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[@spookyastronauts]

Hey friends! If you want to do this tier ranking yourself here is the template: tiermaker.com/create/disturbing-horror-films-tier-ranking-1139987 00:00 Welcome to the Disturbing Horror Tier List 00:28 How I picked the films 01:37 The Tiers Explained 03:44 The ranking begins Can't wait to see the comments, keep in mind this is all in good fun and to spark discussion. Also, just a correction Ichi the Killer is categorised as a Horror Action on Wiki but not IMdB

[@Abradacabra7]

Thanks for the template!

[@edrozenrozen9600]

Have your seen skinamarink? Creepy and sort of disturbing.

[@agostinodublino1387]

how can I read/know the titles? Sometimes i can't get it, maybe because I'm not English speaking and the titles are sometimes different in my language? I squint my eyes, I activated the subtitles but a couple of movies I really can't u__u

[@216Eva]

I don't see Goodbye Unlce Tom, it's a A Tier

[@chansesArmstrong]

Which ressurection movie was that? I can't find it online

[@jonn8911]

Barbarian is too goofy to be even slightly disturbing for me

[@amy_yoshikawa]

I never liked Barbarian. It had a promising start But went completely downhill from the 3rd act and what the hell was that scene with both of them falling, main character first fell and the creepy one few seconds after But main character ended up landing on top of the creepy one lol.

[@jonn8911]

@@amy_yoshikawa yea that was horrible lol

[@deboralacreta]

Barbarian was a fun watch

[@StardustCrusader18]

It was one of those movies where it hooked you in at the start with its mystery, but when you realize what's going on, you're left disappointed. I didn't even finish watching it after the third character got introduced. Couldn't take it seriously anymore.

[@BNK2442]

Barbarian is just a worse Castle Freak.

[@danielcarlson5362]

Emma just casually dropping a new catch phrase: "That's just horror, baby". Love it! Also, nice to see some love for the movie Tusk! :)

[@Forgottensnapdragon]

That movie sucks

[@cardrop33]

@@ForgottensnapdragonNope! that’d be your taste!

[@alwayssali]

the disturbing but camp category is sending me with only human centipede and tusk in it. 😭I love the video as always though Emma. Thank you for doing what you do. 💖

[@andreashelton]

I don't even know what camp is

[@estellenadon6307]

​@@andreashelton Camp or campy refers to an exagerated, extra or over the top (not necessarily in a bad way) way of acting, speaking or being. While it is oftenly associated and used by the lgbt community in their media it is not strickly and doesn't originate from them. Almost anything can be camp, a person, a movie, a video clip, a story, music etc. To give you an idea of camp media, people or performance you would have the movie Cabaret, Madonna, the Rocky horror picture show, la cage aux folles, a nightmare on elm street, Mommie dearest, Cruel intentions, Jawbreaker, Kill Bill, Friday the 13th, Pet shop boys (band), Elvira, the Addams family, drag queens, Take That (band), Lady Gaga, The Leprechaun, Killer clowns from outer space, Gremlins 1 and 2, The evil dead trilogy, etc... I hope you get the gist cos the list is long.

[@hallking7441]

I see a thumbnail with Martyrs, I click.

[@spookyastronauts]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@wanya_telborn]

Damn right ❤❤❤😂😂

[@chansesArmstrong]

​@@spookyastronautswhat year is the ressurection movie?

[@foxsake6634]

Yeah, pretty much, @spookyastronauts you pretty much know how to get a click outta me, for future reference

[@yurilover5867]

I've seen Martyrs and I am never seeing it again

[@gicoboyas459]

Tusk disturbed me in ways I was not prepared for and I’m not sorry! Nothing about Justin Long “screaming” after discovering what’s been done to him was funny to me lol. I was EXTREMELY uncomfortable during the walrus scenes. To me, the idea of waking up and finding someone turned you into something completely unnatural is the scariest thing ever!!

