Everyone is affected differently, based on personal perception. There have been quite a few scenes, or entire films, that I have have come across. Some have stayed with me for one reason or another---leaving a lingering emotion of discomfort. That emotion may have been fear, anxiety, doubt, and in some cases a complete confusion or hopelessness even. Some of the movies that have affected me, off the top of my head are:

Funny Games (1997) - The original version in my personal opinion was absolutely chilling. The thought of being terrorized and slaughtered for no apparent reason, other than for sport. This is undeniably one that left me lost in my head for a few hours, if not days.

The Exorcist (1973) - It's hard to believe that this film was made in 1973. A film that is absolutely timeless in its ability to make us shudder. What was so troubling for me is that there was nothing satirish about the portrayal of a young girl being possessed by Satan. The film, in its context, was genuine. The characters were caught in a duel with the devil, he played on their vulnerabilities and ultimately, on ours as well.

The Brood (1979) - The Brood, when I first watched it---stunned me. The concept of being murdered by mutated, evil children, with a multitude of weapons is weird, to say the least. I won't even go into the baby scene, for those of you who haven't viewed it. This movie didn't necessarily frighten me, as it did bewilder me. A mad scientist story to leave you wondering, what the *beep* did I just watch?

The Witch Who Came From the Sea (1976) - Here's one that came out before I Spit on Your Grave, that carries some of the same shocking scenes. I'm not saying that the story is gripping, far from it. However, one can not deny the mindtrip this one takes you on. It's always been a bit interesting to me that Millie Perkins (The Diary of Anne Frank, among others) really stepped out of her pollyanna mold to make a movie such as this.

The Blair Witch Project - I have to add this movie, because when I saw it at the movies, the world was still under the impression it was real---including myself. With that being said, it absolutely frightened me. The entire audience was alive with fear. I left the theater that night utterly afraid of going into the woods, and no sleep the whole night. Blair Witch will always be a favorite of mine, even after learning it was botched---the scenario is still creepy.

High Tension (2003) - Anyone who watched this film (that I've spoken to) was absolutely in a state of 'high tension' while watching it. The death scenes were terrifying, we had no idea who the culprit was or why. When those things were finally revealed to us---we were left in awe.

I could go on for quite some time, naming many, many more, but I thought that I would give someone else a chance to weigh-in. What movies would you add to this list?

Well back when I was nine years old and I was watching John Carpenter's The Thing for the first time, I was doing okay until the dog's head split open and he mutated and attacked the other dogs. I felt extremely sick after that and had to stop watching the movie. Of course now it's one of my favorites.

Recently the only thing that's gotten me semi-uncomfortable was the final scene of A Serbian Film.

Not a horror film but I was incredibly uncomfortable while watching a film about a gay kid's sexuality called Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006). Now before I start, I KNOW how that sounds on first read but the film has 2 masturbation scenes and the kid is supposed to be 13. Okay, I know kids that age do it but I don't need to see it.

For the life of me, I don't understand the director's intent to make the audience uncomfortable in that film. That film is very strange considering that with scenes like the ones mentioned above where it makes you uncomfortable to your *beep* core, it has other scenes that I actually really like in the film.

I haven't seen 'Wild Tigers I Have Known'---but I can assure you, I don't want to see young boys masturbate either. It may have been that those scenes were added to do precisely what they did---make one uncomfortable. Perhaps the director wanted to withhold any sense of complacency or predictability from the film. . .

Yeah but I saw that in the film with absolutely no warning and its even more shocking considering one of these scenes are at the very beginning of the movie. Not really a good sign when the first scene of the film has audiences pressing the "fast forward" button as soon as you see whats going on.

Hell, the only reason I even saw that film was because my favourite actress, Fairuza Balk, is in it.

The genital mutilation in Antichrist had me cringing.

The preteen incest stuff in Here Comes the Devil made me really uncomfortable. I still shudder when I think about that movie.

Iris eating stew in Beyond The Darkness (1979)

Catherine Breillat's Anatomy of Hell. All of it.

