What is the most disturbing/scary horror movie you have ever seen?

[ledahead]

What is the most disturbing and or scary movie(s) you have ever seen?

For me, some that come to mind are The Blair Witch Project, The Conjuring, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Paranormal Activity 1 and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

[Candy Kappa]

There is a lot of great horror movies, but the Conjuring is one of the better modern horror movies I've seen in a while, as it earned the scare jumps it had, and kept it to a minimum.

Jump scares are like the lowest form of horror, like pie-in-the-face for comedies. And to make it work you really have to earn it in the movie.

The Bay is a great horror mockementary.

[snake]

The phantom menace.

Very VERY disturbing movie.

[Candy Kappa]

The phantom menace.

Very VERY disturbing movie.

That is very true,

[RaphAndDonnie]

Cannibal Holocaust. I'm not sure if it counts as a horror movie, per se, but it's very scary and sure as hell disturbing. :o In short, there's a reason a lot of countries banned it.

[Candy Kappa]

Cannibal Holocaust. I'm not sure if it counts as a horror movie, per se, but it's very scary and sure as hell disturbing. :o In short, there's a reason a lot of countries banned it.

It was a interesting movie, but besides the ending it wasn't all that scary though.

But they did have a great promotion on the movie, claiming the events was real, the actors was even paid to go "under hiding" before the movie was released. It was so extreme that the director was actually trailed for the murder of the actors that was killed in the movie, and nothing less then the actual actors coming to the directors rescue, saved him from being convicted of murder. :lol:

But the animal deaths are real, what you see is a actual turtle being slowly killed...

[blindturtle02]

The phantom menace.

Very VERY disturbing movie.

lol God, I knew someone was going to say that! I'm guessing you now have a fear of gungans? For me it's Ben Quadinaros. I like the movie other than that.

Disturbing scary movies now. I'd have to go with Creep Show and Tales From The Darkside. Hellraiser also comes to mind. Haven't seen many of the modern day horror movies because the ones I've seen tend to rely on that jump scare factor. I think that's more annoying than scary. I loved Blair Witch Project back in the day. That one holds up well over time. I feel that allot of the modern day horror movies have tried to capture the same tone but just haven't managed to do so. For me, anyway.

Oh, almost forgot about the Phantasm movies. Those were pretty grotesque but I loved them. Angus Scrimm still manages to creep me out as the Tall Man. He rarely speaks. He doesn't make quips as he's killing you like other horror movie icons. Like death itself, you can't bargain or bribe this guy if he's gunning for you. You might as well accept your death. If this otherworldly undertaker means to take you out of the picture, you can damn sure bet he'll stop at nothing to do so. I like the number of minions and weapons this guy possesses as well. Like Batman, The Tall Man also has several wonderful toys. I was introduced to the first two films as a kid of the 90's and they creeped me out nonetheless. Never got around to seeing the other two. I hear they're making a fifth film this year direct to DVD and such. Will have to nab this series eventually. Go get em, Angus.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Hmm, how about the Evil Dead remake? I saw that one when it came out, and while it was odd not seeing Ash, I still loved it- very faithful to the original in all the right ways, but with a cool twist on the story. Kept thinking the guy was going to be the "hero", and it turned out to be that one chick everyone thought was so weak. Awesome spin. Sorry for any spoilers, BTW. I'm a fan of the Evil Dead series anyway, but it was really cool to see Sam and Co. do a darker and more frightening take on the tale, the way they'd originally intended it to look. It's one reason why I wish remakes/reboots of cult classics should always be left to their creators to make. Who else knows the material as well, or cares as much about getting it right?

That said, I will probably never see the Remake of Nightmare on Elm Street for that very reason. It's just not Freddy to me without Robert Englund in the role. Jason and/or Michael Myers I could care less about- it hardly even matters who is in the costume, since they don't speak and you never see their faces anyway. A marionette could play those roles, and no one would notice. Same with Leatherface. Never liked the silent slashers, anyway- they just came across as bland and uninteresting. Give me Chucky, Freddy, or the guy from Hellrasier! Or even the Puppetmaster.

[blindturtle02]

I loved the Nightmare on Elm Street movies. I think Freddy was a bit comical at times but to me, that sort of added to his appeal. He was very very menacing in the first one. Liked him in all the others, enough to buy the whole collection from Walmart a few years ago.

