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Movie & TV Talk => General Discussion => Topic started by: stewart boyle on August 20, 2010, 12:31:40 PM
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Heres the results of another poll by lovefilm.com
1. The Exorcist (no surprise)
2. A Clockwork Orange
3. Saw
4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
5. Requiem For A Dream
6. Irreversible
7. Se7en
8. Event Horizon (???????? what the f***)
9. The Blair Witch Project
10. Antichrist
Stew
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Hey man, Event Horizon IS pretty disturbing! Not sure it is top 10 disturbing but I digress.
Another disturbing film with Sam Neill is In The Mouth of Madness.
I found Hostel and it's torture porn orgy sickening but it's just not my thing.
How about House of 1000 Corpses? Also made me sick...
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I was surprised how balanced and thought out most of these where.
I half expected Twilight to be in it.
Stew
Event Horizon Chris, really??? ;)
Stew
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Actually, except for THE EXORCIST, I think WOLF CREEK is more disturbing than any of the aforementioned films...
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Horror movie stuff doesn't bother me long term.
The knife fight scene in Saving Private Ryan is the worst for me because it was so realistic. I'll never watch that scene again.
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Horror movie stuff doesn't bother me long term.
The knife fight scene in Saving Private Ryan is the worst for me because it was so realistic. I'll never watch that scene again.
That's a good one Mel. Particularly "squeam-inducing"...
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only 1 thing has ever scared me.....
an american werewolf in london..... nothing like walking through the tube station at night and thinking you hears something....
and if anything beats the howling in this movie im yet to see it..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3FTkAS15zk&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3FTkAS15zk&feature=related)
gives me the creeeeps
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Actually, except for THE EXORCIST, I think WOLF CREEK is more disturbing than any of the aforementioned films...
Wolf Creek was pretty "awesome" the whole "..head on a stick.." bit was like WTF ! LOL
Ohh another awesome one was "haute tension" .. Ill never think of a BJ the same way again !!! If you do watch this one make sure you get he unrated version .. Its a French film and when they brought it to the US they cut scenes to get it down from NC17 to an R rating :(
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Schramm
Cannibal Holocaust (how can you have The Blair Witch Project and not this???)
Sex and the City
Nekromantik
The Cell (of mainstream stuff, I think this one takes the cake. The music box/intestine scene was pretty strong)
Jacob's Ladder
Antropophagus
Cigarette Burns
Visitor Q
Last House on the Left (the original)
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Number #1 for me is easily The Exorcist. Not so much for the content, though it is a pretty fucked up movie, but more for the circumstances.
My father took me to see it when I was nine years old. My father is a funny guy. 8)
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Number #1 for me is easily The Exorcist. Not so much for the content, though it is a pretty fucked up movie, but more for the circumstances.
My father took me to see it when I was nine years old. My father is a funny guy. 8)
Nothing like the Exorcist for father/son bonding!
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List is missing Audition.
While I am at it, I might throw Oldboy up there. That movie was just messed up.
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There was a film during the 90`s but i cant remember the name,the final sequence was a mass melt down sticky goo orgy type of affair....anyone remeber the name?
Stew
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Society?
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Society was kinda like Braindead though. It was much more funny than disturbing.
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Sex and the City
;D :'(
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Society?
Thats the fella.Thanks
That did freak me out when i saw it,i must have been so freaked i missed the comedy element.
Stew
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Prepare for the shunt!
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Just in case anyone hasnt seen it ..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-eZwksJoMo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-eZwksJoMo)
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Schramm
Cannibal Holocaust (how can you have The Blair Witch Project and not this???)
Sex and the City
Nekromantik
The Cell (of mainstream stuff, I think this one takes the cake. The music box/intestine scene was pretty strong)
Jacob's Ladder
Antropophagus
Cigarette Burns
Visitor Q
Last House on the Left (the original)
I'm waaay more on board with this list than the ilovefilm list in the original post.