[@thewinterland]

Me too. I couldn't finish it, I was completely freaked out.

[@jiririnagl302]

Honestly for me nothing from this list come even close to Tusk, i know its supposed to be parody but nothing shock me so much as wallrus reveal scene.Peak bodyhorror.

[@Logitah]

Yeah! The utter loss of autonomy for such a ridiculous reason made me feel all gross. 😰

[@andreashelton]

I agree. I can't watch movies like this

[@larkylark1]

And it's such a grim, depressing ending. I avoided watching this movie for so long, but talked myself into it because I thought I was being silly to avoid what was sure to be a campy movie. So I watched it, and regretted it. Should have listened to my instincts.

[@jackiet1313]

This is, by far, my favorite tier list I’ve seen on any channel. I also agree with at least a majority of all the rankings. Nicely done! Sincerely. A disturbing movie fanatic

[@spookyastronauts]

Thank you!

[@MsBluheart]

When you said Human Centipede is an "acquired taste" I nearly choked on my lunch ! LOL

[@mrs.ericalaurenhornmason3825]

Yes I hate that movie

[@mitchellbjerke5547]

Haha cuz poop

[@Joemama55122]

Was it cuttlefish and asparagus?

[@Joemama55122]

Or someones ass?

[@drachireidnoc6659]

@@Joemama55122yes South Park reference

[@AugustoValentini]

I wouldn't unsubscribe if I was subscribed before. Quite the contrary: this was the first video I watched from your channel and immediately subscribed. Loved this list!

[@spookyastronauts]

❤️❤️❤️!

[@MexiChrist]

i honestly thought the camp but disturbing tier was created specifically for the terrifier films so i was a bit surprised to see neither of them in that tier. 2 especially feels out of place in that top row but thats just my personal read on it. Fun vid overall! Enjoyed hearing your reasoning and found a lot of films i might want to check out

[@MiLoAnne666]

I watched the remake of I Spit On Your Grave when I was in middle school. I was always into horror, and my step dad read me an article about how the lead actress was traumatized by making the movie, and he thought that was so cool. I cried while watching it and never looked at my step dad the same again. YUCK.

[@spookyastronauts]

Damn I’m so sorry❤️

[@exquisitecorpse4917]

This is one of those remakes that doesn't really understand the original...which is not to say that you should track down the original and watch it. The '78 I Spit On Your Grave is a film that needs to be approached with caution, but I do think it's legitimately good movie representing a legitimate attempt by young male horror fans to make a hard-edged, unquestionably feminist indictment of the "boys will be boys" mentality. The remake is sadomasochistic in the most literal sense of the term: It wants to hurt you, and it wants you to enjoy watching others in pain. It's not interested in the central subject matter.

[@burnerpeach80]

My older brother made me watch the remake with him when I was around 14, after Rob Zombie's Halloween remake.. I think he was just trying to shock me but god damn it traumatized me. He had no idea what was going on in my life since we were living with different parents (it wasn't good) and why he should not have shown me those films (ever..but especially) at such a young age.

[@todd8398]

@@exquisitecorpse4917 I am generally of the mind that the original is worth seeing for what it is, but it's in my list of "movies that are good but don't need to be rewatched". It definitely didn't need a remake, and I wonder who thought that a remake was a good idea, or that any such remake would be handled adroitly. I've also thought about why I consider the original to be good, and I've settled on it being "good" in the sense of "purposeful".

[@mal3k1th]

@@exquisitecorpse4917 for what is worth, I find the remake way more satisfying on the second half. feels way more cathartic. the first half on both versions is really hard to stomach though. same thing with last house on the left.

[@jspencer3088]

I frickin love this list and of the ones I’ve seen (and I’ve seen most of these) I would rank them similarly. With the exception of Midsommar & Hereditary, none of these films would be among my favourites, but man do I remember them. They leave marks. Thank you for mentioning Resurrection, it’s so brilliant. Thank you for this incredible list. Not only am I not unsubscribing, I’m doubling down on my Patreon membership level. Thank you for this gift to the horror community.

