The Monster's Den: The Most Disturbing Films We've Ever Seen
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- Join Pete Pardo, Chris Alo, Jamie Laszlo, and Craig Kaminski as discuss the most disturbing films they've ever seen.
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I liked Craig’s picks because he related to each one on a personal level and how it disturbed him and the emotions he felt. A lot harder to do than just naming torture movies. Though those are fun too. Thanks for being vulnerable and taking the assignment seriously!
Marathon Man stays with me to this day, the sleeve knife murder of Roy Scheider and the is it safe scene always have an effect on me each time I re watch it.
Craig,I think your picks were disturbing.
I agree. I like to differentiate between repulsed and disturbed. For example in the series The Boys I'm not disturbed by the grotesque violence, but the character Homelander deeply disturbs me. Graphic violence can for sure be disturbing but context matters. I had no problems watching Ichi the Killer, but I don't want to watch A Serbian Film.
Couldn't agree more!
I think going for the obvious picks like Cannibal Holocaust or A Serbian Film are really aimed at jaded film goers who are only interested in the 'money shots' but don't have the time or the inclination to think about it any detail, while trying to show how edgy they are. But as I said in my comment above, I that I think that a man who escaped from a Khmer Rouge 're-education' camp standing in a paddy field full of 10's of thousands of bodies, as depicted in the Killing Fields, or the events shown in the film 'Come and See' are far more disturbing than the childish imaginations of Tom Six or Eli Roth.
@@dopplereffeckt675Eli Roth grew up in Newton where all the trust fund babies live til this day. I’m not familiar with the other guy’s film works though, but getting back to your original point of Craig’s storytelling skills; is that he’s always been descriptive about his movies;music and literature he’s read. I love both him and Jamie Lazslow as regularly appearing on Pete’s podcast as well: Martin’s The Contrarians whom I’ve written to and he had the decency of writing Me back after noticing this which’s something I had figured he was like. Cheers 🥂 Sincerely, DJP Anal Cunt; Postmortem and Kilslug Sony; Earache 🇬🇧 Columbia and TAANG!! Records @ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Boston Massachusetts Amerikkka quite naturally.. NOW!
This is awesome Pete. Definitely one of favorite monsters Den episode!
I think one of the most disturbing films I have seen has to be the (1992) film Man Bites Dog about a serial killer who is followed by a film crew recording his nefarious deeds, shooting it in black and white ads to the whole impact of the movie.
It isn’t a real serial killer or is it..? Nah. It couldn’t be made without someone informing the law, right? Chris’sakes I hope not! Sincerely, DJP Anal Cunt;Postmortem and Kilslug Sony; Earache 🇬🇧 Columbia and TAANG!! Records @ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Greetings 🖖 😅from Boston, Massachusetts Amerikkka quite naturally. Especially now. Cheers 🥂!
That was so cool Craig, I loved the candle, haven't seen that in a long time on the Monster's Den
I didn’t realize how quickly it would burn…had to blow it out partway through as it was making a mess! 😀
Great show as always Pete. Disturbing but good discussion about that style of movie. Always a blast having Jamie on. Love what he brings to the show. And of course anytime King Alo is on any SOT show is going to be awesome. Really appreciate all you put in to the shows on SOT Pete. SOT IS THE BEST CHANNEL ON UA-cam.
SOme good points are implied here. You can have a completely gory over the top horror movie but that's not as disturbing as something that you could imagine actually happening. Zombies are fun but you know you're not going fight zombies when you walk out your door. But people doing horrible sadistic things to other people is more relatable as something either that has happened in real life or COULD happen in real life. The more extreme versions of that are what I personally find disturbing. I could watch any kind of graphic monster movie all day but something "real" is very very hard for me to watch these days. You can mix a little of the fantastical in there too for some extra flavor. "Martyrs" comes to mind. Kind of blew my mind.
Two French films, Inside and Martyrs had me longing for human contact afterwards.
