FabSwingers.com forum: Most startling film you ever saw

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

As in, you came to it with one expectation (maybe from reviews or word of mouth) and came away with something completely different.

Two for me. Baise-Moi, scripted by and starring ex-sex workers. The Guardian didn't like it but I did. Like a sort of flipped misandrist Tarantino film but better and grittier than Tarantino.

Other one, Eraserhead. I'm pretty sure I'm the only person I know who gets this film. It's weird beyond belief, surreal, dreamlike, nightmareish. Large tracts of weird droning noise and visuals with odd little vignettes like the radiator lady that are ridiculously poignant.

Only reason I'm not mentioning anything by Tarkovsky is because I knew what to expect and it delivered.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"As in, you came to it with one expectation (maybe from reviews or word of mouth) and came away with something completely different.

Two for me. Baise-Moi, scripted by and starring ex-sex workers. The Guardian didn't like it but I did. Like a sort of flipped misandrist Tarantino film but better and grittier than Tarantino.

Only reason I'm not mentioning anything by Tarkovsky is because I knew what to expect and it delivered. "

There's a cult cinema club once a month near me that's showing Eraserhead next month. I saw "Holy mountain" last month and went in knowing nothing about the film. It was certainly open to interpretation lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have you seen "The Red turtle" ?

-A masterpiece. Watched it on someone else's recommendation.

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Come and See detailed the Nazi inferno like no other film ever.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A film called "Possum" its genuinely one of the most creepiest and unsettling films I've ever seen.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"There's a cult cinema club once a month near me that's showing Eraserhead next month. I saw "Holy mountain" last month and went in knowing nothing about the film. It was certainly open to interpretation lol. "

Do it! It's entirely possible you'll think it's the biggest dogpile of pretentious art student rubbish you ever saw. Or it might change your entire view of whatever the hell a film is supposed to be.

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By *olex99Man
over a year ago

Hull

Resurrection Man...a film about the troubles in Belfast. One of only two films that ever gave me nightmares.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I'm going to research these recs! I really like unsettling, disturbing films that fuck with my head.

Forgot to mention Lars von Trier of course. Nymphomaniac and Melancholia are weird as fuck but good.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

12 years a sl*ve - Won loads of awards but I had to leave because it was terrible, would have been a great story line probably if not dragged out.

Dead Mans Shoes - Amazing film but hardly anyone has heard or saw it. Deserves much more credit than it got.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Eden lake. Really disturbed me

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Another one for Eraserhead.

Definitely disturbing and weird.

Brain dead is pretty twisted.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The last house on the left

Bloody traumatic, couldn't finish it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The lobster I found amazing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A Serbian Film. I'd heard things about it and watched it out of morbid curiosity. But nothing prepared me for seeing it with my own eyes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Have you seen "The Red turtle" ?

-A masterpiece. Watched it on someone else's recommendation.

I am not Googling Red Turtle

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Another one. White Tiger. Russian film about a guy who died in a burnt tank then survived and could talk to tanks, and hunts down the German Tiger that is killing T-34s. Completely bizarre, oddball and really a bit good. Weirdest and most irrelevant twist at the end.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"A Serbian Film. I'd heard things about it and watched it out of morbid curiosity. But nothing prepared me for seeing it with my own eyes

I do need to watch that. It's one where my kids are ahead of me so I have the word of mouth from them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Have you seen "The Red turtle" ?

-A masterpiece. Watched it on someone else's recommendation.

I am not Googling Red Turtle

Do it, you won't regret it.

There's not a single word of dialogue in it. Stays in your head.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I guess where my head was going with this was films that unsettle you, don't do the expected and resolve in a happy ending or any sort of ending, or not the ending you expect.

I despise Hollywood.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Most shocking film for me is Tetsuo .. I've never seen anything like it before or after

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

"As in, you came to it with one expectation (maybe from reviews or word of mouth) and came away with something completely different.

Two for me. Baise-Moi, scripted by and starring ex-sex workers. The Guardian didn't like it but I did. Like a sort of flipped misandrist Tarantino film but better and grittier than Tarantino.

Only reason I'm not mentioning anything by Tarkovsky is because I knew what to expect and it delivered. "

Eraserhead! Still gives me occasional bad dreams and it's got to be 20 years or more since i saw it.

