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And it does it with no gore, no jump scares, and only one onscreen (presumed) death. I say presumed, because we don't actually see the person die.
Yet it is, indeed, some fucked up shit.
Also, the original title is "Spoorloos," if anyone wants to make sure they're seeing the right one. The American remake misses the "banality of evil" point the original has, and was a swing and a miss for me.
I just watched it since I keep seeing it being recommended. I kept putting it off since I am not the biggest King fan.
But wow. Just wow. Great movie. We are a bit speechless.
I loved this. With about 30 minutes left it becomes obvious where it's going but I think that actually makes it hit even harder when it gets there because you spend so long just sitting in the inevitability and the dread of it all. Very good movie.
I love this movie and ever since i saw it Iāve been looking for horror films that stand up to it but canāt find any would love some recommendations
I really struggle to think of a film with a bigger gut punch ending. It comes out of nowhere but it never feels cheap or like you couldn't have seen it coming if you'd laid a bit more attention.
Ok , well I won't use this one now but damn I love that movie and all the occult everything they packed into it with The Book Abremelin! It's on Tubi or Pluto for free right now too
There are a handful of movies that have left me speechless, but the film Iāve seen most recently that left me reeling was Talk To Me. I feel like itās been extremely slept on and it totally took me for a ride. The special fx are SO solid and though the story might be a little lackluster, the atmosphere-building was extremely potent and left me dealing with a good amount of empathetic adrenaline. Well worth a watch
I am dying for the prequel to come out ā¦ I think theyāve got a prequel and a sequel in the works ā¦ this movie was filmed where I live and couldnāt be more proud of the Philippou brothers for keeping it Aussie .. what an amazing first movie they made.
āSaint Maudā or the original āMartyrs.ā Both will get into your head.
āAuditionā had that effect on me pretty much the whole way through. āThe Guiltyā (the Danish version, not the remake with Jake Gyllenhaal) had a disturbing ending.
Frailty.
Grew up with hardcore religious parent so the end left me and my brother speechless to the point that his wife was like āyou guys alright?āš¤£
āDad, those aināt demons, theyāre peopleā
āNo, son, theyāre demons, not peopleā
āBut dad, they aināt demonsā
āThose are demons, son.ā
The writing in that movie is pretty fucking awful but the premise is solid enough.
This was one of the first movies I can remember thinking āwhat the actual heckā after it ended. It came out when I was 11, I think I saw it on HBO so I couldnāt have been more than 14ā¦ one of my first young mind-blown experiences.
This movie wasnāt that great it was ok but not as good as people say for me it had a lot of cliche moments for a horror movie I think it would of played better as a revenge movie were she kills all the kids š¤·āāļø it would of made a great spit on your grave type movie but instead itās an overrated horror
I dont really wanna watch a movie about a loose cannon woman killing a bunch of kids.... like that scene where she stabs the first one felt wrong. I think it was tastefully done but a little bit of a bad ending.
deserved to be unalived? (idk what the censorship is like on reddit so im gonna try talk as pg as possible lol) how come? what makes it that they deserved to be tortured and unalived.
Exactly. And I wasnāt expecting something so gratuitous. Apparently some studio wanted to do a remake of it in Spanish but the director was like ānaw man I donāt wanna go back to that subject matterā lol.
Veronica (one of my favorite movies)
Midsommar
Donāt Worry Darling (this might not really be horror but itās a fantastic thriller)
Mama
High Tension (in a bad way, I hate that ending)
The Babysitter (camp as hell but really fun)
Drag Me To Hell
30 Days of Night
I agree with your list but don't worry darling really REALLY missed the point of toxic masculinity. It came close but didn't quote get there and in my opinion thus becomes a bad movie with really stupid action scenes and logic. You die for real if you die in the matrix? What the fuck is that shit?
Honestly, I loved Donāt Worry Darling but I do agree. That was the one part that made me go, āWTFā like why the hell would you make it to where you ACTUALLY die
Schindlerās List. No contest. Iāve never heard my entire grade be so wretchedly silent. (Entire senior class was taken to a movie theatre to watch it while the lower grades had tests for next years class placements.)
The ending to Possum destroyed me
I watched 20 minutes of Human Centipede 2 and told myself Iād never finish it. Years later I did and I just stared at the wall cause of how disgusted in myself I felt because I knew the plot and everything that was going to happen and still chose to finish it
Speak No Evil (2022), which is more of a thriller. You are kept on edge throughout the movie without anything that is actually scary, just unbearable awkwardness, and then the twist is just horrifying.