I know. I couldn’t believe none of them mentioned Martyrs.
Thank you lads, a really great topic and another winner for the Monster's Den, excellent.
I’m surprised there isn’t a box set of the Ilsa films. Really surprised that nobody mentioned the French film Martyrs. That is a rough film. And a great film.
One of the most disturbing films I’ve seen is Snowtown which is about an actual Australian serial killer. It’s very well-made but there are scenes in it that are hard to watch and even harder to forget. Another very disturbing movie is Red White and Blue. It’s a revenge film that has one of the most brutal endings I’ve seen. It’s another very good indie film, though, and I would recommend both.
very good flick Red White and Blue
Snowtown would definitely be in my top 5, I felt like I needed a shower afterwards.
@Craig Matthews Red White and Blue is an incredible Indie movie.
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@@chrisray9015Is that the one about the real life serial killer Ivan Milat of course Wolf Creek is based on that same guy who killed up to 80 people in the Australian outback ( Robert Ivan Milat I believe was his name, but I am just wondering if that’s based on the actual story?
Hereditary and Sinister. Two of the darkest, tensest, unnerving movies I’ve seen in recent memory
Sinister has some decent moments. The films are the best element of the movies. Speaking of Hereditary, I mean let’s not forget Midsommar. Creepy, but bright and dreamy at the same time
@@DarkAnubis Midsommar is fantastic. Phenomenal ending
Thank you for bringing back the candle Craig!
Craig, I love you. Your picks are great for the visceral response that it evokes.
The other options are more in your face.
This is what makes Sea of Tranquility awesome, four serious horror fans having conversations about true disturbing horror.
Bone Tomahawk is incredible - great movie, the 2 plus hours goes fasting because the writing, directing and acting and the characters are so great
Thanks for the reference to Altered States Craig, I love that film and need to watch it again after many years!!
One honorable >
Let's Scare Jessica To Death...
I saw this on TV when I was 10. It scared the crap out of me. My parents left me alone to go to a neighbor's party next door. I saw this years later. It was pretty slow, but I could see how it could disturb a 10 year old.
'Come and see' is truly horrific.
Super super entertaining fun filled show. The 4 knocked it out of park. For those that missed the show. Some of the best Chris ALO LEGENDARY quotes that will live in infamy, at the expense of CRAIG, who listed the only watchable 🍿 movies. But, all in good fun. Tremendous episode guys. Thank you 👍🍿💯
Chris got some nice ones on me…all in good fun 😁
@@craigkaminski Thank you for reminding me of Altered States. Watched it as a teen on vhs and haven't seen since. Will watch it again soon. I remember it was real weird. I wanna watch it again. 👍
@@craigkaminski I liked your picks Craig because realism is the most disturbing off all, which are the films you picked. On a separate note, and with all respect to the channel, can Pete tell Chris not to curse so much?? Im not a prude, but the constant use of the F-word, makes the show difficult to watch. Best to you and SOT.
@@craigkaminski It's outta love my man!
@@chrisalo2989 Right back atcha my friend 💗
1933 King Kong spreading and breaking the jaw of the trex. Then when the fight is over Kong lifts the dead dino's jaw and lets it drop just to show the viewer what he did. Saw it the first time at 5 years old and I have never forgotten it. That scene is a permanent resident in my brain. Still makes me shudder to this day.
"KISS meets the Phantom Of The Park" disturbs me to this day. From the opening scene to the close-ups of the Catman where he (it?) speaks in a superstrange voice - so sick!
And the black Ace ,not being racist people ,just saying!!!
Black Ace haunts me
"Hereditary" is pretty fuckin disturbing.
I'd like to add The Sadness to the list 😉
I never got hereditary. I've seen it but to me it was just a "normal" horror film, or at least it didn't disturb me
I worked with Kelly on her very next project right after Eden Lake and she joked that she was sure the demanding physical requirements of EL were going to leave her black and blue! She's super talented and super nice and with all respect to Fassbinder, her committed performance makes Eden Lake the film it is.
