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bertoPRIME t1_j5t4s2l wrote

Maniac (2012) remake of the 1980 original with Elijah Wood

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[deleted] OP t1_j5t59d2 wrote

Get out for me, it was those smiling faces. I've never been scared of smiling faces more

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dmforevaaaa t1_j5t5z9v wrote

Wake in fright(1971). It's just pure sun drenched madness. Wish I could also recommend sorcerer (1977) but it's more of an action thriller.

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[deleted] OP t1_j5t6en6 wrote

Eden Lake - 2008
A young couple on a romantic weekend break at a remote lakehouse, are terrorised by a group of vicious delinquents.

And

An American Crime - 2007

Gertrude Baniszewski, a divorced mother of several children, agrees to take care of two girls, Sylvia and Jennie, while their parents travel with a carnival. Though her eldest daughter is the real troublemaker, Gertrude vents all her bitterness and frustration on innocent Sylvia. Gertrude imprisons the girl in the basement and tortures her, eventually encouraging her children to follow suit.

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keyboardstatic t1_j5t6h4o wrote

As above so below.

If you feel don't like being underground. I found it difficult to watch. The idea of them getting trapped. The rest of it was like ok. But just the being underground in tight spaces is like no no no.

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modifiedminotaur t1_j5t6uyt wrote

Midsommar - no other horror movie has ever instilled such a sense of impending dread, while being so bright, sunny and full of color.

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stardogchamp420 t1_j5t73xa wrote

Come and See, maybe. Not made as a horror, but disturbing in its own way.

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[deleted] OP t1_j5t787x wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,482,666)

I don’t know if you have watched Yellowstone the tv show but Kelly Reilly stars in this movie.

I found Wolf Creek also a movie that I’ll never forget.

I think because it was a true story.

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NicCageCompletionist t1_j5t7q5h wrote

Midsommar has some scenes that stick in the mind. The Evil Dead remake has some blood soaked unsettling bits.

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_DeanRiding t1_j5t8sxv wrote

A recent one from last year is Barbarian. Others have already mentioned Midsommar which is great.

I don't know about 'gritty/raw', but The Invisible Man from 2020 was incredibly unsettling, especially if you're a woman.

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ColbyAndrew t1_j5t960l wrote

Replying to NicCageCompletionist (#1,482,772)

We tried to have our 16 year old daughter watch that Evil Dead with us one halloween. She hid under a blanket for the first 15 minutes then said “The sounds… I can’t do this. Every noise is scary.” Then left the room. We love that movie. Excited for Rise.

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dwcanker t1_j5ta1h9 wrote

Rob Zombie's movies

House of a Thousand Corpses trilogy, third one is a bit shit

31 isn't bad either

They are more like Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 than 1 which if you haven't seen 2 add that one as well.

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matttopotamus t1_j5tah6f wrote

The exorcism of Emily rose. Still creeps me out to this day.

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zalurker t1_j5tc0xg wrote

The Divide.

'Survivors of a nuclear attack take refuge in a building's basement. Hiding for days underground, soon they turn on each other as fear, dwindling supplies and outside invaders play on their minds.'

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ElderberryLucky7557 t1_j5tdhjw wrote

Be careful with this one: the sadness. Very bloody and creepy shocker movie.

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Purple1829 t1_j5tdtm6 wrote

The Descent made me uncomfortable as fuck.

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PraiseThePun81 t1_j5tfbpb wrote

Replying to my5ticdrag0n (#1,483,517)

If I recall correctly (And someone let me know if I'm wrong) Rec was a Spanish movie with English Subtitles?

I think there was a Hollywood Remake done in English that didn't fare as well, but again I could be misremembering.

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Squeekazu t1_j5tgv9s wrote

It Comes At Night was pretty harrowing. Loads of people didn't like it due to the total bait and switch of the trailer (made it look like a monster/zombie movie when it isn't), but I didn't feel like I was duped into a bad movie, and I actually really like media with a cabin fever element.

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RockofChickamauga63 t1_j5th8mm wrote

I’ve seen Bone Tomahawk thrown out there but let’s give some love to the father: The Proposition. It’s so gritty and raw you can feel the sweat dripping off the characters, and the plot is just downright dark. It’s got some disturbing sequences and so I would absolutely put it in the realm of horror, but it’s a wonderful dark western too. Guy Pearce is amazing. It’s available in high quality in full on YouTube - definitely check it out.

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LedByAnimals t1_j5tp27x wrote

Bodies Bodies Bodies... I recommend not watching the trailer and not giving up on it. It's weird and cringey on purpose and is satirical. I haven't been able to stop thinking about it for a week. I would also recommend: RAW. It's French, so if you can get past that you'll definitely be in for a ride.

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KewlTheChemist t1_j5twhd4 wrote

If you want to see one of the coolest and rawest depictions of a vampire, check out “Grave of the Vampire” from the early 1970’s. I believe it’s on Prime.

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Happy_Chick21 t1_j5u0mo5 wrote

Hunted (2020) it is a cat and mouse chase cut with intense scenes. Those bits have stuck with me.

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HauntingTeacup t1_j5u1ml4 wrote

Try r/horror. You’ll get a lot of good recs there, including a tonne of obscure gems.

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WordsWithSam t1_j5u5gav wrote

Replying to PraiseThePun81 (#1,483,612)

There was an English language remake called Quarantine that is essentially a shot for shot remake up until the end. It’s fine but if you’ve seen Rec it doesn’t compare.