I've never sat down and watched the Evil Dead movies. My fiance says it's tough for her to watch since it reminds her of her x who cheated on her, so I guess I'll have to tackle those on my own if she's not up for watching them. I love Bruce Campbell so I look forward to getting into those. Ironically, I was first introduced to him in Herc and Xena. haha I'll also have to check out the remake after the originals.

I loved the Hellraiser films, especially the first two. Pinhead is a relentless antagonist. He's very down to business and doesn't stop until he's got his chains in you. They made him a little comical in the third movie but that had something to do with the overall story. It worked. Haven't seen any Hellraiser films past Bloodlines. No one really likes the 4th one but I think it serves as a nice backstory for the lament configuration. Yes, those movies definitely scare me green. I also like the Saw series. Not much into serial killers, but I like Jigsaw and all his little deathtraps. I enjoy the serialized format of the Saw movies too.

[fridaynightdestination]

This movie isn't a horror movie, but the most disturbing movie I've seen is The Untold Story of Emmemt Till

I can't think of any, but I've seen plenty of horror movies.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Sounds like we have similar taste in horror flicks! (Heh, I bought that collection, too!) And yeah, Freddy's appeal has always sort of been his slightly comical approach. He manages to make slaughtering hapless teens look fun, somehow. And I love how he always used their fears against them in the most bizarre and imaginative ways possible. Pinhead is awesome, of course. I understand why some don't like the 4th movie, but I actually liked the background on him. It made him more interesting to me. And even a little sympathetic.

Ah, Bruce. Have you seen The Man With the Screaming Brain, My Name is Bruce, or Bubbahotep? Those are all classic B-movie fare, and yes,
aside from Army of Darkness (aka Evil Dead 3), Hercules and Xena were my intro to him, as well. I also loved how he had cameos (along with that infamous car) in all three of the Spider-Man movies, as well as in The Grudge. Then again, Raimi has always had a habit of torturing Bruce with that car, LOL! It goes back to the Evil Dead movies, actually. :trazz: You really SHOULD watch them- the first one was unintentionally funny, but when the second came out, he decided to heck with it, and made it corny on purpose! It's because of those movies I started watching Burn Notice- Bruce playing Sam was the main draw for me.... :twink:

[yipster32]

I'm a HUGE horror buff.
I gotta say, I loved the original Evil Dead a lot, the new one was good, but once it got to the blood rain scene i was kind of done with the movie. If they copied it exactly like the original, probably would have liked it a lot more.
Agreed about Nightmare on Elm Street, Robert Englund is the one and only Freddy in my opinion.
I am a big fan of James Wan- love the original Saw, Insidious and the Conjuring the most. I do like Dead Silence, but I know how corny that one is lol. and Saw is my personal favorite horror movie of all time.
Disturbing wise, I gotta go with the original Nightmare on Elm Street and original Hellraiser movies. For the years they both came out (1984 and 1987 respectively), those were creepy movies with creepy as heck storylines, that still creep me out today.

[Wildcat]

Ive always found the Final Destination movies kinda scary cause freak accidents are actually possible. Have yet to see the last 2 made.

Favorite series are the Chucky movies. Gave me nightmares as a kid.

Evil Dead remake was just a gorefest imo. Freddy remake was boring. I don't know. It didn't bother me too much it wasn't Robert Englund just didn't feel a sense of urgency.

[TMNT_Guy]

The first Evil Dead movie caused me to have an out of body experience.

[blindturtle02]

Ya know Duckie, I think I might have seen most of one of the evil dead flicks years ago. Had something to do with him going back to mideval times, and I think I remember something about him beating the crap out of a smaller version of himself at some point. Oh yeah, he is hysterical in the Spider-Man movies. I especially enjoyed him as the snooty usher in the 2nd one. Ted, Sam Raimi's younger brother, tends to show up with Bruce quite a bit if memory serves me correctly. I think they have great chemistry as actors. I've only seen them acting side by side in Herc and Xena but I'm betting they've done other stuff together. Yeah def, I also liked Pinhead's origins. They did touch on that just a little in HellRaiser II: Hellbound. Not all that much in that one, so I was glad they expanded upon it later.

