"Women being tortured" seems to be a popular theme among film makers and as a female horror fan I say "Yaaawn, I get it, you enjoy seeing women get hurt, but it doesn't make an interesting movie"
you must have had a mixed reaction to "Hostel part 2" hated seeing the three leads gets tortured then loved seeing one of the lead guys get the tables turned on him. btw i thought part 1 and 2 were great while 3 was watchable and has a great ending
I found Wolf Creek just torture porn. The only movie I have ever switched off. I know it's based on a real serial killer but it went too far in my opinion.
I see no point in watching sadism for the sake of watching sadism. I like horror as a genre, most of the time. I don’t appreciate horror married to deliberate titillation and film makers who revel in being merely revolting. It takes imagination and good writing to make good films. If I want something to induce me to vomit, I’ll take something that makes me vomit and save myself two hours of agony. It’s neither creative nor talented to grind the viewers faces in despicable acts of violence and debauchery.
I'm one of those guys stuck in the middle, I like shock in the value of violence and gore but not into depravity. It's like, I don't care much but still I don't seek it, at all.
This is such a perfect way to explain how I feel about films like Salo. The only thing I find disturbing is the people (writers/directors more than actors) who made it. The films themselves, I don't know, I find boring at some point. I know it's fake, and it's trying so hard to be edgy that I roll my eyes. If I wanna watch sexual sadomasicism, I'll go find a porno.
David Lynch's 'Eraserhead' is the only film I've had to turn off halfway through ( I did end up watching it in full a few years later) and it's not that there's anything scary or super disturbing in it, but Lynch managed to create an atmosphere that I just found so oppressive i felt like I was losing part of myself watching it
OMG that was the most traumatic cinema experience ever, I literally had to go to another movie theater and watch a comedy, fortun!!atley a good one, to cope!
Haha I told a good friend of mine to go and watch the film "Eraser" with Arnold Schwarzenegger. He went to the video shop (back in the day) and rang me and asked why I had recommended it and he said it was terribly disturbing. He had rented Eraserhead by mistake. True story. Still laugh about that.
Recently watched 964 Pinocchio because of this video. It's an incredibly upsetting movie, but mostly because of how heartbreaking it is to watch the main character. The violence and the abuse are horrific imagery, but it's just so sad because all he wants is to be held and feel safe.
i’ve had to turn off a couple horror movies, most of these i believed were too exploitative. i’m sick of horrors and thrillers using sexual assault against women as a scare factor. it’s can be extremely triggering for many people and i often get disappointed in a film that i am enjoying and then there is a graphic rape scene and i can’t continue watching
I'm just hoping for the day the horror industry will stop using rape and sex as the main "appeal" of a movie. Like, are you guys seriously so uncreative that you don't know how to scare or shock without that? Weak. In my opinion, writers and directors that only make horror movies with scenes like that in them for shock value or to attract attention shouldn't be allowed to make horror movies. Go make something else, please. The world doesn't need more of this shit. (Sorry for being so abrasive hahaha it's something I'm really passionate about. I'm a little bit sex repulsed when it comes to the idea of real-life sex. But I do have reservations for fiction. The only horror movies that contain a sex scene that I remember enjoying are Jennifer's Body and Fear Street. Specially because they're gay, actually passionate, loving and make sense haha. Other than that, I always end up hating it.)
Agreed. Horror movies are supposed to make you uncomfortable but r3pe scenes are just not it. It totally ruins the movie for me and you can tell they did it to receive a “shocked” reaction from the viewer and it’s honestly annoying asf
I haven't turn off a horror movie but man after watching The Last Airbender in theaters, I felt I wasted my money. It was so bad and I was so mad about it.
This is how I felt about the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I actually loved the movie although there was some scenes in the movie that was triggering to me I almost threw up and I had to pause it, and then just skip over those scenes because it was too much.
I turn off a lot of films. No extreme torture films. No extreme gore. No child abuse. Anything that makes me feel bad after watching. I think we all have an internal clock that let's us know when we hit that point. Some go beyond . I can't.
I actually love sad movies because they make me feel something that is normal to my sense of compassion. I very seldom find that in horror movies that contain extreme gore and torture, of course that is just me. Everyone is different. I know when it reaches that point for me. I have continued sometimes but end up sorry I did.
I love horror films that are psychological. I still think about the vanishing (spoorloos? Is the non-english name). It told a story. But things like terrifier 2 or others which are just gore or torture-porn just make me feel gross after, why bother
i’ve never turned a movie off for being too disturbing - usually i try to gauge if something is going to be too much for me before i turn it on. i tend to avoid miserable and nihilistic movies in general lmao
I think the only movie I remember turning off was The Belko Experiment cuz my friend & I didn't expect THAT level of gore immediately lol. I went back & watched it a couple years ago & it's basically a US (kiiiiiiind of not US but still) version of Battle Royale & if ya like Battle Royale, you'll probably like most of this movie lmao
I didn’t walk out of this movie, this is just more of a funny story and how the marketing for the movie confused me (especially my mother). When Black Swan came out I really wanted to see it and so did my mum. My mum just assumed it was about ballet. I don’t remember exactly what I thought it was about but I wanted to see it. So we saw it together (which was awkward) and we both loved it. My mum was so confused that it ended up being a thriller. When we left the theatre, we talked to the ushers and my mum looks at them and says “I thought this movie was about ballerinas??” 😂😭
I had that experience with Pan's Labyrinth. The marketing campaign made it seemed like a magical realism story for kids. Though it was relatively tame compared to most of the films on this channel, it still had some disturbing scenes (the bottle scene in particular), and the theatre was filled with unsuspecting parents and their children (most of whom walked out).
@@MD-cn1nt I love Pans Labyrinth! I can see how the marketing made it seem like it was a fantasy movie for kids. It definitely would’ve scarred me if I watched it as a child. The Pale Man still creeps me out.
I had to walk out of the cinema watching Chicken Run when I was a kid when it looked like they were going to be turned into pies 😂 still haven't watched it, even though I'm 26 now haha Also, as an adult, still haven't finished Snowtown
After watching you review some of the heaviest types of films, I’ve always wondered this question the most! 💀 Speaking of Salo, one of my film professors at university use to have a Salo poster in his office and that definitely made me feel some kinda way😳 I feel like I’ve gotten softer as I’ve gotten older, the scares and the scenarios get me a lot more now than when my love for horror first started
Hah, that's so funny. I almost feel like I've gotten softer with age when it comes to horror/disturbing movies too. Considering Emma watched Salo 10 to 15 years ago but is unable to watch it now, that may be her case as well.
I have never turned off a movie, because so far I was able to handle them all. With that being said tho, Irreversible and Eraserhead were the toughest to sit through for me. Both for very different reasons.
i remember pausing directly after the fire extinguisher scene in irreversible and being like “i should stop watching this” and then i got to /that/ scene and being like “whyyyy don’t i listen to myself more”
@@mikesilva3868 Honestly I love Troll 2, it's good old cheesy practical puppets and masked people running around making stupid noises... I love that shit! Troll 1 was better though.
It's just so disturbing that in so many horror movies that were in the ranks of the worst/gorest/almost illegal movies the main thing is that women are always tortured, raped and whatnot, and that is used as the scare factor. I hate that. As a girl that gave me the worst nightmares and anxiety
No, horror movies are supposed to SCARE not SCAR. They are supposed to be scary in a thrilling, spine-tingling, fun, exciting, and scintillating, they are not supposed to shred your soul, give you ptsd and send you howling to a therapist's office. People watch these movies for ENTERTAINMENT, not to be emotionally assaulted, and/or psychologically damaged.
@@milumav - Yes and no. People's tastes, triggers and limits vary and their are different kinds of 'scare'..... Plus; audiences are increasingly cynical and harder to effect as time goes by (compare censorship and social standards in relation to 30s horror vs 70s horror vs 2000's and beyond). Some films use extreme psychology and gore to pose difficult questions to the viewer. Someone in this thread began speaking of Henry and how horrific it is (even though it's not especially graphic), yet It's a perfect example in that it provokes relative sympathy towards Henry when compared to Otis (perhaps even hoping he can have a 'happy-ever-after' outcome) only for it to pull the rug from under you at the very end. Brilliant, brilliant movie. As for the above point about female victims; in most cases it's a mechanism of exploiting vulnerability to build empathy & vicarious fear around (rather than outright conceptual hostility towards women).... Comparatively, that just isn't there when positioning men vs men in similar confrontations. When considering the final girl trope one ought to consider two things in particular: 1) it's all the more triumphant when they do prevail and 2) the guys have typically already been wiped out by that point. (FWIW; to give context to these comments, I am a 47 y/old who grew up with gore but have since grown out of much of it........ Despite this; I don't condone a low censorship threshold.)
When it comes to Salo, I read the novel before seeing the film and I was completely traumatized by what I read. The movie has very disgusting scenes, but it’s an episode of Teletubbies compared to the stuff in the novel. Even though it was never completed, the contents of the book are 10000000 worse than anything they show in the film. At a certain point, the story stops and it basically becomes a massive list of vile and extremely graphic sexual acts described in vivid detail that left me wondering how anyone could be this sick to write these things down, and literally get off to them.. I won’t repeat any of the things listed, because they should never ever be repeated, but I will say some of the worst ones include pregnant women or women who have just given birth. Do with that what you will but if you’re easily disturbed, do not look these things up. Marquis De Sade has to be the most disgusting man that ever lived.
What's so vile about the Marquis de Saad as well is he's held up as like an intellectual who explored the intersection of pain and pleasure. Yea... I'm sorry not buying it. He and one of his wives may have ligit kidnapped some children and done.. something to them.
I agree. Sade’s Masterpiece is unrivaled in its Darkness & Vile. The Sadism comes from his name so… that explains a lot. You are totally right about the last chapters, unfinished, being a list of absolute Hellish torture. How Sade thought about such depravations, I know not… which makes him an absolute Genius
After watching Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, I decided to stop watching movies about people doing horrible things to other people. I gave myself a line to not cross because of that movie. Torture porn? Nope. Rape/revenge movies? No thanks. I'll still watch movies about serial killers or slashers, but if it's going to focus on pain or torture, I don't need that. I've never walked out on a movie, but I should have walked out of the Nightmare on Elm Street remake. Bad acting, bad visuals, and really nailed home the idea that Freddy was "into" kids.
So what about I spit on your grave for example. I as a survivor of Sexual assault and rape myself really appreciate that the film doesnt shy away from the gross and disturbing nature that is sexual assult and the pain and rage it causes the victim like myself. If anything the movie actually helped me understand that what was happening to me as a child was not and never will be ok. Yes the movies are extreme and shocking but so is the world and I also feel as a victim myself that these films sometimes help victims cope with failed justice plus the real world will always be more disturbing.
@@midnightprodigy4724 I'm sorry you had that happen to you, and I understand that this film helped you. I feel like I know how bad the world is, and personally would rather not have to view it if I don't have to. I tend to be very empathetic with characters, and when I used to see movies with this type of violence, I would just feel bad afterward. I just don't want to feel bad from watching a movie.
@@iandawson6461 I completely understand and thank you for sharing empathy to my story. And I truly hope only good comes your way youre a rare type of person dont let anyone or even movies take that away from you 😊🙏
ASingularSpaghetti-I love Hereditary, but yeah I can understand why some people like yourself were possibly too disturbed by it. I remember that i struggled to sleep after watching it at the movie theatre as I couldn't get the eerie imagery in the movie of people standing in the corners of dark rooms out of my head, & it's the only horror movie I've seen as an adult that gave me nightmares.
Anything with animal cruelty, child abuse or torture of women just for the sake of it. Disgusting. The innocents. started but i could not continue even if the story was interesting. Fuck it, i can´t stomach it.
Hey buddy, don't worry, just wait 16 years, those young boys being abused in those movies will be technically men and then the abuse won't matter to that sensibility 😂
Threads (1984). It's not your typical "horror" film, it's actually about a nuclear war. Try to sit through that, it's just absolutely so bleak and horrifying and it never lets up. It just gets worse and worse until the end.
I think my coolest experience in the cinema was when I was watching "The House That Jack Built" by Von Trier. People literally kept walking out and by the end, the room had less than 10 people...
It’s definitely a difficult one but it (to me) is one of the best horrors I’ve ever seen. Quite honestly, I love Lars von trier movies, especially his horrors. They stay with you!
The only thing I can't stand is animal abuse. I saw your video about disturbing films and added Bad Boy Bubby to my twl. Fortunately, I wanted to check out the trailer before watching it, and found "the cat scene"; just looking at the thumbnail made me awfully anxious. I'm glad I checked that beforehand, and I really appreciate when film reviewers mention these trigger warnings when talking about a film, that's very important!
It seems the only reason to have an animal in a horror movie is to kill them. It pisses me off. All during the film I'm just dreading the needless death of this animal. It's so distracting, even when it doesn't happen I expect it to.
I recommend the website Does The Dog Die! In addition to saying if the dog (or other animal) dies, it also goes over a lot of other things that might be triggering/upsetting for people.
