Movies that you'll never watch or watch again

[Heimdallr]

I also could not watch those torture movies more than once. One movie that I haven't seen mentioned yet that I would have a difficult time re-watching (even though it is a good film in its own right) is Requiem For A Dream. It's basically an anti-drug film in the most cringe-inducing ways, especially by portraying the depths addicts go to pursue their needs. It's a gripping film, but one I don't think I could handle again.

[Tigersoap]

I see zombies in a different way. In the Return of the Living Dead movie, I found in very amusing that the central focal point was the mall and the Zombies like to eat peoples brains. Perhaps an analogy for current society? Let the dead bury the dead comes to mind here also.

I always thought about zombies as some kind of analogy with the world as well, as the power of conformity that would rather eat you alive than let you become conscious of what's going on.
Or maybe even with your own predator's mind, where you try to gather a few many I who would help you through the night and fend off those brain gulping horrors.
I think the image of a zombi can sometimes be as symbolic as one of a vampire but that's just me

[timmyman]

can you imagine that we i saw the hostel series on a 9th class excursion as something to watch from the bus tv:D?

[tschai]

I see zombies in a different way. In the Return of the Living Dead movie, I found in very amusing that the central focal point was the mall and the Zombies like to eat peoples brains. Perhaps an analogy for current society? Let the dead bury the dead comes to mind here also.

I always thought about zombies as some kind of analogy with the world as well, as the power of conformity that would rather eat you alive than let you become conscious of what's going on.
Or maybe even with your own predator's mind, where you try to gather a few many I who would help you through the night and fend off those brain gulping horrors.
I think the image of a zombi can sometimes be as symbolic as one of a vampire but that's just me

This may be getting too far off topic-but actually the idea of flesh eating zombies has been around for a while-so it's not just our current society that's possibly pre-occupied with the walking dead. The Scandanavians and Norse called them draugr

see this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draugr and very interesting the Celts word for them meant portent / meteor!  perhaps Strange connections to our current situation indeed!

[Daenerys]

I see zombies in a different way. In the Return of the Living Dead movie, I found in very amusing that the central focal point was the mall and the Zombies like to eat peoples brains. Perhaps an analogy for current society? Let the dead bury the dead comes to mind here also.

I always thought about zombies as some kind of analogy with the world as well, as the power of conformity that would rather eat you alive than let you become conscious of what's going on.
Or maybe even with your own predator's mind, where you try to gather a few many I who would help you through the night and fend off those brain gulping horrors.
I think the image of a zombi can sometimes be as symbolic as one of a vampire but that's just me

This may be getting too far off topic-but actually the idea of flesh eating zombies has been around for a while-so it's not just our current society that's possibly pre-occupied with the walking dead. The Scandanavians and Norse called them draugr

see this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draugr and very interesting the Celts word for them meant portent / meteor!  perhaps Strange connections to our current situation indeed!

At the risk that we are getting to the point of hijacking this thread with the zombie thing, one thing to keep in mind all down through history there have been those who had knowledge of natural properties that could evoke situations to where these types of things were believable. For example, a zombie, or a reanimated being, could easily be produced by a knowledgeable medicine man with the poison of a blowfish. See this snippet form wikipedia:

Pufferfish can be lethal if not served properly. Puffer poisoning usually results from consumption of incorrectly prepared puffer soup,fugu chiri, or occasionally from raw puffer meat,sashimi fugu. While chiri is much more likely to cause death,sashimi fugu often causes intoxication, light-headedness, and numbness of the lips, and is often eaten for this reason. Puffer's tetrodotoxin poisoning deadens the tongue and lips, and induces dizziness and vomiting, followed by numbness and prickling over the body, rapid heart rate, decreased blood pressure, and muscle paralysis. The toxin paralyzesdiaphragm muscles and stops the person who has ingested it from breathing. People who live longer than 24 hours typically survive, although possibly after acoma lasting several days. Some people claim to have remained fully conscious throughout the coma, and can often recount events that occurred while they were supposedly unconscious.The paralysis reduces oxygen demands of the body dramatically, but because the toxin does not cross the blood-brain barrier, neural activity in the brain and from the eyes and ears are generally intact. In Voodoo , puffer's poison must be part of the mixture given to the victim to make them a zombie", most likely because the paralysis and pseudo-comatose effect simulate the death portion of traditional zombie creation.It is not believed that puffers produce toxins themselves, as puffer fish kept in tanks or fish farms are totally free of either toxin. The gastric contents of shellfish prey are believed to carry the toxins or their precursors, which are stored in the puffers organs.
]Saxitoxin], the cause of paralytic shellfish poisoning red tide can also be found in certain puffers.