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. It's one of the most disturbing horror films, and one of the best. I saw that when I was in middle school and it haunted me for a while. I picked up the dvd a couple of years ago. Although it might not have the same impact that it did when it was released in the early 1990's, it still packs a punch.
Here's the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU3P6WXzvXU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU3P6WXzvXU)
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Good call, spacething. I haven't seen HENRY in quite some time, but I remember it as very unsettling. There was a reality to this film that sent chills up my spine and stayed with me long after the show ended...
(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu12/brude2000/de81_12.jpg)
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Check out a movie called SEED it is a very disturbing film. The opening scene is just wrong and there is a torture scene towards the middle of the movie that is crazy. Low budget with mixed reviews but I would definitly consider it disturbing.
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I also read that some of the animal torture scenes were real footage too .. They even got permission from PETA to use them to portray the in-humanity of it all ..
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I also read that some of the animal torture scenes were real footage too .. They even got permission from PETA to use them to portray the in-humanity of it all ..
(http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu12/brude2000/GIFS/171419_o.gif)
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I also read that some of the animal torture scenes were real footage too .. They even got permission from PETA to use them to portray the in-humanity of it all ..
If this is true, that is simply nauseating.
What excuse could there possibly be to torture animals for film?!
However, I doubt it was actually done.
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However, I doubt it was actually done.
I doubt they would get permission from PETA, considering PETA would probably organize a protest against a sports arena if a baseball accidentally hit a bird or something.
A lot of those old Italian cannibal films like Cannibal Holocaust, Cannibal Ferox, Last Survivor, and others have animal killings in them. Very nasty stuff that I could do without. I rather would have had them just do a really good special effects job than the real thing.
Btw - Brude - do you actually own that poster? I've been wanting one of those bad boys for a long time! Glaberson had one for auction a while back, I wrote to him asking him to clarify the dimensions for me because he had it listed as 27 x 40, but he never wrote me back and the poster got sold.
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I realized I left out another that really, really belongs. The Men Behind the Sun. Its brutal.
And, I am not sure about the animal scenes in Henry, but the ones in Cannibal Holocaust were most definitely real animals. For this reason, the film is still banned in some 30+ countries.
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Is it not true that in Cannibal Holocaust it is animal killings that are portrayed and not animal torture?
There is a difference but of course killing just for a film is nearly on par with torturing for a film.
The scene with the butchering of the cow in Apocalypse Now comes to mind - as far as I know this was actually a real native ritual filmed and then inserted into the film - this is quite different then the other scenarios.
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Is it not true that in Cannibal Holocaust it is animal killings that are portrayed and not animal torture?
I never really made that distinction. I have the Grindhouse double disc set and there is an option to watch an "animal cruelty-free" version of the film and that's the one I usually watch. But if memory serves, it sure seemed like the muskrat suffered a fair amount.
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True, they were not really torturing the animals, but then they definitely did not kill them in the most expedient manner possible either. Take the "turtle" scene for example. They got this large 24-30 inch diameter (living) turtle, flipped it over and opened it with a hatchet, then proceeded to gut it in a very messy manner. All the while it was squirming, etc. To this day, it was the most disturbing scene I have ever watched. The actor who did it said he cried later.
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From wikipedia:
Many of the censorship issues with Cannibal Holocaust concern the on-screen killings of animals, which remains a major issue today. Seven animals were killed during the film's production, six of which are seen on screen:[1]
A coatimundi (mistaken as a muskrat in the film) is stabbed multiple times in the neck by an actor.
A large turtle (about three feet long) is captured in the water and dragged to shore, where it is then decapitated and its limbs and shell removed. The actors proceed to cook and eat the turtle.
A large spider is killed with a machete.
A snake is killed with a machete.
A squirrel monkey has its face cut off with a machete.
A pig is kicked twice and then shot with a rifle.
Many condemn this as animal cruelty for the purpose of mere sensationalism and only to attract controversy, and it has also been called "animal torture." Deodato himself has condemned his past actions,[8] saying "I was stupid to introduce animals."[28]
^ While in the movie it appears that only six animals are killed, the scene depicting the monkey's death was shot twice, resulting in the death of two monkeys. Both of the animals were eaten by indigenous cast members (who consider monkey brains a delicacy
Clearly this is trash I will NEVER subject myself to...
