of an anti-hero in him as you will see. Still it didn't have the same grip as the Matt Damon movie.

[CanuckAmok]

204. I just saw that, like, three days ago.

It's very good, but not as good as "The Talented M.R.".

I like Malkovich, too.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

212. There's another Ripley film in the can

but I can't find any info on release dates:

"Ripley Under Ground" (aka "White on White")
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0219171/
http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/004079.html

[dipsydoodle]

297. DVD seems to be Region 2 PAL only

which of course is fine if you're in the UK - as am I. :)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ripley-Underground-Region-2-PAL/dp/B001W0871G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1239099057&sr=1-1

[YOY]

193. Savior

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120070/

Maybe because I understood the Serbian. Maybe because the Balkan singing of a mother to her child as an overture to genocide. Maybe because for me the Balkans are a second home.


Then again the mass murder of women and children by sledgehammer is freaking scary no matter where it takes place.

[writes2000]

197. Brokeback Mountain - the film's pain, solitude & sadness was so deep.

[Caoimhe]

200. I can't wait to see BB Mountain! n/t

[gulfcoastliberal]

198. Miracle Mile

How would you like to pick up a payphone and find out you'll be nuked in 70 minutes? Great movie.

[Forkboy]

327. I love that movie.

:thumbsup:

[Caoimhe]

201. Crash messed with my head

the loops and twists really blew me away.

[RebelOne]

202. It depressed the hell out of me.

[NashVegas]

316. Which Crash?

Cronenberg's, or the other one?

[CanuckAmok]

205. MANY!: Seconds, The Sarogasso Manuscript, Man Bites Dog, Being J Malkovich

Seconds (the most disturbing movie I've ever seen)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060955/

John Frankenheimer's best film, and a little-known blip in Rock Hudson't career. The cinematography is deliberately disorienting, and the story is truly bizarre (and decades ahead of its time).


Sarogasso Manuscript (Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie)
(note: this was allegedly Jerry Garcia's favourite movie)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059643/

This one borders on the hilarious, due to its surrealism. It's a story within a story within a story within a story...


The Vanishing (Spoorloos)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096163/

The most terrifying horror/thriller movie ever made. Why? Because the killer isn't a Hollywood supervillain, he's a regular guy with a family. Except he likes to kill people.


Man Bites Dog (C'est arrivé près de chez vous)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103905/

The Belgian movie about a documentary film crew being allowed to join a serial killer on the loose is darkly hilarious.


Being John Malkovich
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120601/

What can I say? It's about finding a portal into John Malkovich's head.


The Quiet Earth
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089869/

New Zealand film about a scientist waking up to find that everybody on Earth has simply disappeared. Just a cool story, superbly acted and photographed.


Jacob's Ladder
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099871/

...


Pi
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704/

A paranoid mathematician working on discovering a number which unlocks the secrets of the universe. In the way,. he runs afoul of Hasidic Jews who believe the world will end when the number is uncovered, and a faceless corporation who want the number's power.


Threads
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090163/

A low-budget TV movie from the UK, in which a small English town is not completely destroyed by a nuclear excnage between the USSR and the USA. What sets this movie apart from its contempraries (The Day After, ar Games, etc), is its star realism. The war has fragmented society; there are no winners and there is no hope.


On The Beach (1959 version)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053137/

An American submarine arrives in Australia after a global nuclear war. The entire northern hemisphere of the planet has been destroyed, and the Australians have to come to terms with the fact that the radiation will soon kill them as well, wiping mankind out completely. Particularly disturbing is the heartbreaking performace of Fred Astaire (!) as a doomed man who spends his last days living his fantasy of being a race-car driver. Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Tony Perkins... a top-shelf, big budget American Cold War movie with an unusual (for the time) anti-war message.


