Most disturbing film

[shootemindehead]

I've never seen A Serbian Film, and I don't want to either. Just a description of it depressed me so much it took me hours to shake the funk. Martyrs on the other hand I found to be a haunting slice of French horror. It's an incredibly tough film at times, but I guess the whole "point" of the film is...   ...attempting to reach a place of such total, abject pain and torture, that the victim crosses over the line between life and death, and can report back to the vicious upper class society types who run this heinous experiment ... no doubt seeking immortality ... there's also parts of a revenge film in there, with elements of obsession getting the better of you and so on. I've only seen it once mind you, but found it to be quite effective ... it was grim, and it did linger in the mind uncomfortably for a little while, but ultimately I thought it was something a bit more clever in the 'torture porn' genre (ugh, hate the descriptor). The Human Centipede was full of style, but the film itself was shite. Dieter Lazer was great as Dr Heiter, and it looked really good, but the plot (as minimal as it was), was boring and you didn't care one shit about the victims who just seemed to be wretched arseholes, aside from the Japanese guy at the head of the sequence ...   ...although when that guy shoots himself, I shouted out "you selfish bastard, you had the easiest place in the sequence, now you've condemned two other people to a slow and torturous death!" ... no interest in seeing the second movie, which appears to be shock over substance, and good god there's going to be a third friggin' movie. I liked 'Martyrs' too and I think it has suffered badly at the hands of its "Guerrilla" type classification. I thought it was a very interesting approach to the usual shocker type film. It is rough at times alright and it does stay in the mind for a while...but in a world where one sits through so many instantly forgettable dross, that alone is a good thing. I still think the 'The Human Centipede' was a good film, which has also been let down by the hideous attention it received, which was lapped up by its director. The despair of the ending was quite powerful, I felt and I really did feel horrible for the person left alive in the sequence. Like yourself, though, one was enough. Loved the South Park pisstake.

[MinionZombie]

Shoot - yeah I did enjoy the South Park piss-take ... as a matter of fact, there's a documentary called "6 Days To Air: The Making Of South Park" out there that was shot during the making of that very episode. The doc is a great watch for any South Park fan.

[shootemindehead]

Just finished watching that doc. I would not like to work in that office. Christ, I thought my dealines were bad!

[MinionZombie]

Just finished watching that doc. I would not like to work in that office. Christ, I thought my dealines were bad! As crazy as it looks, I'd quite like to be a writer on that show. The atmosphere in the office seems pretty cool, despite the hectic schedule, and the 'strike hard and fast' approach seems kinda fun ... challenging, but rewarding.

[shootemindehead]

Maybe being a writer would be ok, but an animator? No bloody way.

[MinionZombie]

Maybe being a writer would be ok, but an animator? No bloody way. Oh yeah, no way would I want to animate on the show or any of that ... not in my area of creative interests anyway, but yeah, watching that documentary I was really digging the vibe of the writing process ... challenging, but fun.

[zombi3skater]

Twilight New moon and Breaking dawn all disturbingly shite. Seriously though I was kinda freaked out by the end of the Ring.

[Sammich]

Another movie is Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door (2007) and what makes it very disturbing is that it is based upon the actual incidents surrounding the Sylvia Likens case. Kids under peer pressure nonchalantly and even showing enjoyment in committing acts of brutality and torture.

[Core]

Here is my unusual disturbing movie list with trailer links. I can make this list longer but these are the basic ones for me. ICHI THE KILLER -------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coiVr5Pl4-s DEADGIRL ------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2SSL6Ipnvw KILL LIST -------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqkqF--v1tg THE HOUSE OF DEVIL -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SOur3WwZvM ANGEL'S HEART -------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp0LXxkx7yA JACOB'S LADDER ------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJztRnDxdM8 REC 1 ----------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xks0qWq7CQI THE BIG DOLL HOUSE (okey i was joking with this one) -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHo0k4SG5cs

[krakenslayer]

Snowtown. Seriously. Snowtown. Watch it. It's not a complete gorefest, but it shows-up the likes of Human Centipede and August Underground for the juvenalia that they are, and gets deep into the true horror of murder, from the perspective of an unwilling participant. It is probably the most disturbing film I have ever seen, and I've seen Cannibal Holocaust, Salo, Serbian Film, and all the rest. It's a true story, too.

[MinionZombie]

I've been meaning to see Snowtown sometime. Will make sure I get around to it. I agree with you on Human Centipede and August Underground - the former was all style and nothing more (although Dieter Lazer was really cool in the flick as the mad doctor, but that was the only genuinely good and interesting thing about the movie) ... the latter was just repulsive and aggressively immature in its sheer mean spiritedness. It actually made me feel physically sick too, but all it was was just a bunch of exceedingly nasty nastiness with zero plot. Some might say that's the point, but is it a point that needed making? Some might say it's "like real life", but, well... There does seem to be a vein of low budget/indie horror that just goes for sheer mean spirit and trying to be as repulsive as possible ... it reminds me of a theory I had as a teenager (and as well all know, we're all numpties when we're teenagers) - my plan for getting into the film industry then was 'make the most repulsive movie ever - get press' ... I grew out of that moronic idea quite quickly (an idea that was based on a lack of deeper appreciation and understanding of films like The Evil Dead - I've always loved that film, but initially it was more about the controversial past of the film as being "the number one video nasty" etc - but again, very quickly, I broke through those lazy teenage misinterpretations and saw it for the wonderful piece of horror filmmaking that it truly is). Too many low budget horrors out there just illustrate how their creators never outgrew their immaturity, and furthermore, it shows they have nothing more in their filmmaking arsenal than gross-out shocks. It's like they're the Geordie Shore, no, The Valleys, of the filmmaking world. Pish, basically.

[MissJacksonCA]

Deadgirl... it was literally hard to watch... which is weird because the Last House on the Left and I Spit on Your Grave never bothered me...

[MinionZombie]

Yeah, "Deadgirl" was a good flick ... but well grotty. *shudders* I've only seen "I Spit On Your Grave" once - it's pretty relentless and wears you down. I'll get around to a second viewing one day probably... "The Last House on the Left" is an easier watch. It's actually pretty silly/funny in places (those bumbling cops), but it's a great film. The remake was utterly pointless and had no teeth.

[MissJacksonCA]

I spit on your grave is totally work a second watch but much like last house... the remake was something awful... I think Deadgirl is just disturbing because its basically the defenseless being violated ... Teeth was disturbing but in kind of a hilarious way... Automaton Transfusion was disturbing as well... the scene with the baby... imho I think 'shock value' is over rated and oft inappropriately used

[shootemindehead]

'Deadgirl' was pretty unenjoyable for me. I just didn't like the basic premise. But 'I Spit on Your Grave' still has the power it originally had, even if some of the performances are pretty bad. 'Last House on the Left' is, in it's original form a very overrated picture. That slapstick nonsense was an awful idea. It's not funny, it's just stupid and terribly out of place. It's so bad that I actually made a cut of the film myself and excised all of that crap, and it's a much better picture. Wes, I'm available any time you need me.