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Movies that scarred you?

posted 7 years ago by AngularTurnip (3338)
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"The Innocents" with Deborah Kerr.

One day, I come home from school early, and found my babysitter, who was a big film snob, in the middle of watching a black and white movie. Now, being a '90s kid, and thus wired to find anything in black and white contemptible, I begged her to watch something else (our lower/middle class status confined us to only one TV). She refused and so I reluctantly screened "The Innocents" with her ... I shouldn't have. Something about this film -- the music, the performances, the eerie atmosphere -- got to me, despite my initial resistance, and I found myself, for several nights after, toss and turning, unable to expunge from my head "The Innocent"'s oddly unsettling imagery and soundscapes.

[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

The saw series.

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

One of the first foreign movies I ever saw was Seppuku.

Seeing a man kill himself in that way.

It left an impression on me for a long time.

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Cannibal Holocaust

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 7 years ago

That was on a list of the most disturbing films of all time. I have seen some of the films on the list, but after reading a plot summary I though "Nah, baba, nah!"

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Dear Zachary : A Letter to a son about his father

This one fucked with me...

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

I was born not far from where she jumped in the Atlantic with her son.

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 7 years ago

The Exorcist.

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[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

One of the "Faces of Death" movies.

[–] Padeen (6459) 7 years ago

Fire in the Sky. I think I was only 6 years old. Thanks, Dad!

A couple runner ups:
El Topo
Gummo

[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

Similarly to Fire in the Sky, "Communion" is the alien movie that scarred me as a kid.

The thing is, I was 13!

[–] db20db (17756) 7 years ago

Fire in the Sky is a genuinely creepy movie. Had another rewatch just a few weeks back.

[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

I've seen one part of it, and I definitely agree. Never got around to watching the rest, but I know I should.

[–] Padeen (6459) 7 years ago

Its based on a true story too. Travis Walton really did go missing for 5 days. It reminds me of a story I read a few days ago. A firefighter took a ski trip with colleagues in NY State, went missing and was found a week later in California wearing still his ski gear.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/02/16/firefighter-who-went-missing-new-york-found-california-without-memory-police-say/345838002/

[–] db20db (17756) 7 years ago

The Homesman

There was a scene early in the movie where a woman throws her baby down an outhouse toilet. It was so unexpected and realistic looking, it really got to me.