Hard Core Logo
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116488/


The fictional Canadian punk band, Hard Core Logo, have reunited for one last, cross-country tour. Old, broke, and disillusioned, they set-off to raise money for their hero, Bucky Haight, who was shot by accident and paralysed during a drive-by shooting. But Hard Core Logo's members soon learn that "you cannot go home again", as their personality conflicts, individual personal demons and unfulfilled dreams come back to haunt them. Equally hilarious and tragic.


Last Night
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156729/


Another apocalypse movie. However, this one is about people coming to terms with their own imminent mortality, as an unexplained event will end the world at midnight, New Year's Eve. An incredible ensemble cast of people you've never heard of, and absolutely beautiful cinematography. This move will stay with you forever. If tere's ever a time-capsule shot into space, to show other civilizations what we were like at the end of the 20th Century, I hope this movie is on board. It's the most gentle, humanising move I've ever seen.

[CanuckAmok]

206. One more: Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Picnic at Hanging Rock

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073540/

A field trip of Austrialian schoolgirls and their teacher/chaperone visit "Hanging Rock" for a picnic. During their visit, they all mysteriously fall into a deep sleep, and when they awake, some of the girls are missing, never to be found.

I take it as an allegory about coming of age/puberty in repressed Victorian society. It's choc-a-block with symbolism and atmosphere. In fact, it's a haunting movie which will leave you really messed-up.

[CanuckAmok]

207. Oh, and "The Virgin Suicides"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159097/

There was something just so fucking creepy about this movie, I've never beena ble to shake it.

[jobendorfer]

302. what's really interesting to me is ...

... that, ultimately, no explanations about the girls' disappearance is offered.

I see the coming-of-age into a repressed society allegory, but I think it's also about how people react to an event -- one that is even witnessed -- that simply *cannot* be encoded into memory, because there are no words, concepts, or language to describe what has happened. No schemas to work with here. (Yeah, characters literally walk into solid rock and vanish. WTF?) Some of the characters basically shrug, ok, we don't know what happened, and move on. Others become obsessed with solving the mystery. Others completely shatter and fall apart. I think that's what sets this film apart, that, and its brilliant use of the medium to non-verbally convey a story. Man, they don't make them like that any more.

Fast & the Furious Part e^19th, anyone?

J.

[annofark]

209. The Matrix

I must be dumb because I just DO NOT understand that movie and THAT is what messes with my head.

[Benfea]

291. I can help with the understanding part...

http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/rl_cmp/new_phil_fr_hanley2.html

Click on the links on the left side to read essays by philosophy professors, some of them ivy league.

[FiveGoodMen]

210. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

Just too brutal. Once was enough.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

211. Oh, gee, I happened to flip past it on a cable channel

at precisely the moment when the roasted man was being presented to the guests (at least I think that's what was happening.)

I don't want to know what's happening in the rest of that film.

[cleveramerican]

214. " Bob Roberts"

little seen film about the packageing and selling of political candidates. Just Great.

[martymar64]

215. The Loved One

Rod Steiger as Mr. Joyboy, what a freak! Plus suicide by embalming yourself.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

240. That is one bizarre movie--with Liberace as a funeral director

(and he's hilarious in the role).

[Little Star]

216. The Game w/ S. Penn & M. Douglas

Could not figure that movie out until the very end. Never had that happen to me before. GREAT flick!

[THUNDER HANDS]

222. nobody has said 'The Hill Have Eyes'

They're making a remake of it and it looks scary as hell, anyone seen it?

[AtomicKitten]

223. "The Woodsman"

A window into child predators. Kevin Bacon was superb.

[agincourt]

224. Videodrome

The concept of controlling people with hallucinations is what freaked me out, the perfect police state. Reward or punishment all beamed into your head.

[lumberjack_jeff]

263. Excellent, how could that have been forgotten! n/t

[Bushknew]

227. The Entity

A story of a poltergeist raping a young woman

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/dvd/B0000695JG/customer-reviews/203-5392050-2656767

I saw this as a teenager and thought, hell, could this happen to guys too?

