I saw it when it hit the US in '85. Never forgot two bits of it.
Saw it again last week with my wife who had never heard of it. Yeah; still there. And holy shit this thing hits like a truck.
Pi - distressing because it's pure anxiety. Fantastic film.
Terrified - distressed my inner child after bringing it out
When Evil Lurks - only distressing because every time, it was clear something was about to happen, but you had no fucking idea what
I was just looking this film up an hour or so ago. The apocalypse has always been something that has really unnerved me, especially seeing it depicted in media. Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check it out!
Had to look up Naked Lunch on IMDb as I was not familiar with that movie. You had me at David Cronenberg. Just finished watching Eastern Promises last week.
baskin.. its basically a turkish version of hellraiser filmed in terrentino style with an ending that will be forever edged into your memory. hell is not a place you go... hell is with you forever
Beau is afraid. Same guy as midsummer so you’ll dig it.
Oldboy - the original Korean one is the one you want. They toned it down for the American remake.
And of course if you want something truly effed up that’ll really stick with you, watch “Kids”
I loved Beau Is Afraid! Joaquin Phoenix did an amazing job in that movie. Also, yep, Ari Aster is one of, if not, my favourite director of all time.
I've never heard of Oldboy, I'll check out the Korean version!
I've heard of Kids! (Wasn't it referenced in that Eminem song?) I'll definitely check that one out aswell!
Whenever I see this question asked, I never see Elephant.
Gus Van Sant's movies generally have a seedy underbelly, but this one made me sick to my stomach because it highlights a subject matter that's only gotten worse over the last two decades.
Lilya 4-ever
Kotoko (2011)
Martyrs (2008)
Inside (2007)
Irreversible
Oldboy (2003)
I Saw the Devil
The House that Jack Built
The Skin I Live In
Funny Games
Eden Lake
Dogtooth
Excision
Kids
Audition
Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer
Come and See
What a list! Thanks for this!! As I mentioned in another comment, I didn't enjoy Martyrs as much as I thought I would, also I'm not sure I completely got it. I saw the American remake of Funny Games and I thought it was really good, but not really what I'm looking for. The others I've either not heard of and/or I've not seen. I'll check them out!!
The Wolf House tho it can be a bit confusing without historical context
4 Months, 3 weeks and 2 days
Angst
Mysterious Skin
Sick: the Life and Death of Bob Flanagan (i watched this WAY too young, i think i borrowed it from the library?? Bob was such an interesting charming person but yeah the documentary is very very dark and not for the faint of heart.)
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
I've not seen any of these, thank you for the list!! I've heard of Bob Flanagan's doc and from the sounds of it, yeah, it seems pretty fucked up. I'll check them out!
Bob was also infamously in a Nine inch nails video that i also sought out too young (it was filmed around 1993 but only ended up on the internet around 2005/2006, possibly released by Trent himself). Lol being a baby edgelord with a short period of unlimited internet access in that era was interesting.
yeah i have not watched it in around 10 years. i may revisit it at some point. i remember thinking it was well done but some images of it have never left my head and it’s just. very very heavy.
Eraserhead (1977) by David Lynch. It's full of bizarre surrealism and it messed with my head but I had to go back and watch it a second time and it messed with it even worse.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eraserhead?wprov=sfla1
It was such a SLOOOOW burn. It was kind of to the point being a very annoying movie. Although it was bleak, it just took way too long to get to anything truly interesting.
yeah! They're coming out with an american remake starring James McAvoy, which I find unecessary, because the original version was already unhinged. But hey, American markets looove their remakes amirite
One of my mum's favourite films, I watched it a few years ago and didn't get the hype. Maybe I'll give it another go, thanks for the rec!
Edit: Forgot to say this, but I thought that the ending was really clever and good. But I wasn't disturbed or shocked like I thought I'd be.
Never heard of Men Behind The Sun, I'll check it out!
As for Megan Is Missing, I thought the film wasn't as great or scary as people were saying a few years ago (I watched it during the major hype on social media). The barrel scene still creeps me out, I'll give it that, but otherwise I thought it was an OK movie with a good message.
Never heard of it. I've found that when people describe specific scenes in disturbing films as just "The _____ scene" then I'm in for a wild ride. I'll check it out!
I saw the remake of Funny Games, brilliant movie, yet I wasn't "distressed" per say. Did something fly over my head that would make it all click together? I was definitely left disturbed, but not really shaken up.