I kind of have to wonder what's up with Does the Dog Die these days, given that they've now added categories such as "Does a dragon die?" Who gets upset over the death of a completely made-up creature, which probably dies because it's trying to eat/roast people? There's a line between advisories about things which are totally understandable (we've probably all experienced the death of a pet and don't care to be reminded of it), and just enabling irrational issues which have nothing to do with reality.
The one movie that disturbed me was "The Nightingale", although I did watch it two times during its theater run, because I loved it. I went in blind only having read as far as all the reports of people walking out . I was witness to one couple that left. It was on my 2nd viewing (the drive to the theater was very relaxing) that I saw a couple who left during "the scene". When the scene started a couple stood up and was about to leave. When they thought the scene was over, they were about to sit back down, but the scene got worse and they left. As horrific and violent as those "scenes" were in the movie, they still aren't as bad as the one scene I could never rewatch...and that is the subway tunnel scene in Irreversible. Chris Stuckmann's review
This movie was so good, but can be a very hard and triggering watch. Everything that happened in it though did have a point and was a representative of a time in history. Very hard watch but in no way was trying to be "edgy".
Irreversible was absolutely traumatizing. I have technically finished it but I will never rewatch it and it haunts me 15 years later. Also the Nightingale I have not seen this one but just listening to reviews makes me never want to go near this one.
Totally understand that. That film is just made too well. You really feel as though you’re witnessing what’s happening and can’t do anything about it. The way the camera doesn’t move through the entire thing is just crazy. Gorgeous film though if you can get past that part without wanting to die.
I can't do drool and body fluids and I watch some gnarly stuff. No one ever brings this movie up, and that's probably because it's not really a horror, but have you seen In the Realm of the Senses? It's considered a romance/drama but there is some pretty twisted stuff in it and it's based on a true story, which makes it even more effed up. Another film that left a mark is Takashi Miike's Visitor Q. No one talks about that one, either, which basically touches on every single possible taboo except for one, which I won't mention, couched in a very darkly funny (?) family drama.
I don't understand this either. Takashi Miike is a well known masterclass director of the genre but I rarely hear anyone talk about any of his other movies besides Audition.
Visitor Q was really f**ed up for me because the thing that bothers me the most is sadistic sexual themes. I`ll never have the patience to sit down and watch Salo, I refuse to watch it, and I`m a no sensitive man either...
Totally agree with you on Stranger Things 3. Those relationships seemed out of place. I don’t think I’ve ever turned off/walked out of a movie but I remember having to close my eyes for a certain scene in Antichrist. Not sure if it was as bad as I thought it was going to be since I still haven’t seen it to this day.
It’s funny because I did finish season 3 but when she brought up the whole relationship thing. It did throw off the pacing and felt kinda forced. But I thought I was the only person who felt that way lol
@@RicoSoprano_ for sure, felt forced. I hate when movies/shows feel the need to add romance. I finished the season as well but definitely was my least favorite and most forgettable.
@@monsterbride4615 yes definitely I don’t like it either especially when it’s unnecessary. I’ve heard a lot of these kids first kiss be on film . And I know I’m not the only one who was nervous as hell on that first kiss. I can only imagine having to do it in front of a room of people and 30 cameras lol
@@RicoSoprano_ Yup, and that’s kind of creepy! Just let the kids be kids. I liked the show when it felt more like The Goonies (although that had it’s share of romance too).
@John Terhorst Yup, that was the good old days before CGI. Lou Ferrigno will always be the Hulk for me too as George Reeves and Christopher Reeves were Superman. But today's ADD kids equate high cost CGI with good cinema. Personally I thought Infinity Wars and Avengers: Endgame were garbage.
@@filmtvgeek482 yup! The only new superman I watched was the first one that came out. I dont even remember the title. All I remember is like half the movie was him flying through buildings.
After having my son, I'm no longer ger able to handle any media involving child abuse. Even the horror story podcast I listen to, I'll skip an episode at the first hint of even possible child abuse. It just sends me into a complete panic now.
The Fourth Kind, spooked me out, especially the end. The imagery of the person, being taken over by the alien, was crazy. I actually finished the movie, but I took it out of the DVD player and broke it in half and threw it away
I watched it in its entirety but it is one of two movies that I really wish I could unsee. Definitely messed me up for a little bit. The other movie is Stoic.
I got obsessed with that case for years. I watched Girl Next Door and An American Crime. I actually sat through Crime feeling numb but able to get through it. But Girl Next Door left me a crying mess. And NEITHER could compare to the real case!!
I walked out of one scene in 'The Shining' sequel: 'Doctor Sleep'. It was the baseball boy scene. Jacob Tremblay played it scarily real. I'm a kid of the 80's and I could only think of the real life story of Adam Walsh.
the was the only really good scene in the whole movie. I enjoyed the movie but it has none of the creepiness of The Shining. It's a good movie, but it's not destined to become a classic.
@@Gregbaltzer Well, have you read the books?! You probably just seen the movie. It was the best symbiosis of Kings' vision of the Overlook and Kubrick's vision as well. Read more.
@@7n154 I tell everyone that scene is one of the most upsetting scenes I've ever watched. And I watch a ton of horror - but stuff with little kids always gets to me, and that kid acted the hell out of that scene. It crushed me and I hated it! There was also an Angelina Jolie movie called The Changeling (not the ghost story movie everyone loves) about a little boy who goes missing. It's based on a true story and it turns out - - SPOILER ALERT -- little boys were getting snatched by a serial killer who kept them in cages until he decided to kill them. The movie never shows anything but there's a scene where you see the boys scattering in their cages and screaming, trying to get away and I almost threw up. Even though I never saw them get hurt, you just know what's about to happen and since it's a true story that made it that much worse. Ugh.
Oh girl…. I’m with you on Stranger Things… and right before season 3 came out, I had Millie Bobby Brown on my flight (I’m a flight attendant). She was super sweet and down to earth and even posed for a picture with me. But I really just lost interest.
One of the reasons I feel that a filmmaker relies on torture is the simple fact that it's easier than writing a good script, creating atmosphere, and coming up with an original theme. Cheers!
I love Headless/Salo/964 Pinocchio (I've covered Headless and have thought about doing 964 Pinocchio at some point), but I totally get why they're things other people don't want to sit through. The beauty of the genre is there's something for basically everyone, which is sort of funny, considering the subject matter. :p
horror simply is the most diverse genre and ceratinly has many subgenres that people can attach themselves to. 964 Pinocchio is my favourite WTF movie and I wouldnt even think of classifying it as a horror
First, you rock, thanks for all the vids! I’ve never regretted turning off a movie or putting down a book but I to this day regret reading and watching a couple different things in my 56 years that did some damage and still give me nightmares occasionally. Some scientists say our brains don’t know the difference between what we imagine happening and what really happens, so I try and be careful but it’s all so personal and subjective so I rely on people with similar tastes to warn me. Thanks for the rec for my mother’s eyes, btw, loved it and your review was spot on IMO!
@@Blkpants one was Hannibal (the book) eating a guys brain while having a conversation with him. As the meal progresses his speech reflects his frontal lobe being sliced away piece by piece. I put the book down and of course will never watch the movie. And others I won’t even mention. I don’t like realistic torture type stuff, especially with women/children victims. I’m not really sure why some things seemingly so much worse don’t bother me while other stuff that seems tame can linger for years. But part of the reason I keep watching/reading is this need to somehow make sense of suffering, especially of the helpless or innocent or good. There are other reasons I believe in God but one is that the alternatives are unacceptable to me. The idea of no God or an evil/apathetic one making this life random and suffering pointless- that’s true horror to me. I need to believe good wins in the end and that my creator is good. I can’t change the facts and believing hurts a lot less. But sometimes it’s hard. Horror movies exist because real life horror exists. My most recent scene that haunted me was from The Night They Knocked, the pool ball scene. I closed my eyes. But I’m glad I watched, I loved the character arc of the younger brother and the end had me actually say out loud this better happen because it’s the only bright spot in that hopeless bleakness I felt seeing the scene that revealed just what they’re up against in gruesome fashion. Up until then I’d been thinking they should take the fight to the intruders earlier. Wow sorry, got carried away and probably didn’t even answer your question lol 🤷♂️
@@Jess1Dude I just have to point out that that's not really an argument based in reason...the universe is under no obligation to make us happy. I find the idea of my wife dying before me completely unacceptable, but that doesn't mean it can't happen. My preferences don't dictate reality beyond what I can personally make happen. For my part, the idea that we're all at the whim of some invisible puppet master who decides what our lives will be sounds like the worst hell imaginable. I don't want someone else to have a plan for my life...I have my own plans.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks agreed on all that. Wasn’t making an argument but more expressing feelings. My fears aren’t always based in reason. And since I do believe in a creator, I’d rather not have the Eye In The Sky (APP) cheating me blind.
as much as i love Stranger Things, season 3 became a comedy show and a coke cola ad. season 1 was the best and season 2 was decent. wish they explored about will's ptsd with the demogorgon more instead of forcing the kids to be in a relationship.
The forced teen romances were what I hated most about Season 3. Eleven was unrecognizable and I began to hate her. When Hopper "died" at the end, I didn't feel emotionally invested and did not buy Eleven's feelings towards her former adoptive father, because what little screentime they shared together, it was unpleasant and they acted like they hated each other. There was no parental love on-screen.
I walked out of the theater when the lawnmower scene in Sinister came on. Those scenes were way too real. They actually felt like a snuff film of sorts. I’ve still never rewatched it.
OH MY GOD I was going to write about this specific scene! That movie scared the absolute shit out of me. I told my husband I was going to leave the theatre when this scene came on. I’ve watched the movie since and it still scares the shit out of me. I can’t think about the music.
"Cheap Thrills" the moment a scene with the little dog i knew was gonna happen, I immediately left the theater. Animal abuse is a big no for me, but most of the time I can cover my eyes and ears. But this movie was building up to it for far too long and my anxiety caused me to leave.
Well hopefully you did not watch "Leolo" where a cat's claws are removed or for that matter, "Amores Perros." "Smile" has got that scene with the cat...as soon as we were introduced to the cat early on, I had the feeling something was going to happen to it sooner or later.
Animal abuse is the only reason Cannibal Holocaust bothered me at all. Knowing it was actually real is what has stopped me from ever wanting to witness it again. I can watch people do bad things to people all day long, but bringing animals in the mix is just a different level of disturbing for me.
@@nemmiezene “I can watch people do bad things to people all day long....” hopefully you mean in movies total fiction and not real life gore otherwise you sound like a psychopath and a dangerous hateful person I don’t think others would be safe to be around.
It Comes At Night. At the end of the film, I heard a woman in the theatre say, "So, nothing actually came at night?" I can't bring myself to leave a theater when I've already paid to watch, but I've never wanted to leave more than with this film.
I thought it was a good movie, but very inaccurately advertised. It was advertised as a straightforward horror movie, but it was really more of an existential "the real monster is..mankind" type movie.
Oh, gosh. Tried watching this one three times. I think I managed to finish it the third time but I remember nothing, pretty sure it bored the hell outta me and I decided to pick up my phone so I could do something else while trying to power through the film. I just didn't wanna quit again so I cheated.
The biggest two for me are Hostel and Wolf Creek. I am really upset by sadistic torture. I can watch torture scenes like interrogation scenes and stuff like Saw but if there’s someone getting off on it in the scene, I can’t do it. It really upsets me, I hate it so much. Sometimes just hearing a plot description can be enough to upset me.
I can't/don't do torture either. It will literally disturb me for days. Sometimes Criminal Minds episodes upset me because of it. I will always regret watching The Last House on the Left too.
Same. Also very violent films in general. I can't think that another human being is capable of commiting such terrible acts and I can't even begin to put myself in their victims shoes. I just close my eyes and wait for it to be over.
Same ! Anything in the name of “entertainment” that appears to show - animal abuse, extended rape, exploitation of children, torture and human depravity in general, gore for the sake of shocking its audience and just movies that makes you sick to the stomach, cannot be “entertainment” :(
WOW. Wolf Creek. One of the most brilliant horror movies ever made and so disturbing. I couldn't watch it again for ages after. It did such a brilliant job of building a relationship between the viewers and the victims in the first half and John Jarratt did one of the great performances of cinema history (Yes I said it.) as Mick Taylor. A horror and film masterpiece.
I've always been intrigued by disturbing cinema (if the film has some soul to it at least). The only thing I've ever had to put down was House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. I wasn't in a particularly robust head space when I started it, and it just really messed me up. I was quite poorly for about 18 months. Basically became hyper-empathetic to the point where I really struggled with any fictional peril without it triggering a really thick sludgy anxiety that would pull my mood down really hard. I heard it had that affect on a fair few readers too. That's the power of extraordinarily clever psychological fractal and meta-fiction I suppose. That was a long time ago now though. Still, probably never going to bother having another crack at it...