[cynatnite]

232. Sixth Sense

It still screws with my head when I see it. The ending got me so bad that I had to rewatch it a couple of times. It still screws with my head.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

235. Videodrome

"Long live the new flesh." That line, in and of itself, was creepy enough.

[Echo In Light]

334. Yep - "long live the new flesh." One of Cronenberg's best

[laruemtt]

236. Natural Born Killers -

it was an extremely beautiful bright day outside and the movie was so dark. had to rediscover the good in humans for a few hours afterwards.

[Ready4Change]

237. Brazil

Was mentioned in someone elses list, but I thought it deserves its own, solo listing.

[Benfea]

292. What makes Brazil disturbing is not the fantastical parts...

...but the horrifying plausibility of the banal bureaucratic evil. *shudder*

[Kire]

241. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

I just saw that one the other day. It's pretty freaky.

[begin_within]

242. Blue Velvet was pretty damn weird.

[Homer Wells]

243. Waking Life!!

Cool animation and fascinating discussions in philosophy. The twist at the end caught me by surprise ,though.
I still think about it!

[shadowknows69]

306. Waking Life was awesome

[bliss_eternal]

253. Closer for starters...

stayed with me for days--so much so, that I had to see it again. :banghead: Then, I couldn't stop thinking about it or discussing it with anyone and everyone that had seen it. It's a fascinating piece, that can be interpreted so many ways.

In addition:

Seven : I haven't been able to see that film again since my initial viewing of it, in a theater. It made me so uncomfortable that I literally got up and paced the aisles of the theater while watching it. If I see it is airing on tv, I avoid it like the plague. Excellent film, I'd recommend it to anyone--I just don't ever want to go there again. :scared:

The Exorcist: There's just something really wrong about a little girl, being turned into a monster, complete with deep, hideous voice emanating from her. THE MOST TERRIFYING thing I've ever encountered. Can't even listen to the commercials for it when it's going to air on tv. The sounds of that film disturb me.

There are others, those are merely the ones that come to mind...

[pthalomarie]

257. soundtrack for exorcist is interesting

I've heard that they mixed in all sorts of unpleasant sounds deep into the soundtrack, like buzzing hornets. that might be why its so unnerving.

[bliss_eternal]

260. Wow! That's SO interesting--

I did not know that, thanks for letting me know! :hi: That would explain some of what makes it difficult to hear...

I did know the actress that did the voiceover work (as the demon voice coming from Reagan), wasn't credited for her work, and she had to sue to get paid for it. Sad given it wouldn't have been the film it was without her tremendous work.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

331. Mercedes McCambridge did the girl's voice.

I have a head full of useless trivia.

[VOX]

254. Paul Thomas Anderson's "Magnolia"

Outstanding cast. There's this feeling of dread hanging over most of the picture, but your emotions are working on a number of levels -- and there's one truly Biblical surprise!

Highly recommended. :thumbsup:

[Kashka-Kat]

258. THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES

Creepy, dreary West Virginia setting. Contagious paranoia and high weirdness -- I felt kinda weird and jumpy for days after.

I think it was based partially on true happenings in aWest Virginia town, later ascribed to "mass hysteria." I remember reading about Mothman when I was a kid - along with flying saucers and stories of Big Foot.

[lumberjack_jeff]

264. A boy and his dog.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072730/

that just ain't right.

[Progressive4Life]

266. The Amityville Horror

I was 10 the first time I saw it. Ironically, it was the same weekend we had just moved in to a 130 year-old house. That night before I went to bed, I stared at the walls, half expecting them to start bleeding.

[Duer 157099]

267. Pink Flamingos

(can't believe it hasn't already been listed)

No explanation necessary for those who have seen it. And for those who haven't: don't.

[Rhythm]

274. Everything is Illuminated

painful and sad in so many places, and a good plot twist at the end.

