Top 5 Pessimistic Movies

[miguel1984]

Salò is a terrifying experience; for some reason, it reminded me of L'Age d'Or by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, who also collaborated in Un Chien Andalou.

[cannibal cop]

Salo and Cannibal Holocaust, fine choices.

A couple of superpowered hope-killers:

[In A Dark Light]

I think 'Threads' is probably the scariest film I have ever seen, and it isn't even a horror film.

[Revenant]

Quote Originally Posted by In A Dark Light

I think 'Threads' is probably the scariest film I have ever seen, and it isn't even a horror film.

It was much better than the American counterpart, "The Day After."

[In A Dark Light]

Quote Originally Posted by Revenant

Quote Originally Posted by In A Dark Light I think 'Threads' is probably the scariest film I have ever seen, and it isn't even a horror film. It was much better than the American counterpart, "The Day After."

I seem to recall that there is a video on YouTube contrasting 'Threads' and 'The Day After'. If memory serves, 'Threads' wins out in every criteria applied to the two films.

It turns out that the truly terrifying thing about Threads was that the nuclear holocaust was precipitated by an orange reality TV star threatening military action on Twitter.

[cannibal cop]

Bloody Google Images. This is the other movie I meant:



Testament (1983) - IMDb

Threads is great, for sure, and leaves The Day After in the (deadly radioactive) dust. But Testament is another US production from that era that I think Trumps both of them, in terms of lingering emotional impact.

Threads is more viscerally disturbing, Testament more insidious in effect. One is a series of blunt-force blows to the head, the other slashes with a razor so sharp you don't notice the pain until you've bled half to death. Pick your poison.

[cannibal cop]

Stroszek: the Dancing Chicken - YouTube

[marioneta]

Cronenberg's THE FLY, body horror at its peak. The ending could be a lens to see the Conspiracy against the human race.