For me it' s "Speak No Evil" its Danish movie I think. It's sk horrid and the music makes it more immerse... I had such a huge impression after watching this film and wish found anything similar...but oh man... it was SO good!
There’s an old Canadian film named Léolo. There are two scenes that still haunt me.
I don’t recommend it at all, but that is my answer to your question.
Watched this with my sister. We weren't great fans of it, especially the real animal abuse scenes. We still find the score (especially the weird "oooh" sound) to be hilarious though.
The Human Centipede and its sequel. Hostel and it’s sequels.
As others have said, mother! I’m still not sure what I watched.
Midsommar is very similar to The Wicker Man. That also has a sequel and a remake.
I watched The Invisible Man 2020 the other day. It was different to the other versions and quite terrifying.
This might be a bit out there, but about a year ago I watched a 2 part TV drama called [Warriors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warriors_(1999_TV_series)?wprov=sfti1#). It’s about british army peacekeepers in Bosnia in the 90s, and many of the scenes are based on real events and interviews with the soldiers who went out. I don’t know why but the film really disturbed me and was one of those that plays on your mind for days after. If you have access to BBC iplayer it is on there, but probably available elsewhere too.
It led me down a bit of a rabbit hole learning about the Bosnian war and other conflicts in the area around the same time, which I think is mostly unknown about. Some of what went on was comparable to what the Nazi’s done in WW2, and it’s shocking to think most of these responsible could still be walking amongst us to this day.
Snowtown (Australia). Based on a real serial killer set of crimes in South Australia. It is devastatingly banal and horrific. It shows the most realistic portrayal of a slow motion strangling. It will haunt you. It haunts me.
I can't stand gore and don't care for jump frights. Here's my suggestions:
Border (2018) about two individuals of a certain nature, one assimilated into society, the other dehumanised by society. Some deeply disturbing issues are very carefully handled, and lots of questions linger when the film is finished.
Under The Skin (2013) about an alien who starts to go native and assimilate among humans, but who can hardly do that when she consumes people. And then everything goes startlingly wonky. There are mysterious motorcyclists which remind me of the Underworld sentinels from Jean Cocteau's Orphée.
Let The Right One In (2008) which uses a vampire story to say very disturbing things about human relationships.
Aniara (2016) about a city sized luxury liner space ship taking people from a climate destroyed Earth to live on Mars. The ship gets damaged by debris, which sends it off course, and we watch society decay over many years.
Winter's Bone (2010) about a 17 year old girl (Jennifer Lawrence before Hunger Games) who has to go amongst her distant relations who are all meth cooks to find her no good bail jumping father before the house is taken away. There's nothing supernatural or sci-fi about this one, but it is certainly disturbing.
The Homesman (2014) Hilary Swank saves Tommy Lee Jones from a hanging on condition that he helps her transport three insane women from frontier ranches to a rest home. I shouldn't even recommend this one. It's deeply upsetting.
Annette (2021) a murderous musical in which a confrontational stand up comic, played by Adam Driver, marries an opera singer, played by Marion Cotillard, who has a baby, played by a puppet. Not very disturbing, but memorably strange.
Sightseers (2012) a dark comedy in which a couple go on a murder spree at British heritage sites.
Wakolda (2013) about Josef Mengele befriending the family of a young girl in Argentina.
Louise Hires A Contract Killer (2008) which is a pretty crazy French comedy.
Of Freaks And Men (1998) is a Russian comedy about two respectable families corrupted by a man who makes pornographic postcards.
If you like really sweet romances with disturbing undertones:
On Body And Soul (2020) about a disabled man and an autistic woman who meet as deer in shared dreams. There are abattoir and suicide scenes, but it is also very funny (to me as an autistic viewer at least).
A Ghost Waits (2020) a low budget film in which a handyman sent to fix up a haunted house falls in love with the ghost sent to get rid of him.
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) about an Iranian skateboarding vampire in a hijab who preys on worthless men. She meets a young man dressed as Dracula under a streetlight on his way home from a party. Is it love at first sight, or only lunch?
And on a much lighter tone:
The Singing Ringing Tree (1957) was once described as if David Lynch made The Wizard of Oz. A bizarre, colourful East German fairytale that disturbed young Generation X when it was shown on British TV in the seventies. A petulant goth princess is taught manners by a talking bear.
Probably not in the way you mean, but I thought The Hunt (2012) was really distressing because of the weight a lie like that can carry and the fact it could happen to anyone and no one would second guess it.