@aoggrta74 I'm conflicted. On one side I'm happy for you because you obviously didn't have the capacity of thought to get wrapped up in it and therefore end up affected. On the other hand I pity you because you didn't have the capacity of thought to get wrapped up in it and so spend your time trying to belittle folk who found their capacity for thought and imagination tested beyond limit. Okay Just to mention, 21 years ago, this work predates "viral" marketing and predates "creepy pasta". At the time, what it did was INCREDIBLY cerebral, very beyond its years and I would argue, likely stood the test of time... only I doubt publishers feel good about the amount of tree one copy takes up...
This has been on my To Read list for awhile and now I feel like I might be better off not reading it? I don't even know what it's about- I just heard it was very unique and impactful haha
@@ExcusesAreUseless that's sort of how I went into it... I had a colleague at uni who said one of their close friends back home in blackpool went off the radar and it was "because of a book they'd read"... I thought I was into dark media and had a high threshold so I wanted to know what it was... the friend said he didn't know anything about the book, just that he didn't want to tell me what it was because of how his friend turned out. I would nag him from time to time to tell me, but I could see it was troubling him. It wasn't until an end of semester party when I bought him some shots and asked him to give me the title. He asked the bar maid for a pen and then wrote it in my hand. It was a permanent ink sharpie. I crashed on another friends sofa that night in the city centre. I woke up so hungover and before getting the train home went to a waterstones (UK book store)... there I saw this book bigger than the phone book... perfectly square, weighted about 5kg... I just grabbed it and took it to the till. I didn't check the price and it cost about £35.00 which took me into my overdraft. Still no idea what it was about... just that it was apparently pretty potent.
My mother in-law hates me because I was watching The Girl Next Door and she asked what it was. She watched it later that day and asked me to never talk to her about movies again.
One of my absolute favourites is Martyrs, nonetheless, I had a super hard time watching A Clockwork Orange (had to watch it in 4 different days)... Go figure 🤷
People tend to overthink A Clockwork Orange. Mostly a sci-fi movie just set in a dysfunctional future and Alex basically receives an experimental treatment in prison. Great atmosphere and movie score.
I really gotta go back and watch Martyrs because I never got through it. And I tried to watch a Clockwork Orange for the first time a year ago. Unpopular opinion it was kinda boring and definitely a little weird.
True story but when I was twelve, me and my friends actually walked out of Hotel Transylvania,not because it was bad,but because we wanted to see Sinister ಠ﹏ಠ
Yeah, I couldn't finish that one either. House of 1000 Corpses felt way too out there for me, not my cup of tea just stylistically, but then I gave Devil's Rejects a try and it was waaay too gritty and realistic for me, it felt too much like something that would actually happen and therefore felt uncomfortable for me to watch as a sequel, when the characters we are familiar with are in fact the villains. I made it about halfway and quit. Never going to revisit that one.
Agreed. What a pile of crap. Rob Zombie is a white trash film maker to begin with. He can't not bring that trash culture into every one of his movies. I finishe Devil's Rejects, but I've never felt like I needed a shower more than after seeing that.
I had to walk out of "The Hills have Eyes II" - even though most people probably don´t find it that terrifying. It was the rape scene that I just couldn´t take. I also remember struggling a lot with the first one from 2006, in which - again - I found the violence against women particularly disturbing!
Same thing happened to me! I saw that movie when I was still a young teenager just learning about sexuality and it really scared the shit out of me! Now I mostly stick to psychological horror, mystery, and thriller.. 😓
Those are actually remakes/reboots Wes Craven made the. Originals The Hills Have Eyes (1977) then The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 (1984). They are completely different from the 2006 an 2007 ones . All I will say is that the original ones. Are lass graphic an have nothing to do with nuclear testing an mutants. So they are way more tam then the 2006 an 2007 remakes/reboots.
HHE 2 is the only horror movie I've ever turned off, as soon she she bit his tongue in that scene you've described I felt sick and never thought of watching it again.
The whole storyline in the remake's sequel of the cannibal family kidnapping and raping women to get them pregnant and keep the family going wasn't needed. At least in the first film Lizard forcing Lynn Carter to breastfeed him, while uncomfortable was a one off thing and he gets killed later.
The only movie I walked out of the theatre (for a moment) was "Hereditary" for the car accident scene. The power of the scene overwhelmed me and I had to step out to catch my breath.
It was the shot after the impact when it holds on to the brothers face. His frozen face in terror not wanting to believe/trying to wrap his head around what just happened hit me
@@HeftyHamptonian an empathetic person. we need more of that. ive been watching quite a few lately...sometimes i ask why i like them as they can be hard to watch. I watched Under the skin (again), Eden Lake, the killing of a sacred deer, the blackcoat's daughter. not disturbing where you cant watch but pretty messed up movies. the killing of a sacred deer is really out there. so bizarre.
I think several moments in the film are very impactful. And I certainly felt bad for all the characters involved. But Hereditary felt more like an examination of mental health and grief than a horror. Without the last twenty minutes it would have fallen squarely in "drama." I like my horror films full of horror and don't really care for the philosophical commentary. Don't get me wrong. It isn't a bad movie at all. It's just not the movie I want when I think of horror.
The hardest film to watch was "The House That Jack Built" - the murder scenes are so real and the main characters evilness so haunting. It took me several months to get through it. 'Salo' seems much lighter than that. I see Salo as an intellectual game of an Italian communist filmmaker. Very interesting but not super disturbing. Lol.
The House That Jack Built is an amazing film and is definitely disturbing, but trust me when I tell you that Salo is on a whole other level of depravity. That movie is absolutely wretched.
I love your honesty. Great video. I had to leave the room watching "Momento" the bar scene with them passing the cup round made me literally sick. I did finish the film but refuse to rewatch.
Great to hear your opinions about certain flicks! I've never turned off a movie for being too disgusting / disturbing. I've turned off movies that are complete stupid. I love movies like Headless & such. The bloodier / goriest / disturbing the better. Movies like these doesn't need a plot. Just Plain Evil!! Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. As long as we all love horror movies!! Keep It Kreepy 😈
Omg your MBB comment is so true 😳 the other actors in the show are way better but unfortunately dont get as many opportunities handed to them, an example being sadie sink who slayed in fear street
when i was a teen i used to watch/play uncritically some disturbing stuff. now I'm older and i worry about my mental well-being more. the thing is, i vividly remember nearly all visual info, it can spontaneously replay in my mind, and i easily form associations. so it's better for me to avoid extremely disturbing imagery. i tend to research media before watching/playing. I'm particularly critical of movies with sexual violence (especially against kids) - unfortunately, this subject is very easy to get wrong.
Same on everything you said. You said it better so just, here here! ^^^ I try to tell my kids to be careful what they watch you can abuse your mind because what you put in there isn't leaving.
I honestly have no idea how I managed to consume the content I did as a young teen. I'm in my upper 20s now and if I watched that stuff today it would mess me up for awhile. It's important to take care of your mental health! I see so many people on here (everywhere, really) using it as a bragging right and/or making others feel "weak" for not being able to handle intensely disturbing content, which is so damaging. There's absolutely nothing wrong with not being okay with disturbing imagery and putting yourself first. It's absolutely the healthiestway to go. Hope you are doing well!
OMG, you solved a mystery for me...7 years later There was a movie being shown in a barracks when I was in the Navy that was super bizarre. It was Salo
Idk why I finished it, but I’ve never been more pissed after a “horror” movie than when I saw The Girl Next Door. Literally couldn’t recommend it to anyone and anyone who does enjoy it probably belongs in jail
I’ve never walked out or turned off a film but there are several I’ve only watched once. Martyrs, The Human Centipede, Funny Games are all single views for me. I guess that’s also one reason why I’ve never started Irreversible or Megan is Missing. I know once I start it I’ll have to finish it.
@@dawndoe1589 No it isn’t. It’s just a poorly made and poorly acted movie, with a TV movie of the week story. The actresses talking with one another make it unwatchable, long before any scenes depicting violence.
Megan is Missing is just bad. Irreversible is a very well made movie, with subject matter that is shown closer to how it would actually happen than most movies ever do. Human Centipede is garbage. Martyrs and Funny Games are very well made, yet are going to divide the audience based on how it is presented(Funny Games) and if one cares about any deeper meaning(Martyrs). Megan is Missing is in another sub basement level of garbage even compared with the absurdity of Human Centipede.
irreversible is really amazing and if you got through martyrs, you could watch this one as to me it seems harder to get through. I am not sensitive to violence or assault though, so you should consider that. Also, for me it was easier bc the worst happens in the beginning and even though you know the bad things that happen after, seeing the happy times in the end did leave me in a far better head space than expected from such topics
I can't watch movies that involve animal abuse, child abuse, or sexual abuse/rape/torture. I also don't like blood, gore and torture; too often these are just are offensive and stupid, it quickly becomes obvious that they are there for no reason other than to give cheap thrills to either the filmmaker or the audience. I need an actual interesting story to be engaged. This is why I prefer psychological horror and supernatural/paranormal type of things.
I have never shut down a movie for being too disturbing (and I have watched alot of disturbing movies) but I was close with human centipede II. It was extremely soul crushing.
The Human Centipede 2. i HATE this movie. I'm a horror fanatic, and gore doesn't usually bother me but i just could not finish this film. It felt like i was just watching a bunch of grotesque imagery for literally no reason other than to be shocking and edgy. Not to mention the scene with the pregnant woman and the baby... The film was so disgusting in the most frustrating way possible i ended up just skimming through it before turning it off. I appreciate the first film for what it is, but this movie just got under my skin.
Wow I’ve found my movie turn off twin lol Bro I couldn’t watch it either. But mind you I just got done watching human centipede 1 then tried to go into part 2 with no breaks. When he started putting all those people in one room I’m like I don’t think I can handle this again and I love horror movies. But I just felt like I’m torturing myself at this point and turned it off.
And the fact that this movie is basically just the director making fun of the human centipede 1 fans... Like, dude, it's your movie! And in my opinion, the first movie is actually great, it has some substance. A creative idea, great villain, just enough graphic scenes to make you understand what's going on without grossing you out. And then he came out with the disgrace that is the second movie. I got into a whole 30-minute rant about how much I hate this movie once. The only thing I like about it is that at least I have a "most hated" movie list (and it's the only one in it).
I turned that movie off at the baby scene not because it even disturbed me, but because it was so stupid. I could tell the movie wanted to make me feel sick, and because I was aware of that it wasn't working, it was just pissing me off. Like it doesn't even make sense for her character to do that, just move the baby like fs... it was so dumb
I can understand the discomfort with the whole love triangle thing in Coven. I believe it's because it almost felt as if Zoe and Madison were taking control of Kyle.
Wow, I actually agreed with all of your points in this one. I watched Salo 3 times trying to find any merit in it, and just can't. When you said it "feels like it's 4 hours long" I absolutely felt that. And I skipped on Stranger Things after season 2. It became clear that season 1 was inspired, and they had no real idea where to go after that. I'm just kinda over getting 80's slapped in my face constantly, instead of giving me compelling story lines. Yeah, I remember the 80's, they were fun, cause I was a kid. Can I please get a story I give a shit about?
Then you don't understand it. Salo is a very important film when it comes to the topic of fascism and human cruelty. It speaks on those topics, pushing the limits, which is what Pasolini wanted to do. If you don't understand that then don't watch it.
I walked out of the Cinema with one movie only and that was The Dark Tower. Having read these books as a teenager and then seeing the movie I was so pissed I didn't even get abo hour into the movie.
the first time I watched "Sun Choke" I turned it off in an angry rage the other day I watched it again and I didn't have such a visceral disgust by it, but I still feel that I could've done with sticking to the dynamic between Crampton and Hagan the whole film, and I didn't care for where it goes after that
“The Girl Next Door” (2007)..saw it once and will NEVER see it again. I’m in agreement with most of the commenters that any film with a woman being assaulted is just a big NO from me. I’m fine with the standard campy slasher like Friday the 13th or horror thrillers like the original Halloween with a male/female cast and creative or even corny kill scenes but I draw the line of movies that use the abuse or r-word of a woman as a plot line. I find it to be a poor excuse for the “revenge-horror” sub-genre, lazy storytelling and very telling about the individual willing to write these scenes. Even in the event that it is a piece of nonfiction, I still just can’t stomach watching a reenactment of such grotesque acts that are devoid of humanity.
Any film containing abuse of animals or youngsters will be switched of. I don't concider it neither necessary or relevant for a good movie to use such grotesque material as entertainment. I also diagnose people who watch these kinds of scenes as really sick people. Lack of empathy and/or sympathy is the very essense of psychopathological mental personal disorder. 🖤😎👍
I've attempted to finish 'A Serbian Film' for like 3 times to no avail. I just thought it was so try-hard and edgy just for the sake of it, so I ended up just watching UA-cam reviews for it instead and yeah, my opinions are not swayed. I get what the filmmakers trying to get across, but I simply don't find it any good.
Tried to watch it one time. It's the ONLY time that a movie ever made me tap out. Cut it off at the baby scene. That was just too much. You know the one I'm talking about.
@@MeCanik79after watching that film in its entirety for the first time last night, I can say with confidence you did the right thing. It's a vacuous, empty film that is shock over substance.
I won’t even attempt to watch this given I turned off The Accused after 5 minutes. I really struggle with sexual violence, especially when it’s well acted - it makes me feel ill, then it makes me feel outraged.