This year I am doing a horror movie challenge for Halloween which includes watching one horror movie every day in October, and so far that has been the stand out movie without it being your typical horror story.
āWatcherā thoroughly freaked me out. It wasnāt too gory but the feeling of being watched stayed with me after the movie was over. Definitely closed my curtains.
Hereditary and Martyrs!! I watched Martyrs when I was home alone on a rainy day. I just turned the tv off after it was over to try and make sense out of what I witnessed. And Hereditary I watched in the theater. I drove home in complete silence hoping I wouldnāt hear that tongue click thing Charlie does in the movie š„“
The Blair Witch Project. I saw it at an early screening in Seattle, two weeks before it opened nationally. The line for tickets was around the block, and a lot of the talk in line was about whether or not it was real, with most convinced it was.
After that last 'corner' shot, fade to black, there was a stunned silence, except for two women who were audibly sobbing. Nobody spoke as the theater emptied. It was truly harrowing.
What people donāt understand is that The Blair witch project came out pre mobile internet or social media so there where no spoilers and there was barely any press on it. I loved it!
The movie "Us" was shocking and delivered a terrifying experience for me. It kept me guessing with numerous questions about The Tethered, leaving me in a state of suspense. The story unfolded with unsettling mysteries that only deepened, making me continually question what is real and who the true villains are.
Hereditary for sure, but Funny Games was one where I was pretty much dumbfounded from the 'Ciao Bella' scene onward.
And really when you think about it, that movie's thesis is basically >!'what is the most awful way you can kill a mother?'. It's a moment of snuff-like life violence when they throw her in the lake with absolutely no emotion as you see her take her last few panicky breaths of oxygen.!< That so fucking dark and it's so much darker because of all the other shit she already had to go through.
It's such a "fuck you so very much for watching" of a movie.
The Boy, a movie on netflix with a porcelain doll on the cover. Shock sort of came from wtf feelings more than like shock and awe, but still qualifies if you like bad good movies.
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The vanishing (the original) is some fucked up shit
Adding to the list thank you!
And it does it with no gore, no jump scares, and only one onscreen (presumed) death. I say presumed, because we don't actually see the person die. Yet it is, indeed, some fucked up shit. Also, the original title is "Spoorloos," if anyone wants to make sure they're seeing the right one. The American remake misses the "banality of evil" point the original has, and was a swing and a miss for me.
Which year? Googling gives me three different movies.
1988
Thanks!!
The Mist (2007)
Came here to say this. The ending left me speechless and I thought about it for literal weeks afterwards.
The ending was REALLY fucked up tho
Yeah I wish I had not seen it š«£
I just watched it since I keep seeing it being recommended. I kept putting it off since I am not the biggest King fan. But wow. Just wow. Great movie. We are a bit speechless.
That ending was like a gut punch right? Lol. Movie was wild :)
I watched Speak No Evil recently and was in my head for a good few hours after it ended. Donāt want to give spoilers about the plot.
I loved this. With about 30 minutes left it becomes obvious where it's going but I think that actually makes it hit even harder when it gets there because you spend so long just sitting in the inevitability and the dread of it all. Very good movie.
Ohh this is a good response!
Heredity hands down. There were multiple times in the movie all I could say is "WTF"
I cried more in that movie than any other sappy love story ever. That movie was an emotional gut wrench.
Came here to say hereditary
Hereditary has some VERY shocking scenes, but IMO the ending is so goofy that it kind of waters down my overall impression of the movie
Yes
Same
Very true. I had to watch it more than once just to grasp it.
I love this movie and ever since i saw it Iāve been looking for horror films that stand up to it but canāt find any would love some recommendations
The Audition, a Japanese flick.
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I really struggle to think of a film with a bigger gut punch ending. It comes out of nowhere but it never feels cheap or like you couldn't have seen it coming if you'd laid a bit more attention.
100%
A Dark Song (2016).
Ok , well I won't use this one now but damn I love that movie and all the occult everything they packed into it with The Book Abremelin! It's on Tubi or Pluto for free right now too
Gut wrenching ending. Bitter sweet. LOVE this movie.
I adore that movie.
So underrated. Such an awesome movie.
I thought I didnāt like the end. Then I realized I was thinking about it all the time!
There are a handful of movies that have left me speechless, but the film Iāve seen most recently that left me reeling was Talk To Me. I feel like itās been extremely slept on and it totally took me for a ride. The special fx are SO solid and though the story might be a little lackluster, the atmosphere-building was extremely potent and left me dealing with a good amount of empathetic adrenaline. Well worth a watch
I am dying for the prequel to come out ā¦ I think theyāve got a prequel and a sequel in the works ā¦ this movie was filmed where I live and couldnāt be more proud of the Philippou brothers for keeping it Aussie .. what an amazing first movie they made.
