films you're afraid to watch.

Akrasia

There are some films that are so powerful that once you have seen them you are afraid to ever watch them again.

Here are a few that I have seen (some of them more than once) but can't quite bring myself to watch again. (but they're still sitting on the DVD rack)

1. A Clockwork Orange.

This one doesn't need any explanation at all. Wonderful amazing film, probably the pinnacle of 20th century art, but extremely extremely disturbing. On every level, political, social, musical, sexual, artistic....... but it is a dark dark vision. The ending of the film is one of hopelessness (in contrast with the ending of the book on which the film is based). You are neither rooting for Alex, or for the political establishment, or for the apathetic sad pathetic state of the citizenry portrayed

2. Apocalypse Now.

A film about the horrors of war, becomes a film about the horrors of humanity. The main character starts off numb, accepts his mission and sinks lower and lower throughout the film until at the end, he understands completely the twisted logic of a lunatic crazed demon. he returns to the world alive but dead inside. Everything good in that film dies.
Is that war? or is it humanity?

3. Threads
This is in a different class to the first two films. It is a BBC docudrama from 1984 depicting the devastating reality of nuclear holocaust. Shocking shocking shocking shocking. and it is still, a fully realistic depiction of what would happen if our leaders went mad on MAD. It is real and the worst thing, is that the horrors of a nuclear holocaust would be entirely of our own making. And there would be no escape. never.

RoyalMarine

event horizon.
everytime i go to work i have the image im alone in a small tunnel and the lights are flickering. scares the hell out of me. i havnt seen the movie in 7 years but it still makes me shake from time to time.

the grudge 1 and the grudge 2.
obvious reasons. the noise that thing makes scares the absolute sh!te out of me.

qwertplaywert

Orginal Halloween, when Im on the house in on me own, on a storm night............

qz

The Ring ;[ (US version)

Inglorious

Irreversible - for obvious reasons.
Visitor Q - for obvious reasons.

unreggd

Crossroads

tuxy

unreggd wrote:

Crossroads

The one with Britney or the one about blues and guitar solos?

mike65

Bunch of woosies! Nothing strikes fear of a second viewing more than any Adam Sandler pic. Hardcore.

Mike.

koneko

There is a particular scene in Kairo that creeps me out to even think about, when the guy is hiding and a dark figure slowly approaches him.

Gillie

Anything with Robert Redford or Bill Pullman!

Same goes for Julia Roberts!

Petey2006

Ringu. No explaination needed.

I was terrified of watching Idi I Smotri (Come and See) before I watched it for the first time. The cover of the DVD alone lets you know it's going to be a harrowing experience. However, it's a brilliant movie and one of the best war films I've ever seen.

Pugsley

Inglorious wrote:

Visitor Q - for obvious reasons.

Agreed, very very disturbed film.

djkeogh

Audition. Bought it on DVD and watched it once. Quite the slap in the face when the story turns and gets nasty. Have been meaning to watch it again but haven't brought myself to do it yet.



Kiri kiri kiri kiri kiri kiri!

biko

Grudge 1

Ay Cee

The Birds frightened the bejesus out of me as a kid.

MoominPapa

Salo, I know its really only chocolate and biscuits but *OH NO I'm gonna throw up

Nick_oliveri

Have to agree with Audition- fcuking sick. Might give threads a go. Wish me luck.

irishbigfoot

Definitely agree with Inglorious on Irreversible- very difficult to watch. One of the friends had to stop this three times before making it to the end. I have lent my copy out once but with extreme warnings!

gustavo

I doubt I could watch the Elephant Man again , found it too emotionally draining , but brilliant:)

The Bollox

I'm afraid to watch 2001: A Space Odyssey again, not because I didn't like the film or because it freaked me out (which it did at the end) but because I am afraid I won't enjoy it as much as I did the first time. when I first watched it I wasn't expacting much and was completly blown away. a stunning, stunning film which used every camera trick available at the time and will make anyone dizzy

MikeHoncho

Event Horizon is the only film that ever scared me. I have yet to give it a second viewing. I was probably quite young when I saw it first so I wonder would it be as scary second time around. Might give it a try.

Nick_oliveri

Yeah there was a few parts in event horizon that were fairly freaky. Watched it when it came out and was quite young myself. Tryed to bring the rental back for another one but they didn't fall for it.

