Hands down, Requiem for a Dream. That movie is so good but can only really be watched once.
Same with Kids. Perfect execution of a theme so awful I never want to go near it again.
Yeah I did watch it again during the pandemic for the first time in many many many years. Still a big NOPE film.
ASS TO ASS!
Also the scene where Jared Leto's friend is shooting up makes my skin crawl.
The ending scene for the mother is what gets me every time.
The french original of Martyrs. That movie really lived in my head for some days.
I think you should see it without knowing anything.
Just be sure that you can handle some fucked up shit.
Came here for martyrs, most of it is still burned into my brain.
I was going to watch it again, and then I was like I'm pretty sure I can remember this exactly from beginning to end still.
A Serbian Film.
Just reading the plot of that made me sick to my stomach
OP said best fucked up, not just fucked up.
I think the most disturbing scene for me was actually the ending, made me feel more sick than the baby scene.
Grave of the fireflies
Even worse, it's based on a true story. (The author preferred the movie's ending)
It’s on my rewatch list since it’s been about twenty years, but I still can’t bring myself to doing so.
Same. It's my favorite Ghibli film, but I have to get myself in the right headspace to be broken by it again.
Hmmm ok never heard of this one. Will have to add it to the list.
It's an incredible movie. I'm not sure how much you should know before going in, but I'll say this: Don't be fooled by the fact that it's animated - by the same studio as "My Neighbor Totoro". (The two movies played as a double feature because not showing something lighthearted after Grave of the Fireflies would have been criminal negligence.) And the other comments are right - It's not something you're likely to be able to watch again anytime soon.
Brazil (1985, Terry Gilliam)
I've never seen it but fuck Human Centipede. I read it on Wikipedia and it still fucked me up
Oh you gotta watch it once. It is preposterous in the best way.
A friend told me about it in all of its grotesque details. I was a bit scared for her after that and wondered if she was right in her mind.
Probably The Mist, just based on the ending. I still think about it to this day
Ahhh I wanna watch that even though I already know what happens!
Green Room
The Road. That's the most depressing film I've ever watched.
Yeah it’s totally fucked up and leaves you sad and angry. Never gonna rewatch it.
Happiness - Todd Solondz
It's the dark, seedy, perverted underbelly of the American dream, equal parts funny and creepy, and brilliantly cast and acted.
This was the first movie I thought of too! I saw it when it was released in an art house theatre. I didn’t know much about it, and apparently most of the audience didn’t either. Once the film got to that scene where the guy buys a teen boy magazine and climbs into the back of the car to…you know….a bunch of people just got up and walked out!
Yeah... that's the first moment when the mask starts to slip, and you realize you're in for something entirely different than what it initially appeared to be.
Came here to say this one. I really want to revisit this one as it’s been prob close to 20 years since my first viewing.
Hereditary
Hobo With a Shotgun
Triangle, it's a little known film that I have on my NAS and finally saw it one day. I won't say much about it, but see it.
Spoilers:
I've watched this multiple times, and you begin to notice new things each time. For example, when the loop resets for the first time, the yacht appears on the other side of the cruise ship, indicating there is a second loop.
Also, watching the intro scene again after seeing the end explains our protagonists confused behaviour.
Hah! I remember this one! Pretty decent mindfuck movie!
2009 release year?
"Midnight Cowboy": great performances, great writing, profound ending, never want to watch it again.
Agreed, but I’ve seen it many times. Great film.
Gummo, Man bites dog, Bad boy Bubby,
bubby got pizza for cat
Ichi the killer
Salò
Irreversible
I don't know if I would call it best, but the most emotionally scarring and draining movie I have ever seen was Irreversible.
Gosh. Everyone here knows all the REALLY messed up ones. You don’t watch this one without a permanent stain imprinted on your psyche.
Grave of the Fireflies. A masterpiece that can’t be seen more than once.
Man, war is fucked up…
Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father.
That's a rough one.
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead. I took a date to that movie, not knowing what we were in for. Afterwards we walked straight to a Mexican restaurant and started drinking tequila to dull the pain.
Masterpiece.
oldboy
**Pan's Labyrinth ** I think I should watch this movie again... It left me with a good impression....
Just watched “The Sadness” last night. It’s both my new favorite zombie movie and most fucked up movie I’ve ever seen. The gore fx are on a new level.
Visitor Q
Sunshine.
Hereditary, Midsommar, Bone Tomahawk, The Hills Have Eyes, House of 1000 Corpses, Tusk
I watch a lot of horror and would recommend all of these. Though they do have some notoriously graphic scenes, imo none compare to the cave scene in Bone Tomahawk. Tusk is actually pretty funny if you're into comedy-horror movies too.
Funny Games.
Especially if you're German or speak German. It's basically two guys killing an entire family while superficially talking extremely friendly and almost apologetically, as if they're unfortunately being forced to smash that guy's knee.
Hobo with a shotgun hits pretty hard. Also as said above Midsommar fucked me up
Videodrome. It's creepy and grotesque in all the right ways and I love the analogies - today's internet ties perfectly with the concept of "the television is a window to your mind".
I’ll throw in Climax. I loved the whole damn thing as dark and grotesque as it gets.
Forbidden Zone
I really enjoyed Perfect Blue when I first watched it, but it messed with me because of how they set it up in terms of how long has passed for the main character and what's actually happening.
That scares me a lot more than "man with a chainsaw slowly walks up to me while I refuse to get into the running vehicle right next to me" movies.
I really enjoyed Perfect Blue when I first watched it, but it messed with me because of how they set it up in terms of how long has passed for the main character and what's actually happening.
That scares me a lot more than "man with a chainsaw slowly walks up to me while I refuse to get into the running vehicle" movies.
Splatter (japanese gore) 😭
The Holy Mountain (1973)
It was projected on a wall at a restaurant and no-one could focus on the conversation at the table because of all the weirdness going on on the wall.
Woodsman with Kevin Bacon.
Never imagined I'd have sympathy for a pedophile but Kevin Bacon acted the fuck out of that role.
Maybe Troll Hunter, but it's also hilarious!