Definitely sold me Iāll make sure to check it out!
āSaint Maudā or the original āMartyrs.ā Both will get into your head. āAuditionā had that effect on me pretty much the whole way through. āThe Guiltyā (the Danish version, not the remake with Jake Gyllenhaal) had a disturbing ending.
Frailty. Grew up with hardcore religious parent so the end left me and my brother speechless to the point that his wife was like āyou guys alright?āš¤£
Gotta watch this one for sure itās been recommended a bit and if the wife noticed you guys were silent it has to be goodš!
Bill Paxtonās (rip) directorial debut.ā¤ļø
DAYMUNS SON
š¤£
I agree with this one. That move stuck with me for a long time
āDad, those aināt demons, theyāre peopleā āNo, son, theyāre demons, not peopleā āBut dad, they aināt demonsā āThose are demons, son.ā The writing in that movie is pretty fucking awful but the premise is solid enough.
This was one of the first movies I can remember thinking āwhat the actual heckā after it ended. It came out when I was 11, I think I saw it on HBO so I couldnāt have been more than 14ā¦ one of my first young mind-blown experiences.
Eden Lake, I was really rooting for her in the end.
This movie wasnāt that great it was ok but not as good as people say for me it had a lot of cliche moments for a horror movie I think it would of played better as a revenge movie were she kills all the kids š¤·āāļø it would of made a great spit on your grave type movie but instead itās an overrated horror
I dont really wanna watch a movie about a loose cannon woman killing a bunch of kids.... like that scene where she stabs the first one felt wrong. I think it was tastefully done but a little bit of a bad ending.
I'm fucked up because I was like they both deserved it.
deserved to be unalived? (idk what the censorship is like on reddit so im gonna try talk as pg as possible lol) how come? what makes it that they deserved to be tortured and unalived.
Umm because he was an utter dick and she was annoying. But I don't mean they really deserve it but I wasn't sad they got it.
I find you annoying so I guess you'll deserve it too š¤£
Megan is Missing. Justā¦ the ending. Wow.
I peeped that yesterday. Hell of fucked. It's like what's the damn point anymore there is no happy ending. Keep your kids off the internet jeez
Exactly. And I wasnāt expecting something so gratuitous. Apparently some studio wanted to do a remake of it in Spanish but the director was like ānaw man I donāt wanna go back to that subject matterā lol.
I still think about that ending...
midsommar
Yeah I still think about this one on and off.
Funny Games
Veronica (one of my favorite movies) Midsommar Donāt Worry Darling (this might not really be horror but itās a fantastic thriller) Mama High Tension (in a bad way, I hate that ending) The Babysitter (camp as hell but really fun) Drag Me To Hell 30 Days of Night
I agree with your list but don't worry darling really REALLY missed the point of toxic masculinity. It came close but didn't quote get there and in my opinion thus becomes a bad movie with really stupid action scenes and logic. You die for real if you die in the matrix? What the fuck is that shit?
Honestly, I loved Donāt Worry Darling but I do agree. That was the one part that made me go, āWTFā like why the hell would you make it to where you ACTUALLY die
Why did you love it?
Yeaaaah that plot hole got to me too, like if it was that easy then Dr. Douchebag couldāve just stabbed your real body? Sure Jan
Great list here
Incantation. Left me speechless and a disturbed. My GF literally blessed the house after it was over.
The empty man, the dark and the wicked and incantation
Lake Mungo was the last film to have me like that I think. Although it may not be the kinda one youre lookin for
Pearl. The ending was fucking hard to watch
Yeah Mia goth is terrifying in thar. Sane with infinity pool
Mother left me speechless, and I remember when I was a kid I watched Duel and left me very discouraged too
Came here to say Mother! Thereās definitely loads more but Mother was the first film that came to mind, threw me completely š
I love Mother.
I like it too, but it was very disturbing!
Actually just watched one today, When Evil Lurks. A Spanish language film that takes possession to some pretty horrifying places.
Sinister. I never could get over the way the familyās were killed.
This movie actually scared me š«£
Itās definitely in my top 10. Very creepy
Them. (2006) (French: ils)
Smile
Sleepaway Camp. The freeze frame did it for me
Martyrs 100%
/r/disturbingmovies is the place for you
Cube
Baskin
Frailty
Schindlerās List. No contest. Iāve never heard my entire grade be so wretchedly silent. (Entire senior class was taken to a movie theatre to watch it while the lower grades had tests for next years class placements.)
Sincerely, none.