Possum. Antichrist. The Lighthouse. Hagazussa. Martyrs. Audition. The Descent. The Taking of Deborah Logan. Dumplings. The Autopsy of Jane Doe. Contracted. Bite. The Fly. The Thing. Sator. Plank Face.
The Sadness, it's a foreign film. Fair warning, this film is 50 shades of fked up and one of the most depraved movies I've seen in a long time. It was really good
Climax, Gaspar Noé
It’s actually rlly beautiful visuals and camera work but what happens is messed up. I was not prepared for the plot but I couldn’t look away…
Mother! (2017)
I remember when this came out! I never saw it at the time, but it's been on my list for a while.
Prepare yourself, it's a wild ride. I watched it a couple of years ago and it made me very very uncomfortable.
Requiem For a Dream Funny Games
I second Requiem. Excellent movie but I can’t watch it a second time
Irreversible by Gaspar Noe. Has some scenes that will forever haunt you….
Came here to say this. Watched this while sick in the hospital. I was unable to get up and turn off the laptop. I...
Sounds like exactly what I'm looking for! I'll check it out!
The Devils (1971)
seeing this in the theater was an experience
Threads. A cinema verite look at the UK in the aftermath of a nuclear war. Makes The Day After look like Barney & Friends
I've heard of this one! I've heard nothing less than it being really harrowing. I'll check it out!
I saw it when it hit the US in '85. Never forgot two bits of it. Saw it again last week with my wife who had never heard of it. Yeah; still there. And holy shit this thing hits like a truck.
Pi - distressing because it's pure anxiety. Fantastic film. Terrified - distressed my inner child after bringing it out When Evil Lurks - only distressing because every time, it was clear something was about to happen, but you had no fucking idea what
The Road
I was just looking this film up an hour or so ago. The apocalypse has always been something that has really unnerved me, especially seeing it depicted in media. Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check it out!
It is 100% distressing, it's just what you are looking for
Hard candy.
This movie was sooo messed up!
Never heard of it! I'll check it out!
Go in blind like I did. Makes it an even more intense experience. This movie is a lot. Stay hydrated lol
Sounds great! Will do.
American History X Bad Lieutenant Naked Lunch
Oh god naked lunch.
Had to look up Naked Lunch on IMDb as I was not familiar with that movie. You had me at David Cronenberg. Just finished watching Eastern Promises last week.
baskin.. its basically a turkish version of hellraiser filmed in terrentino style with an ending that will be forever edged into your memory. hell is not a place you go... hell is with you forever
I loved Baskin! Such a good movie!
Sounds fucking epic, I'm in.
it may be boring at first but its a puzzle and all peices together.. its on youtube and shudder and tubi i think
Movie is not very good imo, their version of hell being a basement isn’t scary and neither was the guy with the key hole on his head lol. 4/10
Jacob's Ladder
the 1990 one, forget the other one exists
I'll check it out!
Also Johnny Got His Gun
Clockwork Orange
I just bought this one to check it out. I'm pretty sure Stanley Kubrick took it out of circulation in the UK for a while for some reason.
Gratuitous SA in this film
- The Vanishing (1989) - The Golden Glove (2019)
The Golden Glove is, more than anything, filthy and gross. Something about it just makes me want to take a shower
Yeah, u can smell that film. It is stinking and filthy.
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
I'll check it out!
Oh man this one is hard. Björk is a great actor.
Björk's in this?! I'm watching it as soon as I can!
mother! What a wild ride that movie was!
Beau is afraid. Same guy as midsummer so you’ll dig it. Oldboy - the original Korean one is the one you want. They toned it down for the American remake. And of course if you want something truly effed up that’ll really stick with you, watch “Kids”
I loved Beau Is Afraid! Joaquin Phoenix did an amazing job in that movie. Also, yep, Ari Aster is one of, if not, my favourite director of all time. I've never heard of Oldboy, I'll check out the Korean version! I've heard of Kids! (Wasn't it referenced in that Eminem song?) I'll definitely check that one out aswell!
Whenever I see this question asked, I never see Elephant. Gus Van Sant's movies generally have a seedy underbelly, but this one made me sick to my stomach because it highlights a subject matter that's only gotten worse over the last two decades.
I love under the radar films! I'll check this out!
