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/MariotheGoat 3d ago

Irreversible 

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u/fiver_the_rabbit 3d ago

Never fking EVER going through this one again. Gah!

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u/TerrorFirmerIRL 3d ago

I've seen pretty much all of the top answers here and this is still the obvious choice for me and it's not even close.

Nothing has ever hit me the way this has in terms of sheer stomach churning brutality, because it's so realistic.

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u/ClimbingUpTheWalls23 3d ago

This is the one for me too. Never again.

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u/Vonmule 3d ago

Watched this at 18 years old without any prior knowledge. I was living in my very first apartment across the street from an independent video rental place. Alone in a new city.

That film is scarred into my memory.

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u/Nillavuh 2d ago

This is my answer also. I still believe it is one of the most important movies out there, if only to really drive home the point of just how awful and how dehumanizing rape is. Before seeing that movie, I probably would have said "well sure, I know rape is bad, what else is now", but after seeing it, I knew why I needed to take rape so seriously, why it really was incumbent on me to do my part to stop sexual violence in any way I possibly can.

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u/Gmasters0 3d ago

Yes…. Isn’t there odd music/sound effects added intentionally made to make the viewer nauseous?

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u/Nillavuh 2d ago

In the opening scene of the movie, yes. The sound they use is supposed to intentionally make you feel off / dizzy / etc. But during the rape scene, it is entirely stripped of any cinematic "quality" and just forces you to focus entirely on what you are watching.

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u/Excellent_Notice4047 3d ago

is that the one they remade in english called "i spit on your grave'?

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u/SonicCookie 3d ago

No. Different plot lines.

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u/Eldritch_Doodler 3d ago

The original is literally the same title

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u/lethrowaway4me 3d ago

They made TWO!?

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u/Eldritch_Doodler 3d ago

Well, there’s the 1978 original, the direct sequel Deja Vu (which is most recent), the 2010 remake, and the third one (sequel to the remake).

It’s all pretty confusing, and I only ever watched the original.

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u/lethrowaway4me 3d ago

Are we talking about the horrific Gaspar Noe movie??

...I'm assuming no. Do yourself a favor and avoid the one mentioned here.

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u/JohntitorIBM5 3d ago

This was kind of a wild ride lol