The only movie I ever walked out of the theater for wasn't a horror movie. It was Anger management. Which ostensibly is a comedy but the whole situation and premise of the film just enraged me so much to watch. It was so frustrating that I got up and walked out, lol. Silly I know, but that's the only time I've done that.
i almost walked out of Ad Astra (stayed until the end in hopes it would get better). i was so surprised to see it had amazing reviews because i found it so extremely boring.
Whilst I havent turned off anything before, there are things i have no desire to see again just because of how horrific they were. Salo, Martyrs, The Girl Next Door, Eden Lake. Really enjoyed this video!
Funny thing about Devil's Carnival.....it's one of the things that bonded me most with my partner when we were getting to know each other. He had recently found it and loved the songs. I enjoyed them too and he even has Grace for Sale as his alarm in the morning. It's definitely not for everyone, but I knew I found myself a keeper with someone who can appreciate something this wacky.
My first ever horror movie was Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Beginning that I saw when I was probably 12. Scared my young self so bad I left the theatre. I've seen a lot of horror movies since then so I'm more desensitized, but I still think of that movie as one of the more intense slashers.
I’m actually with you on Stranger Things, I enjoyed it(the first season especially), but still haven’t sat down and watched season 3. Whenever I think about it, the urge to actually watch it just isn’t there for some reason 🤷♂️ I don’t think I’ve ever turned off a movie, but the hardest ones to get through for me(so far) were A Serbian Film and August Underground. My mate has been trying to get me to watch Salo but I’ve been very reluctant to take the plunge 😂😅
Martyrs is a film i finished but i remember every bit of it to this day it makes me feel uncomfortable in my own skin as im left thinking about the meaning of life.
You didn't miss much with Stranger Things 3, it was bloody awful. The worst season to date, in my opinion. Stranger Things was the kind of show that should have ended in season 2 or 1. The more they continue the story, the more unlikeable and shitty the writing becomes, and the writing of the character greatly suffers as the cast becomes more bloated. Season 1 benefitted from having a small ensemble cast, everyone had a purpose in the story. By season 3 half of those characters are redundant and should have been written off. Season 4 is no better, I am sad to report.
For me it was “THE VVITCH” during the naked baby laying there scene, I didn’t know what was going to happen and was too consumed by dread and anxiety to find out. I had given birth to my daughter just a month prior so that scene with the suspense was way too much for me to handle. I had to shut off it off never finished the movie but what happened was spoiled to me later. Made the right decision for myself at the time! 😳
I would've been totally fine if they had ended Stranger Things in s2. I agree that it kinda feels like we are going through the motions of who Eleven is and what she can do. Not to mention a few of the characters really got sidelined or don't even really interact with each other. And each season we get a new batch of characters and I'm just---
Agreed 100%. Like what happened with Halloween, I wish they had made the series an anthology instead. At least with an anthology they wouldn't have ruined a great story this way, and we would have gotten more fun quality stories.
Stranger Things season 3 was a big low point for the series for a lot of reasons. "Kids" coupling up that age isn't unusual and infantilizing them does more harm than good.
Thanks for the video! I rarely turn off bad movies, what I do instead is heavily skip through the scenes to at least see how they end. I also agree that Season 3 of Stranger Things was really boring and while I personally finished it, I didn't feel like it was a good use of my time with how little quality and consistency the story and characters had retained by the end of that season.
A chinese friend recommended "The Philosophy of a Knife" to me and... I think I finished it, but with breaks. It's about human experiments run by japan in ww2 in northern china. Basically, it's artsy torture porn with a loose plot and most disturbingly, stills from the actual site thrown in. I want to add that the experiments actually took place and that's why I watched it, because those atrocities happened and aren't spoken about that much. I basically learned about unit 731 through that movie and read more about it afterwards. I never walked out of a movie, but I did return my ticket an hour before the movie started after a friend warned me about a certain scene in "the shape of water". Really glad i did, it would have been a baaaad time for me. Probably a great movie, but triggers gonna trig and all that.
Philosophy is one of those films which I wanted to like but I gave up on - its like watching MTV do horror and worse its something like 4 hours long. You probably know that another film about Unit 731 was made and thats Men Behind The Sun which is extreme but watchable
I never knew they made a movie about Unit 731. I want to see it, but I also want to stay the fuck away from it. It's absolutely insane that we aren't taught about that part of WW2 and most people don't know about those atrocities until unintentionally running into a Reddit thread or YT video about it.
A Clockwork Orange disturbed the f-k out of me as a teen and I’ve still never managed to watch it the entire way. I’ve tried numerous times but it’s portrayal of a nihilistic future was too spot on for me.
I’m right there with you on Stranger Things, apart from I didn’t finish season 2! 😂 I also just found it slowly lost me, and I did get less hooked on it with every passing episode. I’m not entirely sure I can pin it down to one thing quite easily as it is a competently made show for sure, but I didn’t find it particularly interesting I suppose!
I LOVE this video. Thank you! I completely agree about season three of Stranger Things. I just could not make myself care. The only film I’ve ever walked out of was Irreversible. I’ve since watched the entire film, and while I understand the point, the harm that it did me to watch it kind of flies in the face of that point, as a survivor. I also think it’s yet another film that frames a woman’s suffering as a man’s character arc, and that entire plot like can fuck off into another galaxy. I have a few that I’ve refused to watch because I know I won’t handle them well. The Angel’s Melancholy, the August Underground Films, and Aftermath (the Nacho Cerda film). Oh, and I stopped watching A Serbian Film.
No movie has ever bothered me besides The Girl Next Door. It still pops into my head sometimes and makes me feel physically ill. I would pay a lot of money to go back in time and decide not to watch it. If you value your sanity, avoid this movie like the plague.
I'm a survivor of r*pe/torture and I also love love love 💘 ❤ 💕 horror flix! That being said, I am sick of the tired old r*pe/torture trope in horror movies. Used just to illicit a certain reaction, I find it lazy and unimaginative. And it's so casually thrown in, it speaks to the r*pe culture/torture porn mindset that is shockingly acceptable in our society today. Having said that, I invite you to partake in what I like to call "revenge porn ": 1978 's "I Spit On Your Grave".... it was hard for me at first but I sat it thru all the way to the end and, wow!, it was satisfying! Very entertaining story as well, not just gore for gore's sake. It is hard to watch but if you get to the end I think it's worth it!
Most movies with SA are hard to watch, but I can make it through. Ironically, I just watched I Spit on Your Grave and had to turn it off for a few minutes. I felt like it was THE hardest SA movie to watch if we're comparing it to Last House on the Left or even Irreversible. Everytime I thought they were done r**ping her, it would happen again!
I’m so sorry that you’ve lived through that. That’s not easy to open up about publicly. Honestly, as someone who’s never gone through it, I’m still scared to watch films like I Spit on Your Grave 🥲 Is it cathartic to watch?
I understand I am a surviver of Rape. But I do love horror although I still can't watch the 10 min rape scene in Irreversible. And I've seen the movie twice.
"I felt like my soul was deteriorating, and i don't have much of that left being a redhead" 😂😂
genuinely one of the funniest things ive heard on yt 😂😂
Caught me off guard when she said that lmao
i lost it at that part
I thought ginger redheads have no soul. I've been lied too again!!
@@SaRENRampaiger ikr! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Women being tortured" seems to be a popular theme among film makers and as a female horror fan I say "Yaaawn, I get it, you enjoy seeing women get hurt, but it doesn't make an interesting movie"
lol
you must have had a mixed reaction to "Hostel part 2" hated seeing the three leads gets tortured then loved seeing one of the lead guys get the tables turned on him. btw i thought part 1 and 2 were great while 3 was watchable and has a great ending
Martyrs
I found Wolf Creek just torture porn. The only movie I have ever switched off. I know it's based on a real serial killer but it went too far in my opinion.
@@marvcastle3916 I think the religious mania of establishing if there's a heaven, saved me from rating it just torture porn .
I see no point in watching sadism for the sake of watching sadism.
I like horror as a genre, most of the time. I don’t appreciate horror married to deliberate titillation and film makers who revel in being merely revolting.
It takes imagination and good writing to make good films. If I want something to induce me to vomit, I’ll take something that makes me vomit and save myself two hours of agony. It’s neither creative nor talented to grind the viewers faces in despicable acts of violence and debauchery.
I'm one of those guys stuck in the middle, I like shock in the value of violence and gore but not into depravity.
It's like, I don't care much but still I don't seek it, at all.
Great point thanks for sharing that thought
It’s art for people who’ve been thru hard stuff and like and can handle it
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This is such a perfect way to explain how I feel about films like Salo. The only thing I find disturbing is the people (writers/directors more than actors) who made it. The films themselves, I don't know, I find boring at some point. I know it's fake, and it's trying so hard to be edgy that I roll my eyes. If I wanna watch sexual sadomasicism, I'll go find a porno.
David Lynch's 'Eraserhead' is the only film I've had to turn off halfway through ( I did end up watching it in full a few years later) and it's not that there's anything scary or super disturbing in it, but Lynch managed to create an atmosphere that I just found so oppressive i felt like I was losing part of myself watching it
OMG that was the most traumatic cinema experience ever, I literally had to go to another movie theater and watch a comedy, fortun!!atley a good one, to cope!
I was so pulled in by it's weirdness that I was glued to the screen as well!
Totally gross and a mind blow. I felt I needed a Lysol shower after seeing Eraserhead.
Haha I told a good friend of mine to go and watch the film "Eraser" with Arnold Schwarzenegger. He went to the video shop (back in the day) and rang me and asked why I had recommended it and he said it was terribly disturbing. He had rented Eraserhead by mistake. True story. Still laugh about that.
Omg I hated this movie I felt all kinds of ick
Recently watched 964 Pinocchio because of this video.
It's an incredibly upsetting movie, but mostly because of how heartbreaking it is to watch the main character. The violence and the abuse are horrific imagery, but it's just so sad because all he wants is to be held and feel safe.
Curiosity killed the cat basically
i’ve had to turn off a couple horror movies, most of these i believed were too exploitative. i’m sick of horrors and thrillers using sexual assault against women as a scare factor. it’s can be extremely triggering for many people and i often get disappointed in a film that i am enjoying and then there is a graphic rape scene and i can’t continue watching
I'm just hoping for the day the horror industry will stop using rape and sex as the main "appeal" of a movie. Like, are you guys seriously so uncreative that you don't know how to scare or shock without that? Weak. In my opinion, writers and directors that only make horror movies with scenes like that in them for shock value or to attract attention shouldn't be allowed to make horror movies. Go make something else, please. The world doesn't need more of this shit. (Sorry for being so abrasive hahaha it's something I'm really passionate about. I'm a little bit sex repulsed when it comes to the idea of real-life sex. But I do have reservations for fiction. The only horror movies that contain a sex scene that I remember enjoying are Jennifer's Body and Fear Street. Specially because they're gay, actually passionate, loving and make sense haha. Other than that, I always end up hating it.)
Agreed. Horror movies are supposed to make you uncomfortable but r3pe scenes are just not it. It totally ruins the movie for me and you can tell they did it to receive a “shocked” reaction from the viewer and it’s honestly annoying asf
I haven't turn off a horror movie but man after watching The Last Airbender in theaters, I felt I wasted my money. It was so bad and I was so mad about it.
This is how I felt about the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I actually loved the movie although there was some scenes in the movie that was triggering to me I almost threw up and I had to pause it, and then just skip over those scenes because it was too much.
What about sexual assault against men?
I turn off a lot of films. No extreme torture films. No extreme gore. No child abuse. Anything that makes me feel bad after watching. I think we all have an internal clock that let's us know when we hit that point. Some go beyond . I can't.
So If you watch movie that give you sad feeling on crying way you cant watch IT?
I actually love sad movies because they make me feel something that is normal to my sense of compassion. I very seldom find that in horror movies that contain extreme gore and torture, of course that is just me. Everyone is different. I know when it reaches that point for me. I have continued sometimes but end up sorry I did.
Totally feel that. Why push your limits if you don't have to!
I love horror films that are psychological. I still think about the vanishing (spoorloos? Is the non-english name). It told a story. But things like terrifier 2 or others which are just gore or torture-porn just make me feel gross after, why bother
hey man, that's respectable. not everyone can take the self-abuse. you love yourself enough to not do that to yourself.
i’ve never turned a movie off for being too disturbing - usually i try to gauge if something is going to be too much for me before i turn it on. i tend to avoid miserable and nihilistic movies in general lmao
😌the only movie that was way too disturbing was cannibal holocaust
Thats More fun than distrubing
I think the only movie I remember turning off was The Belko Experiment cuz my friend & I didn't expect THAT level of gore immediately lol. I went back & watched it a couple years ago & it's basically a US (kiiiiiiind of not US but still) version of Battle Royale & if ya like Battle Royale, you'll probably like most of this movie lmao
*this movie = The Belko Experiment OR Battle Royale -- dealer's choice lmao
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I didn’t walk out of this movie, this is just more of a funny story and how the marketing for the movie confused me (especially my mother). When Black Swan came out I really wanted to see it and so did my mum. My mum just assumed it was about ballet. I don’t remember exactly what I thought it was about but I wanted to see it. So we saw it together (which was awkward) and we both loved it. My mum was so confused that it ended up being a thriller. When we left the theatre, we talked to the ushers and my mum looks at them and says “I thought this movie was about ballerinas??” 😂😭
Lol. In all fairness it was about a ballerina
this is so wholesome
I had that experience with Pan's Labyrinth. The marketing campaign made it seemed like a magical realism story for kids. Though it was relatively tame compared to most of the films on this channel, it still had some disturbing scenes (the bottle scene in particular), and the theatre was filled with unsuspecting parents and their children (most of whom walked out).
