The 10 Most Disturbing Horror/Suspense Films Ever!
Here is my list of the 10 most disturbing horror/Suspense films ever. Since I am not easily disturbed by violent and intense films I chose the 10 that made me wince or give me pause.
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- DirectorWes CravenStarsSandra PeabodyLucy GranthamDavid HessTwo teenage girls heading to a rock concert for one's birthday try to score marijuana in the city, where they are kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychopathic convicts.The acting is bad that it makes the violence and rape much more realistic. The rape scene was so intense that actress Sandra Peabody would distance herself from the rest of the cast despite the fact they all got along and were having fun.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsSusanne LotharUlrich MüheArno FrischTwo violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.Very intense and disturbing with a twist mid way through this film. First time I ever saw the fourth wall used as a plot device.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsJack NanceCharlotte StewartAllen JosephHenry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.This entire movie plays out like a bad dream. It is probably the only film that truly captures the atmosphere and true essence of a dream like state. This film would put director David Lynch on the map.
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsMonica BellucciVincent CasselAlbert DupontelEvents over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in an underpass tunnel.Played in reverse this film takes you on a tour of the underbelly of Paris. One of the most brutal rape scenes ever filmed as it goes on for 20 minutes in one take.
- DirectorMiguel Ángel VivasStarsFernando CayoManuela VellésAna WagenerThree hooded Eastern-European criminals burst into a home in a Madrid gated community, holding the family hostage in its own home, and forcing the father to empty his credit cards.Much like Hitchcock's rope this film is done with 3 or 4 long takes making the intensity of the situation anxiety provoking.
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsOlivia de HavillandJames CaanJennifer BillingsleyA woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.A young James Caan terrorizes an injured Olivia DeHaviland stuck between floors of her house in an elevator. Quite violent for it's time. The film has a nihilistic feel to it as none of the characters provoke empathy and the world around them is dead.
- DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsPaolo BonacelliGiorgio CataldiUberto Paolo QuintavalleIn World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental, and sexual torture.The raping and torture of peasant children by the rich upper class is quite hard to take but the liberal message is clearly made.
- DirectorMeir ZarchiStarsCamille KeatonEron TaborRichard PaceAn aspiring writer is repeatedly assaulted, humiliated, and left for dead by four men she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.Despite the lurid title and poster art the film takes itself seriously. A rape and revenge film that gets quite intense.
- DirectorTod BrowningStarsWallace FordLeila HyamsOlga BaclanovaA circus' beautiful trapeze artist Cleopatra agrees to marry Hans the leader of side-show performers, but Hans' deformed friends discover that she is only marrying him for his inheritance. So they seek revenge.A revenge film made with real circus performers whom were then referred to as freaks.
- DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsPeter BoyleDennis PatrickSusan SarandonTwo men--wealthy conservative Bill and far-right factory worker Joe--form a dangerous bond after Bill confesses to Joe about murdering his daughter's drug-dealer boyfriend.Not horror and not quite suspense but still disturbing in its own right. Overlook the plot holes and you will watch a film that is like All in the Family meets In Cold Blood. Timely for today as far as how political ideologies(liberal and conservative) can lead to hatred and murder.