[@BNK2442]

Cannibal Holocaust is in my top ten.

[@matthewpereira]

i want to see a video where you take all the movies you have rated high for scare score, overall, and originality. broken out by category! think that would be so fun to see a look back

[@merolynniemann1762]

I adore your videos and channel! The second Human Centipede is something else. The black and white does something extra to my brain and that was definitely a one time watch for me.

[@crazydud3380]

The second one is what a lot of people thought the first one would be. So making it the "real version", where the first is just a movie, is clearly a fourth wall break to the audience. The third one was probably for the ones who missed the intentional humor in the third . . by making the third one an extremely fucked up farce.

[@SamClark-mf7es]

The second one was gross but first was worse very disturbed very disgusting.

[@RavenHouseMystery]

Great job putting these disturbing lists together, Emma. Sorry it took me so long to actually watch the video, but I had to find the time to just watch and enjoy it. I had many thoughts about some of your choices, but most of them were in agreement. I did make the observation that when it comes to films I would own and/or recommend compared to films I wouldn't watch again or recommend, the lists would be flipped around. I agree that "Sinister" is just horror, though my own experience in seeing it for the first time had external traumatic elements. All three films from the 1970's (The Exorcist, The Last House On The Left, and I Spit On Your Grave) were all disturbing when I first saw them decades ago, but not so much now, especially when compared to more recent films. "Martyrs" is truly traumatizing, and I have you to thank for the original recommendation years ago. 😉

[@Scipio488]

Thank you for including "Found". It's VERY high on my Disturbing List, and I never hear anyone else even mention it!

[@filmfangirls9163]

This is so crazy, I just had a nightmare about Eden Lake. That ending really stayed with me. I would love more disturbing tier lists!! Maybe a tier of most disturbing true crime films? Definitely Girl Next Door or American Crime or anything about Sylvia Likens. Edit: Im so sorry Emma I wrote this before finishing the video and did not know Girl Next Door would be on here!!

[@neo7759]

Maybe I am thinking of a different film but aren't the scary people in Eden Lake just a bunch of little young teenage kids?

[@jimmyredd]

@@neo7759 Yeah, there's a good twist ending but otherwise the film isn't especially notable imo

[@crisscrossapplesauce2506]

I really appreciate how you made this content without spoilers.

[@thatchillingeffect]

Not me answering to you every time a movie gets ranked hahaa I literally found myself having a conversation with you lol Love this longer video! I hope there will be more down the line!

[@spookyastronauts]

Yay! That’s what I wanted!

[@CHARLIEGRINER7654]

Midsommar is one of the most intensely disturbing movies I’ve ever watched just on a personal level. The intensity of the pain of losing someone close to you. And the lack of any direction or motivation coupled with the extreme effects of the substances used. I feel like I am reliving a moment in my life watching that movie.

[@s.k.1603]

I saw Midsommar in theatres and everyone was laughing at the weird sex scene between the blyfriend and that girl where there were a bunch of naked women standing around them. I like the movie, but that one scene was both funny and disturbing

[@vitaminwater9662]

I feel like saying a serbian film has an actual message is an excuse to talk about slop. Anyone can just say "i made this movie to fight censorship" about any movie and a ton of edgelords will be on board automatically. Its literally the epitome of shock value trash

[@vitaminwater9662]

Not saying this to imply this video is bad or Emma's opinion is wrong or whatever. A serbian film just gets the benefit of the doubt because of how purely controversial it was. Its just an edgy dumpster fire meant to shock you.