Tarkovsky - Solaris, and Stalker. Excellent.

One that got inside my head so much that I couldn't finish it, actually had to walk out of the cinema - Haneke's "Funny Games". The breaking the fourth wall thing, and making the _audience_ personally responsible for the awful things happening on screen, because you keep watching. The only way to beat the movie at it's own game is to walk away.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The last house on the left

Bloody traumatic, couldn't finish it"

Is this the one where there’s someone frying a persons head in the microwave?

Anyway, I’ve got a few

Midsommar

Hereditary

And Suspiria (particularly the new one - some scenes left me completely

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hard Candy" was unexpected, but good.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The last house on the left

Bloody traumatic, couldn't finish it

Is this the one where there’s someone frying a persons head in the microwave?

Anyway, I’ve got a few

Midsommar

Hereditary

And Suspiria (particularly the new one - some scenes left me completely

We have watched Midsommer , oh my word

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

"As in, you came to it with one expectation (maybe from reviews or word of mouth) and came away with something completely different.

Two for me. Baise-Moi, scripted by and starring ex-sex workers. The Guardian didn't like it but I did. Like a sort of flipped misandrist Tarantino film but better and grittier than Tarantino.

Only reason I'm not mentioning anything by Tarkovsky is because I knew what to expect and it delivered.

Eraserhead! Still gives me occasional bad dreams and it's got to be 20 years or more since i saw it.

Tarkovsky - Solaris, and Stalker. Excellent.

That was the original 1997 foreign version of Funny Games. I believe that the 2007 English language remake is just as horrendous though, as it's a shot for shot remake of the exact same script by same director, just with american actors.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The lobster I found amazing "

There's an earlier film that same director did in his native greek language called "dogtooth".

It's disturbing, but i liked it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We need to talk about Kevin."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hostel is the only film that's actually brought sick to the back of my throat the scene where they they toss the woman's I and the bloke has to cut it off. The only happy when I first watched it second time I was ok

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By *ancer36Woman
over a year ago

Stirling

The entity - utterly traumatising!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The entity - utterly traumatising! "

Noooo, that's a great film!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The last house on the left

Bloody traumatic, couldn't finish it

Is this the one where there’s someone frying a persons head in the microwave?

Anyway, I’ve got a few

Midsommar

Hereditary

And Suspiria (particularly the new one - some scenes left me completely

)

We have watched Midsommer , oh my word

It was weird wasn’t it, the whole freaking thing was super odd

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By *ancer36Woman
over a year ago

Stirling

"The entity - utterly traumatising!

Noooo, that's a great film!!!"

Awful I was sweating!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The last house on the left

Bloody traumatic, couldn't finish it

Is this the one where there’s someone frying a persons head in the microwave?

Anyway, I’ve got a few

Midsommar

Hereditary

And Suspiria (particularly the new one - some scenes left me completely

)

We have watched Midsommer , oh my word

It was weird wasn’t it, the whole freaking thing was super odd

Being burnt alive inside a bear skin , & when over the age of 70 you have to jump off a cliff, then if you survive that they smash your head in with a mallet

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Why anyone would choose to watch a Serbian film is beyond me.

Ive read about it and that's as far as I want to go.

Really why would you want to watch it?

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

"The last house on the left

Bloody traumatic, couldn't finish it

Is this the one where there’s someone frying a persons head in the microwave?

Anyway, I’ve got a few

Midsommar

Hereditary

And Suspiria (particularly the new one - some scenes left me completely

I love horror films but Hereditary gave me the heebee geebies

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By *iaisonseekerMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

"The last house on the left

Bloody traumatic, couldn't finish it

Is this the one where there’s someone frying a persons head in the microwave?

Anyway, I’ve got a few

Midsommar

Hereditary

And Suspiria (particularly the new one - some scenes left me completely

)

We have watched Midsommer , oh my word

It was weird wasn’t it, the whole freaking thing was super odd

Being burnt alive inside a bear skin , & when over the age of 70 you have to jump off a cliff, then if you survive that they smash your head in with a mallet "

Agree about Midsommar. Possibly the most haunting aspect of all the horror is that it's not the product of an axe-wielding maniac but rather a traditional, bucolic way of life.