Great show as always guys!
I'm waiting for my Monster's Den t-shirt to arrive soon! :)
Love Monster’s Den, keep up the great content!
-The Killing of a Sacred Deer
-Midsommar
-Hard to be a God
-The Eyes of my Mother
-Blue Velvet
There is one movie that still sits on my mind even though I saw it like 30 years ago... A Clockwork Orange from 1971, the most disturbing movie about human nature.
o lucky man,made around the same time,and also starring a young malcolm mcdowell,who seemed to be the enfant terrible of 70s uk film,is also very disturbing
The infamous Ned Beatty scene in Deliverance.
I absolutely love this show, you guys do such a great job. I've picked up so many great recommendations just from watching The Monster's Den over the past 18 months or so. The most disturbing movie I've watched was probably Midsommer, which is child's play compared to the stuff you guys mentioned!
That was great! Do a part two, please.
I have one very positive thing to say about A Serbian Film. The actor playing the leading role was actually damn good.
Hey I appreciate the Chattanooga shout out! (I live there!)
Oh nice! We had a pleasant stay there back in ‘05. In addition to Ruby Falls, we took the ski lift thingie to see the Battle Above the Clouds area 👍.
@@craigkaminski Glad to hear you enjoyed you stay here. I literally live about 10 minutes from Ruby Falls! They used to put on a killer haunted house every year too but they haven't done it since before COVID.
Irreversible…Man, that was a truly sad, disturbing movie that you never need to see twice. And once is really too much.
Noe is probably the most twisted of the directors currently working out of France, and that's saying something with the likes of Breillat and Haneke.
I believe Godard's Maoist phase influenced this, and movies like Pierre Le Fou. Even though Godard is framing his asthethic from a political point of view, there is something hugely nihilistic about this era, and of the films of Noe and the other two directors mentioned.
Great topic, great host, great guests, great show. My list would be:
5. Delivrance
4. Freaks
3. 10 Rillington place (a true and unbearable story)
2. Eraserhead
1. Henry (I can't forget the scene with the family that Jamie described)
Addendum : Salo and Funny games.
Not since his appearance in Brighton Rock playing against type as Pinkie Brown did Richard Attenborough play such a menacing evil character, all the the more disturbing because it was based on fact.
10 rillington place a frightful classic of british cinema
Pete, Chris, the film Eden Lake is actually based of a french film called ‘’ils” which in English is “Them”… and that film was based on a true story about Feral kids harassing and murdering a couple on there get away…. Brutal!
Keep up the great work lads, much love from Cambridge England🍻👍
Autopsy (1974) with Mimsy Farmer and Ray Lovelock, has some scenes of nudity and human gore photos that some may find disturbing...
"The Thing" is still the most disturbing horror movie to me. Scared the crap out of me in 1984 when it came out on VHS. disturbs the crap out of me now when I watch it. The isolation, the paranoia and the scream bloody gore!
Both Jamie and Chris were right. The only reason Serbian Film is not number 1 on everyone’s list is because you haven’t seen it. And you shouldn’t. Just reading the plot will be more disturbing than watching any of the mentioned films. It will change you forever.
Agreed. All I did was read the Wikipedia page and I now need a shrink.
Great episode, love this lineup of Jamie, Chris, Craig and Pete for the show. You guys each bring something awesome to the table. Also, never, never ever, NEVER watch Serbian Film. I think the US version of Funny Games, Last House on the Left, Schindlers List, Pink Flamingos and Texas Chainsaw would make my top 5. Each one of those shook me in a bad way.
5. The Human Centipede 2
4. I Spit On Your Grave
3. The Last House On The Left
2. Irreversible
1. A Serbian Film
Not a horror film, but 1997's "Nowhere" is so bizarre that it is super-disturbing and scarred me as a kid.