Yeah Yipster, I think the original Hellraiser is very disturbing which is probably why it both scares and appeals to me simultaneously. Uncle Frank isn't quite as scary as Pinhead, but I imagine he looks horrific when we first see him being um reborn so to speak. Not being able to see, I picture some horrid thing which is all sinew, exposed brain, pus-ridden, all that. The squishy sounds he makes while he moves help allot. I think out of all the villains from horror movies, I most certainly wouldn't want to encounter ol Franky in the dark. I mean, the guy was repulsive enough with flesh in tact. Julia got a similar makeover when she returned in II, and I have to say that freaked me out even more. Me thinks her new exterior certainly seemed to mirror her personality in that film. Some people have told me they dislike the added character of Dr. Channard in Hellbound, but I enjoyed his plot thread dealing with his fixation on hell. He certainly got what he deserved in the end. I have an older cousin who saw both the first two films when they were released in theaters back then, and she says she still gets the creeps while watching them. I was of course much too young to have seen those, but caught them years later and loved every second of them. I also liked III and IV quite allot. Yeah I love Saw too. It's one of my all time fav horror movies as well. I still remember seeing the first trailers tagged on to other films and thinking,"Another slasher film? Man, haven't we seen enough of these?" I was pleasantly surprised when a friend asked me to watch it some years ago. That thing is a masterpiece. I liked the first one well enough to spend money on the 2nd when it was released in theaters, and I'm usually the type of person to wait for DVD releases.

Wildcat, still haven't gotten around to seeing the Final Destination films. Should totally get to those because I hear they're great. I tend to fear dying via freak accident, so those really ought to keep me up nights. Ah well, that's what horror movies are supposed to do.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

I've always found the Final Destination movies kinda scary cause freak accidents are actually possible. Have yet to see the last 2 made.


Ugh, after the first two, I REFUSE to ever watch any of those movies again. They're cursed. Seriously. I've seen the first two FD movies twice each, and every time, something has happened to me after seeing it. Like, I'm talking accident and injury. EVERY TIME. Within a day of watching it. So- no, never watching those again.


Ya know Duckie, I think I might have seen most of one of the evil dead flicks years ago. Had something to do with him going back to mideval times, and I think I remember something about him beating the crap out of a smaller version of himself at some point. Oh yeah, he is hysterical in the Spider-Man movies. I especially enjoyed him as the snooty usher in the 2nd one. Ted, Sam Raimi's younger brother, tends to show up with Bruce quite a bit if memory serves me correctly. I think they have great chemistry as actors. I've only seen them acting side by side in Herc and Xena but I'm betting they've done other stuff together. Yeah def, I also liked Pinhead's origins. They did touch on that just a little in HellRaiser II: Hellbound. Not all that much in that one, so I was glad they expanded upon it later.


Wildcat, still haven't gotten around to seeing the Final Destination films. Should totally get to those because I hear they're great. I tend to fear dying via freak accident, so those really ought to keep me up nights. Ah well, that's what horror movies are supposed to do.


Yeah, that would have been Army of Darkness you saw. It's the third film in the series, and my personal favorite. He read from the Necronomicon, and ended up in the Dark Ages. He has to try to get back home, so they send him out to retrieve the book, only he botches it and unleashes an army of undead. Hilarity ensues.

I always loved Bruce as Autolacus, and Ted playing Joxar, the inept "sidekick" from Herc and Xena. They also both appeared in The Grudge, and Ted shows up in a little-known vampire movie called Innocent Blood (with Anthony Lapaglia of Without a Trace) as well. That is one of my favorite vampire movies of all time- for reasons that will be obvious to anyone who has seen it- sexy vamp chick, Mobsters, an undercover cop, lots of humor, and sex with handcuffs.... Great flick....

My advice on Final Destination- DON'T!!!! Okay, I'm biased (see above) but I just have really bad feelings about those movies in general. Not that they ever scared me, but I have this odd superstitious aversion to them due to things that have happened after seeing them. One of which even left a scar....

[Peanut]

Human Centipede, especially 2...or that movie where the Green Goblin gets his dong jerked and then crushed. That's pretty f*cked.

[Kanon]

The last final destination movie was so damn scary!
I was thinking about a laser operation on my eyes (hate wearing glasses) and was so shocked about the scene with the girl in this clinic, where the laser machine freaked out. :x
I will happily wear glasses forever!!!

