What is the most disturbing Movie you've ever seen?

There are many out there, which one takes the cake?

Permalink Reply by Mark Zajac on April 4, 2008 at 5:57pm: I had read that "The Magdalene Sisters" was based on a true story but that usually means that significant alterations of reality were made. After watching the film, I watched the documentary from the extra features. All the most horrific parts of the film were just about exactly true. It all happened in a supposedly "civilized" country, not that long ago. My mother remembers walking past the Magdalene laundries, as a girl, never knowing what went on behind those closed doors.

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Permalink Reply by The Professor on April 4, 2008 at 6:08pm: I saw that in the theater and it bothered me, but not too much. Great scene where the girl shouts over and over....

For me it has always been Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. Saw it as a teen and there is absolutely no chance I'll ever watch it again.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by ILoveYouHeCried on April 4, 2008 at 9:01pm: I thought Henry was boring to be honest. I dont know if its because I watch a lot of crazy stuff or it just didnt live up the hype. All the way through I was like This is It?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Aces on April 4, 2008 at 10:25pm: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer creeped me out!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by ~*~ Erin ~*~ on May 20, 2008 at 9:22am: I thought Henry was boring in some parts too, but that family scene was disturbing to me too CHawk. Or of course the ending with Otto and the sister.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mark Zajac on April 5, 2008 at 1:46pm: Hi Marti!

I see that you rated "Schindler's List" highly. None of the images in "The Magdalene Sisters" were more intense than that. I can remember only once scene from "The Magdalene Sisters" that was more intense than the preview that is shown at Netflix. Significant sexual abuse of young women is implied but not shown.

The most harrowing part, for me, was the documentary from the bonus features, in which actual survivors look straight into the camera as they testify, with quiet dignity and poise, that most of the worst parts were true. That was the part that really wrung me out.

This film is not walk in the part. Do not let me sell you on it. I hope that I have given you enough information to let you decide for yourself.

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Permalink Reply by Obelus on June 5, 2008 at 2:28pm: I just want to say that I like your make-up. On some women it wouldn't work, but somehow it does on you.

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Permalink Reply by MrCarbohydrate on April 4, 2008 at 6:11pm: I don't think I've ever really been disturbed by a movie as a whole, though my intense disliking of Spiders kinda made "Arachnophobia" creep me out, but I have "Caligula" in my Queue now and have high hopes for being disgusted. Cheers!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Gamera_Gamera! on April 4, 2008 at 10:39pm: I completely agree. I managed to sit through the entire thing but I'm not sure how. It's laughably bad.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by ~*~ Erin ~*~ on May 20, 2008 at 9:49am: I think I have it in my instant watch. Thank God if its' there instead of a physical rental then; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Microwaved on May 15, 2008 at 7:51pm: I love Caligula. It's one of my favorites.

Peter O'Toole, there is so much to love about it, scenery chewing acting, terrible direction and hardcore footage cut into it by Penthouse editor in Chief.

MovieGirl I know you didn't care for it at all, but those of us you relish bad cinema call this one one of the Holy Grails of greatness.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by joeoftexas on April 4, 2008 at 6:20pm: Pier Paolo Pasolini's
Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975)

From imdb.com:
Plot Outline
Set in the Nazi-controlled, northern Italian state of Salo in 1944.
Four fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to
120 days of physical, mental and sexual torture.
Based on a novel by Marquis de Sade.

First part of Pier Paolo Pasolini's Trilogy of Death. The subsequent two parts were never filmed because Pasolini was murdered some months after he finished this movie. The death trilogy was intended as a complement to the previous Trilogy of Life, which includes Decameron, Il (1971), Racconti di Canterbury, I (1972) and Fiore delle mille e una notte, Il (1974).

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