Torture scene from Reservoir Dogs with Michael Madsen, couldn't hear Steelers Wheel, Stuck in the Middle with You the same ever again.
Great show and picks guys, you may want to check the also disturbing movies Frontière(s) 2007, Haute Tension aka High Tension 2003, Old Boy 2003-2013, Mum & Dad 2008, The Loved Ones 2009, Tusk 2014, Mother 2017, The Lodge 2019, The Innocents 2021, Macabre 1980 (Lamberto Bava) & L'anticristo aka The Antichrist 1974, Don't Look Now 1973, The Devils 1971
Tusk was pretty fucked up.
@@markandersen793 Yes idd...Mark
The War Zone, starring Ray Winstone. Utterly horrific viewing.
“Ils” is pretty disturbing, same as “Haute Tension”, French horror.
Or martyrs this one fucked me up!
The first part of Haute Tension is great but the ending and the whole twist is just garbage. A copout. Martyrs is a much, much better film.
Pete, if you can track it down, check out Neil LaBute's 'In The Company Of Men' (1997). It's not traditionally a horror film, but is very disturbing and has three great performances including one by Aaron Eckhart as the horrific Chad
I agree; very good movie 👍
I'm trying to remember...is this the movie where there's a very disturbing story told while in a bathhouse...or a steam room?
@@Jamie.Laszlo No it’s two guys that bet if they can woo a deaf woman in their office. The one guy actually falls for her, and AE does too but it’s all a cruel act when he tells her the truth.
@@craigkaminski Oh, yes. I saw that one too. I was thinking of Your Friends & Neighbors with Jason Patric being a weirdo.
I`d like to mention the film "Funny Games" by well respected director Michael Heneke. Two versions of this were made. The first in Austria, and the second English language version made specifically to target an American audience. Both were fundamentally identical. The story concerns two young men dressed all in white, including gloves, who terrorize a family on vacation for no other reason than - they can. I kept asking myself, why am I watching this, this is brutal. And that`s the point Heneke was trying to make. Why do we watch this stuff, why is there an audience for it ? Certain scenes seemed out of place in a movie like this - characters breaking the fourth wall and addressing the audience, a scene stopping, running backward, and then forward again with a different outcome - funny games ? The movie is disturbing, but with a good point - why do we watch these movies, and why is violence in the media so pervasive ?
I think the French film with the shootout at the beginning that was mentioned was "Martyrs," not "Frontiers." And I agree with Pete that the book for "Girl Next Door" is one of the most gut-wrenching novels ever. Ketchum unfortunately has passed away, but he will always be a juggernaut of disturbing fiction.
Yep. I was also thinking Martyrs. Great movie.
An American Crime (2007) is a lot like The Girl Next Door (2007), true storywise.
-The House That Jack Built
- Funny Games
- Eraserhead
- M
- Eyes Without a Face
And all of them are great movies too! Especially Eyes Without a Face.
@@jensnilsson1507 I totally agree. Great list, great movies
Cape Fear w/Robert DiNiro. Great movie but DiNiro’s character and performance couldn’t be more disturbing imo.
Funny Games. The original 1997 film. One of the only movies I’ve ever seen where I feel truly uncomfortable and like a bad person for watching it. Highly recommend the film, one of the most disturbing and unnerving movies I have ever watched
Bad Boy Bubby, an Aussie classic...😂
Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream haunts me to this day
Ellen Byrnstein performance is amazing.
Asked a woman out way back when, she said yes, I picked her up assuming we'd grab a bite and start drinking, instead she suggested we rent a video, grab a 12 pack and hang out at her place, what could possibly go wrong ??? I tell you what, we rented Eraserhead, omg, what a bad move...😭
Visitor Q and In My Skin were mentioned by others. And my contribution is - Ex Drummer. A bizarrely disturbing movie about a battle of the bands. Has a great soundtrack too.