[@spookyastronauts]

I actually enjoyed the movie tbh I don’t know what to tell you haha

[@EvanSmith1000]

This was such a thoughtful and interesting watch. Keep up the great work 👏👏👏

[@texas9392]

Martyrs is really disturbing but also one of the best horror movies I’ve ever seen

[@joshhaslett1696]

Awesome list. Definitely do a part 2. So many more films to comment on in the genre that I think are much more disturbing than some on here: Kill List, Kidnapped, Irreversible, Climax, The Butcher, I Saw the Devil, The Dark and the Wicked, The Lodge, The Wicker Man, It Comes at Night, Possessor, Oldboy, etc

[@omegazx7236]

Kidnapped is definitely overlooked, very intense movie.

[@princessmagpie]

i agree with almost all of your placements (and you are SO RIGHT in saying that "human centipede" 1 & 3 and "tusk" are funny! i always think of them as horror/comedy or at least horror/dark comedy). i think the only placements i would've done differently would be to put "the sadness" and "human centipede 2" in A and "speak no evil" in F. so for me this was a very satisfying list, and i think your reasoning behind your placements made a lot of sense consistently :>

[@oyasumikisi4935]

Thank you for putting the time to rank all those films, it was fun! I saw deadgirl at a movie festival (not horror weirdly) and I walked out early though I'm not easily disturbed usually... And I only recently saw Tusk, I completely agree with where you put it, it's delightfully camp !

[@WineAndGames]

I'm so glad this popped up in my recommended videos! Great tier list, and I'm glad someone else feels that Midsommar is cathartic. Looking forward to checking out more of your videos :)

[@sweetstacks3631]

I love how our own experiences inform what we find scary vs traumatizing vs disturbing. Hereditary is way more disturbing and traumatic for me (the toxic family dynamics hit my worst triggers) than my husband. The Exorcist traumatized me horribly because I was eight or nine when I watched it. I grew up in central Kansas, so I have some serious religious trauma. My mom's second husband was a religious nut, so he used it to point out why the occult would lead to possession. Legitimately could not sleep for a month and had nightmares.

[@AnnieLovesKillljoys]

My mom (who loves horror movies) watched The Exorcist as a kid and it scared her also, she never re-watches it and even hates looking at pictures of it

[@SarahL9568]

The exorcist haunted me as a child 😭. My dad let me watch it when I was like 7! I couldn’t sleep alone til I was 16! 🤦🏻‍♀️ I still have possession nightmares at 34. And I love horror movies now and know how illogical the possession fear is but it’s like a deep unconscious fear lol

[@SarahL9568]

Hereditary also deeply disturbed me. But I’m glad I watched it. Most horrifying movie I’ve seen since the exorcist. Emily rose did me in too 😭

[@sweetstacks3631]

Emily Rose was the first horror movie I watched in theaters at the tender age of 13. It's hands down one of my favorite movies ever but it TERRIFIED me. It still holds up -- the cinematography and the things Emily sees? SO good.

[@SarahL9568]

@@sweetstacks3631agreed!

[@nonstophorrorofficial]

Such a fun video. Great seeing a lot of my favorite films up there, and a couple for me to check out!

[@nia7312]

Thoroughly enjoyed the video and its length, yes, thank you! And "Martyrs" is gonna stay with me forever. And it's worth it. Truly unforgettable, heartbreaking and unpredictable in a way (an in another way completely predictable which doesn't make it any worse).

[@spookyastronauts]

Thank you! It took a long time to edit and I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@guiilty368]

mother has always stuck with me. the anxiety i got from it

[@stephanielusko849]

This and then I watched it and my tv like shut its self off after wards and it freaked me out so bad mother sticks with me

[@larajayne4934]

My friend (who never watches horror films at all) said she watched Mother in theatre and said it was really interesting. I gave it a try and it literally stuck with me 😂 I couldn't!

[@s.k.1603]

Mother put me to sleep, ai was so bored. 😅

[@almtzd]

was so fun to hear your reasoning! and we agree on a lot: sometimes "that's just horror" lol -- hope y'all are having a great trip! 🌴

[@laura-lore]

Great list. I will say that the achilles scene in Hostel has stuck with me to this day. I can't shake it!