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From wikipedia:
Many of the censorship issues with Cannibal Holocaust concern the on-screen killings of animals, which remains a major issue today. Seven animals were killed during the film's production, six of which are seen on screen:[1]
A large turtle (about three feet long) is captured in the water and dragged to shore, where it is then decapitated and its limbs and shell removed. The actors proceed to cook and eat the turtle.
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I do not remember it in that order.......i seem to remember the shell removed part came before the other. But then, like I said, it wasn't easy to watch.
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I doubt they would get permission from PETA, considering PETA would probably organize a protest against a sports arena if a baseball accidentally hit a bird or something.
Btw - Brude - do you actually own that poster? I've been wanting one of those bad boys for a long time! Glaberson had one for auction a while back, I wrote to him asking him to clarify the dimensions for me because he had it listed as 27 x 40, but he never wrote me back and the poster got sold.
Yes, I have an original HENRY, with the Joe Coleman art. It measures -- if memory serves me correctly -- 25x38 or slightly smaller, definitely not 27x40. I got it back in the day from Chuck Parello, who worked on the film and directed the sequel.
Schan, there were no animal cruelty issues in HENRY, Severen and fallen were referring to SEED, which sounds like a gross-out. Apparently, PETA 'sold' them some disturbing stock footage to start (prologue?) the movie. I can see PETA doing this, especially if they knew it would upset viewers. Whether they were paid for usage or actually donated the film, I don't know.
Back in the day, I used very graphic photos of animals caught in leg-hold traps to underscore the horror of animal cruelty. I used these at seminars and slideshows. These were always provided freely by groups like the FUND FOR ANIMALS, DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE and the ASPCA -- that is, if they were being used to educate. The producers of SEED probably approached them in a similar vein.
As for CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, thanks for the heads up. I have not seen it and I will never watch it now.
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I think it's high time someone started a DISTURBING MOVIE POSTER thread here at APF?
Post your own...
Who's first?
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Yes, I have an original HENRY, with the Joe Coleman art. It measures -- if memory serves me correctly -- 25x38 or slightly smaller, definitely not 27x40. I got it back in the day from Chuck Parello, who worked on the film and directed the sequel.
Schan, there were no animal cruelty issues in HENRY, Severen and fallen were referring to SEED, which sounds like a gross-out. Apparently, PETA 'sold' them some disturbing stock footage to start (prologue?) the movie. I can see PETA doing this, especially if they knew it would upset viewers. Whether they were paid for usage or actually donated the film, I don't know.
Back in the day, I used very graphic photos of animals caught in leg-hold traps to underscore the horror of animal cruelty. I used these at seminars and slideshows. These were always provided freely by groups like the FUND FOR ANIMALS, DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE and the ASPCA -- that is, if they were being used to educate. The producers of SEED probably approached them in a similar vein.
As for CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, thanks for the heads up. I have not seen it and I will never watch it now.
Thanks for the clarification...
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If this is true, that is simply nauseating.
What excuse could there possibly be to torture animals for film?!
However, I doubt it was actually done.
Well anyone who is anyone knows everything on the interwebz is true ! :P .. Although I think in this case they only had footage of the cruelty and used it.. they didnt actually create the footage themselves .. It could all be a big farce to sell more copies though.. who knows ..
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Ohh Brude beat me to it .. Thanks for the information though .. Mine was just 2nd or 3rd hand mutterings on a web-blog somewhere..
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Two come to mind:
1) Irreversible
2) Happiness
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I will breathe a little life into this thread. I have not seen them but I hear the August Underground movies aare completely over the top. For me horror is monsters blah blah blah. AU from what I have read is a simulated snuff movie. No thanks.....