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By *oiluvfunMan
over a year ago

Penrith

Tenet; I walked out of the cinema speechless, thinking “wtf”? ……..

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By *SSEXLAD1993Man
over a year ago

norwich

"A Serbian Film. I'd heard things about it and watched it out of morbid curiosity. But nothing prepared me for seeing it with my own eyes

I was left speechless and partly disturbed after I watched it! Family classic lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Society".

low budget, but excellent horror film from the late 80s.

I worked in a video shop as a kid & the owner recommended it me to watch.

The end scene is horrific.

We are a sick bunch aren't we.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The last house on the left

Bloody traumatic, couldn't finish it

Is this the one where there’s someone frying a persons head in the microwave?

Anyway, I’ve got a few

Midsommar

Hereditary

And Suspiria (particularly the new one - some scenes left me completely

)

We have watched Midsommer , oh my word

It was weird wasn’t it, the whole freaking thing was super odd

Being burnt alive inside a bear skin , & when over the age of 70 you have to jump off a cliff, then if you survive that they smash your head in with a mallet

Agree about Midsommar. Possibly the most haunting aspect of all the horror is that it's not the product of an axe-wielding maniac but rather a traditional, bucolic way of life."

Errrr …Shall we talk about the girl who put her period blood in the drink and her pubic her in the guy’s pie cos she wanted to mate??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The last house on the left

Bloody traumatic, couldn't finish it

Is this the one where there’s someone frying a persons head in the microwave?

Anyway, I’ve got a few

Midsommar

Hereditary

And Suspiria (particularly the new one - some scenes left me completely

)

We have watched Midsommer , oh my word

It was weird wasn’t it, the whole freaking thing was super odd

Being burnt alive inside a bear skin , & when over the age of 70 you have to jump off a cliff, then if you survive that they smash your head in with a mallet

Agree about Midsommar. Possibly the most haunting aspect of all the horror is that it's not the product of an axe-wielding maniac but rather a traditional, bucolic way of life.

Errrr …Shall we talk about the girl who put her period blood in the drink and her pubic her in the guy’s pie cos she wanted to mate?? "

*hair

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By *sBlueWoman
over a year ago

Up North

"The last house on the left

Bloody traumatic, couldn't finish it

Is this the one where there’s someone frying a persons head in the microwave?

Anyway, I’ve got a few

Midsommar

Hereditary

And Suspiria (particularly the new one - some scenes left me completely

)

We have watched Midsommer , oh my word

Me too. Twice

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By *luebell888Woman
over a year ago

Glasgowish

The Human Centipede

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By *onguesandpunsMan
over a year ago

East Midlands

I vomited outside the cinema after seeing 12 years a sl&ve. No film has ever had such a powerful effect on me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A Serbian Film. I'd heard things about it and watched it out of morbid curiosity. But nothing prepared me for seeing it with my own eyes

I was left speechless and partly disturbed after I watched it! Family classic lol"

Was gonna turn it off after the birthing scene but figured I was already going to hell and carried on

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By *sBlueWoman
over a year ago

Up North

"The Human Centipede "

That’s just wrong on all levels lol

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By *sBlueWoman
over a year ago

Up North

Green inferno & cannibal Holocaust

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By *rightonfranceMan
over a year ago

brighton - chalais france

Dusk till dawn, a real switch midway.

Great film though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bookmarking

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"The Human Centipede "

Seen it. TBH I didn't find it startling, just banal.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Straw Dogs"

-The original film.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I dont do horror but a film that stayed in my brain was Fallen with denzel Washington

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By *iaisonseekerMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

"I dont do horror but a film that stayed in my brain was Fallen with denzel Washington"

I thought that was a brilliant premise

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Has anybody else even seen Baise-Moi?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Has anybody else even seen Baise-Moi? "

No , i like french films though, so i'll put it back on my to see list.

I have heard of it, but never got round to watching it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm going to research these recs! I really like unsettling, disturbing films that fuck with my head.

Forgot to mention Lars von Trier of course. Nymphomaniac and Melancholia are weird as fuck but good. "

If you like films that fuck with your head, then i'd say watch "The Neon Demon".

