Gransnet forums

TV, radio, film, Arts

Films I have never watched because I know they would upset me..

(157 Posts)
Shinamae Mon 17-Oct-22 09:46:35

Watership down
Warhorse

MerylStreep Tue 18-Oct-22 18:57:00

The torture scene in The Boys from Brazil ?

MerylStreep Tue 18-Oct-22 18:55:25

The most disturbing film I’ve seen was Rosemary’s Baby.
The saddest: Out of Africa, followed by The Bridges of Maddison County.

Chestnut Tue 18-Oct-22 18:55:23

Is that Cape Fear with Robert de Niro? It was awful. There was an earlier one with Robert Mitchum, but I'll bet that wasn't as nasty.

Razzamatazz Tue 18-Oct-22 18:48:16

I watched Cape Fear many years ago and cannot recommend it to anyone, I thought some scenes should have been cut.

I've warned my daughter and son never to watch it too.

Hilltop Tue 18-Oct-22 18:36:30

Has anyone watched "Charlotte Grey " film? I still think of the two little boys.
Later l was in a Book Reading Group and someone suggested we read it, l could not

MissAdventure Tue 18-Oct-22 18:19:30

It was very claustrophobia inducing.
I'd rather take a candle down in the basement than drag myself through those small potholes.

MayBee70 Tue 18-Oct-22 18:16:57

That’s the one. I believe there was a sequel too!

MissAdventure Tue 18-Oct-22 18:15:30

The descent?

MayBee70 Tue 18-Oct-22 18:01:33

I saw The Omega Man years ago and was scared to go into the garden after dark for years. But nothing has scared me more than The Exorcist. That’s why I have to be careful about what I watch. NeverLet Me Go was a good film but it upset me dreadfully. I couldn’t leave the cinema for ages after seeing Heartbreak Mountain because I was crying so much. I’m fine with Alien because I’m never likely to find myself on a space ship. That series from a few years ago The Living and the Dead terrified me ( but I did think it was very good). And a horror film where a group of women went underground terrified me because I do get claustrophobic ( can’t remember what it’s called). Can’t watch Poltergeist because someone’s child it taken away ( that’s the only clip from the film that I saw).

LadyHonoriaDedlock Tue 18-Oct-22 16:05:50

Eraserhead, mainly because of the deformed baby. That's something that really upsets me.

I watched Threads when it was first shown on TV 38 years ago (I was actually staying withe friends in Sheffield that night to it had an appalling immediacy). I really don't think I could face it again.

Ladyleftfieldlover Tue 18-Oct-22 16:02:52

I love Quentin Tarantino films and my favourite is Pulp Fiction. I can’t watch War films, especially since elder son was in the Royal Marines. Anything where children or animals could be hurt are also out. I can’t bear musicals, except Cabaret and Rocky Horror Picture Show. I read The Boy in the striped Pyjamas, but knew I could never see the film.

Greyduster Tue 18-Oct-22 15:50:57

Gosh! I’d forgotten “Wickerman”. It gave me nightmares for months!

MissAdventure Tue 18-Oct-22 15:10:56

Fair comment.
Not for everyone, I'm sure.
My mum couldnt watch "police interceptors" on tv because she thought the police were 'too rough'. smile

Chestnut Tue 18-Oct-22 15:07:51

MissAdventure

Misery is a brilliant film.

I saw that years ago, it's on my list of 'never watch again' because I can't stand seeing people torturing other people. Suffering and pain like that shown on the screen is sick in my opinion.

Chestnut Tue 18-Oct-22 15:05:10

Goodnight Mr Tom with John Thaw is a lovely heartwarming story which children could probably watch. There is just one nasty bit where the baby has died and the boy is found locked in a cupboard, but they could probably cope with that, there is much worse in other movies! After all, Harry Potter was also locked in a cupboard.

MissAdventure Tue 18-Oct-22 14:53:36

Misery is a brilliant film.

Nell8 Tue 18-Oct-22 14:40:49

Don't Look Now was atmospheric and creepy, but I hoped for an uplifting ending to compensate for the parents' grief. Instead, when the child-like figure in the red coat turned round after the father finally caught up with it, the ending was horrific.

Another film where I was over-optimistic was The Wicker Man I just couldn't believe a totally decent policeman would be treated that way.

MissAdventure Tue 18-Oct-22 14:35:35

Grannybags

Why do people alway do that? And go outside if they think someone is there. I'm always shouting at the tv - "don't go there!"

Me too!!

maddyone Tue 18-Oct-22 14:34:09

Any film or programme that shows capital punishment. Even though it’s just fiction, or based around fact. I disagree with capital punishment and just cannot watch anything about it. I found the scenes shown on the news terribly distressing around the execution of Saddam Hussein, even though I knew what a terrible tyrant he was.

Kate1949 Tue 18-Oct-22 14:20:26

I read Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. I found his childhood very upsetting, some aspects similar to mine. My husband bought the DVD but I can't watch it.

Grannybags Tue 18-Oct-22 14:19:35

Why do people alway do that? And go outside if they think someone is there. I'm always shouting at the tv - "don't go there!"

MissAdventure Tue 18-Oct-22 14:15:49

I get nervy watching films with rocking chairs in attics, and people who go down to the cellar to check out noises.

Grannybags Tue 18-Oct-22 14:12:58

I don't watch any film that's an 18 cert. I even have to turn off 15 cert. sometimes!

MissAdventure Tue 18-Oct-22 14:11:25

Well, its beautifully upsetting.

Callistemon21 Tue 18-Oct-22 14:10:02

MagicWand

Sophie’s Choice.

Made the mistake of reading the book to find out what the choice was. Gave me nightmares for weeks. If you don’t know, keep it that way!

I read the book so never wanted to see the film.

Silence of the Lambs
And others of that genre.

Good Night Mr. Tom I have the book but have never read it - is it upsetting?