[@aimeedouglas1584]

Same. I basically don’t really care about the movie otherwise, but when someone mentions it…that’s the exact scene I think of!

[@stevethomas74]

Ditto! Even just reading your comment made me think about and feel the 'phantom pain' in my ankle!😆 * tries to walk towards the door and stumbles over *

[@tokioobsessee20]

For me it was the same scene but in house of wax. And now I have an Achilles disorder in both legs…

[@ChibiProwl]

The Achilles scene in Pet Sematary does it for me.😊 Ugh.😱 That's one scene that's really difficult to watch, even now.😱😰

[@stevethomas74]

@@ChibiProwl Yeah, you're not wrong! And the scalpel across the mouth for that 1-2 combo! 😭

[@TheAnadrome]

Emma wades into the brown bloody mud once again. This is where your courage shines through... Or is it obsession? One reason I will never watch the Human Centipede films, though I have no problems with Martyrs or other truly traumatizing films, is because you have actors forced to be strapped to each other mouth to ass. I know there is some kind of cloth material there. But these are real actors actually being humiliated, so even though I could watch it I can't morally get away with it because it crosses the line between fiction and reality and treats the actors, literally, like shit; same with A Serbian Film. Now having said that, I think Salo should have been here as A Truly Traumatizing. (This film has an extremely dark, but genuine message.) I consider it a total horror film. The sub-genre is Cabal Horror (which I will soon do a video on). Cabal Horror essentially is the larger group version of psycho killers, but often with political overtones and no genuine supernatural elements. Examples: Kill List, Conspiracy Theory (mockumentary), the Menu, etc. I think The Woman is actually a fascinating film with a real message. And Polly Macintosh does an incredible job of acting. Lucky McKee (May) is underrated. The film is asking about what has happened to humanity that often the 'normal people' (by 21st Century standards) are more evil than the brutally savage woman living in a state of total degradation. This is based on several cases like Oksana the Russian dog girl, and Genie the feral girl who was locked in an empty room until she was 12, as well as other feral children and people. I was so impressed by this film that I wrote three essays called The Feral Life about the dream of returning to nature and wildness. The one most specifically dealing with this film is called The Feral Life #3: The Reality of the Feral Child. (Google it.) You wanted someone to defend The Woman here it is. Thanks again for dealing with this grime Emma.

[@kennethconnally4356]

Yeah, putting The Woman and Last House on the Left in the "vile/evil/shock value" category seemed wrong to me. Yes, those films are intentionally shocking (as is almost every horror movie to some extent), but they clearly have a message that's served by the shocking story elements.

[@Walkthroughman9akaJack]

A Serbian Film was made against censorship. The whole point of the movie is to be shocking only for the sake of being shocking. According to your criteria, it should be in the S tier. Just because it has a message about censorship doesn't change the fact that it was only made to be shocking.

[@peterbenson123]

The American film 'Piercing' is from a novel by the same author as 'Audition', & has a similar reversal of roles. Disturbing? Certainly disconcerting. And yes, I would like you to do a similar video on disturbing non-horror dramas.

[@martinlarrivee5081]

I love this exercise, well done. You being a fan if the Human Centipede, I would be very curious to know your point of view on The Onania Club... the infamous Tom Six movie that "never found distribution" because it is so extreme. He actually made a documentary about it? Such a weird and mysterious story and wondering if we will ever see it.