CiDeRmAn

I went to see Event Horizon on release, my usual cinema going mates wanted to see it so I went on my own, determined not to let it slip by...
I wound up looking at a good deal of the movie through my fingers, plenty of scares, even the incidental things, like the lightning illuminating the command deck, showing the viewer the gore around the portholes, even though our heroes are as yet ignorant, creepy.

I saw the trailer for Scanners as a kid and to this day have never been able to bring myself to watch it.

And as a youngster I was hanging around with some mates, we went into one guys house where his older siblings together with their mates were watching a pirate copy of Cat People, at 10 years old I watched a guy gave his arm ripped out of its socket, I'll never forget the sickening noise and I had nightmares for ages, to this day I won't watch it.

And despite all that, I love movies, I go to the pictures at least once a week and rarely let something pass by, its just some movies...

I may yet rent Scanners and see how I get on!

CyberGhost

Bad Moon - this movie forever scared me of werewolfs. This movie by far has the scarriest most realistic werewolf I've ever seen in any movie.
Dog Soldiers - thanks to Bad Moon
American Werewolf in Paris - ^

Event Horizon didn't scare me much tbh,

The movie that depressed/scared(not in a "scary movie" kind of way) me was Jacob's Ladder, man, that movie is heavy!

The Denouncer

Poltergeist
That scared the crap outta me, I caught it on TCM one night and gives nightmares..its scary knowing the little girl is dead a few years later, and the girl who played her older sister..the whole curse thing..you are cursed to watch it! Cursed I say!

humanji

CyberGhost wrote:

Bad Moon - this movie forever scared me of werewolfs. This movie by far has the scarriest most realistic werewolf I've ever seen in any movie.
Dog Soldiers - thanks to Bad Moon
American Werewolf in Paris - ^

Event Horizon didn't scare me much tbh,

Most likely because there were no werewolves in it!

zoos

Donnie Darko.... that film scared the bejeebus out of me! Noone else seems to agree for some reason, but that rabbit seriously freaked me out!
I think it a great film, but i will never watch it alone again!

blah

Last King of Scotland, a couple of scenes were pretty gruesome, no detail spared :eek:

CyberGhost

humanji wrote:

Most likely because there were no werewolves in it!

LOL!

You put a werewolf in a romantic comedy and I'm screaming!

humanji

Even with Teenwolf?

CyberGhost

humanji wrote:

Even with Teenwolf?

haha, no, too afraid.

ruskin

Norbit

Nick_oliveri

Norbit is teh winrar!! Poltergeist series..."mommmy"!! Or the bit in the third one with the mirrors. *goes to check wiki if anyone really died in those films.

Little man?

Wacker

Bloodsport. Collateral. The Descent. Misery. I shudder at the thought of related scenes in these movies. Ten points to whoever can identify what it is.


Also, the nails on the blackboard scene in Jaws horrifies me to no end.

Nick_oliveri

Wacker wrote:

Bloodsport. Collateral. The Descent. Misery. I shudder at the thought of related scenes in these movies. Ten points to whoever can identify what it is.

That'll be the limb breaking.

CiDeRmAn

Once again, went to see poltergeist 3 on my own, wussy mates again, once again really freaked me out, those mirrors man!

The descent, that early scene of the car accident, I just don't like seeing small kids suffer or die, especially now I have a youngster of my own.

The Bollox

okay. after seeing so many people put Event Horizon down I decided to actually watch it. what a load of shíte. not one bit scary. a few small jumpy bits but the 'atmospheric' parts didn't get me at all. I liked the acting, but it didn't have any effect on me. you guys are a load of pussies

Nick_oliveri

Ha thanks. I was 11-13 and was afraid of the dark when i seen it. Poltergeist, i have to say though, remains scary. A film good enough for family guy to rip a whole episode out of.

Wacker

Nick_oliveri wrote:

That'll be the limb breaking.

Five points for you sir. Don't spend them all in the one place.

You miss out on the other five as it is specifically leg breaks that I can't stand. The cop getting his arm broken at the start of The Matrix doesn't bother me at all, for instance.

I would also approach movies such as Irreversible and Requiem for a Dream with a certain degree of trepidation (I haven't seen the former of those two, but it's reputation precedes it).

