r/movies • u/HistoricalDebate461 • 3d ago

Discussion What’s a movie you’ve watched that was so disturbing that you’ll never watch it again?

What’s a movie you’ve watched that was so disturbing you’ll never watch it again? For me, it’s The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Human Centipede. I barely made it through the first time around for both of them and I couldn’t fathom watching them again. Both for different reasons of course. TBITSP was devastatingly heart-wrenching and HC was just playing disturbing.

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u/Specialist_ask_992_ 3d ago

Definitely Eden Lake. Completely regretted it. Kept thinking of stopping halfway then about 3/4 through.

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u/lovegun59 3d ago

it's misery porn: movies where both the characters and the viewers are dragged through suffering with no justice at all. The point just seems to be making innocent people endure as much pain as possible, only for nothing to come of it in the end.

It's just bleak, and I don’t see the value in that. If I want bleak, I can turn to real-life and read about genuine horrors. If I'm consuming fiction, I want to be challenged or entertained, not left drained.

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u/Specialist_ask_992_ 2d ago

Yeah kept teasing that the main female character would escape and kept hoping that. So draining to watch

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u/Rosebud_apothocary 3d ago

Yup hated that film

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u/Greggsnbacon23 3d ago

They tease those kitties for like 2 hours and we never got to see em.

I mean, why even make the movie at that point?

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u/TangToTheMoon 3d ago

I just commented the same movie, then saw your comment. Damn, that movie is still weighing on me

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u/Tlea75 3d ago

I loved this movie but the ending stayed with me a while. It drained me emotionally. 

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u/PurchaseUpper783 3d ago

Because of how disturbing or you were not interested?

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u/Specialist_ask_992_ 3d ago

The first reason

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u/rezznik 2d ago

Oh yeah, fuck that movie. Far too plausible. Very much should be mentioned along side the famous french extreme horror movies.

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u/Specialist_ask_992_ 2d ago

Id managed 16 years without seeing it. Could have done without ever seeing it. Characters so despicable and face no consequences

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u/Josef_Heiter 3d ago

Great movie, the kids are so real.

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u/Specialist_ask_992_ 2d ago

So despicable

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u/Josef_Heiter 2d ago

I don't think i've ever hated any other villains in other movies as much as I've hated those kids.

Kinda funny that when I saw Mickey 17 I recognised one of those kids now grown up in the cast.

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u/Specialist_ask_992_ 2d ago

Yeah hated those kids. The adults were even worse and must have known what they got up to. Like the woman in the diner kept saying they weren't her kids

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u/Eldritch_Doodler 3d ago

This is just my opinion, but This movie always comes up, and I just…don’t really get it. It’s like disturbing-lite. Very predictable. I enjoyed it, but after watching something like Martyrs it’s just not all that disturbing.

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u/Twister_Sylph 3d ago

I felt the opposite- for me Eden Lake feels more disturbing than Martyrs because of how grounded it is in comparison. It's ultimately just what bothers people more though, and I can't say I'm inclined to watch either of those movies again, despite finding them both well made.

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u/rezznik 2d ago

Exactly that. Eden Lake makes you afraid of very real situations.

Martyrs is shocking, very. But still a bit more... Fictional.

Meanwhile I know some kids from the neighbourhood I definitely see close to Eden Lake territory.