[@Fretfulbanjo]

Human centipede is my guilty pleasure. The fact that Tom Six pitched this and made 3 is absolutely hilarious 😂

[@MichaelSmith-zx5lw]

I feel like freaked out admitting this, but The Sadness has become a bit of a go too comfort movie. Its so extremely formulaic plot wise, but it feels so extremely exaggerated it is almost like a fever dream. Great acting, great effects, great pacing, very well realised worldbuilding in regards to the virus...it just oddly feels like a comfort viewing for me which is insane considering its visual content

[@michaela5388]

Just found your channel from this vid - agree with almost all and was so happy to find someone who also found Human Centipede 1 and Tusk camp! My friends thought I was crazy for giggling in them lol. Love from a fellow Aussie ❤

[@Tye0111]

yall crazy, art in all hallows eve is so underrated. the tv scene alone is peak horror and scarier than anything hes done in terrifier movies 😭

[@kevinsousa3370]

I’m with u. I believe all hallows eve is the best of the terrifier franchise (I’ve yet to see hallows eve 2) and the tv scene at the end particularly actually scared me

[@freddiemossberg7204]

The only disturbing movie that I never finished is Salo. There was something about I just couldn’t stomach, and I sat through A Serbian Film. Eden Lake just made me so freaking angry cause I’ve been around people like the horrible ones in that movie. It was too real.

[@chaocrawl]

salo is insane its the worst horror movie ever made disgusting but real a truly terrifying movie that i will never watch again

[@freddiemossberg7204]

I think it was the utter vile depravity that made me turn it off. I can stomach alot but that was too real.

[@chaocrawl]

@@freddiemossberg7204 1000 percent agree 100 percent i did watch the whole thing but it took multiple watches with breaks in between and i will never watch it ever again

[@jon420]

Salo is not horror per se' and is art. Passolini was murdered for his handling of fascism.

[@GaryTongue-zn5di]

The only movie that truly disturbed me that I did Finish is The last 20 something minutes of "Megan is Missing".

[@davidk3184]

There's one movie I'm missing on here. 'Chained' by Jennifer Lynch. It's up there with 'The Girl Next Door'. A completely disturbing masterpiece that made me incredibly sad.

[@dunki-dunki-dawg]

''Come and See'' is one of the most sickening horror stories. It is based on the events when the Nazis went into Belarus and slaughtered over 600 villages. The people who made the movie were actually survivors from one of those villages. Love the channel btw:)

[@deliriousgeorge2879]

I heard about Megan is Missing in my sophomore year in high school and watched it by myself at night under the impression that it was a documentary, not a movie 💀

[@spookyastronauts]

🥺🥺🥺

[@atenchifan]

I like trying to find new disturbing horror films and tier lists. This will be awesome!

[@Fillitwithbreeemium]

I love Mother! I like how it’s somewhat of a summarization of the entire Bible but from Mother Earth’s perspective. The one movie I really wish made the list (one of my favorite movies of all time) is The House That Jack Built. If you haven’t seen it I highly suggest that you watch it.

[@nicedood614]

Iirc Ichi the killer was a manga and it’s so cool to see a manga adaptation make a list like this. As a fan of horror and anime/manga it’s really hard finding good horror from that medium that hits everything I want from it. Also hereditary legitimately keeps me up at night. I always find myself making that tongue click when I’m in that sweet spot of being just about to fall asleep but can totally be abruptly forced to stay up for another couple of hours.

[@Snoozbttn]

Yes. I would love a second part to this tier list !!

[@emmuhhhh]

I watched Found per your recommendation a long time ago, and wow it really stuck with me. It still finds ways to creep into my mind sometimes. So glad to see it in the tier list! Thank you for all of your disturbing recommendations

[@paulagwhyte1720]

Your reaction to "The Exorcist" is all about how you were raised. I was raised with no religion and that movie never scared me or disturbed me. As a child, during my first watch, it made me laugh. The animal noises were hilarious. Her swearing in a different voice with a new face was so obvious and her head was so obviously wooden on a stick when it turned around! I thought it was ridiculous! Meanwhile, it badly scared my Catholic best friend. She's not religious now, but she was then. What scared me about that movie were the trailers. I thought the bad person was "The Exorcist!" Sounds like a bad thing. All I saw was this dark figure in a long coat get out of a car at night and stand outside of a house looking upward under a streetlamp! He looked scary. I thought, "Oh, no! What's he going to do to this family!" He looked like a Nazi!

