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[Leah]

Pinnochio (sp) was disturbing.  There was a lot going on . . .

The whale.
The wood.
The falseto.
The pedophiliac undertones.

Eeek!

It generally takes quite a lot to scare me, but that whale terrified me when I was a kid. I also hated the final part of Fantasia, with the demons.

That's all I can come up with in the 'embarrassingly unscary movies that scared the crap out of me anyway' category.

[Matthew]

I've never seen Jaws because the commercials got to me when the movie first came out.  It was the expression on the girl's face as the shark bites one piece after another off of her.

I've also never been interested in seeing Texas Chainsaw Massacre, mostly because they used to show commercials for it during the Warner Brothers cartoons I'd watch when I got home from school.

I'm having difficulty singling specific examples but there are a few things that I find too disturbing to tolerate.  Violence against a helpless victim, especially with strong sexual overtones is rough on me.  It's probably sexist but I find it harder to take when the victim is a woman and hardest with a child.  It's funny because I'm fine with scenes of the pretty heroine or little child in danger, if they escape or are rescued.  I can even handle the odd off camera death.  It's when the camera lovingly lingers over the person's hopelessness and terror that it gets to me.

I thought Halloween was well done but it suffered for me because of this and I missed out on Jason and Freddy when they first came out because of this.  Having since seen then on TV, they don't bother me so much.  They're too cheesy to take that seriously.  I don't have any plans to go see any of the recent 'tortureporn' movies though.  (Big sissy that I am )

[PatM]

Silent Hill was indeed strange. I was intrigued by the zombie nurses. Lots of them.

Mmmmmm.  Zombie nurses....

When I first saw them just standing like statues, I didn't know what to expect. Then they started moving in v e r y --  s t r a n g e ways.

[Zombie Zak]

Silent Hill was indeed strange. I was intrigued by the zombie nurses. Lots of them.

Mmmmmm.  Zombie nurses....

When I first saw them just standing like statues, I didn't know what to expect. Then they started moving in v e r y --  s t r a n g e ways.

Precisely!

[Matthew]

Pinnochio (sp) was disturbing.  There was a lot going on . . .

The whale.
The wood.
The falseto.
The pedophiliac undertones.

Eeek!

It generally takes quite a lot to scare me, but that whale terrified me when I was a kid. I also hated the final part of Fantasia, with the demons.

That's all I can come up with in the 'embarrassingly unscary movies that scared the crap out of me anyway' category.

I don't remmeber all that about Pinnochio, but I was a little kid when I saw it.  I do remember being scared of the whale.

I didn't see fantasia until I was grown.  "Midnight on Bald Mountain" is probably my favorite sequence.  They got Bela Lugosi to come in and pose for the mountain-devil guy.

I was terrified of the evil fairy in Sleeping Beauty... I was 6 or 7 when I saw that I think.

[Kody Boye]

Do you mean Malificent, Matthew? She wasn't really a fairy... She was an evil bitch... I mean witch. I meant witch, I really did! 

[Lilith_71]

Here is my list (a brief one)

In the company of wolves - I was almost a teenager when I saw it and didn't understand very well what I was watching, but it was fascinating.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The movie was rated "adults only" but my friends and I, 14 y/o teenagers girls, were able to get tickets for it. I was about to leave three times, and one of my friends almost threw-up but we managed to see the whole movie. I had nightmares three nights in a row. Leather face is still one of the movie villains that still could scare me to death.

Hellraiser and pinhead - I loved it although when I first rented it I spent half of the movie hidding behind one of my pillows.

Event Horizon and its inferno (you know, most of us mexicans are raised as catholics and the concept of hell even if you're not a believer anymore is in our minds)

Ichi the Killer - my first japanese movie - I hadn't seen before such a sadistic movie!

[BlueasJim]

Ichi is awesome, so is Battle Royale.
Two Sisters is another good one.

I LOVE Event Horizon!

[PatM]

Ichi is awesome, so is Battle Royale.
Two Sisters is another good one.

I LOVE Event Horizon!

I was watching Candy Stripers earlier this morning. For a not so high budget film, it really wasn't too bad. It had to do with aliens inhabiting the bodies of these girls. Bloody in some parts, but all in all it really wasn't that bad. They were sort of like very very very high class zombies.

[Zombie Zak]

Concurrence on Event Horizon.  A dang fine movie.  Another one with Sam Neil that will mess with your head is In the Mouth Of Madness.  Yummy Lovecraftian goodness.

[PatM]

You guys need to check out 5ive Girls. It's pretty good. Ron Perlman plays the priest.

[JodiLee]

Ron Perlman plays the priest.

That IS disturbing...


I've been trying to think of something good to post here, but honestly the only thing that comes to mind is Hostel. I couldn't stand that movie.

[mistressofsource]

For me, disturbing has to be  a little on the extreme since I watch so much. My list of disturbing films is

Cannibal Holocaust
Last House on the Left
Nekromantik
120 days of Sodom aka (Salo)
The Guinea Pig Films

[Warhammer]

At the moment, I would consider Requiem for a Dream to be the most disturbing.  It just escalates and Clint Mansell's score carries you on through to the end.

Another movie I would up up there is Pink Floyd's The Wall.  Though a series of early music videos, the movie moves the viewer through the psychological hell of Pink's existence.  Not to mention great animation and music.

[PatM]

Dead Mary was very strange if not disturbing. That movie was Blair Witch on steroids.