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By *ust ClareTV/TS
over a year ago

Settlewick!

"Has anybody else even seen Baise-Moi? "

Yes,and I'd also add another mention for Eraserhead

There's some very strange films from the late 60s/early 70s which have an otherworldly vibe about them, I'm thinking along the lines of 'If', 'Witchfinder General' and my favourite 'Unman Wittering and Zygo"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Japanese films Audition and Ichi the Killer - so much gore!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Has anybody else even seen Baise-Moi? "

Yes and read the book it was based on by Virginie Despentes.

I haven't really been shocked by most of the more extreme films because I usually know what it's going to be like before I watch.

One that did shock was 'Salo, or 120 Days of Sodom' based on the Marquis de Sade's book.

Other ones worth watching are:

Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer

Martyrs

Taxidermia

Dogtooth

Braindead

Irreversible

Man Bites Dog

Requiem for a Dream

Oldboy (original)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Has anybody else even seen Baise-Moi?

Yes and read the book it was based on by Virginie Despentes.

I haven't really been shocked by most of the more extreme films because I usually know what it's going to be like before I watch.

One that did shock was 'Salo, or 120 Days of Sodom' based on the Marquis de Sade's book.

Other ones worth watching are:

Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer

Martyrs

Taxidermia

Dogtooth

Braindead

Irreversible

Man Bites Dog

Requiem for a Dream

Oldboy (original)"

Was going to chip in with Man Bites Dog and Oldboy, you beat me to it! Good shouts there squire!

I'll chuck in 'Love, Death & Robots' from Netflix. Series of short animations, some very funny, some Ok, and a couple of headfuckery ones to fit this thread!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm going to research these recs! I really like unsettling, disturbing films that fuck with my head.

Forgot to mention Lars von Trier of course. Nymphomaniac and Melancholia are weird as fuck but good.

If you like films that fuck with your head, then i'd say watch "The Neon Demon". "

Forgot about neon demon lol

It was kinda weird but I heard it was inspired from Dante’s inferno/purgatory. Do I remember correctly?

I didn’t catch the allegories on the film and only found out when watching a film review because I didn’t get it lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Grudge

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mississippi burning

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nothing disturbed me more than Irreversible.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I enjoy watching films that don't get much advertisement, kinda straight to dvd/tv movies.

Some are:

Identity

Odd thomas

Donny darko(before it went big)

Premium rush

Train to busan

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I enjoy watching films that don't get much advertisement, kinda straight to dvd/tv movies.

Some are:

Identity

Odd thomas

Donny darko(before it went big)

Premium rush

Train to busan

And another incredible film i forgot to mention

Kiss kiss bang bang

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By *r.SJMan
over a year ago

Wellingborough

Several here in liking the sound of

and although both have been mentioned...

Requiem For A Dream is a little bleak and disturbing and finishes well

And Braindead is just brilliant, a tongue in cheek bloodbath and bloody hilarious, also like the shock factor with this and the fact it was directed by the same bloke that did LOTR and the Hobbit trilogy

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By *jorkishMan
over a year ago

Seaforth

Dancer in the dark starring Bjork. 2 intense scenes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Accused

My friend and I left the cinema very very quiet - certain scenes were much more graphic than either of us thought they could be … I couldn’t get it out of my head for a lot of years

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By *inkySeeKinkyDoWoman
over a year ago

'tween PontyCarlo & CasVegas in West Yorks

1989 film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover...crazy ass dick eating film with some of Englands finest actors...still disturbs me to this day

Also Spirited Away and Ponyo...both Japanese animated kids film...I dont even know how to describe that weird level of fuckedupness!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Under the Skin

Saint Maud

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm going to research these recs! I really like unsettling, disturbing films that fuck with my head.

Forgot to mention Lars von Trier of course. Nymphomaniac and Melancholia are weird as fuck but good.

If you like films that fuck with your head, then i'd say watch "The Neon Demon".

Forgot about neon demon lol

It was kinda weird but I heard it was inspired from Dante’s inferno/purgatory. Do I remember correctly?

