To ask for films that have unsettled you

[marmite92]

I am in need of films that will actually keep me engaged and take my mind off my life at the moment, nice rom coms don't cut it right now! So please send your list of weird/disturbing/unsettling films my way

The Saw films I just can't stomach.

The Entity
Scum!
Both old films but really disturbed me!
I second Jigsaw too.didnt watch anymore after that!
Also the first Hellraiser.Again,didn't watch anymore!

I think Human Centipede 2 is worse than the first. I made my MIL watch it with me and we're both still disturbed by it

No Escape

Oh God- Hostel

I watched it over a decade ago & found it highly disturbing, there are still scenes I can recall perfectly!

The Lovely Bones.

Funny Games directed by Michael Haneke. Not at all funny. Actually all his films are unsettling.

Dead Man Walking. This really stayed with me.

Jigsaw - the first one, the numerous sequels don’t have the same impact

Do you mean the first Saw, Furries? I just ask because Jigsaw is actually one of the sequels, kind of a soft reboot of the franchise.

I'm not one for choosing to watch horror/thriller/dark themed films. However K-19: The Widowmaker made me feel really horrible.

@TheSandgroper - I was just coming back on to post Once Were Warriors, very disturbing.

Antichrist. One of only two films I've ever walked out the cinema on before it finished.

I love the book thief, don't think its on tv at the moment but I got it for £2.99 on Amazon prime

As a slight twist, if you fancy a book rather than a film, then I am Pilgrim is one of the best books I’ve read for a while.

Also Stephen King’s The Shining is way better than the film - the scenes I built up in my head were way scarier than the film and I was almost too freaked out to go to bed which never normally happens to me.

Once Were Warriors. It’s years since I watched that. Agree that it is very disturbing.

I think I saw this on Amazon Prime - Fish Tank. Michael Fassbender plays (horribly convincingly) a man who grooms his partner's fifteen year old daughter. It's set on a London estate and the bleakness of it (setting and subject matter) was horribly, utterly believable and so disturbing because of it. That has stayed with me.

One of Heath Ledger's very early films was a film called Blackrock, where a teenage boy witnesses his friends raping a girl and has to decide what to do in the aftermath.

Some great films here. Threads and When the Wind Blows are great, as is The Road. Bone Tomahawk really disturbed me. If you want engaging but not terrifying, with a bit of humour, I also recommend The Guard. I also watched Calm with Horses the other day, which was great.

Jesus, I used the word great too many times there, haha. I wish there was an edit button.

Blindness.

The road, has stayed with me for years, I usually rewatch at least once a year.

The descent, group of women exploring a cave, very tense, a few scares as well.

Haven’t seen it for years, but the accused, Jodie foster rape, really upset me when I first saw it.

Oh & Passion of the Christ is very disturbing,if you're religious or not.

12 Years a Slave was very unsettling, gripping but uncomfortable to watch (which I think is the point)

More random but an old Rock Hudson film called Seconds. I found it brilliant but disturbing. It’s core concept is something that has always fascinated me, the idea of reinvented yourself, but a sinister take on it.

The Ghost and the Darkness unsettled me and still pops up in dreams sometimes.

Awakenings also stays with me.

Threads disturbed me in the 80s and it disturbed me again when I saw it recently. I was 20 when it came out and it was far too realistic for me. I still feel dread when I think about it. I'm not trying to put anyone off-it was excellent!

Clockwork Orange.

Agree with Funny Games too.

Thought of a couple more, they are old films but have definitely stayed with me! The Colour Purple and Flowers in the Attic.
Hostel disturbed me, couldn’t sleep after watching it at the cinema