[@tjmincemeat]

Great list! I love so many of these movies, with Terrifier 2 being my favorite movie of all time (as evidenced by my pfp lol). I was a little shocked to see it go in S tier. I would’ve put it in B personally as I felt like it went really over top to an almost comical level with the gore (punctuated by David’s incredible humor as Art during some scenes). Definitely didn’t disturb me as much as something like Martyrs or I Spit on Your Grave, but that could also be my own desensitization coming in. I’m a big gorehound and like super over the top gore in particular. In something like Martyrs, it was more the oppressively nihilistic tone, couple with the more grounded violence that really disturbed me. That felt like a lot of word vomit, but anyway, this list was a great watch and you have earned yourself a sub :) Edit: I also think you’re 100% right about the missed humor in the 1st and 3rd Human Centipede movies.

[@loxley75]

Yes! I think I agreed with pretty much all of them! ‘Climax’ is one of my favourite movies and that often gets brought up in lists of most disturbing horror which I don’t really get. I don’t really see it as a horror movie and I also don’t really find it that disturbing, just trippy, and maybe I’m weird but I kind of see it as having somewhat of a happy ending, despite a few deaths and traumatic injuries! 😂

[@todd8398]

I appreciated Climax for what the director was doing, but I didn't find it disturbing, if there was one descriptive I would use, I did find it _exhausting_

[@HornryDanger4]

I absolutely LOVE Terrifier 2, I know its basically just a shock value but I really enjoyed the sibling dynamic they are so sweet

[@mybraineatseverything7404]

I don't think "camp" is quite the word I'd use to describe Tusk or the Centipede films! 😂 Great list!

[@davidellis5141]

That was a good watch Emma ! Thanks for the in depth tier listing. Time has certainly mellowed the impact of The Exorcist as it is really scary but not exploitative & it's really well Directed by William Friedkin & the two priests are fascinating characters.

[@cherielloyd2640]

I remember in my youth how much Texas Chainsaw, Last House on the Left and Evil Dead just terrified me. Now in my 60’s it seems nothing scares me being a massive horror fan and watching for years. I wish could get that kind of scared again

[@charliebrewis1158]

Really good video, loved the way you actually discussed your opinions on each film

[@spookyastronauts]

Thank you! I have another one coming out in a few hours!

[@TheMaeLeaf]

I was wondering, do you have a video of a collection of disturbing TV shows? I could've missed it. Really enjoy watching your content!!:)

[@amorexis]

Thank you for doing a tier list of a different kind! The Exorsist stayed with me, but I saw it when I was young. Also some of the scenes in Sinister flash before my eyes from time to time 😂 Thank you for a fun video!

[@spookyastronauts]

It’s such a hard film to rank since it’s so epic! ❤️

[@kirstylouise7278]

A Serbian Film man, that is probably the only film I’ve ever seen that I would absolutely never watch again! Not for anything or anyone 🤢 Love this kinda video, it’s interesting to see what you think of films like Eden Lake or Martyrs which I honestly find a pretty fun watch lol

[@brianmacon889]

I feel that way about Salo too, Serbian film was not a fun time

[@deargabby74]

Semantics nerd here 😀 If I had to drill it down, I would define ‘disturbing’ as something that exploits my naïveté and permanently threatens my peace of mind and notions of safety in the real world. Horror can induce shock, disgust, and revulsion-but no matter how graphic or depraved, if that’s the crux it can be disposable in the long term. Interestingly, many films that I deem truly disturbing’ contain few-to no scenes of violence or torture (destruction of innocence is a common theme). You should be a film professor!

[@ChibiProwl]

True that.🤔 With horror movies, you get danger, yet.... you're not in danger, if that makes sense, which is why I love horror movies.😊 I can't stomach body horror, but I do LOVE a good horror movie.😊 The Insidious movies and the Halloween movies are but two of my favorites.😊What are yours?🤔😊

[@bourbonernie9534]

I have serious disagreements with a lot of these but I still enjoy this. Keep 'em coming!