What actress played the Carmel California shop girl Millie Parks on 1973 made for television movie the NorlissTapes? She got a cat scare before driving her car into a tree because a zombie attacked her.
Here's my list
5. Midsommar
4. The Wicker Man
3. Audition
2. Irreversible
1. A Serbian Film
Honorable mentions - Hereditary, Mother! and Cold Fish (Japanese )
I watched Midsommar yesterday and I found it to be a steaming pile of shit, an atrocious cast apart from Florence Pugh and at least an hour too long, there where elements of a good film in there but the acting and running time ruined it for me.
@@andrewcarr5923 So it disturbed you then,,,,😃
I remember at one of the HH shows, 2 female patrons saying that thought "The movie that will not be spoken" was the funniest thing they had ever seen and I still think they were full of shit and just wanted to be seen as outrageous.
Man Bites Dog was fairly disturbing.
I agree with Craig, most of the films mentioned are to be avoided by the more sensitive natured of us and I feel I the need to defend Craig's choices and the man himself as he got a bit of 'stick' for his 'disturbing' film picks. I always enjoy what every member of the crew has to say but it doesn't mean I would watch all their recommendations. I think that the banter ended in a respectful, friendly nature and everyone realised that the title was 'disturbing', not sick and gory beyond all realms of taste. As long as no-one gets hurt and are consenting then anything goes but I will choose what's disturbing and what I watch. Thanks fellas and thanks again Craig for your film choices which I would watch.
the opening Chris was talking about was from the movie Martyrs not Frontiers
Yep, I think you were right!
Im going to have nightmares for weeks and ive never seen any of these movies.....You guys are hardest of hard core. Just one of these movies and i would have sworn off all video entertainment for life. This was a tough video to just sit through as my imagination ran wild. Before this, i thought Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's movie "New York Minute" was disturbing. Im all kinds of the Craig, in my friends group. Chris Alo's joking rant on Craig's "lightweight" choices -- was hilarious. I can only imagine how hard Chris would be on me. Everything is better with Chris Alo.
Jamie Laszlo is the greatest. He always brings the clever. I very much appreciated his lifelines tonight. Yay for Super Grover. Poor Cliff.
Thank you Craig! You made 25% of this video rape, necrophilia, & genital mutilation free! It was a much needed moment of rest, each round. My idea of disturbing is much like yours....I thought of Requiem for a Dream was disturbing.
You know -- i often rewatch "Monster's Den" videos a couple times before the next Thursday comes around.....not this one. Im dust.
Regardless --Thank you for the Monsters Den, Pete!
I appreciate all of you! Cheers fellas!
Craig I know I’m late but …IS IT SAFE ??Marathon Man. OUCH!!! 😎👍👍👍
Very interesting topic. The most disturbing films ever made are: A German masterpiece ANGST and POSSESSION by Andrzej Zulawski with Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill.
Craig, I'm w/you on Marathon Man and Altered States. When you mentioned Marathon Man, I knew you would mention Dustin Hoffman's teeth getting pulled. My teeth hurt just thinking about it. Don't feel bad though. Disturbing means different things to different people and the tolerance for what's considered disturbing varies. BTW, it's been a while since I've been so shocked, disgusted and laughed so hard. It reminds me of when I saw Pulp Fiction at the multiplex, in Kansas of all places.
Also, most of these movies, Jamie, Chris and Pete are pretty gross. The one I can't get out of my head is the human centipedes shitting in each other's mouths. OMG, that's gross!
C’mon now. Nothing wrong with that type of behavior!😅
Is it safe?
5 Hostel
4 Tusk
3 We Need to Talk About Kevin
2 Funny Games
1 Hereditary
"Disturbing" list.
