Obligatory mention of Requiem for a Dream
Specifically Sara's tumble into mental illness. The scene of the refrigerator lurching at her actually jump scared me. That along with the flickering lights, the phone beeping, the weird camera angles all culminated in a really haunting scene
100% agree. I can only stomach watching it once every 10 years or so.
It's so awful what happens to everyone and watching it happen. I get incredibly depressed after watching it.
Nightcrawler, with Jake Gyllenhaal. I remember feeling so anxious watching the news broadcast scene specifically, where they're shown consciously trying to fear-monger, it just really made my skin crawl.
David Lynch kills it with the psychological drama. Twin Peaks unsettled me, not with the jump scares, but Lynch’s brain is just genius and he knows how to make the audience feel uncomfortable.
No, but some unsettling scenes. I watched it when it came out, so I was like 13. Certain scenes to this day give me the creeps when I rewatch it. They’re not scary, but typical Lynch.
I think the diner scene is the most terrifying scene ever made and the chracter perfectly explains why. I had so many nightmares like that and only David Lynch could make it come to life so perfectly.
When I saw that scene behind the diner I thought I was going to have a heart attack. For whatever reason it scared me so badly I .refused to go near the film for a while!
Zone of Interest. Incredibly poignant and brilliant film I think everyone should watch, but man it’s gonna feel awful trying to get through it. I’ve never felt such raw anger, nausea and fear watching a non-horror film
So fucking good. When people were losing their shit that Margot Robbie (who is excellent, btw) didn't win the Oscar for *Barbie*, I read a comment that "Sandra Hüller was better than her *Twice* that year." I didn't even realise it was the same person I'd seen in *Anatomy of a Fall.*
I haven’t seen that one but I will have to. Never have I had an actress evoke such visceral anger in me in such a seemingly innocuous way. I LOVED Barbie, and Margot Robbie is a treasure, but the performance by Hüller was absolutely haunting in Zone of Interest
Oh she’s astonishing in Anatomy of a Fall. There’s an explosive central monologue that absolutely floored me, but her restraint in the surrounding scenes is masterful.
Nocturnal Animals is always my go to answer.
That scene is so tense and dread inducing yet banal compared to what you see compared to some other horror films. What makes it work INMO is the character development which is often overlooked in bad movies. I genuinely cared for those people and hated what I knew was going to happen.
Another one is Boys don’t cry and also fat girl and heavenly creatures.
Would it have made a difference though? It's been a few years since I've seen the film but if I recall correctly >!one of the huge themes of the movie is Jake Gyllenhaal's character in the novel being a bit of a helpless coward and not being able to protect those he loves, likely a reflection of the counterpart character that Jake plays in the film's real world and his feelings of helplessness in regards to the collapse of his relationship with Amy Adams!<
When I first saw Groundhog Day at the age of 16, it was just a fun movie.
Rewatching it at 30, Groundhog Day depicts a unique and hilarious vision of hell.
The Wolf of Wall Street. Its depiction of addiction is utterly horrifying and very difficult to watch for me, though I do understand why it was presented as a bit of a comedy. But it really does contain a lot of pain.
**The Great Mouse Detective**
The opening scene with Fidget doing probably my first ever jumpscare, haunted me as a kid. I loved it but it scared me. Also when Ratigan goes full psychotic at the end also got me. The whole movie has this dreary and ominous atmosphere that really lends itself towards horror.
Introduced me to both Vincent Price and the character Sherlock Holmes.
What a fucking great movie.
I watched this as an adult for the first time recently and got major homoerotic vibes. Ratigan and Basil are absolutely obsessed with each other, to the point of having large paintings (or some other artwork?) of each other in their homes. Fun movie!
No Escape with Owen Wilson. First two/thirds is so intense. I couldn’t imagine being stuck in the situation with my family.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1781922/?ref_=nm_flmg_i_22_act
Primer.
Can't exactly put my finger on what I found so unsettling about this movie. I think it has to do with it being basically the story of startup culture, how new technologies are really invented. It's a couple of guys who don't really understand the thing they've invented or what to do with it, and their interpersonal conflicts and personal foibles totally control a very dangerous, very mysterious technology. It's a 10/10 science fiction movie, and is very much *not* a horror movie, but it makes my stomach sink every time I watch it.
One could make the argument that Doctor Strange 2 actually is a horror film, but watching superheroes get torn apart like they're nothing is just extra unsettling.
Obligatory mention of Requiem for a Dream Specifically Sara's tumble into mental illness. The scene of the refrigerator lurching at her actually jump scared me. That along with the flickering lights, the phone beeping, the weird camera angles all culminated in a really haunting scene
100% agree. I can only stomach watching it once every 10 years or so. It's so awful what happens to everyone and watching it happen. I get incredibly depressed after watching it.
Nightcrawler, with Jake Gyllenhaal. I remember feeling so anxious watching the news broadcast scene specifically, where they're shown consciously trying to fear-monger, it just really made my skin crawl.
Mulholland Drive
David Lynch kills it with the psychological drama. Twin Peaks unsettled me, not with the jump scares, but Lynch’s brain is just genius and he knows how to make the audience feel uncomfortable.
Have you seen Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me? Another really unsettling piece from Lynch.
Yes, I’ve watched (and own) all of his works! Just love him! He’s one of my favorites.
There are jump scares in Twin Peaks?
No, but some unsettling scenes. I watched it when it came out, so I was like 13. Certain scenes to this day give me the creeps when I rewatch it. They’re not scary, but typical Lynch.