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I have seen a lot of strange stuff, but I don't think any of it has disturbed me. Nekromantic was a bit odd, Cannibal Holocaust, etc were trying to hard. There was a film who's title escapes me, where a guy gets tied up and shot in the face several times. It was more of a documentary on killing and death.
Disturbing is such a strong word, it would mean losing grasp of reality!!!!
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I have seen a lot of strange stuff, but I don't think any of it has disturbed me. Nekromantic was a bit odd, Cannibal Holocaust, etc were trying to hard. There was a film who's title escapes me, where a guy gets tied up and shot in the face several times. It was more of a documentary on killing and death.
Disturbing is such a strong word, it would mean losing grasp of reality!!!!
Traces Of Death?
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Faces of Death, perhaps? You would get a certificate if you made it through the whole thing. Not for me.
Irreversible was hands down the most disturbing movie I have ever seen. Perfect title in that regard as well.
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Strangely.
CONTROL (2007) about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis.
Messed me around a LOT.
And Ive seen all of faces of Death, Cannibal Holocaust, the Guinea Pig films, you name it, it was like a badge of honour at the time, pre DVD when finding this stuff was near impossible (in their full uncut glory).
Some remain favourites, Cannibal Holocaust is a great film, despite the animal stuff (and I have been Vegetarian for 26 years).
Control just really hit a chord.
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Traces of death isn't the title, unless it was called something else in the States?
Control, I may have to check out. Never seen it.
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TRACES OF DEATH is what it's called in the States. CONTROL is a wonderfully poignant, heartfelt movie about Ian Curtis and, I might add, beautifully directed by Anton Corbjin
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Doc, does Traces of Death feature quite a bit of the S.S.
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Heres imdb`s Faces of Death Synopis.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077533/
(Still having problems hyperlinking etc sorry)
Stew
Oh now its posted..apparently not!!
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It's not faces of death, Stew I have all those.
I'm going to ring a friend of mind and see if he can remember the title, as I don't have the video to hand.
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Its really annoying when you cant recall a movie..im a bit OCD when i cant remember the name of a blimming film ive seen!
Stew
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Just rung a film friend of mine, the film was called "Executions", He has a good mind for lists, a bit like Dustin Hoffman, though he is not an Excellent Driver.
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Lol.. I call my wife an excellent driver all the time and she never gets the joke...oh the simple things
Stew
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Rec.
Along with Audition, these had me squirming. Just look at that thing with the hammer.
By the way, Rec2 is one of the better sequels I've seen.
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I have just watched one of the most disturbing films ever. :o
Sex and the City 2, Those people have aged Terribly, I shudder just thinking about it.
If there's another they may have to be CGI'd in.
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Not sure whether it's what you peeps would call 'disturbing', but the film that psychologically f*cks with my brain is The Shining... absolutely love it, but really need to watch it with someone holding my hand!
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Maniac and TCM.....I think those films could actually happen in real life , very disturbing notion :-X
Have they ever made a CH/TCM hybrid.......savages living in (for example) Indonesia , killing unsuspecting tourists with chainsaws and then eating them ?
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Human Centipede...I mean really...
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Human Centipede...I mean really...
After watching Human Centipede in my mind I said - I cant believe I just wasted an 1 1/2 watching this fucked up movie...Ass to mouth...really..WTF...thats fucked up!!
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Get Him to the Greek
Disturbing in the fact someone thought it would be a good idea to let Russel Brand loose in front of the camera again!
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TCM.....I think those films could actually happen in real life
Texas Chainsaw Massacre did happen in real life.
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well, it didn't REALLY, its based on real events, the same events that Psycho were based on, plus a few other films. But its a stretch to say they are historically correct.
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Here's a li'l readin' about Ed Gein, the psycho-killer who inspired PSYCHO, TCM, DERANGED and many other twisted tales....
http://www.lsu.edu/faculty/jpullia/gein.htm (http://www.lsu.edu/faculty/jpullia/gein.htm)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gein)
Somewhere out there are photos of what the cops found at his home. I will not post a link to those monstrosities, but if you're brave enough, you can find them...
Real life is so often more disturbing than cinema.