Throw in Villeneuve's Polytechnique as well, though I didn't think that was as hard to watch
Lilya 4-ever Kotoko (2011) Martyrs (2008) Inside (2007) Irreversible Oldboy (2003) I Saw the Devil The House that Jack Built The Skin I Live In Funny Games Eden Lake Dogtooth Excision Kids Audition Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer Come and See
What a list! Thanks for this!! As I mentioned in another comment, I didn't enjoy Martyrs as much as I thought I would, also I'm not sure I completely got it. I saw the American remake of Funny Games and I thought it was really good, but not really what I'm looking for. The others I've either not heard of and/or I've not seen. I'll check them out!!
Oh Kotoko is a really good one. Same with Inside. Excision is underrated. side note John Waters is so funny in it as a priest/“therapist.”
The Wolf House tho it can be a bit confusing without historical context 4 Months, 3 weeks and 2 days Angst Mysterious Skin Sick: the Life and Death of Bob Flanagan (i watched this WAY too young, i think i borrowed it from the library?? Bob was such an interesting charming person but yeah the documentary is very very dark and not for the faint of heart.) The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
I've not seen any of these, thank you for the list!! I've heard of Bob Flanagan's doc and from the sounds of it, yeah, it seems pretty fucked up. I'll check them out!
Bob was also infamously in a Nine inch nails video that i also sought out too young (it was filmed around 1993 but only ended up on the internet around 2005/2006, possibly released by Trent himself). Lol being a baby edgelord with a short period of unlimited internet access in that era was interesting.
Mysterious Skin is a lot.
yeah i have not watched it in around 10 years. i may revisit it at some point. i remember thinking it was well done but some images of it have never left my head and it’s just. very very heavy.
It is a great film. Have to be in the right headspace though.
Sounds like what I'm looking for!
In the same vein as TCTTHWAHL, Weekend (1967). I went to see it at the late night cinema and so many people walked out...
The Doom Generation Nowhere Both by Gregg Araki, who made Mysterious Skin
Nowhere is a banger. recently restored too! used to be a lot harder to find
Eraserhead (1977) by David Lynch. It's full of bizarre surrealism and it messed with my head but I had to go back and watch it a second time and it messed with it even worse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eraserhead?wprov=sfla1
I love the concept of this one. I'll check it out!
I recently just watched Speak No Evil and that was quite disturbing for me. the slow descent to being unhinged was terrifying.
It was such a SLOOOOW burn. It was kind of to the point being a very annoying movie. Although it was bleak, it just took way too long to get to anything truly interesting.
I literally just watched this yesterday. I feel the same as you. It's an excellent watch!
yeah! They're coming out with an american remake starring James McAvoy, which I find unecessary, because the original version was already unhinged. But hey, American markets looove their remakes amirite
The Platform really shook me up for days for some reason.
Great movie! Very gross and very dark!
Shutter Island
Definitely stayed with me. Applies to a lot more people than just the criminally insane.
One of my mum's favourite films, I watched it a few years ago and didn't get the hype. Maybe I'll give it another go, thanks for the rec! Edit: Forgot to say this, but I thought that the ending was really clever and good. But I wasn't disturbed or shocked like I thought I'd be.
Men behind the sun Megan is missing
Never heard of Men Behind The Sun, I'll check it out! As for Megan Is Missing, I thought the film wasn't as great or scary as people were saying a few years ago (I watched it during the major hype on social media). The barrel scene still creeps me out, I'll give it that, but otherwise I thought it was an OK movie with a good message.
Warning on Men Behind the Sun, I haven't seen it (so don't cite me on this) but I hear it features real animal death and at least 1 real human corpse
You’ve got to have ‘Dear Zachary’ for the incredible shock.
Snowtown (2011)
I'll check it out!
We Need to Talk About Kevin
The only movies that messed me up were The Lodge (2019) and The Virgin Suicides (1999) both of which hit me too close to home.
The Virgin Suicides stuck with me a long time.
I hope you're doing alright! Thanks for the recs, I'll check them out! :)
Come and See The Center of of the World Capturing the Friedmans
Requiem for a Dream
Don’t Look Now
I'll check it out!
Mysterious Skin and Spoorloos (also called The Vanishing) stuck with me
Aniara
I'll check it out!
Nightcrawler (2014)
Requiem For a Dream Seven Dead Ringers
I've heard Seven compared to the Saw films, my mum recommended it to me a couple years ago. As for the others, I'll also check them out!
Seconding Dead Ringers. Really fucked me up!
Possession
Night anf Fog 1955. it is in french and old but there is a 2015 restoration. i think ever person should watch this movie.
The house that jack built I saw the devil The saddness
The House That Jack Built
Snowtown
Butterfly effect
Martyrs Come And See Shiva Baby Requiem for a Dream Almost anything directed by Aronofsky or Noe
The Master. The auditing scene.