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[D]

I for one have always HATED zombie movies. Even when I liked horror movies, I thought they were so stupid. Years ago I watched Walking Dead, and Resident Evil - probably the only two zombie movies I've watched and I'll never watch another zombie movie ever again.

I also won't watch hack and slash or anything about torture or rape. I just can't handle stuff like that. I used to like Scream, and even watched Scream 2 and 3 but that was the last one I watched or ever will. I heard the 4th one came out but I had no interest at all.

A few other movies have been mentioned on this thread that I'll never watch again is The Road and Splice, and Requiem for a Dream.

Few that haven't been mentioned for me is Law Abiding Citizen (lots of graphic torture scenes) and Jacob's Ladder. I actually really like Jacob's Ladder, but the scene where he was in "hell hospital" really messed me up for several days.

I usually don't watch movies that are overtly emotionally draining either.. like I've been told to watch "Precious" by a lot of people but I don't think I ever will. Everyone I've talked to has told me they couldn't stop crying after they watched it and I don't think I could do it.

And last but not least I don't think I'll ever watch war movies. Even though I've liked a few, I just can't stand realistic war movies. I read/watch way too much news about real life war to spend my extra time watching the same thing in movie form.

[Laura]

And last but not least I don't think I'll ever watch war movies. Even though I've liked a few, I just can't stand realistic war movies. I read/watch way too much news about real life war to spend my extra time watching the same thing in movie form.

I have problems with war movies too.   Another one I'll never watch again: "Sophie's Choice."  I had read the book, which was harrowing, and only watched the movie to see if they managed to get all that complexity onto film (they didn't, but it was still emotional). 

For the sake of historical review, I've watched the BBC's "The Nazis: A Warning From History" and the French Film: "The Sorrow and the Pity", and they are just dreadful things.  But at least they are about what really happened and I think necessary for historical understanding.  But they darn sure aren't something that you watch for pleasure or want to watch again.

[Keit]

I also could not watch those torture movies more than once. One movie that I haven't seen mentioned yet that I would have a difficult time re-watching (even though it is a good film in its own right) is Requiem For A Dream. It's basically an anti-drug film in the most cringe-inducing ways, especially by portraying the depths addicts go to pursue their needs. It's a gripping film, but one I don't think I could handle again.

Yes, "Requiem For A Dream" was quite an experience and so shocking that I wouldn't want to go through this again. Another emotionally taxing movie was "The Elephant Man". Also, would avoid watching "The Road" again, and also "A Clockwork Orange". I understand that it's a cult movie and a good portrayal of a psychopath, but it was just too raw and chaotic for me. That was probably the point, though. Same goes for "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer".

I do watch war movies, but some of them can leave a mark that is felt for days. Like "Ivan's childhood" that watched recently. For the same reason every time I want to watch something, pass on "The Pianist" and wait for the moment when will be able to handle it.

[Mrs. Tigersoap]

One I forgot to add is Into the Wild. It's such a pity because the images are really breathtaking, but tears come to my eyes just thinking of the ending. SPOILER ALERT ! I was so touched by his acceptance of his death at the end, the pictures he took, the notes he left, etc. So when at the end I realized it was a true story (I had no idea!), I just could not stop crying. It stuck with me for weeks. Other people I talked to had the same reaction and it was discussed here: http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,7399.msg52498.html#msg52498 - It was a painful experience and I'm not going through that again.

[Gertrudes]

Yes, "Requiem For A Dream" was quite an experience and so shocking that I wouldn't want to go through this again. Another emotionally taxing movie was "The Elephant Man". Also, would avoid watching "The Road" again, and also "A Clockwork Orange". I understand that it's a cult movie and a good portrayal of a psychopath, but it was just too raw and chaotic for me. That was probably the point, though.

I haven't watched "The Road", but ditto for all the others.

Another movie I would never watch again is "The Piano teacher". Way too disturbing. It was for me another movie where the audience is shown the inner landscape of a very, very disturbed individual, and we (as audience) are basically forced to go through all sorts of perversions over and over and over. Torture!

Adding to that, I will never watch again "The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover". It has beautiful images and exquisite scenarios, but not worth the underlying sick dynamic and disturbing scenes that become worse towards the end.

