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Manifestor_of_Light

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79. Yes, there are kids' films that can be really disturbing if you're sensitive.
Wed Oct 16, 2013, 01:22 PM
Oct 2013

Disney movies can be traumatic too. Hell, when I was a toddler, two or three, I saw The Blob and the Incredible Shrinking Man and Mothra, and I got the shit scared out of me, because I was entirely too young to see them. Those were very mild by today's standards. If I'd been older, they wouldn't have been traumatic.

Alfred Hitchcock knew how to produce suspense without showing blood.

Also, I don't understand why overwhelming numbers of TV shows and movies are about stalking women and violence against women. Does this tell men that it's OK to commit violence against women, or is it a reflection of the social attitude that it's OK to commit violence against women? Or is it both??

I say that condoning violence against men and children is wrong as well.

My daughter made me watch some movies that she likes. I guess she was hoping I would get something out of them. I didn't. I watched Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill 2 (I think).
I remember nothing about them. Stylized, abstracted blood spatters & violence in Kill Bill just baffled me.

She also made me watch Dude Where's My Car? and Beavis and Butthead Do America. I got a lot more out of those two movies.

I made her watch The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam, which is my favorite movie of all time. More info: www.greatomar.com

"Salň, or the 120 Days of Sodom "... TreasonousBastard Oct 2013 #1
Anything by Passolini sharp_stick Oct 2013 #39
Ironically, his The Gospel According to St. Matthew is the best "Jesus movie" ever made Tom Ripley Oct 2013 #66
I had forgotten all about that one sharp_stick Oct 2013 #84
"A Boy and His Dog" HarveyDarkey Oct 2013 #2
Don't tell antiquie Oct 2013 #4
I LOVED A Boy and His Dog! nolabear Oct 2013 #43
You just loved a very, very young Don Johnson HarveyDarkey Oct 2013 #53
I don't know if it was because of or in spite of him. nolabear Oct 2013 #58
Oh God yes LiberalEsto Oct 2013 #64
Breaking the Waves always comes to mind petronius Oct 2013 #3
My vote for most depressing movie of all time. Sick AND depressing. nolabear Oct 2013 #44
Eraserhead Puzzledtraveller Oct 2013 #5
Game Change graywarrior Oct 2013 #6
"Django" comes to mind. Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 #7
I'll second that. I just saw it recently and I agree RebelOne Oct 2013 #9
n/m JonLP24 Oct 2013 #16
I believe it was called "Django Unchained". Was there more than one? Smarmie Doofus Oct 2013 #30
Before my edit JonLP24 Oct 2013 #31
I'll third this Myrina Oct 2013 #29
Urotsukidoji kentauros Oct 2013 #8
Cabin Fever. The bath scene (shudder) Taverner Oct 2013 #10
Howard the Duck or Short Circuit 2 NightWatcher Oct 2013 #11
Irréversible. Chan790 Oct 2013 #12
I saw that. Xyzse Oct 2013 #19
I agree mockmonkey Oct 2013 #60
Eating Joe's intestines. BlueJazz Oct 2013 #92
Reservoir Dogs RobinA Oct 2013 #13
That was the first movie that came to my mind too, athough I've seen worse since. PassingFair Oct 2013 #17
Sin City was pretty bad Auggie Oct 2013 #14
I hated hated HATED that movie. Frank Cannon Oct 2013 #54
I nearly walked out too Auggie Oct 2013 #56
Dead / Alive JonLP24 Oct 2013 #15
I was going to mention this one raptor_rider Oct 2013 #75
There is one movie that I am not willing to see. Xyzse Oct 2013 #18
I was going to mention that, but I've never seen it. Frank Cannon Oct 2013 #55
Seriously... Xyzse Oct 2013 #59
It does live up to its "hype" Tom Ripley Oct 2013 #65
You actually watched it? Xyzse Oct 2013 #69
I hear that the movie is actually a political statement. Frank Cannon Oct 2013 #88
Yeah... Same here. Xyzse Oct 2013 #95
