Did a movie ever creep you out to the point of being uncomfortable watching it ?

[cjefferys]

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.

[enyawd72]

I saw the Blair Witch Project when it first hit theatres and before people knew they were just actors. To this day it's the only film that scared me as an adult. I was literally shaking about 3/4 of the way through it.

[Iron Mego]

I've had a copy of "A Serbian Film" on my hard drive for several years now, and haven't watched it yet, I've heard such nasty things about it I'm almost afraid to watch it. And believe me, I've watched plenty of f'ed up films!

Yeah, I think this is one I'm going to stay away from. I've read the plot, and I don't need to see the images that go along with it.

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.

Oddly enough I just added this movie to my Amazon watch list.

[sprytel]

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.

[Iron Mego]

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.

[knight errant00]

I had to turn Audition off near the end and then come back to it the next day.

[Mikey]

^ watched a few clips from it years ago on the internet.

The throw up scene was enough to tell me I don't wanna see any more of it.

[madmarva]

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.

[Iron Mego]

Antichrist by Lars Von Trier is an uncomfortable watch for sure.

[comicmike]

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.

Agreed. I had a hard time getting thru some of those Witch scenes too, ugh. That inital Witch scene taking yhe baby, and that final scene...gross,aomething about that flesh-n-blood stuff, Skip,skip,skipping past those scenes....

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.

[Boy_Wonder_1978]

I Spit On Your Grave is very uncomfortable to watch.

What's more uncomfortable than that?

The wave of I Spit On Your Grave sequels...

+1 This would be the top of my list for uncomfortable watching.

[YoungOnce]

.... 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.

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.

[cjefferys]

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.

Honestly, I can't remember a thing about the film except for Eva Green's delightful scenes.

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.

Yeah, that was a real feel good film wasn't it?

I had to turn Audition off near the end and then come back to it the next day.

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!).

[Hedji]

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.

[Mikey]

I love the revenge stuff on I Spit .... but I always have to FF over the rape stuff.