@@MD-cn1nt I love Pans Labyrinth! I can see how the marketing made it seem like it was a fantasy movie for kids. It definitely would’ve scarred me if I watched it as a child. The Pale Man still creeps me out.
@ it felt like a Bosch painting. I think it was the unexpectedness of it that got me.
For me it's 365 days. Truly terrifying experience. I still get chills when someone asks if I'm lost.
Polish?
God I hate that stupid movie. 😂
"Are you lost baby girl?"
Ugh.
Cringe factor 10 😐
I had to walk out of the cinema watching Chicken Run when I was a kid when it looked like they were going to be turned into pies 😂 still haven't watched it, even though I'm 26 now haha
Also, as an adult, still haven't finished Snowtown
As someone who grew up watching Chicken Run I can confirm nothing happens to the chickens 😂
I recommend Dominion, can watch on UA-cam!
Haha Chicken Run and Snowtown are two of my fave films
I dont wanna be a pie
I don't like gravy
@@ratbones620 well except one of the chickens
After watching you review some of the heaviest types of films, I’ve always wondered this question the most! 💀 Speaking of Salo, one of my film professors at university use to have a Salo poster in his office and that definitely made me feel some kinda way😳 I feel like I’ve gotten softer as I’ve gotten older, the scares and the scenarios get me a lot more now than when my love for horror first started
the older i get, i have these feelings that i dont have to watch some disturbing, awful movies i dont enjoy to prove myself
@@Shinigami344 now I can just enjoy watching others on UA-cam doing that for me instead😅
@@courtney9724 yasss hahahah
Hah, that's so funny. I almost feel like I've gotten softer with age when it comes to horror/disturbing movies too. Considering Emma watched Salo 10 to 15 years ago but is unable to watch it now, that may be her case as well.
Same. My tastes has drastically changed with age.
I have never turned off a movie, because so far I was able to handle them all. With that being said tho, Irreversible and Eraserhead were the toughest to sit through for me. Both for very different reasons.
😌the only movie that I turned off was the worst movie ever made troll 2
@@mikesilva3868 if you think thays the worst, you havwnt seen enough. Lol
i remember pausing directly after the fire extinguisher scene in irreversible and being like “i should stop watching this”
and then i got to /that/ scene and being like “whyyyy don’t i listen to myself more”
@@mikesilva3868 that film IS awesome
@@mikesilva3868 Honestly I love Troll 2, it's good old cheesy practical puppets and masked people running around making stupid noises... I love that shit!
Troll 1 was better though.
It's just so disturbing that in so many horror movies that were in the ranks of the worst/gorest/almost illegal movies the main thing is that women are always tortured, raped and whatnot, and that is used as the scare factor. I hate that. As a girl that gave me the worst nightmares and anxiety
True it's quite awful but ig that's the point?
No, horror movies are supposed to SCARE not SCAR. They are supposed to be scary in a thrilling, spine-tingling, fun, exciting, and scintillating, they are not supposed to shred your soul, give you ptsd and send you howling to a therapist's office.
People watch these movies for ENTERTAINMENT, not to be emotionally assaulted, and/or psychologically damaged.
@@milumav - Yes and no.
People's tastes, triggers and limits vary and their are different kinds of 'scare'..... Plus; audiences are increasingly cynical and harder to effect as time goes by (compare censorship and social standards in relation to 30s horror vs 70s horror vs 2000's and beyond).
Some films use extreme psychology and gore to pose difficult questions to the viewer. Someone in this thread began speaking of Henry and how horrific it is (even though it's not especially graphic), yet It's a perfect example in that it provokes relative sympathy towards Henry when compared to Otis (perhaps even hoping he can have a 'happy-ever-after' outcome) only for it to pull the rug from under you at the very end.
Brilliant, brilliant movie.
As for the above point about female victims; in most cases it's a mechanism of exploiting vulnerability to build empathy & vicarious fear around (rather than outright conceptual hostility towards women).... Comparatively, that just isn't there when positioning men vs men in similar confrontations. When considering the final girl trope one ought to consider two things in particular: 1) it's all the more triumphant when they do prevail and 2) the guys have typically already been wiped out by that point.
(FWIW; to give context to these comments, I am a 47 y/old who grew up with gore but have since grown out of much of it........ Despite this; I don't condone a low censorship threshold.)
@@airfixx_8952 I stand by what I said.
Seems like odd biased take on art.
When it comes to Salo, I read the novel before seeing the film and I was completely traumatized by what I read. The movie has very disgusting scenes, but it’s an episode of Teletubbies compared to the stuff in the novel. Even though it was never completed, the contents of the book are 10000000 worse than anything they show in the film. At a certain point, the story stops and it basically becomes a massive list of vile and extremely graphic sexual acts described in vivid detail that left me wondering how anyone could be this sick to write these things down, and literally get off to them.. I won’t repeat any of the things listed, because they should never ever be repeated, but I will say some of the worst ones include pregnant women or women who have just given birth. Do with that what you will but if you’re easily disturbed, do not look these things up. Marquis De Sade has to be the most disgusting man that ever lived.
What's so vile about the Marquis de Saad as well is he's held up as like an intellectual who explored the intersection of pain and pleasure. Yea... I'm sorry not buying it. He and one of his wives may have ligit kidnapped some children and done.. something to them.
Shyt even named sadist after him
Read about the rape of Nanking and Japan unit 731……….unfathomable how humans can do those things to each other.
I agree. Sade’s Masterpiece is unrivaled in its Darkness & Vile. The Sadism comes from his name so… that explains a lot. You are totally right about the last chapters, unfinished, being a list of absolute Hellish torture. How Sade thought about such depravations, I know not… which makes him an absolute Genius
You gotta wonder about these directors that make these movies 🤨🤨🤨
After watching Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, I decided to stop watching movies about people doing horrible things to other people. I gave myself a line to not cross because of that movie. Torture porn? Nope. Rape/revenge movies? No thanks. I'll still watch movies about serial killers or slashers, but if it's going to focus on pain or torture, I don't need that. I've never walked out on a movie, but I should have walked out of the Nightmare on Elm Street remake. Bad acting, bad visuals, and really nailed home the idea that Freddy was "into" kids.
So what about I spit on your grave for example. I as a survivor of Sexual assault and rape myself really appreciate that the film doesnt shy away from the gross and disturbing nature that is sexual assult and the pain and rage it causes the victim like myself.
If anything the movie actually helped me understand that what was happening to me as a child was not and never will be ok. Yes the movies are extreme and shocking but so is the world and I also feel as a victim myself that these films sometimes help victims cope with failed justice plus the real world will always be more disturbing.
@@midnightprodigy4724 I'm sorry you had that happen to you, and I understand that this film helped you. I feel like I know how bad the world is, and personally would rather not have to view it if I don't have to. I tend to be very empathetic with characters, and when I used to see movies with this type of violence, I would just feel bad afterward. I just don't want to feel bad from watching a movie.
@@iandawson6461 I completely understand and thank you for sharing empathy to my story. And I truly hope only good comes your way youre a rare type of person dont let anyone or even movies take that away from you 😊🙏
@@midnightprodigy4724 Same to you
Never heard of many, not what I’d like in first place
I made it through Hereditary, but that being said, I'm fine with never seeing it again for the rest of my life
ditto!
ASingularSpaghetti-I love Hereditary, but yeah I can understand why some people like yourself were possibly too disturbed by it. I remember that i struggled to sleep after watching it at the movie theatre as I couldn't get the eerie imagery in the movie of people standing in the corners of dark rooms out of my head, & it's the only horror movie I've seen as an adult that gave me nightmares.
@@kirstyfairly4371 All that I can deal with. Its THAT scene. You know which one I'm talking about.
@@ASingleSpaghetti -You mean the car scene?
@@kirstyfairly4371 Yes, I mean the car scene.
Anything with animal cruelty, child abuse or torture of women just for the sake of it. Disgusting.
The innocents. started but i could not continue even if the story was interesting. Fuck it, i can´t stomach it.
Hey buddy, don't worry, just wait 16 years, those young boys being abused in those movies will be technically men and then the abuse won't matter to that sensibility 😂
Threads (1984). It's not your typical "horror" film, it's actually about a nuclear war. Try to sit through that, it's just absolutely so bleak and horrifying and it never lets up. It just gets worse and worse until the end.
I think my coolest experience in the cinema was when I was watching "The House That Jack Built" by Von Trier.
People literally kept walking out and by the end, the room had less than 10 people...
I liked that movie
I couldn't finish it.
It’s definitely a difficult one but it (to me) is one of the best horrors I’ve ever seen. Quite honestly, I love Lars von trier movies, especially his horrors. They stay with you!
I’ve not seen it…I’ll add it my watch list
Yes!!! This movie was more affecting in its cruelty than any I can remember.
The only thing I can't stand is animal abuse. I saw your video about disturbing films and added Bad Boy Bubby to my twl. Fortunately, I wanted to check out the trailer before watching it, and found "the cat scene"; just looking at the thumbnail made me awfully anxious. I'm glad I checked that beforehand, and I really appreciate when film reviewers mention these trigger warnings when talking about a film, that's very important!
It seems the only reason to have an animal in a horror movie is to kill them. It pisses me off. All during the film I'm just dreading the needless death of this animal. It's so distracting, even when it doesn't happen I expect it to.
That movie was more disgusting than disturbing. But I guess they didn't hurt any animal in real life.
I always love with a horror movie has animals in it that are okay in the end. Its a fun play against trope!!
I recommend the website Does The Dog Die! In addition to saying if the dog (or other animal) dies, it also goes over a lot of other things that might be triggering/upsetting for people.
I kind of have to wonder what's up with Does the Dog Die these days, given that they've now added categories such as "Does a dragon die?" Who gets upset over the death of a completely made-up creature, which probably dies because it's trying to eat/roast people? There's a line between advisories about things which are totally understandable (we've probably all experienced the death of a pet and don't care to be reminded of it), and just enabling irrational issues which have nothing to do with reality.
Uh, Salo. Yeah, I feel you for that one. Not one ounce of interest in seeing that.
The one movie that disturbed me was "The Nightingale", although I did watch it two times during its theater run, because I loved it. I went in blind only having read as far as all the reports of people walking out . I was witness to one couple that left. It was on my 2nd viewing (the drive to the theater was very relaxing) that I saw a couple who left during "the scene". When the scene started a couple stood up and was about to leave. When they thought the scene was over, they were about to sit back down, but the scene got worse and they left. As horrific and violent as those "scenes" were in the movie, they still aren't as bad as the one scene I could never rewatch...and that is the subway tunnel scene in Irreversible. Chris Stuckmann's review
This movie was so good, but can be a very hard and triggering watch. Everything that happened in it though did have a point and was a representative of a time in history. Very hard watch but in no way was trying to be "edgy".
I did watch a review for the Nightingale before watching it, and was hyped to see it.
What a dud it turned out to be.
Irreversible was absolutely traumatizing. I have technically finished it but I will never rewatch it and it haunts me 15 years later. Also the Nightingale I have not seen this one but just listening to reviews makes me never want to go near this one.
I couldn’t finish Irreversible. Barely made it through the fire extinguisher scene and turned it off 30 seconds or so into the assault.
I’m with you 100%..
I cannot stomach SA in films and both of those sound like nightmares to watch
Totally understand that. That film is just made too well. You really feel as though you’re witnessing what’s happening and can’t do anything about it. The way the camera doesn’t move through the entire thing is just crazy. Gorgeous film though if you can get past that part without wanting to die.
My heart was broken for like a week
I totally forgot about the Nightingale!! That effed me up! I didn’t expect it to be so horrifying and shocking. Great movie though.
I can't do drool and body fluids and I watch some gnarly stuff. No one ever brings this movie up, and that's probably because it's not really a horror, but have you seen In the Realm of the Senses? It's considered a romance/drama but there is some pretty twisted stuff in it and it's based on a true story, which makes it even more effed up. Another film that left a mark is Takashi Miike's Visitor Q. No one talks about that one, either, which basically touches on every single possible taboo except for one, which I won't mention, couched in a very darkly funny (?) family drama.
I don't understand this either. Takashi Miike is a well known masterclass director of the genre but I rarely hear anyone talk about any of his other movies besides Audition.
Visitor Q was really f**ed up for me because the thing that bothers me the most is sadistic sexual themes. I`ll never have the patience to sit down and watch Salo, I refuse to watch it, and I`m a no sensitive man either...