How about The Girl Next Door (2007), or this crazy movie I saw once a few years back Feed (2005) about a guy that gets off on feeding obese woman to death. The Last House on the Left (1972) was nothing to snub yer' nose at either. The rape scenes were disturbing, to say the least. Certainly The Human Centipede (2009)left us feeling queasy at the thought of stumbling onto that sort of nightmare. Hostel (2005) left us feeling like we should always be looking over our shoulders when visiting a foreign country. Not a horror film, but Kids (1995) had us cringing at the thought of AIDS being so casually passed from one vacant teen to another. Truly, there are so many films that affect us on a primitive level.

Umm some parts of A Serbian Film!

The car rape scene in Evil Dead Trap.

Lucker, the Necrophagus is a recent one that comes to mind.

Not technically horror but Michael Hanke's "The Seventh Continent" effected me for some time after my first viewing.

Yeah, think I can't take Haneke's relentless misanthropy on an average day. He's usually too mean spirited for my liking.

For me, must have been a few, but off top of my head probably Life and Death of Porno Gang, stayed with me for days, extremely uncomfortable, depressing film. Fooking killjoy, especially if you're any bit of empathetic.

Someone mentioned that particular Antichrist bit...yeah, that too.

Ghoulies II (1987) - When the teenage kid gets the knife stabbed in
his ankle by the creatures and later wrapped as a mummy. Made me
cringe and I felt kind of sorry for the kid.

The Gate (1987) - The scene where Glen sees an eye on his hand
and stabs it with a shard of glass. This scene made me cringe and
has been with me whenever watching the film since.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) - When Officer Mooney is
handled like a ventriloquist dummy by the clown. This scene
scared me as a kid and sometimes I was afraid to watch the
film again. The Clowns also scared me.

The Blair Witch Project (1999) - When it's dark and the guy is
screaming from a distance. Terrified me, I had a nightmare after
seeing the film at the movies and haven't watched it since.

Critters (1986) - Deputy, Jeff's death scene. Scariest part of the
film for me as a kid and it's still a creepy scene. The Critters
used to scare me too.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) - Phillip's
marionette nightmare scene. I saw this part on TV as a kid and
thought it was creepy and gruesome.

I'm not disturbed by anything mentioned in the whole thread so far, but I guess it's always different stroke for different people. Anyway, here's mine:

Eyes Without a Face - The face removal scene nearly made me puke the first time, and since. Absolutely nauseating.

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - The first nightmare scene from the soldier. A lost art in today's cinema.

Suspiria - When we see 's corpse appear in the end, laughing with a knife in her hand. That's the sort of stuff nightmares are made of.

Manon of the Spring - Ugolin sewing Manon's ribbon into his nipple is tough to watch.

The House That Screamed - The twist ending.

Onibaba - When the mother jumped in joy, all giggling and celebrating, after her daughter-in-law destroyed the demon mask she wore, not realizing her own face is nothing but rotten flesh.

Manon of the Spring - Ugolin sewing Manon's ribbon into his nipple is tough to watch.

Yeah totally cringeworthy - Always amazed me that this films had a PG rating in the UK, considering the nudity too.

The rape scene in Irreversible
The final 15 minutes of The Stoning Of Soraya M
The hammer/bathroom scene in The Chaser
The first murder scene in I Saw The Devil
The asphyxiation scene in A Serbian Film
The torture/beating of the prostitute in Ichi The Killer

The Poughkeepsie Tapes- Thats one of the most disturbing movies iv ever seen.

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The Poughkeepsie Tapes was disturbing

Yeah, I agree with you about Funny Games but for one scene and one scene only and that is when the two invaders toss the bound and gagged wifey off the boat. It's just so nonchalant and callous. The casual disregard for life that scene elicits is quite sickening.

The only other film that has ever truly alarmed me is 'Megan is Missing', the horribly protracted affair of a girl in a barrel pleading for her life as she's being buried alive has crawled under my skin and stayed there ever since. It's proof positive that you don't need gore to make a shocking scene. I felt grubby for days after watching Megan is Missing.

There are many films/scenes I could list, cinema affects me quite often. But the biggest one, was my first introduction to Extreme Cinema. I guess that's why it sticks out, cos before then, I hadn't experienced anything like it. The two scenes from Irreversible. It will always be the hardest and most uncomfortable viewing of my life, nothing will ever top it.