[Doctor_Horrible]

320. the book is SOOOOO much better... and I usually like movies based on books

[tinfoilinfor2005]

280. Night of the Living Dead.

Still can't watch the whole thing. Creeps me out big time. The jumping around from daytime to nighttime adds to the disorientation.

[Marie26]

283. Dr. Strangelove

It just did.

[Enoch1981]

285. House of 1000 corpses

I really liked this movie...I could honestly say that it was one of the few movies that creeped me out (fishboy, lol). I don't get most of the bad reviews. It was great on so many levels...part of its effect was the powerful use of visuals and incongregous music and dialogue. I loved it! :D

[Onceuponalife]

295. oh my dog!!

First time I saw this I was in the middle of an anxiety attack. By the time Fish Boy showed up I thought I was gonna die! I couldn't breathe.

Then later I saw The Devil's Rejects and loved it. So I went back and saw 1000 Corpses again and I could finally appreciate it. The last 45 min. or so is about as good as horror gets. And the scene where Bill Mosley is preaching to the tied-up cheerleaders is one of my faves!!

[Name removed]

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[Benfea]

290. Tetsuo the Iron Man

I've only seen it without sound at night clubs, and from what I've seen, I don't <b>want</b> to see it with sound!

[Tabasco_Dave]

293. Video Drome

It was just too weird.

[Onceuponalife]

296. My Little Eye

It's just plain evil. One of the best and scariest "trapped in a snuff film and can't escape" films.

Also Todd Solondz' Happiness messed with my head as does all his films.

[smoochpooch]

328. Omg, I thought I was the only one who saw My Little Eye.

So many creepy moments, but my favorite is "Should I kill her now?"

[dipsydoodle]

298. Bambi

Mind you I was only about 7 years old at the time. :rofl:

[shadowknows69]

299. Repo: The Genetic Opera

Amazingly twisted movie and fully sung from beginning to end. Like "Rocky Horror" turned up to 11. Like a musical version of a Saw movie (but with a better plot) and was directed by the guy who did Saw 2 and 3. Can't get the soundtrack out of my head.

[MaineDem]

300. "Iron Jawed Angels"

We owe so much to these heroes. They were willing to give up so much for the cause of women's suffrage. All they endured still brings tears to my eyes. Hillary Swank was tremendous as Alice Paul.

[Iggo]

301. Yep. I had to stop watching that one.

Even if it's just a movie, I get physically ill when I see a man hit a woman like she's a man. (Yeah, it's sexist. I know. But it's literally a gut reaction.)

[MaineDem]

303. I cried through the whole movie.

Each time I watched it.

[mackerel]

304. Apocalypse Now

Couldn't get that film out of my head when I saw as a teen. Then I had it in a film class and had to write an essay on it. Couldn't sleep for a week.

[a la izquierda]

305. El violin and Angel Heart

El Violin messes with your head.

Angel Heart is just messed up.

[mackerel]

307. This is a great thread. I'm enjoying the read.

[sakabatou]

311. You're welcome.

[Kerrytravelers]

312. Boys Don't Cry

This film was so tragic.

And my fundy in-laws said their preacher "warned them" about this film because it was about "those kinds of people."

My reply: I'm sure he was talking about the rapists and murderers.

Their reply: There was a rapist and murder?

My final quip: So, I see he actually saw the film before commenting.

[Name removed]

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[Forkboy]

314. Momento.

I couldn't stop thinking about that flick for days.

Also, the movie Stalingrad fucked me up because it's one of the most depressing movies ever made (and one of the best as well).

[schmuls]

315. Eraserhead

[keroro gunsou]

321. pink floyd's the wall

i was 14 and totally unprepared for it.

[dddem]

322. Dead man walking, The Shawshank Redemption, Fatal Attraction, The Planet of the Apes, Pleasantville

so many, it's hard to choose which one had the greatest impact, but they all made me think differently about things. Not all great movies, but I loved them all.

[mackerel]

325. If you like David Lynch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwA-g0L94Uo

[emmadoggy]

326. Several...

Most already mentioned here...

