• GreyShuck@feddit.uk
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    Threads (1984). I was in shock for a week when I first saw that. No horror film has come close.

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    Jacob’s Ladder (1990)

    Doesn’t look like it but no single other film shattered me as much as this one when I first saw it, well, in the 90s.

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      Man, it is such a sleeper! The title doesn’t make it obvious as a horror film, and it isn’t one of the bigger successes, but it is awesome

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      This was my answer too - this film really got under my skin in a way that most traditional scary films don’t, and Tim Robbins is riveting, as always. I was not prepared.

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        This was my answer too - this film really got under my skin in a way that most traditional scary films don’t, and Tim Robbins is riveting, as always. I was not prepared.

        Neither was I. Would you have known younger me of back then it would not have come as surprise to say I was a little more than receptive to this movie. Watching it, I was absolutely terrified and shattered. Like you said, Time Robin was amazing as he often is.

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    Honestly the closest to reality that drove me sick was the OG, Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It’s so fucking gross and terrifying.

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    Personally “Cannibal Holocaust” but apparently “A serbian film” is worse in almost every aspect. I haven’t seen that one thought. But I believe that anything worse than these two would be actual snuff movies.

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      A serbian film is certainly worse. But it’s also kind of cringe, because it’s JUST bad. Like when i watched that movie all i could think about was 10 edgy guys sitting in a room and think about the worst shit they could put in a movie. Bro, “newborn porn” woah sick dude.

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        Yeah, you hit the nail on the head. Serbian Film isn’t scary, it’s just gross and controversial.

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    The only time I have ever turned a horror movie off because of how uncomfortable it made me was when I was watching Jordan Peels “Us”.

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    The Babadook had me hiding behind my hands too scared to look at the screen. I was so uncomfortable with what was happening on screen

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    Never been one to get scared by horror movies. I just can’t get the buy in necessary to feel scared for the characters. However, the closest to traditional horror I can think of that really was effective was Green Room. It’s intense in its loud parts and tense in it’s quiet. It’s realistic modern cult horror.

    If you expand the field out a bit and look to more of a ‘leaves you with dread about reality’ effect, ‘When the Wind Blows’ is very affecting. It’s animated but the story is quite realistic.

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    • The Exorcist (1973).
    • Funny Games (1997).
    • Eden Lake (2008).
    • Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008).

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    ✍︎ arscyni.cc: modernity ∝ nature.

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    The only horror that has really had an effect on me is The Descent. I think it’s the claustrophobic nature of being underground and then hunted by those things. I can’t think of any other horror that has sent a shiver literally all the way down my spine before.

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      If you liked The Descent, you should try As Above, So Below. They felt very similar to me.

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      Oh god that terrified me too. I haven’t seen it in years but I remember it pretty clearly. I remember screaming the first time you see thr monster

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        Have to ask if the version you watched is the extended (or proper) ending? There’s the US version which cuts off the true ending which is shown in the UK (at least) version. The truer ending makes it even more disturbing.