Threads (1984). I was in shock for a week when I first saw that. No horror film has come close.
I saw that in Sheffield in my first year at university there.
Requiem for a Dream
That fridge though
That’s not the scene ppl remember
Huh? What is then? I watched it relatively recently and don’t remember anything that spooky apart from that. What like the arm?
You will never seen Jennifer connelly get fucked like that again, trust me.
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Meh. Who hasn’t done that?
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Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
Doesn’t look like it but no single other film shattered me as much as this one when I first saw it, well, in the 90s.
Man, it is such a sleeper! The title doesn’t make it obvious as a horror film, and it isn’t one of the bigger successes, but it is awesome
It is, indeed :)
Heard this title my while life, only today learned it’s a horror movie.
This was my answer too - this film really got under my skin in a way that most traditional scary films don’t, and Tim Robbins is riveting, as always. I was not prepared.
This was my answer too - this film really got under my skin in a way that most traditional scary films don’t, and Tim Robbins is riveting, as always. I was not prepared.
Neither was I. Would you have known younger me of back then it would not have come as surprise to say I was a little more than receptive to this movie. Watching it, I was absolutely terrified and shattered. Like you said, Time Robin was amazing as he often is.
The only horror that has really had an effect on me is The Descent. I think it’s the claustrophobic nature of being underground and then hunted by those things. I can’t think of any other horror that has sent a shiver literally all the way down my spine before.
Oh god that terrified me too. I haven’t seen it in years but I remember it pretty clearly. I remember screaming the first time you see thr monster
Have to ask if the version you watched is the extended (or proper) ending? There’s the US version which cuts off the true ending which is shown in the UK (at least) version. The truer ending makes it even more disturbing.
Never fea I’m british so I’ve seen the true ending. And can confirm disturbing as fuck
If you liked The Descent, you should try As Above, So Below. They felt very similar to me.
I did a super scientific study once where I monitored my heart rate while watching movies that were listed as being the scariest. The highest my heart rate went was during a scene in the movie Hereditary, where it went up to a whopping 85 bpm!
Yeah, I don’t get scared easily LMAO but the answer is Hereditary!
Scientific proof!
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The Thing (OG, of course) unreasonably scared me, so much so that while shivering during the blood test scene I was thinking to myself “This is literally all practical effects why am I so utterly terrified?”
I love that movie! IMO the practical effects make it more unsettling. It feels more real than CGI even if some of those effects look pretty fake.
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The OG was from 1951. You mean the 1982 remake.
I had the 2011 reboot in mind :P
The only time I have ever turned a horror movie off because of how uncomfortable it made me was when I was watching Jordan Peels “Us”.
All his films are worth a watch!
I’ve never heard of that what made you uncomfortable about it?
I couldn’t say exactly what it was, but I did find it unnerving. The whole tone of the movie just did something to me no other movie has done
I get that sometimes tone and atmosphere is bigger than words said
The 2004 Thai movie Shutter.
Still haunts me.
Bone Tomahawk. I am forever scarred and wish I hadn’t seen a certain part.
This one took me by total surprise & will never forget ‘that’ scene!
Loved that fun buddy cowboy movie. Such a great time… until
Honestly the closest to reality that drove me sick was the OG, Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It’s so fucking gross and terrifying.
I’ve always had a soft spot for The Exorcist.
I have so far refused to see the exorcist. I don’t think I could handle it.
Personally “Cannibal Holocaust” but apparently “A serbian film” is worse in almost every aspect. I haven’t seen that one thought. But I believe that anything worse than these two would be actual snuff movies.
A serbian film is certainly worse. But it’s also kind of cringe, because it’s JUST bad. Like when i watched that movie all i could think about was 10 edgy guys sitting in a room and think about the worst shit they could put in a movie. Bro, “newborn porn” woah sick dude.
Yeah, you hit the nail on the head. Serbian Film isn’t scary, it’s just gross and controversial.
Never been one to get scared by horror movies. I just can’t get the buy in necessary to feel scared for the characters. However, the closest to traditional horror I can think of that really was effective was Green Room. It’s intense in its loud parts and tense in it’s quiet. It’s realistic modern cult horror.
If you expand the field out a bit and look to more of a ‘leaves you with dread about reality’ effect, ‘When the Wind Blows’ is very affecting. It’s animated but the story is quite realistic.
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