Blair Witch
The Ring
The Exorcist (never saw the whole movie {it was on TV!!!} - just parts of it were enough for me. I was in Jr. High, I think, and it scared me so bad I actually had to go in and sleep with my Mom that night! For weeks, I could swear I could feel my bed shake, lol.

Angel Heart
Seven
Fight Club
Memento
The Entity
The Mothman Prophecies
12 Monkeys - loved that twisty ending!

I don't think anyone has mentioned these...
Event Horizon
The Believers
The Seventh Sign
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original one)

I feel like there are a few I'm forgetting, but these all freaked me out or fried my brain.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

332. Looking for Mr. Goodbar.

With Diane Keaton picking up men in bars and snorting coke. Aggghhh....

Also, Spun, with John Leguizamo, Mickey Rourke and Debbie Harry. My kid made me watch it. Horrible people (methheads) doing horrible things.

[Hun Joro]

333. Tideland by Terry Gilliam

Such a strange film...the story should feel like horror, but somehow, seen through the eyes of a child, it doesn't. Very interesting and compelling film.

[Forkboy]

337. I think it's Gilliam's best film.

certainly his most focused. I loved Tideland.

[Echo In Light]

335. Donnie Darko

Happened upon it several yrs ago while going through some things that made the story resonate with me more so than it otherwise would have ...although it's certainly not the most strange or disturbing movie I've seen, it does pack quite an an emotional punch.

[Stump]

346. Donnie Darko is a great flick...

Took me a few times to understand the whole parallel universe concept. A must see if you haven't already.

[RebelOne]

336. When A Stranger Calls

The original one from the '70s, not the remake.

[dddem]

338. scared the crap out of me

and it was one of my favorites because it wasn't bloody, just real scary.

[no_hypocrisy]

340. Dementia 13, the first film by Francis Ford Coppolla in 1965.

It was a Halloween matinee and I was 6-1/2. There were vivid axe murders and screaming and blood. And at the end I really believed an axe went through the head of a sleeping person, not a doll. I went home freaked out and remained that way for years.

[MinM]

342. Dark City (1998)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSpowoKqSzc :applause:

[Occulus]

361. I'll second that because it approaches hard science fiction. n/t

[sipping radicchio]

343. If you mean really creeped me out, then there are many..."Psycho" is a perfect example...

Just plain weirded-me-out flicks? I almost walked out of "Blue Velvet" because I couldn't handle the freakiness. An intense scene in "Pulp Fiction" elicited the same reaction but I stuck out both movies.

[sakabatou]

345. Which scene in Pulp Fiction?

And after 4 years, this thread is still up and running.

WOW.

[Stardust]

347. Repulsion

Why? Becuz I was a teenager in 1965 who wandered into this movie with 2 friends on vacation in Toronto, none of us knowing a thing about Polanski or what to expect. But watching the beautiful Catherine Deneuve descend into hell was fascinating and breathtaking. I'll never forget it.

I feel a little weird responding to a 3 y/o thread, but what the hell!

The Pawnbroker had an enormous effect on me, as well. When I came out of the theater, my best friend was in line to go see it and I just fell into her arms and sobbed.

[ailsagirl]

353. I agree about "Repulsion"-- it was chilling

Also "In Cold Blood"-- even though I knew the story, seeing the film
was something else again. I remembered after it ended, I threw up (not
in the theater, thankfully)

So depressing

[MotorCityMan]

349. Irréversible, a French movie staring Monica Bellucci

One of the bleakest movies I have ever seen. Similar to Memento, with the scenes shown in reverse order. The movie is very graphic, and be warned that it has a rape scene that is very realistic (you will really feel sorry for Monica Bellucci) and pretty much unwatchable.

Even the soundtrack and camera work are disturbing as hell. While I thought the movie was actually well done, I can't say I "liked" it, and I wouldn't really recomend it as it is so disturbing. There is no way I'd sit through it again.