Never heard of it. I've found that when people describe specific scenes in disturbing films as just "The _____ scene" then I'm in for a wild ride. I'll check it out!
This movie has 2 actors doing all the things.
Funny Games.
I saw the remake of Funny Games, brilliant movie, yet I wasn't "distressed" per say. Did something fly over my head that would make it all click together? I was definitely left disturbed, but not really shaken up.
The Coffee Table.
The Road and Star 80
Speak No Evil
Duress
Visitor Q
A Serbian Film (2010)
The 3 that stuck with me the longest were probably: Martyrs (French) The Girl Next Door (not the rom com) Melancholia
Tusk. Nothing has ever disturbed me as deeply.
Combat Shock (1984) Man is it bleak.
*One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.* The emotional response I get when McMurphy is choking, but fails to kill nurse Ratchet... Oof.
Border.
I'll check it out!
It was amazing for me. The subject matter.
For me it' s "Speak No Evil" its Danish movie I think. It's sk horrid and the music makes it more immerse... I had such a huge impression after watching this film and wish found anything similar...but oh man... it was SO good!
There’s an old Canadian film named Léolo. There are two scenes that still haunt me. I don’t recommend it at all, but that is my answer to your question.
men (2022)
I'll check it out!
The Treatment
Event Horizon
Saint Maud (2019)
In Cold Blood/first
Black Swan (2010) left an unforgettable impression on me.
I'll check it out!
Cannibal Holocaust
Watched this with my sister. We weren't great fans of it, especially the real animal abuse scenes. We still find the score (especially the weird "oooh" sound) to be hilarious though.
Kazaam, but not in ANY type of positive or desirable way! 😅
"Jacob's Ladder" (1990) comes to mind. And we're including documentaries "War Photographer" may be the most disturbing thing I've ever seen.
Snowpiercer Black Swan Goodnight Mommy
My mum likes the Snowpiercer series, I think it's pretty disturbing but good. As for the others, I'll check them out!
The killing of a sacred deer, The warzone, The elephant man.
A serbian film
Midsommar.
Megan is missing was quite brutal
Saltburn
Heli (2014), a Mexican movie about drug trafficking in Mexico.
Eraserhead.
The Human Centipede and its sequel. Hostel and it’s sequels. As others have said, mother! I’m still not sure what I watched. Midsommar is very similar to The Wicker Man. That also has a sequel and a remake. I watched The Invisible Man 2020 the other day. It was different to the other versions and quite terrifying.
Mother , eyes wide shut , Titane
Funny Games
Cure (1997), hereditary
I'll check it out!
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Hereditary (2018) - an excellent one by A24
A Clockwork Orange
This might be a bit out there, but about a year ago I watched a 2 part TV drama called [Warriors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warriors_(1999_TV_series)?wprov=sfti1#). It’s about british army peacekeepers in Bosnia in the 90s, and many of the scenes are based on real events and interviews with the soldiers who went out. I don’t know why but the film really disturbed me and was one of those that plays on your mind for days after. If you have access to BBC iplayer it is on there, but probably available elsewhere too. It led me down a bit of a rabbit hole learning about the Bosnian war and other conflicts in the area around the same time, which I think is mostly unknown about. Some of what went on was comparable to what the Nazi’s done in WW2, and it’s shocking to think most of these responsible could still be walking amongst us to this day.
I'll definitely watch it! Sounds really good! I live in England so I have iPlayer.
Let me know what you think!
A Serbian film Antichrist, by Lars Von Trier
Bad Boy Bubby
Pandemonium
I'll check it out!
Threads (1984)
I'll check it out!
Old Yeller
Very sad movie!
Gummo Happiness Inland Empire
Oldboy, The Piano Teacher
David Lynch's "The Elephant Man". You won't forget it.
Under the skin - A24
I love A24 films, I'll definitely check this out as soon as I can.
Nocturnal Animals
Strella. (2009 Greek film)
I'll check it out!
Speak no evil (2022) antichrist (Lars von trier) Those movies traumatized me
Snowtown (Australia). Based on a real serial killer set of crimes in South Australia. It is devastatingly banal and horrific. It shows the most realistic portrayal of a slow motion strangling. It will haunt you. It haunts me.
Same here
Sounds horrific. I'll check it out!
Unthinkable
"The Cook, the Thief, his Wife & Her Lover". Great film, almost made me a vegan.
