The 25 Most Disturbing Movies Ever
 

...according to Totalfilm, are -

• [25] Antichrist (2009)
  [24] Blue Velvet (1986)
  [23] Shivers (1975)
  [22] Martyrs (2008)
  [21] Man Bites Dog (1992)
  [20] Begotten (1991)
  [19] Aftermath (1994)
  [18] The Human Centipede (2010)
  [17] A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  [16] Flowers of Flesh and Blood (1985)
  [15] The Last House on the Left (1972)
  [14] Irreversible (2002)
  [13] Nekromantik (1987)
  [12] Men Behind The Sun (1988)
  [11] I Spit On Your Grave (1978)
  [10] Happiness (1998)
  [09] Funny Games (1997)
  [08] Visitor Q (2001)
  [07] Salo, or 120 Days Of Sodom (1975)
  [06] Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
  [05] In A Glass Cage (1987)
  [04] Eraserhead (1977)
  [03] Audition (1999)
  [02] Threads (1984)
  [01] The Exorcist (1973)

http://www.totalfilm.com/features/th...ichrist-2009-2

Thoughts?

I for one don't think the first 5 are nearly as disturbing as the next 20 listed. And most disturbing would have to be Begotten IMO.

I would have to disagree because I didn't find Begotten all that disturbing as a whole. Sure the first 10 minutes are pretty messed up, but the movie kind of falls from there.

The movies I wouldn't have put on this would be: Blue Velvet, The Last House on the Left and the Human Centipede. While all are definitely unnerving in their own right, I feel they fall short of "top most disturbing".

There are a few movies on this list I have yet to see, so I can't comment on them, but I do agree with some of the ones I have seen.

Cannibal Holocaust defiantly deserves to be in this list where it sits though..I'm not sure about

same goes for A Clockwork Orange..totally f'ed up movie

There's quite a few mediocre films on that list. I suppose "disturbing" has nothing to do with "quality," though.

the excorcist give me a fucking break.

I would have added Inside to that list and left off The Exorcist.

A Serbian Film or Tumbling Doll of Flesh should be there before 90% of thsoe films..

Though they're no that popular the August Underground films are conspicuous by their absence.

the original when a stranger calls

its in my opinion the scariest half hour ever filmed.

for the most part I agree with the list but I think possession should be on there.

Agreed. It's the only issue I find with it. Otherwise, I have to agree.

Surprised that I don't see Human Centipede on there (not that I think that it's "the most disturbing moving ever made;" it just appears that the Media does).

#18?

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lol

wow

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OK, So I officially disagree with #18.

Aftermath is so twisted. I hope you've all watched it :D

I watched Aftermath/Philosphy of the Knife and Grim love all in a row at about 1am while pretty fucked up (with the GF) they're such a blur now...

I appreciate that Visitor Q is on there; I think that it deserves to be on there... But in terms of Audition, I'm thinking that maybe Ichi The Killer should have been there in its stead? Or maybe instead of Exorcist.

Darn! I haven't seen none of them yet..:mad:

Some of those films are legitimately disturbing.

I think that August Underground films (especially Mordum) and Scrapbook deserve a place on that list. Moreso than The Exorcist anyway...

Hah I've seen them all :rolleyes:
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But in which way is the Exorcist disturbing? :confused:

Possessed child, twisting heads, lots of puke.

Pfft. That's a GOOD dream for me.

Good shout!

Bad shout, however, the people who oppose The Exorcist's inclusion. I guess without the criteria being specified we can only guess that the impact upon first release is of utmost importance. You might also include Jaws and Psycho on that basis along with numerous others.

FYI any time Audition features high up a horror list, I always give a nod of approval. It really is a complete horror!

The Cook The Thief His Wife And Her Lover and The Devils immediately spring to mind.

cradle of fear and human centipede were the most gorest, upsetting an vile movies Ive ever seen. btw, that is NOT a compliment.

Was Human Centipede any good? I Sky+ it but deleted it after a couple of weeks, without watching it, when my hard drive filled up. I figured it would probably be dodgy given the fact it was recorded off the Horror Channel (their programming can be pretty weak!).

I enjoyed it. I really liked the concept. I wouldn't put it with the likes of Salo and A Serbian Film for being disturbing though.