[discordiatookie]

. If they copied it exactly like the original, probably would have liked it a lot.

But then it would've been boring, like the pointless shot for shot Psycho remake. I liked that they done there own thing...


Human Centipede, especially 2...or that movie where the Green Goblin gets his dong jerked and then crushed. That's pretty f*cked.

Ha, Antichrist! I found it to be mostly a borefest personally, with some disturbing scenes throughout.

The first two Hellraisers were pretty decent for disturbing me when I was a kid (the killing people to bring the main guy back from the dead and him rebuilding his body, and the self harmer cutting their arm over the mattress come to mind) and the first Nightmare on Elm Street (when the girl is dragging herself through the school in the body bag).

I think being a kid and watching horrors ( like from 8+) steeled me for them nowadays, I mostly just think that they are awesome and it takes a lot to shock / horrify / disturb me. That said, the most recent film that did was Martyrs. Had me thinking for days afterwards about it. What else was creepy was that every time the main girl sees her freaky ghost imagination woman, my son, who was a baby (still is - 19 months) was sleeping in the other side of the flat in his bed, would let out a cry over the baby monitor. Every time she came on screen. Proper freaked me out...

[yipster32]

I liked the first few final destination movies, the ones after those just suck.
I love original horror stuff- thinking about other ones that freaked me out when I was younger- pet sematary, the omen, poltergeist, It, the shining. There are so many more.

[Lethal Lullaby]

Hmm. I think for me (atm) the most disturbing movie would have to be Sick Nurses. It's a 2007 thai horror movie. (I still like it)

Especially because of this scene, which, by the way, is pretty gorey, and disturbing, and yep..

xKvjh5NiiMc

[Redeemer]

When I was younger the horror movie that disturbed me the most was probably "House on Haunted Hill" The opening scene with the good doctor dissecting someone while they were a wake sent a freighting chill down my spine."
"Childs play 2" also got me. Chucky tearing off his own damn hand and putting a knife in it :o.

I can't think of any modern horror movies that creep me out. Modern movie if I have to list one is "Insidious". The old women staring back at you, I wanted to punch out the television :lol:

[AT-Man]

I guess I still gotta go with the ones that at some point of my life scared me the most, and those are Ringu 1 and 2, and Grudge. Eden Lake was pretty disturbing too, but annoying as well.

[demonsweat]

Hmm. I think for me (atm) the most disturbing movie would have to be Sick Nurses. It's a 2007 thai horror movie. (I still like it)

Especially because of this scene, which, by the way, is pretty gorey, and disturbing, and yep..

xKvjh5NiiMc

Funny, I just did a review on this for a site a write for. That scene was great! But I gotta be honest, the rest of the movie was a total snore for me.

For disturbing, you'll definately find a few gems in Asian horror. Off the top of my head... the Guinea Pig series, Naked Blood, Imprint (Miike) and Dumplings are all solid picks.

[yipster32]

Dumplings was awesome. The three extremes movies were disturbing in general. Another asian horror that was freaky was battle royale. Audition had that one freaky scene, otherwise movie was boring as hell.

[Lethal Lullaby]

I guess I still gotta go with the ones that at some point of my life scared me the most, and those are Ringu 1 and 2, and Grudge. Eden Lake was pretty disturbing too, but annoying as well.

I feel a little better knowing that I'm not the only one, who thought the Grudge was scary. I had nightmares about Saeki Kayako? a few times after watching it.

The Human Centipede for me was disturbing in the sense of the idea of it.

The ABC's of death (as much as it SUCKED imo) had some pretty disturbing parts in it as well.

[demonsweat]

Dumplings was awesome. The three extremes movies were disturbing in general. Another asian horror that was freaky was battle royale. Audition had that one freaky scene, otherwise movie was boring as hell.

Agree about Audition. I never understood why people liked that one so much, it's so dull until the end. Ichi the Killer is a better movie, IMO.

Battle Royale is one of my all time faves. The manga it's based off of is good too, but a little more rapey.

[RaphAndDonnie]

Speaking of Japanese horror films one I've always wanted to see was "The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty" which inspired Shigesato Itoi to make Giygas from Earthbound.