My dad took me and my brothers to see Mark Of The Devil in the early 70’s at our local theater. They gave out vomit bags to everyone before going in. We made it about halfway through and walked out when they tortured and pulled out the tongue of a woman. If I remember correctly, most of the people walked out at that point. It was a bizarre and creepy movie for a 10-year-old to see, to say the least!
I have two unused Vomit Bags from Mark Of The Devil. I even did my own Vomit Bag for my horror movie festival, because of Mark Of The Devil!
@@chrisalo2989 Lol. Two? I will have to revisit that movie one day. What the hell was my dad doing taking us kids to that, and why the hell did a little bayou town in Southern Louisiana book that movie? Was definitely the strangest movie to play there.
@@jupiter7x7 Yep, I bought one Vomit Bag and then found out later, it was a reproduction. I later bought an original. The curse of collecting! But yeah, that's a crazy movie to take kids to!!
In 2009 I spent many an hour walking through empty fields as I walked across England thinking what I would do to Kelly Reilly if I was in that situation. I've only watched it once,at the pictures. There was a run of what I call bleak ending films at that time. The Mist & The Strangers were the others where the "oh that was a close scrape but phew" ending never happened.
One last comment on the film Irreversible. Far from being 'stupid' the whole point of the film is that violence leads to more violence and while might say that the the man beaten at the beginning of the film certainly deserves his punishment, it will never undo the violence inflicted upon the woman.
Sure it's a pretentious film, but compared to the staple diet of 70' exploitation films which in essence dressed up T & A porn flicks with some morally dubious justification like the Italian Nazi exploitation genre (Love Camp 7, Elisa etc) or I Spit On Your Grave, at least Irreversible and Martyrs holds a mirror up to what violence does to people, and doesn't pay lip service.
Joe D'Amato's two masterpieces Beyond the Darkness (1979) and The Grim Reaper (1980) are quite disturbing, to say the least. I still recommend them, great atmosphere.
Honestly the first film that always springs to mind for something like this is the TV movie Threads from the mid 80s. I guess it's the UK equivalent of 'The Day After', with Jason Robards. But it's far more graphic and downright depressing than that film. I think the memory of it and the disturbing factor could be for people of a certain age. It was broadcast in the UK when me and my friends were about 11/12 and for a long time afterwards it just became an in-joke, just shorthand for experiencing something really depressing.
I've never had an interest in A Serbian Film or Men Behind the Sun or most 'torture porn' stuff so I can't comment on those.
Others that spring to mind, are Antichrist, Salo, Irreversible, a couple of Michael Haneke films - the original Funny Games and Benny's Video.
There were a couple of uniquely shocking and disturbing moments in Ari Aster's Hereditary and Midsommar. I wasn't a massive fan of those films but props for creating that level of discomfort, which I don't often get in most modern horror.
Threads is the UK TV movie you're talking about and yes, it's far better than The Day After and is absolutely brilliant.
@@nectarinedreams7208I was actually going to watch that at my girlfriend’s house cuz; she’s got all those channels and Apps, but I wasn’t quite sure if it’d be any good. So Thanks 🙏🏻 for the recommendation! Sincerely, DJP Anal Cunt; Postmortem and Kilslug Sony; Earache 🇬🇧 Columbia and TAANG!! Records @ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Greetings 🖖 😅from Boston, Massachusetts Amerikkka quite obviously, right?
I saw a movie back in 2009 or so called Chaos. About 10 people in the theater, half em left. It's awful. Very disturbing. Wasn't in the theaters long and mostly forgotten.
A WW2 movie called ‘Come and See’ is considered a masterpiece, but it is very disturbing… mostly because it’s based on truth.
A really great discussion.
I have seen most of the disturbing films from the obvious lists, like your Serbian Film,, Guinea Pig films, August Underground, etc and to me, these jaded tiresome films are so reliant on the splatter and 'money shots' that once you get past that and remember 'its only a movie', that there is nothing there below the surface.