@@26muca07 I'm with you on that one, Clint. Salo is on my "no-fly list" along with A Serbian Film, and I'm no delicate flower, myself.
Totally agree with you on Stranger Things 3. Those relationships seemed out of place. I don’t think I’ve ever turned off/walked out of a movie but I remember having to close my eyes for a certain scene in Antichrist. Not sure if it was as bad as I thought it was going to be since I still haven’t seen it to this day.
It’s funny because I did finish season 3 but when she brought up the whole relationship thing. It did throw off the pacing and felt kinda forced. But I thought I was the only person who felt that way lol
@@RicoSoprano_ for sure, felt forced. I hate when movies/shows feel the need to add romance. I finished the season as well but definitely was my least favorite and most forgettable.
@@monsterbride4615 yes definitely I don’t like it either especially when it’s unnecessary. I’ve heard a lot of these kids first kiss be on film . And I know I’m not the only one who was nervous as hell on that first kiss. I can only imagine having to do it in front of a room of people and 30 cameras lol
@@RicoSoprano_ Yup, and that’s kind of creepy! Just let the kids be kids. I liked the show when it felt more like The Goonies (although that had it’s share of romance too).
@@monsterbride4615 I mean kids nowadays starting everything early anyway so it’s not at all far from the truth lol
Unpopular opinion: If i turn a movie off, 95% chance It's a Marvel movie. I tried y'all. I really tried. Especially the solo ones, oh my god.
The only two Marvel movies I was able to stomach were Logan and Deadpool 😂
@@filmtvgeek482 Logan was garbage
Try watching revenge of the hulk with lou Ferrigno. All the new ones are just the same thing over and over.
@John Terhorst Yup, that was the good old days before CGI. Lou Ferrigno will always be the Hulk for me too as George Reeves and Christopher Reeves were Superman. But today's ADD kids equate high cost CGI with good cinema. Personally I thought Infinity Wars and Avengers: Endgame were garbage.
@@filmtvgeek482 yup! The only new superman I watched was the first one that came out. I dont even remember the title. All I remember is like half the movie was him flying through buildings.
After having my son, I'm no longer ger able to handle any media involving child abuse. Even the horror story podcast I listen to, I'll skip an episode at the first hint of even possible child abuse. It just sends me into a complete panic now.
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Likewise
The Fourth Kind, spooked me out, especially the end. The imagery of the person, being taken over by the alien, was crazy.
I actually finished the movie, but I took it out of the DVD player and broke it in half and threw it away
I could not finish The Girl Next Door 2007. Still have never tried to re-watch that one to this day and I don't think I ever will.
I watched it in its entirety but it is one of two movies that I really wish I could unsee. Definitely messed me up for a little bit. The other movie is Stoic.
I got obsessed with that case for years. I watched Girl Next Door and An American Crime. I actually sat through Crime feeling numb but able to get through it. But Girl Next Door left me a crying mess. And NEITHER could compare to the real case!!
FUCK that movie. Never needed to exist and I’ve never been more upset after finishing a film. Sorry you suffered too 😥
That was s true story
I walked out of one scene in 'The Shining' sequel: 'Doctor Sleep'. It was the baseball boy scene. Jacob Tremblay played it scarily real. I'm a kid of the 80's and I could only think of the real life story of Adam Walsh.
the was the only really good scene in the whole movie. I enjoyed the movie but it has none of the creepiness of The Shining. It's a good movie, but it's not destined to become a classic.
@@Gregbaltzer Well, have you read the books?! You probably just seen the movie. It was the best symbiosis of Kings' vision of the Overlook and Kubrick's vision as well. Read more.
@@7n154 I tell everyone that scene is one of the most upsetting scenes I've ever watched. And I watch a ton of horror - but stuff with little kids always gets to me, and that kid acted the hell out of that scene. It crushed me and I hated it! There was also an Angelina Jolie movie called The Changeling (not the ghost story movie everyone loves) about a little boy who goes missing. It's based on a true story and it turns out - - SPOILER ALERT -- little boys were getting snatched by a serial killer who kept them in cages until he decided to kill them. The movie never shows anything but there's a scene where you see the boys scattering in their cages and screaming, trying to get away and I almost threw up. Even though I never saw them get hurt, you just know what's about to happen and since it's a true story that made it that much worse. Ugh.
@@suzybearheart530 I recall thinking that was a good movie even though Angelina Jolie irritates me.
@@anarchisttutor7423 It was pretty good, and wild that it’s based on a true story!
Oh girl…. I’m with you on Stranger Things… and right before season 3 came out, I had Millie Bobby Brown on my flight (I’m a flight attendant). She was super sweet and down to earth and even posed for a picture with me. But I really just lost interest.
One of the reasons I feel that a filmmaker relies on torture is the simple fact that it's easier than writing a good script, creating atmosphere, and coming up with an original theme. Cheers!
If it's done right it can be just as effective
Thank you! Never thought of that, but beautifully put. I have to agree.
Maybe he's married.
Right you cracked the code bud. That's where bad writers ALWAYS end up. Making torture flicks lolololol
I love Headless/Salo/964 Pinocchio (I've covered Headless and have thought about doing 964 Pinocchio at some point), but I totally get why they're things other people don't want to sit through. The beauty of the genre is there's something for basically everyone, which is sort of funny, considering the subject matter. :p
horror simply is the most diverse genre and ceratinly has many subgenres that people can attach themselves to. 964 Pinocchio is my favourite WTF movie and I wouldnt even think of classifying it as a horror
I just wanted to say that I LOVE your channel and movie reviews, and it's so refreshing seeing UA-camrs comment on fellow UA-camr's videos!🖤🖤🖤
First, you rock, thanks for all the vids! I’ve never regretted turning off a movie or putting down a book but I to this day regret reading and watching a couple different things in my 56 years that did some damage and still give me nightmares occasionally. Some scientists say our brains don’t know the difference between what we imagine happening and what really happens, so I try and be careful but it’s all so personal and subjective so I rely on people with similar tastes to warn me. Thanks for the rec for my mother’s eyes, btw, loved it and your review was spot on IMO!
I am so nosy what have you regretted watching or reading? I regret watching Megan is Missing
@@Blkpants one was Hannibal (the book) eating a guys brain while having a conversation with him. As the meal progresses his speech reflects his frontal lobe being sliced away piece by piece. I put the book down and of course will never watch the movie. And others I won’t even mention. I don’t like realistic torture type stuff, especially with women/children victims. I’m not really sure why some things seemingly so much worse don’t bother me while other stuff that seems tame can linger for years. But part of the reason I keep watching/reading is this need to somehow make sense of suffering, especially of the helpless or innocent or good. There are other reasons I believe in God but one is that the alternatives are unacceptable to me. The idea of no God or an evil/apathetic one making this life random and suffering pointless- that’s true horror to me. I need to believe good wins in the end and that my creator is good. I can’t change the facts and believing hurts a lot less. But sometimes it’s hard. Horror movies exist because real life horror exists. My most recent scene that haunted me was from The Night They Knocked, the pool ball scene. I closed my eyes. But I’m glad I watched, I loved the character arc of the younger brother and the end had me actually say out loud this better happen because it’s the only bright spot in that hopeless bleakness I felt seeing the scene that revealed just what they’re up against in gruesome fashion. Up until then I’d been thinking they should take the fight to the intruders earlier. Wow sorry, got carried away and probably didn’t even answer your question lol 🤷♂️
@@Jess1Dude I just have to point out that that's not really an argument based in reason...the universe is under no obligation to make us happy. I find the idea of my wife dying before me completely unacceptable, but that doesn't mean it can't happen. My preferences don't dictate reality beyond what I can personally make happen. For my part, the idea that we're all at the whim of some invisible puppet master who decides what our lives will be sounds like the worst hell imaginable. I don't want someone else to have a plan for my life...I have my own plans.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks agreed on all that. Wasn’t making an argument but more expressing feelings. My fears aren’t always based in reason. And since I do believe in a creator, I’d rather not have the Eye In The Sky (APP) cheating me blind.
as much as i love Stranger Things, season 3 became a comedy show and a coke cola ad. season 1 was the best and season 2 was decent. wish they explored about will's ptsd with the demogorgon more instead of forcing the kids to be in a relationship.
The forced teen romances were what I hated most about Season 3. Eleven was unrecognizable and I began to hate her. When Hopper "died" at the end, I didn't feel emotionally invested and did not buy Eleven's feelings towards her former adoptive father, because what little screentime they shared together, it was unpleasant and they acted like they hated each other. There was no parental love on-screen.
Agreed.
S1 was amazing. S2 was superfluous and completely unneeded. S3 was goofy 80s fun. Hope new season feels like the first
Every scene had a soundtrack, got annoying.
S3 was a masterpiece imo and one of the greatest seasons of any series ever. It's an homage to the 80's.
‘I watch some commercials and get teary eyed’….Quotes are on point today, ha!
That used to happen to me a lot when I was pregnant lol
I walked out of the theater when the lawnmower scene in Sinister came on. Those scenes were way too real. They actually felt like a snuff film of sorts. I’ve still never rewatched it.
OH MY GOD I was going to write about this specific scene! That movie scared the absolute shit out of me. I told my husband I was going to leave the theatre when this scene came on. I’ve watched the movie since and it still scares the shit out of me. I can’t think about the music.
@@alexandrakritzman938 hell, the music was so great and terrifying. It made the hole movie couples with the old recordings
It's a great scene...I can't believe you walked out. To each their own, and all that stuff.
I think I saw that movie in theaters. Brutal
Oh man I love that movie
"Cheap Thrills" the moment a scene with the little dog i knew was gonna happen, I immediately left the theater. Animal abuse is a big no for me, but most of the time I can cover my eyes and ears. But this movie was building up to it for far too long and my anxiety caused me to leave.
Well hopefully you did not watch "Leolo" where a cat's claws are removed or for that matter, "Amores Perros." "Smile" has got that scene with the cat...as soon as we were introduced to the cat early on, I had the feeling something was going to happen to it sooner or later.
Animal abuse is the only reason Cannibal Holocaust bothered me at all. Knowing it was actually real is what has stopped me from ever wanting to witness it again. I can watch people do bad things to people all day long, but bringing animals in the mix is just a different level of disturbing for me.
@@nemmiezene “I can watch people do bad things to people all day long....” hopefully you mean in movies total fiction and not real life gore otherwise you sound like a psychopath and a dangerous hateful person I don’t think others would be safe to be around.
It Comes At Night. At the end of the film, I heard a woman in the theatre say, "So, nothing actually came at night?"
I can't bring myself to leave a theater when I've already paid to watch, but I've never wanted to leave more than with this film.
I tried to watch this like three times -- really boring
It Comes at night is fantastic.
Agree. So boring. I don’t get all the praise for it.
I thought it was a good movie, but very inaccurately advertised. It was advertised as a straightforward horror movie, but it was really more of an existential "the real monster is..mankind" type movie.
Oh, gosh. Tried watching this one three times. I think I managed to finish it the third time but I remember nothing, pretty sure it bored the hell outta me and I decided to pick up my phone so I could do something else while trying to power through the film. I just didn't wanna quit again so I cheated.
The biggest two for me are Hostel and Wolf Creek. I am really upset by sadistic torture. I can watch torture scenes like interrogation scenes and stuff like Saw but if there’s someone getting off on it in the scene, I can’t do it. It really upsets me, I hate it so much. Sometimes just hearing a plot description can be enough to upset me.
I can't/don't do torture either. It will literally disturb me for days. Sometimes Criminal Minds episodes upset me because of it. I will always regret watching The Last House on the Left too.
Same. Also very violent films in general. I can't think that another human being is capable of commiting such terrible acts and I can't even begin to put myself in their victims shoes. I just close my eyes and wait for it to be over.
Oh man yes I hated Wolf Creek!!
Same ! Anything in the name of “entertainment” that appears to show - animal abuse, extended rape, exploitation of children, torture and human depravity in general, gore for the sake of shocking its audience and just movies that makes you sick to the stomach, cannot be “entertainment” :(
WOW. Wolf Creek. One of the most brilliant horror movies ever made and so disturbing. I couldn't watch it again for ages after. It did such a brilliant job of building a relationship between the viewers and the victims in the first half and John Jarratt did one of the great performances of cinema history (Yes I said it.) as Mick Taylor. A horror and film masterpiece.
I've always been intrigued by disturbing cinema (if the film has some soul to it at least). The only thing I've ever had to put down was House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. I wasn't in a particularly robust head space when I started it, and it just really messed me up. I was quite poorly for about 18 months. Basically became hyper-empathetic to the point where I really struggled with any fictional peril without it triggering a really thick sludgy anxiety that would pull my mood down really hard. I heard it had that affect on a fair few readers too. That's the power of extraordinarily clever psychological fractal and meta-fiction I suppose. That was a long time ago now though. Still, probably never going to bother having another crack at it...
house of leaves is brutal. my mental health tanked reading it and some parts won’t leave my mind even today
House Of Leaves.... no other book has left more emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually gutted
@aoggrta74 I'm conflicted. On one side I'm happy for you because you obviously didn't have the capacity of thought to get wrapped up in it and therefore end up affected. On the other hand I pity you because you didn't have the capacity of thought to get wrapped up in it and so spend your time trying to belittle folk who found their capacity for thought and imagination tested beyond limit. Okay
Just to mention, 21 years ago, this work predates "viral" marketing and predates "creepy pasta". At the time, what it did was INCREDIBLY cerebral, very beyond its years and I would argue, likely stood the test of time... only I doubt publishers feel good about the amount of tree one copy takes up...