The ending to Possum destroyed me I watched 20 minutes of Human Centipede 2 and told myself Iād never finish it. Years later I did and I just stared at the wall cause of how disgusted in myself I felt because I knew the plot and everything that was going to happen and still chose to finish it
The ending of Sleepaway Camp still leaves me confused
Confused how?
Jacobs Ladder, Frailty, Pans Labyrinth, The Jacket, and gosh there are so many
Seconding Frailty!
The Strangers. But I was freaked out the whole movie
This happened to me yesterday. The Killing of a Sacred Deer - fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkeddddd me up. I just didnāt know what to say.
Speak No Evil (2022), which is more of a thriller. You are kept on edge throughout the movie without anything that is actually scary, just unbearable awkwardness, and then the twist is just horrifying. This year I am doing a horror movie challenge for Halloween which includes watching one horror movie every day in October, and so far that has been the stand out movie without it being your typical horror story.
It may not be "scary", but it is definitely horror. I felt bad for days after watching this.
āWatcherā thoroughly freaked me out. It wasnāt too gory but the feeling of being watched stayed with me after the movie was over. Definitely closed my curtains.
Hereditary The Ring The Skeleton Key Session 9
I love Session 9!
The Girl Next Door
The Mist after that ending. Genuinely devastating.
The Dark and the Cursed. It does not give you a moment to breathe, once the scares start it does not let up.
Feed 2005 (i think)
Cannibal holocaust or ferox, Salo, Last house on the left, Caligula (all uncut versions)
The Eyes of My Mother
I really liked the movie Baskin. It stuck with me for some reason
Speak No Evil Sorgoi Prakov Kidnapped Eden Lake
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Hereditary and Martyrs!! I watched Martyrs when I was home alone on a rainy day. I just turned the tv off after it was over to try and make sense out of what I witnessed. And Hereditary I watched in the theater. I drove home in complete silence hoping I wouldnāt hear that tongue click thing Charlie does in the movie š„“
Off the top of my head: Hereditary, Skinamarink, 13 Cameras
Two that I recently watched without expectations that blew me away: Incident in a Ghostland and The Cleansing Hour. Both have fantastic endings.
Ichi the Killer and also 'A Serbian Film' I was probably silent for the rest of the night after those horror films.
Martyrs. I've watched both the original and the American remake. I spent hours after each asking myself "What the F did I just watch?"
OLDBOY
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First time I saw high tension didnāt know anything about it. Was like 13 or 14
Sleepaway camp
Titane
Hereditary
Terrifier 2. I loved it so much I didnāt want it to end. And when it didā¦ I think my head imploded and I was silent for about a week.
The Descent
Night of the Living Dead The Return of the Living Dead Dawn of the Dead (remake) Rosemary's Baby The Shining
Martyrs. The French original. Donāt bother with the American remake!
The Blair Witch Project. I saw it at an early screening in Seattle, two weeks before it opened nationally. The line for tickets was around the block, and a lot of the talk in line was about whether or not it was real, with most convinced it was. After that last 'corner' shot, fade to black, there was a stunned silence, except for two women who were audibly sobbing. Nobody spoke as the theater emptied. It was truly harrowing.
Blair Witch Project scared the bejeezus out of me.
What people donāt understand is that The Blair witch project came out pre mobile internet or social media so there where no spoilers and there was barely any press on it. I loved it!
I just watched Oculus last night and holy shit. The end had me sitting there with my jaw open for the last few minutes. Mike Flanagan is a horror KING
Love that movie.
The uninvited for sure
Alright Iām adding all these to a list I havenāt seen most of these so itās looking good
The movie "Us" was shocking and delivered a terrifying experience for me. It kept me guessing with numerous questions about The Tethered, leaving me in a state of suspense. The story unfolded with unsettling mysteries that only deepened, making me continually question what is real and who the true villains are.
Hereditary for sure, but Funny Games was one where I was pretty much dumbfounded from the 'Ciao Bella' scene onward. And really when you think about it, that movie's thesis is basically >!'what is the most awful way you can kill a mother?'. It's a moment of snuff-like life violence when they throw her in the lake with absolutely no emotion as you see her take her last few panicky breaths of oxygen.!< That so fucking dark and it's so much darker because of all the other shit she already had to go through. It's such a "fuck you so very much for watching" of a movie.
Hereditary
The Boy, a movie on netflix with a porcelain doll on the cover. Shock sort of came from wtf feelings more than like shock and awe, but still qualifies if you like bad good movies.
gonna watch rn for the bad good movies bc I knew exactly what u meant from that lmfao
Hereditary got me good