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Films that Haunt you

  • 17-11-2009 7:31pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,545 ✭✭✭


    And by that I dont literally mean horrors or films that scare you..........although on second thoughts horrors could be included. But you know what I mean, films that stay with you long after the final credits have rolled. For me it was "A waltz with Bashir." Theres not a day goes by that I dont think about that film, deep and profound stuff. I dont actually know why it haunts me but its just one of those films that hits something inside of me. Terence malick films have the same effect on me, especially the thin red line.
    Anyway what are the films that haunt you? And why(if you can figure it out)?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,081 ✭✭✭ziedth


    tunguska wrote: »
    And by that I dont literally mean horrors or films that scare you..........although on second thoughts horrors could be included. But you know what I mean, films that stay with you long after the final credits have rolled. For me it was "A waltz with Bashir." Theres not a day goes by that I dont think about that film, deep and profound stuff. I dont actually know why it haunts me but its just one of those films that hits something inside of me. Terence malick films have the same effect on me, especially the thin red line.
    Anyway what are the films that haunt you? And why(if you can figure it out)?

    Good idea for a thread,

    my choice would be somewhat random but the ending of the film mickybo and me when
    young mickybo has a chat with his dead da
    really got to me more then any other "sad" ending. guess a combination of personal experience and a well shot scene but it would def my my pick.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭Morlar


    My vote goes to the original dutch movie of The Vanishing


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 407 ✭✭CliffHuxtabel


    the final frame of 'Gallipoli'


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 115 ✭✭fionnmar


    the lives of others - how the regime you live under can impact your soul
    great thread


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,236 ✭✭✭Tomohawk


    "Come and See" 1985, I know there all just actors but it's a fairly chilling depiction of war and humanity. The village burning scenes are nightmarish. There is tremendous use of sound design throughout also.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,160 ✭✭✭✭banshee_bones


    Possibly more than one I think..... Off the top of my head though

    American Beauty....City of God......American History X.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭kenon


    Tremors...:eek:

    tremors.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,677 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    Requiem for a dream.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭Vertigo100


    Irreversible!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,857 ✭✭✭Valmont


    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) put me off eating chicken for quite a while and I still feel sick thinking about it.

    The Blair Witch Project gave me a solid and immovable fear of the woods at night. I only really got over it the last year or two camping in bear country where I had other things to worry about.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭MikeC101


    fionnmar wrote: »
    the lives of others - how the regime you live under can impact your soul
    great thread

    Second this one. The whole movie really makes an impact, but the final scene where
    Wiesler, so far removed from his former position and delivering leaflets, buys a copy of Sonata for a Good Man, having seen the dedication to him, and is asked by the clerk "Do you want it wrapped?". "No, it's for me." Absolutely fantastic last line for the movie. Kind of sad but uplifting at the same time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,114 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    The Ice Storm is a film that has stuck in my memory and will not leave. The ice is incredibly beautiful, but when it comes, people are at its mercy in ways they would never imagine ... :eek:

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    Martyrs: It dwarfs Requiem for a dream and Irreversible for leaving you with that hollow feeling of dread.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,114 ✭✭✭doctor evil


    Mysterious Skin for me along with Requiem for a Dream

    Was A waltz with Bashir released in Ireland?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭bringitdown


    Dancer in the Dark, lots of people think is uppity ****e but the last scene had me white faced.

    Dead Man's Shoes, feck its nail biting stuff.

    And finally, Alone in the Dark ... the thought that such a film can exist and more that someone sat down, planned, scripted and filmed it, is utterly devastating on the mind.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭deman


    Threads. Thank God I didn't see it during the 80s when it came out. A brilliant yet terrible film.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭DinnyBatman


    Into The Wild.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,439 ✭✭✭Skinfull


    Exorcism of Emily Rose
    Frailty...the possibilities...O_o


  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    The rape scene
    in Irreversible disturbed me for the longest time.


  • Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Irreversible
    Monica Bellucci finding out she was pregnant before the rape (end of the film) was pretty haunting.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,413 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Dear Zachary:A Letter to a Son About His Father - you'll go through so many emotions watching this film that by the end of it, you'll be left feeling absolutely numb.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Schism


    Was A waltz with Bashir released in Ireland?

    Yes.

    I know you don't mean scares but [rec] was in my mind for weeks afterwards. I still shudder thinking about it. (Kind of makes me want to see it again :confused:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    For me it has to be Oldboy for like a day after it i was in a sort of daze thinking to myself how i would react if it happened to me :eek:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    Jack Ketchums The Girl Next Door (no,not the crappy "comedy" of the same name)
    The fact its based on a true story makes it much tougher to watch.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,417 ✭✭✭The Pontiac


    +1 for The Ice Storm.One of Ang Lee's finest films!

    Mar adentro (aka The Sea Inside). This is an amazing film, based on the true-life story of Ramon Sampedro, who fought for 30 years to end his own life through euthanasia. This film is almost perfectly made in every sense, and truly deserved the 1995 Oscar for 'Best Foreign Film'. It stayed with me for a long time..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,005 ✭✭✭Ann22


    'Song For A Raggy Boy' without competition:(. I couldn't get it out of my head for ages.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭charlie_says


    deman wrote: »
    Threads. Thank God I didn't see it during the 80s when it came out. A brilliant yet terrible film.

    I think that is one of the most profound anti war films I have ever seen. I felt numb afterwards.

    In fact, I think you can watch the whole thing on google video (it is only available in crap quality on sale, as it was 1984 TV only so it makes no difference really).

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2023790698427111488#

    Do see this if you haven't already. Be prepared for a mindf*ck though, the final shot is just haunting.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 85 ✭✭knightmare


    Last Exit to Brooklyn.
    Don't think I'll ever forget it - Its from the same author as Requiem for a Dream.
    Last scene is just horrible.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Inside, its ****ing nasty,one of those movies where you nearly need a hug after watching it


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,413 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    One of the scenes that haunted me as a child..



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,497 ✭✭✭quarryman


    basquille wrote: »
    One of the scenes that haunted me as a child..


    most definately, scared the crap out of me. Great ending.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,760 ✭✭✭Theta


    Vertigo100 wrote: »
    Irreversible!

    Gets my vote. Esp the scene where
    he caves his face in with the fire extinguisher


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Come and see - without a doubt.

    That desaturated close-up shot of the boy as he stares into oblivion was the shot that hit home. That chorus music in the background made it all the more haunting.

    Cracker of a film I've been trying to get the lad's to watch for so long but they won't because they're tasteless bastards who won't watch a subtitled film and instead will enjoy the likes of White Chicks!

    Missed Letters To Iwo Jima so the fùckers could enjoy that horror of celluloid.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,545 ✭✭✭tunguska


    Mysterious Skin for me along with Requiem for a Dream

    Was A waltz with Bashir released in Ireland?

    Yes Dr.evil, A waltz with Bashir was released here in Ireland. I went to see it in cineworld, think it played for only one week though. Great experience, everybody just sat there mesmerized even after the credits had finished rolling.

    Some great films being mentioned here. Ive never seen irreverible myself but I am aware of it and what its about. Just never got around to watching it, but will definitely give it a go now.
    Another film that haunts me which I forgot to mention is The Parallax view, especially the ending......And I suppose while Im mentioning the Parallax view I have to mention Klute aswell.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer

    fondue_henryportraitofaserialkiller_wideweb__470x328,0.jpg


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,736 ✭✭✭fluke


    I remember seeing The Wicker Man (the original one) and Planet Of The Apes (again the original) back when the last picture show used to be on RTE. I saw both of these around the same time of year and both had endings which disturbed me for ages. When i saw this thread they were the first movies that came to mind.