This has been on my To Read list for awhile and now I feel like I might be better off not reading it? I don't even know what it's about- I just heard it was very unique and impactful haha
@@ExcusesAreUseless that's sort of how I went into it... I had a colleague at uni who said one of their close friends back home in blackpool went off the radar and it was "because of a book they'd read"... I thought I was into dark media and had a high threshold so I wanted to know what it was... the friend said he didn't know anything about the book, just that he didn't want to tell me what it was because of how his friend turned out. I would nag him from time to time to tell me, but I could see it was troubling him. It wasn't until an end of semester party when I bought him some shots and asked him to give me the title. He asked the bar maid for a pen and then wrote it in my hand. It was a permanent ink sharpie. I crashed on another friends sofa that night in the city centre. I woke up so hungover and before getting the train home went to a waterstones (UK book store)... there I saw this book bigger than the phone book... perfectly square, weighted about 5kg... I just grabbed it and took it to the till. I didn't check the price and it cost about £35.00 which took me into my overdraft. Still no idea what it was about... just that it was apparently pretty potent.
My line is simple - animal cruelty. Won't watch it, won't support movies that contain it.
Same. Absolutely not. 🐾
Same here and that is why i will never ever watch cannibal holocaust
same! bad lazy writing just to disturb ...no quality content!
My mother in-law hates me because I was watching The Girl Next Door and she asked what it was. She watched it later that day and asked me to never talk to her about movies again.
One of my absolute favourites is Martyrs, nonetheless, I had a super hard time watching A Clockwork Orange (had to watch it in 4 different days)... Go figure 🤷
People tend to overthink A Clockwork Orange. Mostly a sci-fi movie just set in a dysfunctional future and Alex basically receives an experimental treatment in prison. Great atmosphere and movie score.
@@blackbeansmatter1280 Same here awesome film not Disturbing amazing atmosphere and theme song
@@blackbeansmatter1280 I actually liked clockwork orange a lot! There were some uncomfortable scenes but it was still a good movie
I really gotta go back and watch Martyrs because I never got through it. And I tried to watch a Clockwork Orange for the first time a year ago. Unpopular opinion it was kinda boring and definitely a little weird.
Its clockwork orange not Clock work orange. Its not weird and Boring but that movie IS very analytic and not For all people
True story but when I was twelve, me and my friends actually walked out of Hotel Transylvania,not because it was bad,but because we wanted to see Sinister ಠ﹏ಠ
I walked out of the cinema during the Poltergeist remake/reboot, just simply because it was so damn bad!
Fully get this! That was bad!
emma, you nailed 'stranger things'. perfect explanation.
Rob Zombie’s The Devil’s Rejects for me. I just felt so sickened by those despicable characters we had to follow
@Lucifer Sam absolutely agree
Yeh .. not a fan of rob zombie flicks - for that reason all his characters are despicable and storyline is just plain ‘torture porn ‘ ..
Yeah, I couldn't finish that one either. House of 1000 Corpses felt way too out there for me, not my cup of tea just stylistically, but then I gave Devil's Rejects a try and it was waaay too gritty and realistic for me, it felt too much like something that would actually happen and therefore felt uncomfortable for me to watch as a sequel, when the characters we are familiar with are in fact the villains. I made it about halfway and quit. Never going to revisit that one.
Agreed.
What a pile of crap.
Rob Zombie is a white trash film maker to begin with. He can't not bring that trash culture into every one of his movies.
I finishe Devil's Rejects, but I've never felt like I needed a shower more than after seeing that.
Yeah, I don’t get the Rob Zombie hype. It just feels too mean-spirited for me..
I had to walk out of "The Hills have Eyes II" - even though most people probably don´t find it that terrifying. It was the rape scene that I just couldn´t take. I also remember struggling a lot with the first one from 2006, in which - again - I found the violence against women particularly disturbing!
Same thing happened to me! I saw that movie when I was still a young teenager just learning about sexuality and it really scared the shit out of me! Now I mostly stick to psychological horror, mystery, and thriller.. 😓
Those are actually remakes/reboots Wes Craven made the. Originals The Hills Have Eyes (1977) then The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 (1984). They are completely different from the 2006 an 2007 ones . All I will say is that the original ones. Are lass graphic an have nothing to do with nuclear testing an mutants. So they are way more tam then the 2006 an 2007 remakes/reboots.
Loved the first remake, it's direct to video sequel was awful though.
HHE 2 is the only horror movie I've ever turned off, as soon she she bit his tongue in that scene you've described I felt sick and never thought of watching it again.
The whole storyline in the remake's sequel of the cannibal family kidnapping and raping women to get them pregnant and keep the family going wasn't needed. At least in the first film Lizard forcing Lynn Carter to breastfeed him, while uncomfortable was a one off thing and he gets killed later.
The only movie I walked out of the theatre (for a moment) was "Hereditary" for the car accident scene. The power of the scene overwhelmed me and I had to step out to catch my breath.
that movie is pretty tame compared to so many horrifying movies made.
@Connor
That's understandable. That situation and acting is super instense, especially if you have empathy for the characters.
It was the shot after the impact when it holds on to the brothers face. His frozen face in terror not wanting to believe/trying to wrap his head around what just happened hit me
@@HeftyHamptonian an empathetic person. we need more of that. ive been watching quite a few lately...sometimes i ask why i like them as they can be hard to watch. I watched Under the skin (again), Eden Lake, the killing of a sacred deer, the blackcoat's daughter. not disturbing where you cant watch but pretty messed up movies. the killing of a sacred deer is really out there. so bizarre.
I think several moments in the film are very impactful. And I certainly felt bad for all the characters involved. But Hereditary felt more like an examination of mental health and grief than a horror. Without the last twenty minutes it would have fallen squarely in "drama." I like my horror films full of horror and don't really care for the philosophical commentary. Don't get me wrong. It isn't a bad movie at all. It's just not the movie I want when I think of horror.
The hardest film to watch was "The House That Jack Built" - the murder scenes are so real and the main characters evilness so haunting. It took me several months to get through it. 'Salo' seems much lighter than that. I see Salo as an intellectual game of an Italian communist filmmaker. Very interesting but not super disturbing. Lol.
They were so real and the effects were so well done!
Yeah that one messed me up.
Agreed.
The House That Jack Built is an amazing film and is definitely disturbing, but trust me when I tell you that Salo is on a whole other level of depravity. That movie is absolutely wretched.
I found it boring. Much too artsy for my taste. And the last 20 minutes of that movie was just... bizarre
I love your honesty. Great video. I had to leave the room watching "Momento" the bar scene with them passing the cup round made me literally sick. I did finish the film but refuse to rewatch.
I just watched that scene and I nearly gagged.
Great to hear your opinions about certain flicks! I've never turned off a movie for being too disgusting / disturbing. I've turned off movies that are complete stupid. I love movies like Headless & such. The bloodier / goriest / disturbing the better. Movies like these doesn't need a plot. Just Plain Evil!! Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. As long as we all love horror movies!! Keep It Kreepy 😈
I watch your reviews and recommendations so I don't have to stop a movie half way through 😊
Omg your MBB comment is so true 😳 the other actors in the show are way better but unfortunately dont get as many opportunities handed to them, an example being sadie sink who slayed in fear street
when i was a teen i used to watch/play uncritically some disturbing stuff. now I'm older and i worry about my mental well-being more.
the thing is, i vividly remember nearly all visual info, it can spontaneously replay in my mind, and i easily form associations. so it's better for me to avoid extremely disturbing imagery.
i tend to research media before watching/playing. I'm particularly critical of movies with sexual violence (especially against kids) - unfortunately, this subject is very easy to get wrong.
Same on everything you said. You said it better so just, here here! ^^^ I try to tell my kids to be careful what they watch you can abuse your mind because what you put in there isn't leaving.
I honestly have no idea how I managed to consume the content I did as a young teen. I'm in my upper 20s now and if I watched that stuff today it would mess me up for awhile. It's important to take care of your mental health! I see so many people on here (everywhere, really) using it as a bragging right and/or making others feel "weak" for not being able to handle intensely disturbing content, which is so damaging. There's absolutely nothing wrong with not being okay with disturbing imagery and putting yourself first. It's absolutely the healthiestway to go. Hope you are doing well!
OMG, you solved a mystery for me...7 years later
There was a movie being shown in a barracks when I was in the Navy that was super bizarre. It was Salo
Idk why I finished it, but I’ve never been more pissed after a “horror” movie than when I saw The Girl Next Door. Literally couldn’t recommend it to anyone and anyone who does enjoy it probably belongs in jail
Same!
@@CampCrystalLakeCounselor I’m sorry for your inconvenience and potential scarring 🥲
I’ve never walked out or turned off a film but there are several I’ve only watched once. Martyrs, The Human Centipede, Funny Games are all single views for me. I guess that’s also one reason why I’ve never started Irreversible or Megan is Missing. I know once I start it I’ll have to finish it.
Megan is missing is good up until the brutality starts.....that's about the last 20 minutes of the movie. Those 20 minutes broke me!
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No it isn’t. It’s just a poorly made and poorly acted movie, with a TV movie of the week story.
The actresses talking with one another make it unwatchable, long before any scenes depicting violence.
Megan is Missing is just bad.
Irreversible is a very well made movie, with subject matter that is shown closer to how it would actually happen than most movies ever do.
Human Centipede is garbage.
Martyrs and Funny Games are very well made, yet are going to divide the audience based on how it is presented(Funny Games) and if one cares about any deeper meaning(Martyrs).
Megan is Missing is in another sub basement level of garbage even compared with the absurdity of Human Centipede.
irreversible is really amazing and if you got through martyrs, you could watch this one as to me it seems harder to get through. I am not sensitive to violence or assault though, so you should consider that. Also, for me it was easier bc the worst happens in the beginning and even though you know the bad things that happen after, seeing the happy times in the end did leave me in a far better head space than expected from such topics
I may need help - watched all of these more than once, and Martyrs and Irreversible are 2 of my favourite soul-destroying films 😁🖤.
I can't watch movies that involve animal abuse, child abuse, or sexual abuse/rape/torture. I also don't like blood, gore and torture; too often these are just are offensive and stupid, it quickly becomes obvious that they are there for no reason other than to give cheap thrills to either the filmmaker or the audience. I need an actual interesting story to be engaged. This is why I prefer psychological horror and supernatural/paranormal type of things.
I would love a thoughtful breakdown of Salo. I imagine the production stories are more interesting than the actual movie
I have never shut down a movie for being too disturbing (and I have watched alot of disturbing movies) but I was close with human centipede II. It was extremely soul crushing.
You should try American Guinea Pig. Or Faces of Death. Let me know when you clocked out.
The second one was the movie everyone thought the first one was. It was the brutal one.
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The Human Centipede 2.
i HATE this movie. I'm a horror fanatic, and gore doesn't usually bother me but i just could not finish this film. It felt like i was just watching a bunch of grotesque imagery for literally no reason other than to be shocking and edgy. Not to mention the scene with the pregnant woman and the baby... The film was so disgusting in the most frustrating way possible i ended up just skimming through it before turning it off. I appreciate the first film for what it is, but this movie just got under my skin.
Wow I’ve found my movie turn off twin lol Bro I couldn’t watch it either. But mind you I just got done watching human centipede 1 then tried to go into part 2 with no breaks. When he started putting all those people in one room I’m like I don’t think I can handle this again and I love horror movies. But I just felt like I’m torturing myself at this point and turned it off.
@@lisaflesher yes it’s so bad
And the fact that this movie is basically just the director making fun of the human centipede 1 fans... Like, dude, it's your movie! And in my opinion, the first movie is actually great, it has some substance. A creative idea, great villain, just enough graphic scenes to make you understand what's going on without grossing you out. And then he came out with the disgrace that is the second movie. I got into a whole 30-minute rant about how much I hate this movie once. The only thing I like about it is that at least I have a "most hated" movie list (and it's the only one in it).
Agreed! Totally just gratuitous grossness. I've also heard about the concept behind the 3rd one and not interested in seeing that.
I turned that movie off at the baby scene not because it even disturbed me, but because it was so stupid. I could tell the movie wanted to make me feel sick, and because I was aware of that it wasn't working, it was just pissing me off. Like it doesn't even make sense for her character to do that, just move the baby like fs... it was so dumb
I can understand the discomfort with the whole love triangle thing in Coven. I believe it's because it almost felt as if Zoe and Madison were taking control of Kyle.
Was more like a love square. (His mom....)