I didn’t catch the allegories on the film and only found out when watching a film review because I didn’t get it lol

Yes it's essentially a really f'd up horror film , at the same time a satire on the workings of the fashion industry

People have mentioned "braid dead" several times, that's one i love too..it's very comical, as well as shocking. Look up the custard scene on youtube for braindead/dead alive

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"1989 film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover...crazy ass dick eating film with some of Englands finest actors...still disturbs me to this day"

Greenaway's the 'Baby of Macon' has a very disturbing scene which isn't graphic but extremely unsettling.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

People have mentioned "braid dead" several times, that's one i love too..it's very comical, as well as shocking. Look up the custard scene on youtube for braindead/dead alive

Also have a look at Jackson's 'Bad Taste' and 'Meet the Feebles'.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love man bites dog too.

I ended up buying it.

I have met 1 or 2 people that find the film offensive though.

It's a very original film.

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

I saw "The Birds" when I was around 6 (not ideal!) and it gave me nightmares for weeks.

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

"I enjoy watching films that don't get much advertisement, kinda straight to dvd/tv movies.

Some are:

Identity

Odd thomas

Donny darko(before it went big)

Premium rush

Train to busan

Saw Train to Bhusan in lockdown last year and thought it was brilliant.

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By *orace pinkerMan
over a year ago

North west

Come and see, this film will leave you numb

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I enjoy watching films that don't get much advertisement, kinda straight to dvd/tv movies.

Some are:

Identity

Odd thomas

Donny darko(before it went big)

Premium rush

Train to busan

Premium Rush ~ absofuckinglutely!! Makes me want to move to New York and ride my bike!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I watched..

The Hills Have Eyes 2

And.

Hostel 2

I hadn't seen the fist ones and don't want to either. I didn't like either of them.

I usually love horrors and thrillers and anything creepy but those two went too far for me.

I've watched the human centipede too, that's a messed up film but I watched the whole thing.

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By *ames910333Man
over a year ago

worthing

"Eden lake. Really disturbed me"

Yep this, freaked the crap out of me

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By *ld StrumpetWoman
over a year ago

Telford

Serbian movie and feed both horrific

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By *ablo minibar123Woman
over a year ago

"As in, you came to it with one expectation (maybe from reviews or word of mouth) and came away with something completely different.

Two for me. Baise-Moi, scripted by and starring ex-sex workers. The Guardian didn't like it but I did. Like a sort of flipped misandrist Tarantino film but better and grittier than Tarantino.

Only reason I'm not mentioning anything by Tarkovsky is because I knew what to expect and it delivered. "

I've never seen eraserhead, but the way you describe it makes it sound as if it has similarities to videodrome. I think you would like videodrome if you haven't seen it

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Wolf Creek - scene late in the film really throws a curve ball at you.

Hereditary - one scene in particular really got me. An, I didn't see something initially, but then when you do.....

Eden Lake - just an unpleasant social comment.

Mothman Prophecies - Just a supernatural generic thriller, but the way it was shot still creeps me out.

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By *takerMan
over a year ago

warminster

"Dusk till dawn, a real switch midway.

Great film though "

Wasn't ready for that twist. Loved it

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By *razytimesinloveCouple
over a year ago

SW Scotland

"12 years a sl*ve - Won loads of awards but I had to leave because it was terrible, would have been a great story line probably if not dragged out.

Dead Mans Shoes - Amazing film but hardly anyone has heard or saw it. Deserves much more credit than it got."

Dead mans shoes is on of my favorite films. Massively underrated

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The human centapeade now that is one sick film Who ever actually had that idea should be locked up he's not right in the head.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Eden Lake is a good shout. I couldn't believe it and felt it in my gut.

Another one that sticks out is The Mist. I was heartbroken.

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over a year ago

"12 years a sl*ve - Won loads of awards but I had to leave because it was terrible, would have been a great story line probably if not dragged out.

Dead Mans Shoes - Amazing film but hardly anyone has heard or saw it. Deserves much more credit than it got.

Dead mans shoes is on of my favorite films. Massively underrated "

Mine also although I thought it was quite known ? Excellent soundtrack too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

*tracks thread*

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By *aunchy RaccoonsCouple
over a year ago

Exeter

"Has anybody else even seen Baise-Moi?

Yes and read the book it was based on by Virginie Despentes.

I haven't really been shocked by most of the more extreme films because I usually know what it's going to be like before I watch.