    Blair Witch also.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,835 ✭✭✭unreggd


    The "Head on a stick" scene from Wolf Creek

    The 2nd half of that movie in general scared the crap outta me :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 96 ✭✭PJW


    I did'nt go see it in the theatre when it was out but I got a copy months ago on DVD then about three weeks ago I noticed it on the DVD rack and decided to watch it.... I Am Legend.

    Well the movie overall was disappointing but for some strange reason it wont let go of my mind, I think about it every day since I watched it and I cant understand fully why, It comes into my head at night when I'm pulling the curtains and locking up the house for the night. It might have something to do with the early evenings and saying goodbye to the natural light?? Then I think of it again when I hear about swine flue and the mass vaccinations, earie.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Gauge


    Eraserhead. Great movie, but I will never ever watch it again. That baby haunted me for weeks and weeks.

    "Oh, you ARE sick!"- scared me more than any jump scare in any other movie I've seen :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭deman


    basquille wrote: »
    One of the scenes that haunted me as a child..


    Still can't bring myself to watch it :D

    Ah well, why not?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,458 ✭✭✭✭gandalf


    Saw one on Friday at the IFI for the French Film Festival which was absolutely excellent. It made you sad, joyful, hopeful and made you dispair all in one film. The lead actress was absolutely brilliant and the cinematography was perfect for the subject matter.

    The film was called Séraphine and I would recommend it to people who like intelligent films and aren't scared of subtitles.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 669 ✭✭✭Photi


    I'd have to second Requiem For A Dream, one of those films that is burned into your memory banks and leaves a numbing sense of dread in you for weeks afterwards.

    I'll also add the Romanian Palme D'or winning film 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days to the list. Extremely difficult viewing and is not shaken off easily.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 24 paddysmith


    The Truman Show. Just that everything you have ever known in your life has just been part of a TV show and everyone you know is just an actor :eek:. Scary ****.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,375 ✭✭✭fonpokno


    Platoon stayed with me especially the part
    where they burn down the village and half the soldiers rape the girls
    .

    The Pianist stuck with me too, just disturbing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,785 ✭✭✭✭Snake Plisken


    another vote for Irreversible I could only ever watch it once it really wrecked my head for all the wrong reasons
    Seeing the beautiful Alex getting raped and then beating and she being pregnant really sickened me and then the killing in La Rectum where the actually scum rapist (the tapeworm) gets away with it and watches another man get beaten to a pulp with a fire extinguisher, also the person who walks into the background of the tunnel represents us, as we would look at this scene in front of us and turn away and not help the victim, there is a good review on why this is the most disturbing/haunting movie in the following link https://www.greencine.com/central/disturbingfilmsNo1


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 897 ✭✭✭oxygen_old


    knightmare wrote: »
    Last Exit to Brooklyn.
    Don't think I'll ever forget it - Its from the same author as Requiem for a Dream.
    Last scene is just horrible.

    +1 for Last Exit to Brooklyn. The end scene, the beginning scene in the apartment, the scene in the cafe, and about 20-30 scenes around the movie.

    v depressing movie


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭Dave Roe


    Gauge wrote: »
    Eraserhead. Great movie, but I will never ever watch it again. That baby haunted me for weeks and weeks.
    (
    Listen to the Dead Kennedys, it can haunt you forever.

    "But in my room
    Wish you were dead
    You bawl like the baby
    In Eraserhead."

    Haunting scenes, the part in 'Downfall' where one of the assistants in the bunker emotioanally blurts out to a despondent Hitler - 'Oh! Do not lose your faith in the final victory!'

    And for some reason, the part in 'Wild at Heart' where their car pulls up in front of the shack where we already know that Nicolas Cage's assasins are waiting.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,225 ✭✭✭fillefatale


    Grey Gardens, La Double Vie de Veronique are two that spring to mind atm


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,331 ✭✭✭✭bronte


    Another vote for The Wickerman....freaks me the hell out! :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭poppet84


    The mist! So many things but mainly the final scene!!!I couldn't believe it!


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