[ObiWanFan4life]

Hmm, I'm surprised no one brought up A Serbian Film or Akira, those were pretty messed up.

[yipster32]

Agree about Audition. I never understood why people liked that one so much, it's so dull until the end. Ichi the Killer is a better movie, IMO.

Battle Royale is one of my all time faves. The manga it's based off of is good too, but a little more rapey.

Cant forget about Oldboy. What a freaky story that one has. Havent seen the American version yet

[shuriken]

Not so much horror, but Ex-Drummer is one of the most disturbing effed up movies I've seen. Everyone in that movie is just such a terrible person.

[Icebot]

I would say "Scream".

[Slap-Happy]

High Tension f*cked me up when I saw some of it. Still haven't seen the rest of it.

[blindturtle02]

I would say "Scream".

Yeah, Scream was disturbing alright. I get jumpy whenever my phone rings after seeing the series. No one's bugged me about scary movies or stalked me, so that's nice. It's always someone trying to sell me something, which is scary in itself!

[Mzx10484]

"Wrong Turn" is a really sick and disturbing movie. :o :o :o
"Blair Witch Project" in another way ... :o

[yipster32]

High Tension f*cked me up when I saw some of it. Still haven't seen the rest of it.

absolutely LOVE high tension!

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Hmm, I'm surprised no one brought up A Serbian Film or Akira, those were pretty messed up.

I will certainly agree about Akira. That scene with the giant toys and the milk filling the room was pretty messed up, and so was Tetsuo's hallucination at the beginning.

[Kanon]

There is one thing wrong with the television rating in Germany.
Do you guys know the old "Watership down" movie from 1987, where the cute little bunnys fight to death?
It`s ranked for 6year old kids here!
I watched it at this age and was so damn scared, that I couldnd stand the image of Bunnys for a whole month!

[ObiWanFan4life]

There is one thing wrong with the television rating in Germany.
Do you guys know the old "Watership down" movie from 1987, where the cute little bunnys fight to death?
It`s ranked for 6year old kids here!
I watched it at this age and was so damn scared, that I couldnd stand the image of Bunnys for a whole month!

Oh, I remember that. Yeah, that was pretty screwed up.

[Kanon]

Oh, I remember that. Yeah, that was pretty screwed up.

I am totally sorry. It`s not a horror movie, it`s a british animated adventure drama film. :P
But it did scared me soo bad then. :ohwell:

[Ninjinister]

A Serbian Film. For the love of everything good, don't even google that.

[Cowabung-Gal]

When A Stranger Calls, the original 1979 version. Especially the first 15 minutes.

It’s so scary to me because of how simply realistic it is. Imagine being stalked by an unseen person during the 70s, before there were security cameras or smartphones. You’re sitting alone in the house and a stranger keeps calling you and is even saying that he wants your blood all over him. The whole time you think the call is coming from outside the house and that he’s watching you through the windows. Then you find out that the call is actually coming from inside the house. He could be behind a dark corner or upstairs, and he could strike at any moment.

Man, that’s just…terrifying.

Not everyone believes in ghosts or monsters or aliens, but one thing that is real without dispute is a murderous stalker.

[IMJ]

When A Stranger Calls, the original 1979 version. Especially the first 15 minutes.

It’s so scary to me because of how simply realistic it is. Imagine being stalked by an unseen person during the 70s, before there were security cameras or smartphones. You’re sitting alone in the house and a stranger keeps calling you and is even saying that he wants your blood all over him. The whole time you think the call is coming from outside the house and that he’s watching you through the windows. Then you find out that the call is actually coming from inside the house. He could be behind a dark corner or upstairs, and he could strike at any moment.

Man, that’s just…terrifying.

Not everyone believes in ghosts or monsters or aliens, but one thing that is real without dispute is a murderous stalker.

I forgot about that... an entire movie where the payoff is literally one line of dialog over the phone. :lol:

[joe-eyeball]

I forgot about that... an entire movie where the payoff is literally one line of dialog over the phone. :lol:

It also basically rips off the original 1974 Black Christmas film.

[Cowabung-Gal]

It also basically rips off the original 1974 Black Christmas film.

Actually both films were inspired by the urban legend “The babysitter and the man upstairs”, which dates back to the 60s.