Oh, and what about books? I remember reading Jack Ketchum's "The Girl Next Door" (recommended by a friend) on a flight to Japan around 10 years ago. It was the only book I had on the flight, so I had no other choice but to continue reading it on my 12 hour trip. The most disturbing, depressing book I've ever read, it put me in a bad mood for days. Perfect holiday reading! I've never seen the film adaptation, but there is NO WAY that they could have shown a lot of scenes that were described in the book.
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Oh, and what about books? I remember reading Jack Ketchum's "The Girl Next Door" (recommended by a friend) on a flight to Japan around 10 years ago. It was the only book I had on the flight, so I had no other choice but to continue reading it on my 12 hour trip. The most disturbing, depressing book I've ever read, it put me in a bad mood for days. Perfect holiday reading! I've never seen the film adaptation, but there is NO WAY that they could have shown a lot of scenes that were described in the book.Last edited by Iron Mego; Sep 3, '16, 12:01 AM.Comment
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Bertolucci's "The Dreamers". I stumbled upon the movie on cable one night without knowing a thing about it. Eva Green's performance is hypnotic, but the whole time it leaves this uneasiness in the pit of your stomach... that just builds to that ending.Comment
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Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom is a film I will never watch again. It's not a horror film, but it is pretty repulsive. Which is the point, but still.Comment
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It's definitely not a gross-out film, but The Witch, which came out last spring, was unsettling to me in how the family so quickly turned on each other. And also how the family's fear became a self-fulfilling prophecy.
It may not be the scariest or grossest of movies, but it's tense and has a nightmarish quality that sucked me in.Comment
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Antichrist by Lars Von Trier is an uncomfortable watch for sure.Comment
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It's definitely not a gross-out film, but The Witch, which came out last spring, was unsettling to me in how the family so quickly turned on each other. And also how the family's fear became a self-fulfilling prophecy.
It may not be the scariest or grossest of movies, but it's tense and has a nightmarish quality that sucked me in.
Series-wise:I had to drop watching the "Bates Motel" series. S1 had some really difficult scenes, especially with Norma's assaults; but this past season, gosh, I can only get thru the highlights...not watching it in whole. ...oh,&series-wise, no more heart-openings (or likes thereof) with Preacher, tx. It's why I'm even struggling through some of the animated or live action DC films. Just too much violence, for my own tastes. I'm truly mellowing out in these later years. Just give me some Minions to watch: Honestly, I think I'd rather be laughing instead.Comment
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I think I'm doing the same thing. Growing up, I was all about Halloween, Friday 13th, Motel Hell, Fangoria Magazine, etc... And nowadays, it just all seems so mean. Maybe it's because there was something a little cartoony about it all back then, but now the slate of torture porn movies have upped the hyper-real quotient. Too, I don't want to give these punk kids nowadays any ideas.Comment
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I'm a jerk, I watched the film with my wife without telling her anything about it and let her get completely blindsided (she didn't appreciate that but I envied her, she has such a pure experience with the film, I wish I could have went into it completely unprepared like that!).Comment
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Not since childhood really. Salem's Lot and Poltergeist.
I do love all kinds of horror, but I tend to prefer the supernatural horror versus films about human cruelty. I can watch an 80s slasher now because they are such products of their time, and most of the violence is either cut by the MPAA or fake looking. Even the 80s slashers seemed like they were designed with an audience of teens with their dates in mind. But the modern stuff... I don't know.
Sometimes I worry that I've desensitized myself too much. I've watched a lot of brain rot. But I also know my limits. I tend to stay away from things like Human Centipede, Hostel, or Audition. I sort of know my limits of tolerance. And I really do have a legitimate concern of desensitizing myself to scenes of torture or humiliation.
I did watch I Spit on Your Grave for the first time this summer. My curiosity got the better of me. One viewing was enough.
I do agree the modern meanness in today's extreme horror and shock cinema is a bit of a turn off.Comment
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