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I wont bother clicking, been reading about him since I was out of nappies (yes I was a weird kid), but none of the movies I have seen really capture it, TCM is my fave of the lot, Deranged holds a special place in my heart, Psycho is Psycho and remains the last film that scared me, when I was first allowed to stay home alone without a babysitter, I slept with a knife.
Creepy fella for sure. And I dont really want a true to life movie, whats been done is good for me.
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And I dont really want a true to life movie, whats been done is good for me.
Same here, Ari. pcorn
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A few films I found disturbing, some have already been mentioned:
Henry
High Tension
Calvaire: The Ordeal
Last House On The Left - There is something about a rape scene that makes a movie no-longer entertaining to me.
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Aftermath. 30 minute short. Not for the faint of heart.
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Aftermath. 30 minute short. Not for the faint of heart.
Whoa. I just read the descrip of this on IMDB.
Sounds like fun...NOT.
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Aftermath - wasn't there something very similar done for the 'Tales From The Crypt' series??
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Having seen Aftermath many times I can safely say there is nothing like it in TALES FROM THE CRYPT.
its is a very well made film. But yes DISTURBING.
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Lol, Ari.
I mean, Tales From The Crypt is rather tame no doubt compared to Aftermath!
...the writer probably nicked the basis of the story from Aftermath!
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I assume its this aftermath we speak of
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159241/
if so, there really is very little story to borrow.
if the pay off at the end (dog) was used, thats really the only "story" in it.
Its all aout style and content, not narrative.
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That is it, Ari. I agree that there is very little story. I actually cannot recall any narrative. Perhaps a few lines at the beginning.
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Anyone here seen THREADS, the 1984 docudrama about the effects of a worldwide nuclear war?
Absolutely chilling and profoundly disturbing....
(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44966000/jpg/_44966067_threads_bbc_226.jpg)
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Anyone here seen THREADS, the 1984 docudrama about the effects of a worldwide nuclear war?
Absolutely chilling and profoundly disturbing....
(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44966000/jpg/_44966067_threads_bbc_226.jpg)
if I remember it correctly it is about a nuclear attack on Sheffield....I saw it when it was first broadcast on the BBC, not seen it since but I remember a scene of some family going about the most imaginable mundane task (arguing over toast or something) and this siren noise, or 'mushroom' appears and all panic ensues......don't think I got through to the end, I was quite young at the time
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That is the one. I saw it when it was first televised here in the States and I will never forget it.
I have been meaning to buy a copy on Ebay so that I can watch it again, but whenever I have some pennies to rub together, I buy a movie poster.
hitself
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most distubing movies?....'Henry' most definetlely, 'Scum' (original BBC Play For Today), and probably the UK's answer to 'Henry' a low budget film called 'Tony' loosely based on Dennis Nielson. And the original 'Vanishing' (borrows heavily from Hitchcock) truely teffifying.....and having subtitles in an horror/thriller adds to the sense of paranoia
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And the original 'Vanishing' (borrows heavily from Hitchcock) truely teffifying.....and having subtitles in an horror/thriller adds to the sense of paranoia
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You can say that again. THE VANISHING -- what a film.
The last scene -- the revelation -- haunts me to this day.
The American 'remake' was such hog-waller.
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You can say that again. THE VANISHING -- what a film.
The last scene -- the revelation -- haunts me to this day.
The American 'remake' was such hog-waller.
'that' ending plus one other scene, when they stop at the petrol station during the middle of the afternoon and his wife goes to the ladies/bathroom and he waits, and waits and she doesn't return. What makes it more frightening is it's during rush hour day time, there are loads of people about and it's not set in the middle of the night in some deserted outback. frightens me to this day.
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That is the one. I saw it when it was first televised here in the States and I will never forget it.
I have been meaning to buy a copy on Ebay so that I can watch it again, but whenever I have some pennies to rub together, I buy a movie poster.
hitself
I was lectured by the director of that film, and he screened it to our class.
I also saw it as a kid at the time.
Very good film.