@@Pantheragem Oh god, yeah. Which Zoe never ever found out about, sadly. She never knew why he snapped and killed her.
Wow, I actually agreed with all of your points in this one. I watched Salo 3 times trying to find any merit in it, and just can't. When you said it "feels like it's 4 hours long" I absolutely felt that. And I skipped on Stranger Things after season 2. It became clear that season 1 was inspired, and they had no real idea where to go after that. I'm just kinda over getting 80's slapped in my face constantly, instead of giving me compelling story lines. Yeah, I remember the 80's, they were fun, cause I was a kid. Can I please get a story I give a shit about?
Why not recommend a horror series with multiple seasons that is better?
@@CorbCorbin the strain was dope!
@@CorbCorbin 30 Coins.
Then you don't understand it. Salo is a very important film when it comes to the topic of fascism and human cruelty. It speaks on those topics, pushing the limits, which is what Pasolini wanted to do. If you don't understand that then don't watch it.
@@liveloveminnesota "With my teeth like this, I can not eat rice."
"Michael" (2011) Director: Markus Shleizer. Very disturbing. A masterpiece
Movies showing people being tortured are disgusting.
anything w animal abuse / torture is jus a big turn off for me lmao
I walked out of the Cinema with one movie only and that was The Dark Tower. Having read these books as a teenager and then seeing the movie I was so pissed I didn't even get abo hour into the movie.
the first time I watched "Sun Choke" I turned it off in an angry rage
the other day I watched it again and I didn't have such a visceral disgust by it, but I still feel that I could've done with sticking to the dynamic between Crampton and Hagan the whole film, and I didn't care for where it goes after that
Could you give me a brief summary of what’s it’s about without giving anything away ? I would like to check it out if it’s tempting .
@@RicoSoprano_ it's about stalking and coercive control/imprisonment, mostly. it's very well acted but very grim and a little thin in terms of plot.
@@lavender3717 ok thx
@@RicoSoprano_ yeah for me it has a real "caregiver abuse" theme that is a trauma itch I like having scratched
“The Girl Next Door” (2007)..saw it once and will NEVER see it again. I’m in agreement with most of the commenters that any film with a woman being assaulted is just a big NO from me. I’m fine with the standard campy slasher like Friday the 13th or horror thrillers like the original Halloween with a male/female cast and creative or even corny kill scenes but I draw the line of movies that use the abuse or r-word of a woman as a plot line. I find it to be a poor excuse for the “revenge-horror” sub-genre, lazy storytelling and very telling about the individual willing to write these scenes. Even in the event that it is a piece of nonfiction, I still just can’t stomach watching a reenactment of such grotesque acts that are devoid of humanity.
Any film containing abuse of animals or youngsters will be switched of. I don't concider it neither necessary or relevant for a good movie to use such grotesque material as entertainment. I also diagnose people who watch these kinds of scenes as really sick people. Lack of empathy and/or sympathy is the very essense of psychopathological mental personal disorder. 🖤😎👍
I've attempted to finish 'A Serbian Film' for like 3 times to no avail. I just thought it was so try-hard and edgy just for the sake of it, so I ended up just watching UA-cam reviews for it instead and yeah, my opinions are not swayed. I get what the filmmakers trying to get across, but I simply don't find it any good.
Tried to watch it one time. It's the ONLY time that a movie ever made me tap out. Cut it off at the baby scene. That was just too much. You know the one I'm talking about.
@@MeCanik79after watching that film in its entirety for the first time last night, I can say with confidence you did the right thing. It's a vacuous, empty film that is shock over substance.
I had to turn off Irreversible. The "subway assault scene" was just way, way, WAY too much for me sit through. Just horrifying😥
I won’t even attempt to watch this given I turned off The Accused after 5 minutes. I really struggle with sexual violence, especially when it’s well acted - it makes me feel ill, then it makes me feel outraged.
The nearest I've got to stopping a movie was Irreversible, not technically horror but the most disturbing and scary film I've seen
That movie was a trip! So disturbing. Won’t be seeing it again for sure. Plus the camera work was crazy
I'd call it horror
The only movie I ever walked out of the theater for wasn't a horror movie. It was Anger management. Which ostensibly is a comedy but the whole situation and premise of the film just enraged me so much to watch. It was so frustrating that I got up and walked out, lol. Silly I know, but that's the only time I've done that.
I get so annoyed with that movie
I SHOULD have walked out of The Village. To this day I’m still quite disturbed by how bad it was.
i almost walked out of Ad Astra (stayed until the end in hopes it would get better). i was so surprised to see it had amazing reviews because i found it so extremely boring.
Omg me too Ashley!! It was very pretentious! Maybe we just can’t relate to a movie about a toxic father and son relationship?
We called that movie “Daddy issues in space.” Totally not interesting enough for an entire long movie 😆
Me too! Snoozegest… and I love Brad Pitt but just couldn’t get into it.
Whilst I havent turned off anything before, there are things i have no desire to see again just because of how horrific they were. Salo, Martyrs, The Girl Next Door, Eden Lake.
Really enjoyed this video!
Salo and Martyrs are great
I watched The Girl Next Door with my friend when we were 13... Never ever watching that movie again. That was horrible and I regret watching it.
Funny thing about Devil's Carnival.....it's one of the things that bonded me most with my partner when we were getting to know each other. He had recently found it and loved the songs. I enjoyed them too and he even has Grace for Sale as his alarm in the morning. It's definitely not for everyone, but I knew I found myself a keeper with someone who can appreciate something this wacky.
the only movie i've ever walked out of the theater on albeit temporarily to catch my breath was the original "The Hills Have Eyes"
My first ever horror movie was Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Beginning that I saw when I was probably 12. Scared my young self so bad I left the theatre. I've seen a lot of horror movies since then so I'm more desensitized, but I still think of that movie as one of the more intense slashers.
One of THE most horrible disturbing movies EVER is ‘A Serbian Film’. I feel like I should be in prison just for watching.
I’m actually with you on Stranger Things, I enjoyed it(the first season especially), but still haven’t sat down and watched season 3. Whenever I think about it, the urge to actually watch it just isn’t there for some reason 🤷♂️
I don’t think I’ve ever turned off a movie, but the hardest ones to get through for me(so far) were A Serbian Film and August Underground. My mate has been trying to get me to watch Salo but I’ve been very reluctant to take the plunge 😂😅
Martyrs is a film i finished but i remember every bit of it to this day it makes me feel uncomfortable in my own skin as im left thinking about the meaning of life.
Brilliant movie all around ...the French version that is ...
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@@Forgottensnapdragon Im suprised i did not think of that XD
You didn't miss much with Stranger Things 3, it was bloody awful. The worst season to date, in my opinion. Stranger Things was the kind of show that should have ended in season 2 or 1. The more they continue the story, the more unlikeable and shitty the writing becomes, and the writing of the character greatly suffers as the cast becomes more bloated. Season 1 benefitted from having a small ensemble cast, everyone had a purpose in the story. By season 3 half of those characters are redundant and should have been written off. Season 4 is no better, I am sad to report.
No interest in torture movies. I did stop watching Walking Dead for a couple years after Glenn was killed so brutally. It gave me a bit of PTSD.
I have also have not finished Season 3 of Stranger Things. Literally I only have 1 episode left and cannot bring myself to watching it 🤣
Honestly after season 2 being so disappointing, I didn’t even bother to watch the 3rd
Just finish it bro…..I feel like season 4 will be much better
@@ellysponagle oof yeah season 2 was a hot mess.
@@RicoSoprano_ I'll give it a shot...in the future...the far far far future 🤣
@@radovalef2901 gotcha😂😂
For me it was “THE VVITCH” during the naked baby laying there scene, I didn’t know what was going to happen and was too consumed by dread and anxiety to find out. I had given birth to my daughter just a month prior so that scene with the suspense was way too much for me to handle. I had to shut off it off never finished the movie but what happened was spoiled to me later. Made the right decision for myself at the time! 😳
Nothing was shown, it cut to black and went to the next scene. Nothing disturbing happens
@@210Lancefan
Nothing disturbing was *shown* - sometimes, Nothing is scarier.
Dumbest shit I've ever heard
I would've been totally fine if they had ended Stranger Things in s2. I agree that it kinda feels like we are going through the motions of who Eleven is and what she can do. Not to mention a few of the characters really got sidelined or don't even really interact with each other. And each season we get a new batch of characters and I'm just---
Agreed 100%. Like what happened with Halloween, I wish they had made the series an anthology instead. At least with an anthology they wouldn't have ruined a great story this way, and we would have gotten more fun quality stories.
I disagree, Stranger Things S3 was good.
Agreed. I think I stopped there as well. Once the novelty of an 80s hommage had worn off, it got boring and slimy monsters don't scare me.
Stranger Things season 3 was a big low point for the series for a lot of reasons. "Kids" coupling up that age isn't unusual and infantilizing them does more harm than good.
Thanks for the video! I rarely turn off bad movies, what I do instead is heavily skip through the scenes to at least see how they end. I also agree that Season 3 of Stranger Things was really boring and while I personally finished it, I didn't feel like it was a good use of my time with how little quality and consistency the story and characters had retained by the end of that season.
A chinese friend recommended "The Philosophy of a Knife" to me and... I think I finished it, but with breaks. It's about human experiments run by japan in ww2 in northern china. Basically, it's artsy torture porn with a loose plot and most disturbingly, stills from the actual site thrown in. I want to add that the experiments actually took place and that's why I watched it, because those atrocities happened and aren't spoken about that much. I basically learned about unit 731 through that movie and read more about it afterwards.
I never walked out of a movie, but I did return my ticket an hour before the movie started after a friend warned me about a certain scene in "the shape of water". Really glad i did, it would have been a baaaad time for me. Probably a great movie, but triggers gonna trig and all that.
Philosophy is one of those films which I wanted to like but I gave up on - its like watching MTV do horror and worse its something like 4 hours long. You probably know that another film about Unit 731 was made and thats Men Behind The Sun which is extreme but watchable
I never knew they made a movie about Unit 731. I want to see it, but I also want to stay the fuck away from it. It's absolutely insane that we aren't taught about that part of WW2 and most people don't know about those atrocities until unintentionally running into a Reddit thread or YT video about it.
A Clockwork Orange disturbed the f-k out of me as a teen and I’ve still never managed to watch it the entire way. I’ve tried numerous times but it’s portrayal of a nihilistic future was too spot on for me.
I’m right there with you on Stranger Things, apart from I didn’t finish season 2! 😂
I also just found it slowly lost me, and I did get less hooked on it with every passing episode. I’m not entirely sure I can pin it down to one thing quite easily as it is a competently made show for sure, but I didn’t find it particularly interesting I suppose!
I finished the season but I never watched season 3 because season 2 just wasn’t that good
@@ellysponagle Fair enough- I definitely agree that it was a large step down from season 1, which I can safely say I did quite enjoy.
I LOVE this video. Thank you! I completely agree about season three of Stranger Things. I just could not make myself care.
The only film I’ve ever walked out of was Irreversible. I’ve since watched the entire film, and while I understand the point, the harm that it did me to watch it kind of flies in the face of that point, as a survivor. I also think it’s yet another film that frames a woman’s suffering as a man’s character arc, and that entire plot like can fuck off into another galaxy.
I have a few that I’ve refused to watch because I know I won’t handle them well. The Angel’s Melancholy, the August Underground Films, and Aftermath (the Nacho Cerda film).
Oh, and I stopped watching A Serbian Film.
100% agree with your take in Irreversible, its not that deep and the film mainly relies on shock value.
I don’t get the hate for Stranger Things Season 3, I thought it was better than Season 2.
No movie has ever bothered me besides The Girl Next Door. It still pops into my head sometimes and makes me feel physically ill. I would pay a lot of money to go back in time and decide not to watch it. If you value your sanity, avoid this movie like the plague.
I'm a survivor of r*pe/torture and I also love love love 💘 ❤ 💕 horror flix! That being said, I am sick of the tired old r*pe/torture trope in horror movies. Used just to illicit a certain reaction, I find it lazy and unimaginative. And it's so casually thrown in, it speaks to the r*pe culture/torture porn mindset that is shockingly acceptable in our society today. Having said that, I invite you to partake in what I like to call "revenge porn ": 1978 's "I Spit On Your Grave".... it was hard for me at first but I sat it thru all the way to the end and, wow!, it was satisfying! Very entertaining story as well, not just gore for gore's sake. It is hard to watch but if you get to the end I think it's worth it!
Most movies with SA are hard to watch, but I can make it through. Ironically, I just watched I Spit on Your Grave and had to turn it off for a few minutes. I felt like it was THE hardest SA movie to watch if we're comparing it to Last House on the Left or even Irreversible. Everytime I thought they were done r**ping her, it would happen again!
I’m so sorry that you’ve lived through that.
That’s not easy to open up about publicly.
Honestly, as someone who’s never gone through it, I’m still scared to watch films like I Spit on Your Grave 🥲
Is it cathartic to watch?
I understand I am a surviver of Rape. But I do love horror although I still can't watch the 10 min rape scene in Irreversible. And I've seen the movie twice.