Most disturbing film

[MinionZombie]

Kids is a hella fucked up movie. i remember thinking to myself after watching it: "if that is representative of even 25 % of young people today, the future is totally fucked." Aye, it is pretty grim. Although I'd reckon it speaks for less people than you fear - it still speaks for some, which is tragic and scary in it's own right ... but it's kind of like here in the UK, we have these two shows ... on the one hand you've got "Skins" about a bunch of 16-18 year olds who seemingly just drink, do drugs, and shag their way through Bristol ... meanwhile there's The Inbetweeners (which is a current UK box office hit with it's movie spin-off), which is about 16-18 year old virgins who talk a lot about sex but are useless at doing anything 'cool'. "Skins" is what a lot of teens want their lives to be, whereas "The Inbetweeners" is what their lives actually are ... that's not a totally hard and fast rule (there are some running utterly wild), but generally speaking my points stands ... but as I also said, even if "Kids" only accounts for a relatively small minority, it's no less disturbing. I remember in the 1990s where "Kids" was coming out - it was hugely controversial here in the UK.

[shootemindehead]

Yeh, I'd say that most kids are pretty shocked at 'Kids' as well.

[blind2d]

Dude yeah, Gummo! When the Gonz wrestles that chair... classic! Bunny-boy is awesome too. A real skateboarding movie without skateboarding in it, man. I need to make a list of those... 'Charlie's Angels' might be on it...

[Yojimbo]

Dude yeah, Gummo! When the Gonz wrestles that chair... classic! Bunny-boy is awesome too. A real skateboarding movie without skateboarding in it, man. I need to make a list of those... 'Charlie's Angels' might be on it... Forgot about Gummo, which was pretty disturbing too. And Julien the Donkey Boy- not much in terms of story but also pretty disturbing. Did anyone else find The Tin Drum/ Die Blechtrommel to be freaky like I did? -- -------- Post added at 11:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:05 AM ---------- I worry about these people who seem to get off on torture/gore porn and how desensitized they seem to be towards the content in these graphic films. And its not just that, they get off on the real life videos shown on websites like Ogrish or Rotten.com which is actually real people being killed or badly injured Scary, isn't it? Isn't it? I am more disturbed by those that get off on these films than the films themselves.

[Tricky]

Has anyone else seen "The War Zone" which I posted about earlier in the thread? Thats pretty socially horrific, about the secret incest within a family (the father is fucking his daughter) and the fall out which comes with it, the girl being very messed up by it, and then so is her brother when he finds out its happening, its a tough watch

[Andy]

I Tried to watch on youtube last night but after watching parts 1-4, i found that the rest of the movie had been deleted by youtube themselves. Didnt see anything disturbing but didnt get that far.

[shootemindehead]

Has anyone else seen "The War Zone" which I posted about earlier in the thread? Thats pretty socially horrific, about the secret incest within a family (the father is fucking his daughter) and the fall out which comes with it, the girl being very messed up by it, and then so is her brother when he finds out its happening, its a tough watch Yes and it's a very good film. -- -------- Post added at 05:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:21 PM ---------- I Tried to watch on youtube last night but after watching parts 1-4, i found that the rest of the movie had been deleted by youtube themselves. Didnt see anything disturbing but didnt get that far. Try here Andy http://stagevu.com/video/zfcqoqhlspiy

[Mike70]

I remember in the 1990s where "Kids" was coming out - it was hugely controversial here in the UK. Kids was one of the few times in eons that i've broken my rule about watching fictional things set in the present time or in "real life." i usually will not watch flicks set in the present day that deal with the real world. in fact, i usually steer clear of films like that as i would a bum with bleeding sores. i live in the real world and have to deal the issues of life and the present day all the time. i have no desire to watch that play out on the screen. that is the reason i pretty much only watch horror and scifi movies and shows.

[Purge]

I saw Kids in theaters--with my mom! My friend and I were too young to get in by ourselves--we were sixteen at the time, and it was strictly 18+--but she actually respected the film for what it was.

[clanglee]

Kids was one of the few times in eons that i've broken my rule about watching fictional things set in the present time or in "real life." i usually will not watch flicks set in the present day that deal with the real world. in fact, i usually steer clear of films like that as i would a bum with bleeding sores. i live in the real world and have to deal the issues of life and the present day all the time. i have no desire to watch that play out on the screen. that is the reason i pretty much only watch horror and scifi movies and shows. The exact reason that I read mostly fantasy and scifi. . .I have no desire to invest my time in something that I could easily live through. Meh, boring.