One that did shock was 'Salo, or 120 Days of Sodom' based on the Marquis de Sade's book.

Other ones worth watching are:

Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer

Martyrs

Taxidermia

Dogtooth

Braindead

Irreversible

Man Bites Dog

Requiem for a Dream

Oldboy (original)"

Goid list.

Extra shout out for Martyrs and Salo, proper disturbing stuff.

Cannibal Holocaust and it's haunting soundtrack sticks with me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Theres a film called "stoic" its fucked up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Wolf Creek - scene late in the film really throws a curve ball at you.

Hereditary - one scene in particular really got me. An, I didn't see something initially, but then when you do.....

Eden Lake - just an unpleasant social comment.

Mothman Prophecies - Just a supernatural generic thriller, but the way it was shot still creeps me out. "

I liked the 2nd wolf creek too.

About 3 years ago there was even a wolf creek TV series with the original actor; a continuation of the story, which i really liked. A lot went into the production & I wasn't expecting it to be as good as it was.

Eden lake is an unpleasant watch, but quite clever & powerful i thought.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I really didn’t want to watch the Grand Budapest Hotel….. and it was an absolute joy to watch !

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By *orace pinkerMan
over a year ago

North west

"Theres a film called "stoic" its fucked up"

Ewe boll made that, he also made rampage which is superb and quite graphic of a gunman on a killing spree

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Theres a film called "stoic" its fucked up

Ewe boll made that, he also made rampage which is superb and quite graphic of a gunman on a killing spree"

Its crazy

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By *immyinreadingMan
over a year ago

henley on thames

I seem to recall father Dougal being terrified of a film about a Volkswagen that drove itself around the place. Understandable

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By *immyinreadingMan
over a year ago

henley on thames

Wicker Man, anyone?

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By *opinovMan
over a year ago

Point Nemo, Cumbria

Naked Lunch

I should probably have known really, given it was based on William Burroughs' book.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Naked Lunch

I should probably have known really, given it was based on William Burroughs' book."

It's got a great jazz soundtrack as well.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do it! It's entirely possible you'll think it's the biggest dogpile of pretentious art student rubbish you ever saw. Or it might change your entire view of whatever the hell a film is supposed to be. "

I saw it wayyy back in the 80s but definitely going to watch it on the big screen with a drink or two.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

The Sessions with Helen Hunt as a sex surrogate. Thought provoking is an understatement.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Japanese films Audition and Ichi the Killer - so much gore!"

Both very interesting films.

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

I Like David lynch but thought eraser head was shit. Just because you think you ‘get’ it doesn’t make it good.

Paris Texas, so many bad reviews but I love it , I can re watch anytime and get something new from it, same with Walkabout, Pi and strictly ballroom. Thing is most reviews are done by people who don’t actually appreciate media as art and just want entertaining or something to ‘get’

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over a year ago

"12 years a sl*ve - Won loads of awards but I had to leave because it was terrible, would have been a great story line probably if not dragged out.

Dead Mans Shoes - Amazing film but hardly anyone has heard or saw it. Deserves much more credit than it got."

'You ya cnut!'

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"Naked Lunch

I should probably have known really, given it was based on William Burroughs' book.

It's got a great jazz soundtrack as well."

I love it , at one point reading it I totally understood it, just for a split second then it was gone

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over a year ago

"Wolf Creek - scene late in the film really throws a curve ball at you.

Hereditary - one scene in particular really got me. An, I didn't see something initially, but then when you do.....

Eden Lake - just an unpleasant social comment.

Mothman Prophecies - Just a supernatural generic thriller, but the way it was shot still creeps me out. "

Hereditary still gives me the heebies, but it’s so goood

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I saw a thing one Halloween when I was 10. Like a documentary thing called Ghostwatch. Shit me up

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By *loomy GirlWoman
over a year ago

leicester

Back in the day of ordering pirated DVD’s from the local seller, my friend ordered a copy of the movie girl next door.

Sposed to have been some lighthearted shitty film.

We sat down to watch it.

We did not get the movie that she ordered, instead we got some dark twisted other movie called girl next door.

It was truly horrific but one that I had to watch til the end to see how it ended…I wish I hadn’t

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