Rec and Rec 2 are a great continuously-shot, 1-2 punch.

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Kjc2022 t1_j5u5y3u wrote

I'm surprised no one has mentioned The Hills Have Eyes. It's a pretty gruesome one

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ethanwnelson t1_j5u7nb2 wrote

Funny Games (1997) if you don’t mind subtitles. The remake is okay but not nearly as good as the original.

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turkeygobblegobblr t1_j5ucae3 wrote

John Hyams does a great job of this. Alone and Sick are both very standard premises - slasher movie and serial killer movie respectively. But the way he frames action and movement really plunge you into the tension and brutality of what’s happening on screen.

The same can also be said for Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, which sneaks an absolutely unflinching and brutal horror movie into an action movie shell.

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EggRollJake t1_j5uewpt wrote

Hereditary, Possessor, The Strangers, and Suspiria (2018). All humorless and deeply upsetting. Have fun!

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nortonff t1_j5ufd61 wrote

Hereditary

The Witch

Martyrs

Midsommar

REC

Sinister

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LoginLord t1_j5ujsg0 wrote

Replying to stardogchamp420 (#1,482,706)

Many horror films don't stay with me because I can often displace the fear by recognizing it as fiction. But Come and See feels much too real with the inhumanity portrayed. It's gruesome and disturbing because if you know anything about the atrocities committed by the Nazis none of the content of the movie is far removed from reality.

>!And even though the ending for that movie was not scary in content I still can feel the dread watching the main character disappear into that sea of men who participate in that cycle of life and death called war.!<

>!Never could I have known that Lacrimosa could sound so haunting before watching that film.!<

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zdenn21 t1_j5ujxx7 wrote

Green room. That movie stuck with me for a looong time. It’s so scary because it’s so real. Plus you get to see Patrick Stewart with a hell of a performance as a terrifying neo-nazi.

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ActivityEquivalent69 t1_j5ukby9 wrote

The hills have eyes screwed with me. So did deliverance, but I've got a particular fear of these types of isolated family things, mostly because I've met a family like that. If you want a single episode, the X files episode "home" is that fear condensed into like 45 minutes or whatever an episode runs for that show.

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SasquatchRobo t1_j5uoj22 wrote

Audition (1999).

If you were to map out rising tension on a graph, most horror films will have peaks and valleys of tension. For example, a jump scare will show up as a sharp "peak," followed by a release of tension, a "valley" -- "it was just the wind/cat/doorbell/neighbor." Films will do this several times over the course of playtime, ramping up the tension each time, with small releases of tension until the final act where the killer is chasing the protagonist with a bloody crowbar or whatever.

Audition does not do this.

The entire film is a slow build in tension, never giving you a break, leading up to some really choice body horror. It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles. Maybe not the best horror film in the world, but truly a singular experience.

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LHGray87 t1_j5uptyl wrote

Last House on the Left (1972)

I Spit on Your Grave (1978)

Evil Dead (1981)

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drewcash83 t1_j5usr7k wrote

Barbarian (2022) holy shit was good. It was recommended to me to watch it with as little fore knowledge going into it. Best advice ever.

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YellowBinDude t1_j5utqpg wrote

REC or fucking Saw II. I don't care about the the ones after but god that film's good with the gore and grit

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Powerful-Essay-8012 t1_j5uyno8 wrote

Funny Games - Not necessarily visceral outside of a couple scenes but damn is it disturbing

The Poughkeepsie Tapes - pseudo-documentary full of disturbing subject matter

Martyrs - gritty, disturbing, and gruesome

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Crems23 t1_j5v78o6 wrote

Not a horror movie, but Blue Ruin is pretty brutal and stays with you

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Turnbob73 t1_j5vovkb wrote

Replying to Anon_interesante (#1,482,905)

While that movie is overall wild, the little ambush that happens to some of the main characters towards the end (when they’re entering the valley that has the caves) is always hilarious to me. Something about the silence and timing when they’re hiding behind a bush, and then a rock just soars into the frame and clocks one of them in the head lmao.

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FunkyandFresh t1_j5w3wdv wrote

Under the Skin.

Also, not straight horror, but Midsommar is so gripping and horrifying.

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shaktimaanftw t1_j5w698o wrote

Sinister with Ethan Hawke

Hereditary.

Both pretty unsettling movies

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el_scorn t1_j5wiqk4 wrote

Insidious. I don’t think it was necessarily overly disturbing but that first one really didn’t go where I thought. And the idea that an innocent child could fall victim because of their dreams and that the father, a skeptic, was the only one who could save them. Hit me on a bunch of levels

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GaryKing1413 t1_j5wtge3 wrote

Not exactly a horror movie but Bone Tomahawk

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Trashqueenxx t1_j5xj0ud wrote

Mother!

It fucked me up for a while. It’s psychological and then gory. EXTREMELY DISTURBING… I still get physically sick thinking about the movie. I’ve seen most movies people have listed here, and the only one that comes close to it is ‘Midsommer’.

edit to delete spoilers

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Clueless_Reddit_User t1_j5xjxy2 wrote

I’d say the Suspiria remake hits the spot. It has some genuinely disturbing scenes, it’s steeped in atmosphere and has an absolutely wild ending.

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MadMads23 t1_j5xxljz wrote

Midsommar (2019) - the opening scene alone

Confessions (2010) - actually a Japanese drama, but the events that occur would be f-ed up if that happened in real life

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