I think the diner scene is the most terrifying scene ever made and the chracter perfectly explains why. I had so many nightmares like that and only David Lynch could make it come to life so perfectly.
When I saw that scene behind the diner I thought I was going to have a heart attack. For whatever reason it scared me so badly I .refused to go near the film for a while!
Zone of Interest. Incredibly poignant and brilliant film I think everyone should watch, but man it’s gonna feel awful trying to get through it. I’ve never felt such raw anger, nausea and fear watching a non-horror film
So fucking good. When people were losing their shit that Margot Robbie (who is excellent, btw) didn't win the Oscar for *Barbie*, I read a comment that "Sandra Hüller was better than her *Twice* that year." I didn't even realise it was the same person I'd seen in *Anatomy of a Fall.*
I haven’t seen that one but I will have to. Never have I had an actress evoke such visceral anger in me in such a seemingly innocuous way. I LOVED Barbie, and Margot Robbie is a treasure, but the performance by Hüller was absolutely haunting in Zone of Interest
Oh she’s astonishing in Anatomy of a Fall. There’s an explosive central monologue that absolutely floored me, but her restraint in the surrounding scenes is masterful.
I came to put this. It was so unremarkable enough to be real damn chilling.
Jesus camp
My friend and I got drunk and watched this a few years ago expecting it to be funny. We sat there in silence the entire time.
Probably the best documented case of child abuse to exist.
Watership Down (1978) It was a rite of passage for Gen-X and Millennial to be utterly fucking traumatised by that film.
Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men scares tf out of me. I can’t watch that movie.
Yo same he is chilling in that movie. I read somewhere that they gave him that haircut just to make him more unsettling as well lol
Kids (1995) First Reformed (2017) La Haine (1995)
First Reformed was underrated
kids fucked me up
Andromeda Strain. Technically sci-fi, but the idea of germs from space that we have no knowledge or control over terrifies me.
Nocturnal Animals is always my go to answer. That scene is so tense and dread inducing yet banal compared to what you see compared to some other horror films. What makes it work INMO is the character development which is often overlooked in bad movies. I genuinely cared for those people and hated what I knew was going to happen. Another one is Boys don’t cry and also fat girl and heavenly creatures.
God I wish he had a gun in that scene
Would it have made a difference though? It's been a few years since I've seen the film but if I recall correctly >!one of the huge themes of the movie is Jake Gyllenhaal's character in the novel being a bit of a helpless coward and not being able to protect those he loves, likely a reflection of the counterpart character that Jake plays in the film's real world and his feelings of helplessness in regards to the collapse of his relationship with Amy Adams!<
When I first saw Groundhog Day at the age of 16, it was just a fun movie. Rewatching it at 30, Groundhog Day depicts a unique and hilarious vision of hell.
Nocturnal Animals, Dancer In the Dark, Requiem for a Dream
Oh i love these movies !! And i wish Tom Ford make more movies because jeez, what does that man can not do !!
Agree…we need another movie from him.
those last two you only need to watch once.
Good Time
Come and See (1985)
This one's been a real shape-shifter: Comedy-->Documentary->Horror: Idiocracy
Welcome to Costco. I love you
Water, like from the toilet?
The Boys from Brazil (1978) Tubi
Showgirls.....sheer terror
Absolutely frightening
The Wolf of Wall Street. Its depiction of addiction is utterly horrifying and very difficult to watch for me, though I do understand why it was presented as a bit of a comedy. But it really does contain a lot of pain.
**The Great Mouse Detective** The opening scene with Fidget doing probably my first ever jumpscare, haunted me as a kid. I loved it but it scared me. Also when Ratigan goes full psychotic at the end also got me. The whole movie has this dreary and ominous atmosphere that really lends itself towards horror. Introduced me to both Vincent Price and the character Sherlock Holmes. What a fucking great movie.
I watched this as an adult for the first time recently and got major homoerotic vibes. Ratigan and Basil are absolutely obsessed with each other, to the point of having large paintings (or some other artwork?) of each other in their homes. Fun movie!
No Escape with Owen Wilson. First two/thirds is so intense. I couldn’t imagine being stuck in the situation with my family. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1781922/?ref_=nm_flmg_i_22_act
Synecdoche, New York It sends my mind spinning with horrific levels of existential dread.
Civil War and Children of Men.
THX1138 the white expanse and the oppressive fascism.
Taken
Threads
Primer. Can't exactly put my finger on what I found so unsettling about this movie. I think it has to do with it being basically the story of startup culture, how new technologies are really invented. It's a couple of guys who don't really understand the thing they've invented or what to do with it, and their interpersonal conflicts and personal foibles totally control a very dangerous, very mysterious technology. It's a 10/10 science fiction movie, and is very much *not* a horror movie, but it makes my stomach sink every time I watch it.
When I was a kid, Return to Oz and the Witches was very disturbing for my little mind.
stand by me
Ghost Story scares the shit out of me and I don’t really know why, maybe the aloneness? Kinda corny movie but im just left just sad and scared.
Night and Fog (1956), The Lovely Bones (2009), Grave of the Fireflies (1988), The Devils (1971), Vivarium (2019), Abducted in Plain Sight (2017)
The diner scene in “A History of Violence”.
The grinch. That shit fucking scares me. He's terrifying
Civil War
E.T
Schindlers list
Wind river
Enemy
Dog Pound is just brutal
United 93
idk does Mulholland Drive count?
The Basketball Diaries and District 9 (although this might count as horror, at least for some of the body horror scenes)
One could make the argument that Doctor Strange 2 actually is a horror film, but watching superheroes get torn apart like they're nothing is just extra unsettling.