“If You Haven’t Seen It, Please... Just Don’t”: 30 Disturbing Movies That Left People Traumatized

Not the most disturbing, but the car scene in Hereditary shocked the absolute s**t out of me more than any other horror scene. I’ve watched a lot of horror movies.

It was so unexpected in that moment of the movie for some reason that's why it was so shocking too. That one is really burned into my brain.

Hereditary stayed with me. It's a long, slow burn until it hits you again, and again. I've watched a whole bunch of "deep dive" video essays to try and work through it, but the effects remain, like a spot on my soul

Eraserhead. You are welcome.

I saw it for the first time last year and it left a very foul taste in my mouth. Oh, and I'm going to be a dad for the first time this year and the movie is even more unsettling now.

Eden Lake.

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I had to scroll far too long for this one. Other movies might be more viscerally upsetting but this one just hurts deep down inside. I’ve seen pretty much all of them. Terrifier, TCM, Martyrs, Cannibal Holocaust…

It’s mean, realistic, and doesn’t give you a payoff or relief in the end.

Funny games. I watch A LOT of horror movies/ thrillers etc. I consider it my favorite genre. That movie got me to my core for some reason. Something felt so real about it.

I watch a lot of horror and read a lot of true crime, I could not finish this movie. It did feel very real.

Probably Event Horizon.

I still have nightmares related to this film.

Mother….

This is the only movie I actively wish I could un-watch.

The only movie I’ve ever seen that truly and I mean truly felt like an unfolding nightmare. I will never watch it again.

Ok, Bone Tomahawk.

Only film I've ever watched where I have to actively avoid thinking about it for my own peace of mind

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The 1974 original.

It just feels so grimy, unpleasant and most of all, REAL. It feels realistic and truly disturbing in a way a lot of horror movies don't, to the point where you almost feel like you shouldn't be watching, but you can't look away. The title makes you think you're in for a gorefest, but there's actually very little blood and gore to speak of (Tobe Hooper was shooting for A PG RATING, but the MPAA decided that the subject matter was just too macabre to be anything less than an R). It's all about the atmosphere, the tension, the extremely f****d up imagery in that house, and the erm... eccentric Sawyer family. And it's all made even scarier by Marilyn Burns' uncomfortably realistic terror at everything around her... and much of her fear was genuine.

Yeah, about that... the making of the film was no picnic. Just look up what a nightmare the dinner scene was for everyone involved. Edwin Neal (who played the hitchhiker) said it was the worst experience of his life.... and he'd served in Vietnam.

I found Tusk very disturbing. I love horrors and don’t mind body horror usually, but that one left me with a really uncomfortable feeling.

I'm glad I'm not the only one, everyone laughed at it but I found it very unsettling.

Pink Flamingos for sure.