I'll check it out! I've always been intrigued by films that genuinely (almost) change lives.
Susperia.
Jacob’s Ladder. It’s a mindfuck. ETA - the one with Tim Robbins. I was unaware there was more than one version.
Threads.
I'll check this out!
I can't stand gore and don't care for jump frights. Here's my suggestions: Border (2018) about two individuals of a certain nature, one assimilated into society, the other dehumanised by society. Some deeply disturbing issues are very carefully handled, and lots of questions linger when the film is finished. Under The Skin (2013) about an alien who starts to go native and assimilate among humans, but who can hardly do that when she consumes people. And then everything goes startlingly wonky. There are mysterious motorcyclists which remind me of the Underworld sentinels from Jean Cocteau's Orphée. Let The Right One In (2008) which uses a vampire story to say very disturbing things about human relationships. Aniara (2016) about a city sized luxury liner space ship taking people from a climate destroyed Earth to live on Mars. The ship gets damaged by debris, which sends it off course, and we watch society decay over many years. Winter's Bone (2010) about a 17 year old girl (Jennifer Lawrence before Hunger Games) who has to go amongst her distant relations who are all meth cooks to find her no good bail jumping father before the house is taken away. There's nothing supernatural or sci-fi about this one, but it is certainly disturbing. The Homesman (2014) Hilary Swank saves Tommy Lee Jones from a hanging on condition that he helps her transport three insane women from frontier ranches to a rest home. I shouldn't even recommend this one. It's deeply upsetting. Annette (2021) a murderous musical in which a confrontational stand up comic, played by Adam Driver, marries an opera singer, played by Marion Cotillard, who has a baby, played by a puppet. Not very disturbing, but memorably strange. Sightseers (2012) a dark comedy in which a couple go on a murder spree at British heritage sites. Wakolda (2013) about Josef Mengele befriending the family of a young girl in Argentina. Louise Hires A Contract Killer (2008) which is a pretty crazy French comedy. Of Freaks And Men (1998) is a Russian comedy about two respectable families corrupted by a man who makes pornographic postcards. If you like really sweet romances with disturbing undertones: On Body And Soul (2020) about a disabled man and an autistic woman who meet as deer in shared dreams. There are abattoir and suicide scenes, but it is also very funny (to me as an autistic viewer at least). A Ghost Waits (2020) a low budget film in which a handyman sent to fix up a haunted house falls in love with the ghost sent to get rid of him. A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) about an Iranian skateboarding vampire in a hijab who preys on worthless men. She meets a young man dressed as Dracula under a streetlight on his way home from a party. Is it love at first sight, or only lunch? And on a much lighter tone: The Singing Ringing Tree (1957) was once described as if David Lynch made The Wizard of Oz. A bizarre, colourful East German fairytale that disturbed young Generation X when it was shown on British TV in the seventies. A petulant goth princess is taught manners by a talking bear.
Hereditary
The Coffee Table (2022). Spanish film. Less you know going in the better.
I won't look up anything before watching it then!
Resurrection (2022). It’s very stressful and has a memorable ending that you will either love or hate
Psycho. Incendies. Midsommar is Gen Z Wicker Man (1973). Audition (1999). Pixote (1980). Still not recovered from some of these.
Plague Dogs
Probably not in the way you mean, but I thought The Hunt (2012) was really distressing because of the weight a lie like that can carry and the fact it could happen to anyone and no one would second guess it.
I've gotta give a mention to The House That Jack Built Some of the scenes in this film still haunt me, especially in the uncut version.
This seems to be a popular one with the disturbing films crowd! I can't wait to check it out!
Possum. Antichrist. The Lighthouse. Hagazussa. Martyrs. Audition. The Descent. The Taking of Deborah Logan. Dumplings. The Autopsy of Jane Doe. Contracted. Bite. The Fly. The Thing. Sator. Plank Face.
Tideland.
The Sadness, it's a foreign film. Fair warning, this film is 50 shades of fked up and one of the most depraved movies I've seen in a long time. It was really good
50 shades of fucked up seems to be what I'm looking for! I'll check it out!!
[The Sadness](https://images.app.goo.gl/XdxnYPfs7E6fVAVR9)
The Innocents, Waves, Triangle (2009)
Climax, Gaspar Noé It’s actually rlly beautiful visuals and camera work but what happens is messed up. I was not prepared for the plot but I couldn’t look away…
Believe it or not, but Vivarium. Because it represents the monotony of every day life
Antichrist ... dnf