I Spit on Your Grave 2 was pretty god-awful Orrex Oct 2013 #20
The original "I Spit On Your Grave" was pretty disturbing to me aint_no_life_nowhere Oct 2013 #21
I met and chatted with Camille Keaton last month Orrex Oct 2013 #23
"Inside" or "A l'Interieur" skypilot Oct 2013 #22
Cannibal Holocaust and Philosophy of a Knife Tom Ripley Oct 2013 #24
"Wild At Heart", another David Lynch film. Aristus Oct 2013 #25
Requiem for a Dream LonePirate Oct 2013 #26
^^ this ^^ bunnies Oct 2013 #38
"Ass to ass." Frank Cannon Oct 2013 #57
The only Jennifer Connolly nude scene that I don't revisit from time to time. Tom Ripley Oct 2013 #67
Hard to say, but I'll make a list of the first ones that come to mind. ZombieHorde Oct 2013 #27
That is a pretty good comprehensive first comes to mind selection. Tom Ripley Oct 2013 #70
I own well over a hundred fucked up horror movies, ZombieHorde Oct 2013 #80
Faces of Death One_Life_To_Give Oct 2013 #28
"Man Bites Dog" is up there, and hasn't been mentioned yet cemaphonic Oct 2013 #32
Why does anybody watch violent, bloody, negative movies? Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2013 #33
Because they are awesome and beautiful and fun. nt ZombieHorde Oct 2013 #50
That's sort of pipi_k Oct 2013 #63
Yes, there are kids' films that can be really disturbing if you're sensitive. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2013 #79
One of the scariest pipi_k Oct 2013 #82
My answer is literally Classic: For catharsis. Tom Ripley Oct 2013 #72
Event Horizon Paulie Oct 2013 #34
That one is easy "Night and Fog"...only 32 minutes... Stuart G Oct 2013 #35
Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie Initech Oct 2013 #36
Birth of a Nation. nt alphafemale Oct 2013 #37
Freaks. It's a masterpiece that will stick with you forever. nt Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #40
Gooble Gobble! alphafemale Oct 2013 #42
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre edbermac Oct 2013 #41
The Passion of the Christ valerief Oct 2013 #45
I really enjoyed that movie. nt ZombieHorde Oct 2013 #51
The Human Centipede n/t hibbing Oct 2013 #46
Followed by Human Centipede 2 and 3 mythology Oct 2013 #93
Bambi Kali Oct 2013 #47
Vulgar. A Kevin Smith movie. (nt) Inkfreak Oct 2013 #48
Violent? Oh, definitely I Spit On Your Grave jmowreader Oct 2013 #49
Thanks, I was going to nominate "Atlas Shrugged" if no one else did. eppur_se_muova Oct 2013 #81
And not just to rational people, but also to its producers jmowreader Oct 2013 #86
"Henry, Poitrait of a Serial Killer" Mopar151 Oct 2013 #52
I already agreed about “Irreversible” mockmonkey Oct 2013 #61
Hotel Hell B Calm Oct 2013 #62
Guccione's "Caligula", the original "Last House on the left", and "Ilsa She-wolf of the SS" Rowdyboy Oct 2013 #68
I used to watch Caligula once a year in order to revel in the magnificence of its sheer... Tom Ripley Oct 2013 #71
Glad to know that at least one other person has "experienced" all three of these... Rowdyboy Oct 2013 #77
Fargo. n/t Bertha Venation Oct 2013 #73
Fargo would be on my top ten list of favorite films, if I had such a list. Jenoch Oct 2013 #78
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, Her Lover. nt mentalsolstice Oct 2013 #74
Oh UGH! RobinA Oct 2013 #87
Lord of the Flies TrogL Oct 2013 #76
The Passion of Christ! Callalily Oct 2013 #83
Ichi The Killer name not needed Oct 2013 #85
Apartment zero comes to mind. It was a real shock. applegrove Oct 2013 #89
Kill Bill! Walk away Oct 2013 #90
Serbian Film, But I don't think that you want to watch it Taitertots Oct 2013 #91
The Cook, The Thief, The Wife, and Her Lover JCMach1 Oct 2013 #94
Bambi Meets Godzilla SecularMotion Oct 2013 #96
"Grosse Point Blank" and "Kill Bill" GoCubsGo Oct 2013 #97
Hobo With A Shotgun Generic Brad Oct 2013 #98
Reservior Dogs Populist_Prole Oct 2013 #99
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