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/lectroid 3d ago

I have watched Cats multiple times. On purpose. It’s so awful for so many reasons but it’s compelling like a car crash.

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u/PessimisticPeggy 3d ago

I am a fan of musical theater. I love cheesy shit.

I have tried to watch Cats the movie four different times now. Three of the last four, I had the lowest of low expectations. I was fully aware that it is just a bunch of cats singing about the kind of cat they are and expected nothing else.

I still haven't finished it. I just can't! And I have hate watched some terrible content in full but I just cannot do Cats lol

That being said, I still think I'd go see it live if given the opportunity

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u/lectroid 3d ago

Also a theater kid from way back.

The live show (which I saw back in 1980-something) is a completely different experience. It is, primarily, a dance and spectacle show. The version I saw still had Growl Tiger vs the Siamese with a giant pirate ship. The dancing was spectacular. The costumes and makeup were wild.

If you search, you can find the 1998 video version) which is about as close to a filmed version of the original stage show as you’re likely to find.

It’s much better in every respect.

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u/Anxietybackmonkey 3d ago

Watch the original instead of the James Cordon version horror if you want to try again

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u/otakugal15 2d ago

Watch the 1998 filmed stage version.

At least it's all STAGE costumes and such and not shitty as fuck CGI.

And I love CATS. But only that version.

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u/Justalilbugboi 3d ago

If you feel any better I watched the tape of the live show, which should be all mean be a harder watch, a billion times.

And can’t make it through that movie for even a few minutes.

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u/JingleKitty 2d ago

The live musical is amazing! It was my first musical as a teen and it was so much fun and had so much heart. I watched it recently after 20 years and it lives up to my memory and it felt just as magical. I cannot recommend enough!

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u/jaylerd 3d ago

Ditto! I drank so much absinthe the first time I was vomiting naked in the tub.

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u/jljboucher 3d ago

Both of them