I'm also very bad when it comes to watching horror in general, but only really while in the cinema. I actaully had to walk out of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake due to knocking-knees (stop your sniggering!), and both Saw and the Ring remake kept me from sleeping. I found the original Ring easy to watch, but that was because I watched it in the comfort of my own home.

Nick_oliveri

Requiem, theres not much i can say about that film. I heard somewhere that they show that film to schools in America. Probably bull though. I'll never watch it again.

Wacker

Nick_oliveri wrote:

Requiem, theres not much i can say about that film. I heard somewhere that they show that film to schools in America. Probably bull though. I'll never watch it again.

I'd seriously doubt that. Can you imaging a evangelical American parent (I'm not saying that all Americans are like that or anything, but it would only take one) finding out that little Timmy saw the "Ass-to-ass" scene in the classroom? The building would be burnt to the ground!

Nick_oliveri

Still though, little timmy wouldn't be taking amphetimines or smack in a hurry. Specially not the smack after seeing that scene in the car. Ewww.

And little timmina wont be selling herself for the stuff either. Omg that film is the most disturbing thing i have ever seen. Irreversible is watchable, but Requiem, although you cant look away, you still hope that theres only a couple of minutes left.

Vikings

The Bollox wrote:

okay. after seeing so many people put Event Horizon down I decided to actually watch it. what a load of shíte. not one bit scary. a few small jumpy bits but the 'atmospheric' parts didn't get me at all. I liked the acting, but it didn't have any effect on me. you guys are a load of pussies

Is that not half the point of the thread in a way? I know when I watched Event Horizon I would have only been 14/15 and it scared the bejeesus out of me... I don't want to watch it again now because it had that effect on me back then and to watch it now would only ruin it!

It's for the same reason I won't watch Tron again, such fond memories but I don't want them ruined by watching it again and realising it sucked. Meh.

The Bollox

Mustangs wrote:

Is that not half the point of the thread in a way? I know when I watched Event Horizon I would have only been 14/15 and it scared the bejeesus out of me... I don't want to watch it again now because it had that effect on me back then and to watch it now would only ruin it!

I know, I was just a little annoyed that it wasn't as scary as I had thought it would be seeing how many people named it here

Gillie

Nick_oliveri wrote:

Still though, little timmy wouldn't be taking amphetimines or smack in a hurry. Specially not the smack after seeing that scene in the car. Ewww.

And little timmina wont be selling herself for the stuff either. Omg that film is the most disturbing thing i have ever seen. Irreversible is watchable, but Requiem, although you cant look away, you still hope that theres only a couple of minutes left.

I have to fúckin see this movie!!!:eek:

Gauge

Eraserhead is one of the few films I haven't been able to watch more than once. Really disturbing stuff. I can appreciate it but I didn't enjoy it at all.

Aside from that, Misery, Requiem for a Dream and Audition were films I did enjoy, but probably would not watch again because they made me feel uncomfortable.

On a lighter note, most Ben Stiller movies. I can't stand watching people being humiliated and movies like Meet the Parents just make me cringe through the whole thing, so unpleasant to watch

Nick_oliveri

I found Eraserhead quite strange. Then i felt like i was going mad. Watched the whole thing though.

I know what you mean about uncomfortable movies like that. I could probably name a few ones you might (not?) like but me memorys a bit dodgey these days!

faceman

Nick_oliveri wrote:

I found Eraserhead quite strange. Then i felt like i was going mad. Watched the whole thing though.

do you know the story about when it was screen in the IFC (as it was known then in Dublin) when it came out? The projectionist assembled the film wrong, reel 2 was shown before reel 1. The gas part was no one in the audience copped!! The film is just that strange!

Gauge

I've heard that story lots of times in relation to other films, Pulp Fiction being one... surely it's an urban legend?

Edit: And Tideland. Aesthetically, it was beautiful but it just made me feel freaked out and depressed I love Gilliam's movies but I could tell the second I saw his little 'Disclaimer' at the beginning that it wasn't going to be a fun movie...

great unwashed

Gilliam's Brazil is somehow politically freaky; Event Horizon is rotten and films by Mike Leigh especially Naked used to be kept at arms length - millenarian claustrophobia.

Xaniaj

The one that really stands out for me is...Horror Express. I saw it when I was younger (not sure when, between 8-12 I'd say) and it freaked the hell out of me. It was on tv years later but I couldn't watch it...