Cheers! I'll keep an eye out for it on the Horror Channel

Eraserhead should be towards teh top of a sucky over-rated films list, but certainly not disturbing. Most disturbing thing about it was that I wasted 90 minutes of my life on it.

Audition? Come on. There's 1 fucking scene of gore in the whole damn thing. Sure, it looks very good, but it's one scene and the rest of the movie was a snooze-fest.

Personally, I found Storytelling & Requiem for a Dream to be more disturbing than at least half of the ones I've seen off this list.

I 100% agree with this-these two movies are criminally overlooked in lists like this. I would also plump for "The Holy Mountain" in this list-personally I would have replaced "The Exorcist" with "Martyrs" or "Salo". I haven't seen "A Serbian Film" or The "Human Centipede" yet though.

The Passion of the Christ was a fairly shocking movie. I guess in terms of the most shocking with the biggest success at the box office, Passion, Exorcist and Blair Witch would be up there.

Here's a question; which movie has most successfully combined gore with box office success?

A Serbian Film and August Underground are all well and good for guys like us, but what movie has succeeded in bringing the masses to our kind of filth?

Out of the movies listed, I would think The Exorcist was the most successful. The Hostel and Saw movies are pretty gory and disturbing and seem to enjoy box office success as well.

Saw and Hostel are the two that spring to mind first. The Passion is also main stream, based on popular approval, but is it possible for a movie to achieve universal approval if it's themes are purely needless sadism?

Saw isn't that gratuitous and is genuinely a movie of real substance and innovation. The funny thing about The Passion is that it's success is driven purely by religious obligation. The screening I attended was amazing, in that the majority of the folk were clearly church-goers and there out of religious masochism/obedience.

Hostel is a moderately successful gory movie but rides on the coat tales of the Saw bandwagon. I think it's clear that extreme cinema in the form of gornography hasn't really triumphed in the English speaking world. I know Salo is highly respected as 'arthouse' cinema and that August Underground series is highly thought for what it achieves in make-up without a budget or CGI but these are only industry accolades.

Has extreme cinema topped the box office overseas? Irreversible in France or Ichi in Japan? Can you see a desensitising of the public in favour of hardcore violence? Don't you think that Holywood now includes increasingly graphic violence to what would've previously been a little sugar coated ie True Grit v True Grit!

I predict that 20 years from now we'll be watching ultra violence injected mainstream cinema not a million miles from the average entry on our most disturbing list

No list is perfect. Because their opinion. But this list isn't bad

Also to defend the horror channel-it started out extremely weak but in the past year I can thank it for introducing me to "Bird With The Crystal Plumage", "cat O Nine Tails", "Tenebrae", "Phenomena", "Terror At The Opera", "The Beyond", "City Of The Living Dead", "Mum and Dad" and numerous others-in fact it is showing "The Living And The Dead" tomorrow which I wholeheartedly recommend. None of these films I would consider "weak".

I just watched Mysterious Skin. That was pretty damn disturbing and, for want of a better word, icky.:eek:

Now you know why it's in the HDC Top 200 of the 2000s. ;)

Good to see that Threads is on there! I made a *ahem* thread about it not long ago. The story of the aftermath (80+ years) of a nuclear war in England. It has some hammy acting in places and doesn't have much gore but left me feeling a bit numb when it was over.

Too many nuclear holocaust movies focus on the one massive blast that'll wipe everyone out leaving mutants or whatever. This was grim and bleak and the horrors were very real, but not especially horrific sounding if you were to simply describe them.

I'd recommend it! The whole film is on Google Video (albeit in kind of sketchy quality).

Fair point, it has improved dramatically but it's still rife with poor programming. I hope they continue to go in the right direction.

Keep on the lookout for Emily Booth on the horror channel, she does interviews (e.g I saw one where she was talking to the actor who played "Pinhead) and very enthusiastically introduces some films. Also they slip in interviews with directors and I saw a great documentary about Dario Argento's "Non Ho Sonno".

Back to topic-I need to see Mysterious Skin but I'm going to watch Visitor Q first.

Brace yourself.:eek:

Just saw it-it was very good-completely insane and cringe inducing-doubt I could sit through it again tho.