Other movies that messed with my head would be Audition, 21 Grams, Memento, and pretty much anything by David Lynch.

[OwnedByFerrets]

356. That was my first choice. Riveting movie.

[Cheap_Trick]

350. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

David Lynch strikes again. One of the few movies where I felt the need to take a shower after it was over.

Creepy, bizarre, heartbreaking, and totally fucked-up.

[Scatterheart]

351. INLAND EMPIRE

I've seen A LOT of films, and all of David Lynch's filmography, and had never experienced the feeling of having your mind "fucked", as it were... until INLAND EMPIRE. Around the scene where Laura Dern's character(s?) dies on the corner with the homeless people (after the supremely horrifying/tragic "vagina wall" monologue), and the camera pulled back---
*BLAM* My brain exploded.

[ailsagirl]

352. "Easy Rider" - the ending totally surprised me

[OwnedByFerrets]

355. Mulholland Drive...for obvious reasons.

[Caoimhe]

357. Into the Wild

I loved Emile Hirsch and the story behind the character he played. It really made me think about the purpose of life and love and material things and how one person's life can touch so many others.

Also, There Will Be Blood. Daniel Day Lewis and Paul Dano were both outstanding, and drinking a milkshake will never be the same...

[trumanh59639]

358. Salo

The book is even more screwed up.

[Number9Dream]

359. Nature's Grave - Depressing, disgusting, confusing (spoilers)

Depressing, disgusting, confusing, & painful. The opening credits rolled over beautiful Australian scenery, and then the movie quickly went downhill from there. The main characters began arguing within the first couple minutes, and it quickly wore on my nerves. Soon after that came the gut-wrenching death of a baby kangaroo. Over and over the audience had to witness nauseating slaughter to establish the dispicability of the main characters. Enough already, we get it! The characters were both so dislikable, that within a half-hour, I kept saying to myself, just kill them and please end this. It was like a particularly bad Mystery Science Theater without the humor.

Another lowpoint was when the movie introduced another family in a van who end up dead. It seemed to be solely for shock value. The audience knew nothing of any transgressions against nature by this family.

No explanation was offered about the arrows on the trees, which the director showed repeatedly.

When the movie thankfully ended, my wife and I turned to each other and simultaneously said, "Well, I'll never watch that one again."

[Triana]

360. The Awakening

the whole psychological aspect of it.

[Occulus]

362. Somebody upthread beat me to it. n/t

[JustAnotherGen]

364. An Imitation of Life - The first one

I'm a bi-racial woman. I saw it when I was 12 (I'm now 36) - before Halle Berry was "soooooooooo beautiful". My dad's mother was also bi-racial (His father black/seminole) - and it was one of her favorites. Maybe for the next generation things will be different - but for a woman born in 1898 and one born in 1973 of the same 'family dynamic' - it says a great deal about race, beauty, gender, possibilities.

[JustAnotherGen]

365. Sophie's Choice - is my 2nd

Choices women make. And makes every one think - what would I do?

[The Northerner]

366. Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog) was graphically disgusting at some points

Requiem for a Dream, Irreversible, and Blindness also made me feel really uncomfortable.

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[cayanne]

370. Apocalypse Now

Gave me nightmares. I watched it when helicopters flew over San Jose at night spraying Malathion for fruit flies.

[Whisp]

372. Mr. Frost - Jeff Goldblum

It's been many years since I saw it but still recoil at rememberings. Basically about good and evil.
It wasn't a slasher eyeball assaultive type of movie, very low key but had such a powerful impact.

[eleny]

375. Kubrick's - Paths of Glory

"If he's alive in the morning,pinch his cheeks before you take him out.
It may open his eyes. The general wants him conscious."

[sakabatou]

376. Holy crap

This thread is almost 6 years old.

O.O

[sakabatou]

378. Not a movie, but this will mess with your head

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eSIDNCiLw8