So if I was to present my list it would be:
1. Threads
2. Salo: 120 days in Sodom
3. Snowtown
4. Come and See
5. The Killing Fields.
Hon mentions: Son of Saul, Martyrs, Once We Were Warriors, Nil by Mouth, Scum. The Wargame.
While there is no shortage of films that do have horrific images like the Hong Kong Category Three stuff or the works of Gasper Noa, I'd argue that the genocide of millions of people in Cambodia and The Final Solution, the consept of nuclear warfare or the social realism of films like Nil by Mouth or Snowtown are far more disturbing than the immature splatter that more jaded film watchers seem to relish. Putting it more simply, I'd put a man standing in a paddy field surrounded by tens of thousands of dead bodies which actually did happen, up against the scenes in a Serbian Film anyday of the week.
which episode did jamie talk about happiness?
I'll single myself out - I've seen A Serbian Film. What makes it so much worse is how well it's made. If it was some nothing zero budget trash Z movie, no one would ever talk about it. But it's not. It has real craft and skill behind it. That's why it is so deservedly notorious.
I saw Ken Russell's "The Devils" in the theater when it first came out. I was so taken aback by the close up gore 'n violence together with comedy throughout I didn't know how to react. So I went back 'n watched it again the next night. It's been a favorite film o' mine ever since. Based on a true story 'n Aldous Huxley's book The Devils O' Loudun, I wrote a book report at college shortly thereafter 'n made an A. Highly recommended!
Yes! That movie disturbed me so much that even though I went to some trouble to obtain a bootleg Blu-ray of it (there is no legitimate, mainstream, Blu-ray release of it, at least, that I could find), I've still only been able to watch it once! Great movie, very well-made, and it definitely stuck with me, but I will have to really steel myself to watch it again.
@@christianman73 There's also a bootleg dvd which has more fantastic 'n essential bonus features than the blu-ray. Unfortunately the quality isn't as good since the source is VHS.
@@johncollier9280 I have a region-free player & I own the 2012 BFI (2-DVD Special Edition) from the UK. It's not the totally uncut version of the film, but it is the original UK 'X certificate' cut of the film. The image looks excellent for dvd, & the set is loaded with extras & a fully illustrated booklet featuring new essays & notes from Mark Kermode, Craig Lapper (BBFC), Sam Ashby, & others. I highly recommend it to those looking for an exceptional release of the film & have a region-free player.
Anytime Chris says "I'll try to keep this short" you can expect the episode to push two hours, lol
Here's some of my picks:
Threads (1984)- Very brutal portrait of nuclear war- doesn't hold back on portraying the bleak misery of all the characters.
The Men Behind The Sun- (One of Chris' honorable mentions) Portrayal of Japanese war crimes- sickening depictions of experiments on human guinea pigs. Does not hold back whatsoever.
Midori (1992)- A crude anime film from Japan about a girl who gets kidnapped by circus freaks. Just completely sickening depictions of the worst acts imaginable. And the crude animation, which was done by just one guy by himself, adds to the nightmare quality.
I thought about mentioning Midori but then i was like "do i really want to bring that film up to SOT?" lol a very interesting film to learn about its creation but watching it was not fun at all
Threads, yes, and Failsafe. Mass obliteration is the ultimate disturbance.
A movie I found quite disturbing in more recent years was The Eyes of My Mother from 2016. But on the other hand it was also quite fascinating and enjoyable. So it's more like something Craig would pick :-)
Worth checking out, in my opinion. It shows in very drastic ways what a childhood trauma can do to you. It's told in black and white, really nice looking movie too.
Completely concur with your assessment of The Eyes of my Mother. I love recommending it because most people have never heard of it. Black and white really enhances it.
@@toddhill7483 Did you see Nicolas Pesce‘s follow-up Piercing? I watched it once in the theater and was not as overwhelmed as with Eyes, but it was definitely interesting enough and well-made to watch it again and form a final opinion on second watch.