Another one was The Notebook - I cried so much at the end of that movie that I couldn't even draw breath... don't want to go through that again. I had the feeling it brought out something I ought to work on (some old trauma maybe) since my reaction was so extreme.

I know what you mean. I cried like a fountain in some movies that I felt hit something really deep in me. Some of which are "I am Sam" and, believe it or not, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" 1996 animation from Disney. In both cases there is exploitation from someone that shows naivete, and that, I think, was what really got me so bad.

[Mrs. Tigersoap]

I know what you mean. I cried like a fountain in some movies that I felt hit something really deep in me. Some of which are "I am Sam" and, believe it or not, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" 1996 animation from Disney. In both cases there is exploitation from someone that shows naivete, and that, I think, was what really got me so bad.

OMG, you just reminded me of something! One Christmas when I was a child, we all watched 'Le Noël de Mickey' (Mickey's Christmas) and in it, one of the children is disabled and they are very poor, etc. and I just began sobbing and sobbing and my parents could say nothing to make me feel better. I was just realizing that here I was, spending a great Christmas and there was somewhere children who had it really hard and there was nothing I could do about it.

Even if in the end, I guess it was important for me to realize this, it was uncalled for in a kid cartoon and Disney seems to be a specialist to really pull that emotional chord and not let go. It's just too much.

[SeekinTruth]

Yes, "Requiem For A Dream" was quite an experience and so shocking that I wouldn't want to go through this again. Another emotionally taxing movie was "The Elephant Man". Also, would avoid watching "The Road" again, and also "A Clockwork Orange". I understand that it's a cult movie and a good portrayal of a psychopath, but it was just too raw and chaotic for me. That was probably the point, though.

I haven't watched "The Road", but ditto for all the others.

Another movie I would never watch again is "The Piano teacher". Way too disturbing. It was for me another movie where the audience is shown the inner landscape of a very, very disturbed individual, and we (as audience) are basically forced to go through all sorts of perversions over and over and over. Torture!

Adding to that, I will never watch again "The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover". It has beautiful images and exquisite scenarios, but not worth the underlying sick dynamic and disturbing scenes that become worse towards the end.

Another one was The Notebook - I cried so much at the end of that movie that I couldn't even draw breath... don't want to go through that again. I had the feeling it brought out something I ought to work on (some old trauma maybe) since my reaction was so extreme.

I know what you mean. I cried like a fountain in some movies that I felt hit something really deep in me. Some of which are "I am Sam" and, believe it or not, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" 1996 animation from Disney. In both cases there is exploitation from someone that shows naivete, and that, I think, was what really got me so bad.

Yeah, "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, And Her Lover" was a REALLY disturbing movie. I saw it in the movie theater when it first came out, and my girlfriend at the time really liked it, but I found it really nasty.

"A Clockwork Orange" I watched several times when I was in high school. I had it on video tape. Haven't seen it in a long time.

[Tigersoap]

I'll never watch again Sleepless in Seattle, Howard the Duck and Avatar.

[Daenerys]

And last but not least I don't think I'll ever watch war movies. Even though I've liked a few, I just can't stand realistic war movies. I read/watch way too much news about real life war to spend my extra time watching the same thing in movie form.

I have problems with war movies too.   Another one I'll never watch again: "Sophie's Choice."  I had read the book, which was harrowing, and only watched the movie to see if they managed to get all that complexity onto film (they didn't, but it was still emotional). 

For the sake of historical review, I've watched the BBC's "The Nazis: A Warning From History" and the French Film: "The Sorrow and the Pity", and they are just dreadful things.  But at least they are about what really happened and I think necessary for historical understanding.  But they darn sure aren't something that you watch for pleasure or want to watch again.

The first movie that ever impacted me was a movie about Nazi Germany, but I cannot remember the name of it, alhough I have never forgotten it. I was about eight or nine and was watching it it my Nana. There were three people in the sewer system trying to stay hidden from the Nazis above. The woman was pregnant, and had to give birth without making a sound. She and the two men then took the baby with them. At one point, the Nazis were near, and the baby started to fuss. They then had to make the heartwrenching decision to smother the baby to save themselves. I was hysterical, even more so when my Nana told me that this was based on historic fact and proceeded to tell me more.

[manitoban]

The last scary movie I watched was way back, "Silence of the Lambs" - and I had nightmares about it for weeks.  I could not get the images out of my mind and will NEVER watch it again.