[Darksider18]

I would have to say the japanese horror film The Audition. A creepy japanese schoolgirl butchering and torturing men in a few of the most obscene ways! Like for example, chopping off a guys tongue and arms, clotting the damages so he doesnt bleed to death, wrapping him in plastic and keeping him chained in an empty room in her apartment. And occasionally feeding him, wait for it.... Her own vomit.

[wayzim]

i am very desensitised and a lot of films that are shocking i will find more than likely distasteful, pandering or just disgusting. disturbing though? the examples that spring to mind for me are all very similar, if its a dude brutally harming a woman i really have trouble watching it. I suppose that might sound a little sexist of me, but it just ,to be specific, disturbs me in a way i cant quite quantify. One of i think takeshi miikes films has a man torture a woman in a similar way to a woman torturing a man in audition. but the woman putting needles in a mans eyes didnt bug me, but a man putting needles in a womans gums and under her nails made me look away from the screen. it really bugged me. Like i said, reading it back that sounds kind of sexist but that kind of sheer brutal violence a man imparts on a woman in those scenes really, really creeps me the fuck out worse than any gore. Ya, but it's a good kind of sexist. The fad of torture porn, by and large, seems to have been that - simply a fad, but I could'nt see the value in it. The shock element by itself just doesn't make some a Horror film. IMHO. Wayne Z "This ain't no Midnight Horror Flick or Creature Double Feature, babe. " DeadFall;Foreshadow

[Sammich]

I saw Kids in theaters--with my mom! My friend and I were too young to get in by ourselves--we were sixteen at the time, and it was strictly 18+--but she actually respected the film for what it was. The 3 Larry Clark movies I recommend are Kids, Bully, and Ken Park. Bully is actually based on a real incident of high school kids plotting and then carrying out a murder of one of their classmates.

[Danny]

Has anyone else seen "The War Zone" which I posted about earlier in the thread? Thats pretty socially horrific, about the secret incest within a family (the father is fucking his daughter) and the fall out which comes with it, the girl being very messed up by it, and then so is her brother when he finds out its happening, its a tough watch kinda reminds me of a swedish film we watched either early in uni or late in college film studies class called 'festen'. was a wedding i think and either shot like a wedding video- or just shot very poorely- as the father of the bride turned out to be a child molester who abused her many times. if thats the right flick im thinking off. i dont think i saw anything disturbing but the way it was shot made it seem so much more creepy as the you see the new husband just slowly turn to his wife and he looks at her with this expression like a blend of 'you're damaged goods' and 'i cant believe you never told me' its so unnerving as a film.

[MinionZombie]

kinda reminds me of a swedish film we watched either early in uni or late in college film studies class called 'festen'. was a wedding i think and either shot like a wedding video- or just shot very poorely- as the father of the bride turned out to be a child molester who abused her many times. if thats the right flick im thinking off. i dont think i saw anything disturbing but the way it was shot made it seem so much more creepy as the you see the new husband just slowly turn to his wife and he looks at her with this expression like a blend of 'you're damaged goods' and 'i cant believe you never told me' its so unnerving as a film. We watched Festen during my time at uni ... it was part of a week we did on the Dogme 95 Manifesto - a list of rules drawn up by some Danish filmmakers on how to produce a new kind of film, and part of it was all about shooting naturalistically. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogme_95 The 10 Rules: 1) Filming must be done on location. Props and sets must not be brought in. If a particular prop is necessary for the story, a location must be chosen where this prop is to be found. 2) The sound must never be produced apart from the images or vice versa. Music must not be used unless it occurs within the scene being filmed, i.e., diegetic. 3) The camera must be a hand-held camera. Any movement or immobility attainable in the hand is permitted. The film must not take place where the camera is standing; filming must take place where the action takes place. 4) The film must be in colour. Special lighting is not acceptable (if there is too little light for exposure the scene must be cut or a single lamp be attached to the camera). 5) Optical work and filters are forbidden. 6) The film must not contain superficial action (murders, weapons, etc. must not occur.) 7) Temporal and geographical alienation are forbidden (that is to say that the film takes place here and now). 8) Genre movies are not acceptable. 9) The film format must be Academy 35 mm. 10) The director must not be credited. It was a good plot, but I personally found the Dogme 95 Manifesto itself to be a bit pretentious.