@beetlebum. I have not and was unaware of that. Will most definitely check it out. I appreciate you letting me know!
Great show guys. bleak movies are still a subject worth discussing once in a while.
Craig, you looked genuinely uncomfortable when the other guys (especially Jamie) were describing their movie selections. It seems like you had a different idea of disturbing and didn't know what you signed up for! ;-)
I was going for disturbing (to me personally) not disgusting. Big difference.
@@craigkaminski That's why this episode was interesting.
There’s a useful term for most of the films discussed in this episode, mind pollution.
Nothing good can come from watching these movies discussed.
Star Wars Holiday Special still haunts me.
I watch it every year as I decorate my home bar...on mute as I play music.
I agree with you on A Clockwork Orange. The song 'Singing in the Rain' was never the same for me again after seeing that movie. And Malcolm McDowell improvised that!
1. Martyrs (original)
2. Henry
3. Inside
4. Cannibal Holocaust
5. Irreversible
I believe "Ilssa" was filmed on the same set as Hogan's Heroes:
And we all know how he ended up.
Shutter Island is a recent movie that disturbed me unexpected and deeply. Every parent knows where I am coming from...
As a kid watching Friday Night Fright Night, while babysitting, so no adults around, I was terrified when the thing in the closet tore that guy's one good arm off in The Brain That Wouldn't Die.
Its difficult to say a whole movie disturbed me but there are scenes that definitely did such as the curb stomping in American History X
"Testament" is the most disturbing movie about nuclear war ever made. Hasn't been shown on TV in years.
I agree, I love that movie. It's devastating the way it shows the bleakness of surviving the initial blast only to die slowly due to radiation.
@@NostalgiaVHS Fully agree. Even my jaded ass cried at the end.
Blood Sucking freaks was the only movie that grossed me out enough to walk out on. It was ridiculously violent.
Great stuff chaps-poor Craig looking more and more traumatized as it went on -disturbing for sure
The first 30 minutes of The Nightingale.
Finally Craig your honourable mentions are worthy of this episode, Bone Tomahawk is truly disturbing, when they stuff the whiskey bottle in Kurt Russell's torso and when they split his deputy in half as disturbing as it gets.
I'm looking forward to watching some of these weird movies. Great show.
Here are 2 disturbing Australian movies that you guys should watch,
Bad boy bubby and Snowtown
I tried to watch Bad Boy Bubby once, I tapped out like 20 minutes in.
Bad boy Bubby was going to be my pick. It is a hard watch at the start even with the glad wrap but in the end it all works out for him in his life and has got some great laughs through it too.
Add Spanking the monkey to that list, disturbing in its content I think.
See
Lamb
In the theater. F k d me up man.
Well as far as disturbing movies, Jamie‘s list was way over the top. There’s no way in hell that I would watch the girl next door.
And to think it stars nice girls like Catherine Mary Stewart and Carroll Baker's daughter Blanche Baker, who was Arnie's drunk cake baking wife in Raw Deal (1986) and in Shakedown (1988) with Peter Weller.
Deranged is pretty disturbing, its about Ed Gain, it even has a guy who's talking to the camera at the start warning you about the movie. It's one of those films that stayes in your mind for a long while afterwards.
A classic yes, Roberts Blossom was an amazing actor in everything he did.
I find that many exploitation films suffer from being so over-the-top. I'm rolling often my eyes, instead of being disturbed.
Pete,apparently the lead actress and victim of The Girl Next Door is from the Hudson Valley. That might be a decent zoom interview. And how was Audition not mentioned tonight.
I think nobody mentioned Peter Greenaway's "The Baby of Mâcon" yet. I found some scenes very disturbing but it's a long time ago since I've seen it. But as I remember it, I was pretty shocked.
Also some hongkong "CAT III" movies like Ebola Syndrome, Red to Kill or Dream Home.
No one picked “-Megan is missing”, it’s pretty bad.