[Movie] Most disturbing movie

Originally Posted by Sprouticus

Another good one is Wolf Creek. This was a surprisingly brilliant horror film that transcends most slashers in one key way that has always been missing - CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT! Mostly in the fact that in most (ie: all) slashers, you don't give two shits about the characters, but in Wolf Creek these kids are in genuine peril and don't deserve the horrors that await them. The killer is probably one of the most brutal guys in recent cinema, too.

I disagree with all of this. What was all that about not making sure the guy was dead when he was lying there? And the girl watching home videos in the guys garage when she *knows* he's making his way back there.

People scoff at dodgy horror movies cliches, like going down into a dark basement to investigate a sound, but weren't these transgressions much more obvious? No, I didn't care about these silly woman. I was more angry than horrified whilst watching Wolf Creek.


Cannibal Holocaust is an interesting one, because the animal torture and killing was real, and if you're aware of this beforehand then it's those scenes that are the more disturbing ones to watch - you're kind of ripped out of the immersion of the plot at that point, and the simulated plight of the actors becomes obtrusively just that. It'd be an interesting point if the directors intention was to deliberately blur these lines, but I think the special effects team were just having a day off.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Salo: 120 Days of Sodom.

Kidnap, sex slavery, tongues and eyes cut out, scalping, forced shit eating.

The perfect sunday afternoon movie.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

There's this Belgian film, quite recent, about a guy whose car breaks down off the beaten track, so he stays at the house of this older guy living nearby. Long story short, the old dude ties him up, puts him in a dress and starts calling him wife.

Pretty bleak. Anyone know what it's called?

Edit: 'Calvaire'.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

That's Cannibal Holocaust, which is Italian. So that's one less "Tha's some weird shit" award for Japan. They're not bothered, they've got loads.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?