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]

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]

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.

 

[Sad Marsh Ghost]

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]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcoqeNdMAfA

 

[marioneta]

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