Most traumatising film you've seen ? - General Discussion Discussion

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Threads (1984), even to this day.

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

I've heard a lot of good (if that's the correct word) stuff about this.

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Check it out Dazed, If you were growing up at the time its even more so.

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Thanks Barry.I was 20 in 1984 but I remember when I was growing up believing that Nuclear War could happen at any time, we had the Protect and Survive manual and had to watch The War Game at school, that was a fun afternoon!

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Yep it seemed like it was a matter of "not if but when", Big tensions back in the early 80s.

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[–] Culburn (3638) 7 years ago

"A Hatful Of Rain" - 1957 - It showed up on television in the early '60's. It's a very disturbing motion picture about heroin addiction. Stars Don Murray as a returning Korean War veteran who has become addicted due to his war wounds.

Henry Silva has the key role here-"Mother"-as the drug pusher. Shot in B&W-on location in NYC.

William Hickey plays-"Apples"-a lit, hyper screwball & #1 to "Mother" --- he's a freak, a legitimate handful all by himself. Paired with "Mother"---it is definitely traumatizing.

The scenes of Murray in maniacal need of a fix are extremely powerful---just plain ghastly. Being taken by "Mother" to a separate room to administer the fix is incredibly disturbing.

I avoided it since the '60's. It's just too much.

Found it yesterday wandering about on my YouTube app thru my Cox.

It's lost nothing 50+ years on.

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[–] missnat (1179) 7 years ago

The Entity,I still can't watch it alone.

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[–] Starman (412) 7 years ago

Yes I can't even imagine hearing that music score when it starts relentlessly going "thugh thugh thugh thugh.... oh god, scariest thing ever, is that it is fiction, yet it can happen if our psychic centers are open enough to welcome such entity into our world.

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[–] missnat (1179) 7 years ago

Yes the music score really makes it terrifying.

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[–] corey (774) 7 years ago

Saw "Soldier Blue" as a kid thinking it was a western. Wasn't prepared for the violence and I think it got pulled from circulation after an outcry. It's still hard to find and watch in it's original version.

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[–] GlenEllyn (21660) 7 years ago

The Birds. Not that it necessarily traumatized me, but it sure stuck with me. I think it's because it seemed possible, sort of.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78617) 7 years ago

Irreversible...hands down
I was expecting DeathWish thrills and was instead disturbed, to say the least

An amazing production with terrific acting and sound...
It really was a finely crafted and horrifying movie
...just way, way too much

Monica Bellucci deserved a medal for this role

NEVER again

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[–] GlenEllyn (21660) 7 years ago

I've never heard of Irreversible, and it sounds like something I'll pass on.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (78617) 7 years ago

Good call Glen!
Its just about perfectly made and a hell of a cinematic achievement (Gaspar Noe directed and took no prisoners)
He played tricks with the soundscape and lighting so as to elicit feelings of nausea and anxiety-
And it really worked.

But the story is simply gutting.
I feel like i needed to see it because it was a Festival darling and has become a cult thriller but it really was too much

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[–] GlenEllyn (21660) 7 years ago

Thank you. "Too much" is a red flag for me.

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[–] 123all4me (186) 7 years ago

Hello Quasimodo,
Funny Games (2007) made me feel very uneasy... I just don't understand what the director wanted to "tell" us with this movie!
I've seen only some clips from Inglourious Basterds (2009) - but what I saw I found totally disgusting...
Kind regards
Andreas (123all4me)

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[–] RussellNash (2087) 7 years ago

The Road sent me spiralling into a state of depression for a few days. And again (and even more so) when I read the book.

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