[@bexxycat2890]

You have the erm dubious honor of being in a piers Morgan video! Briefly but i still did the leo pointing meme 😂

[@spookyastronauts]

Yeah I had a lot of comments and messages about it, I then tweeted to let people know I am aware since I kept getting questions. And he sent a horrible tweet as a reply. It was a messssss

[@bexxycat2890]

@@spookyastronauts Oh what an absolute arse he is!! If it helps I had to force myself to watch him 🤣 never again!

[@randomreviews4278]

39:33 did we watch the right movie

[@Def002]

Fan fact. Pollyanna McIntosh who acts in the movie “The Woman” also plays Jadis in “The Walking Dead” show

[@murrayroodbaard207]

"Human Centipede is an acquired taste." That's one way of putting it.

[@rafasanmartin3963]

just found your channel and i love it!

[@spookyastronauts]

Thank you welcome!

[@mostlyvickster]

I love how you describe your reasoning for these - you absolutely justify all your choices, and honestly I agreed with most of them. I loved Excision so I smiled when that came up.

[@eartheaterrrbby]

I love Excision too. I feel like not a lot of people talk about it. I watched it when I was in high school and maybe this is weird but I really related to the main character (not all the blood but the vivid imaginary world and not fitting in) such a good movie and wow that ending. I rewatched it last year and was just as shook as the first time I watched it.

[@sunitam16]

Excision is such a great film! I feel its not talked about enough

[@leviathan_is_me]

I loved "The Sadness." Story time... I have a gorehound friend who just eats up the gory movies like Saw and Ichii. He isn't a very.... deep guy, though. We watched The Sadness (on HIS recommendation) and he was just hooting and hollering afterwards. I was silent, and contemplative. I had to explain why I thought the title was amazing and how deep that is for such a visceral film. Afterwards he just sat there with a "I had no clue! WOW! That didn't even occur to me" look, lol. I'll always remember that (he is VERY intelligent, just not very observant).

[@laurencatkinson]

Great video, Emma! This truly highlights how traumatizing, disturbing content is subjective in so many ways - what might be sensitive to one person may not be to another, yet there are universal truths on what is wrong, disturbing just by being human. I agree with Midsommar - the parts that stick with me are actually more about the emotional resonances and how great a movie it is, less about the “disturbing” scenes. “My sleepovers are really fun” 😂

[@crapparc]

This is probably the truest comment here. I put A Serbian Film in the B tier, because it's so outrageously over the top but they play it so straight that it becomes laughable.

[@GameViolence]

A tier list is really smart for your channel. Watch as over time the viewership pile on.

[@spookyastronauts]

I’ve done them before :)

[@yotam6x7]

Interesting ranking. The only ones I didn’t agree with were the Terrifier movies. The first one felt much more exploitative (especially THAT scene and how it feels extremely misogynistic). The second one had more of a plot with the good and evil thing. The protagonist was also pretty likeable. Because of DHT’s performance as Art being so silly (still expertly done) I’d put both in camp, with the first being more disturbing. The bedroom scene in the second is obviously vile, but for some reason didn’t phase me nearly as much as the upside down kill in the first

[@ReclusiveNatured23]

I love the way she says Horror with her accent

[@raspyraccoon6530]

More tier lists please 😊.

[@glamdawling]

My friend and I cut off Terrifier during 'that' scene with the woman. That's one horror series I don't think I care to go back to.

[@Forgottensnapdragon]

👟👟

[@kausha7135]

I also found Midsommar more cathartic than disturbing. I joke that I'd be a prime target for cult recruitment. I understand what A Serbian Film was trying to do, but I wish I could scrub my brain clean of it. The scenes involving minors disturb me to my core especially knowing those acts are committed all around the world in reality. I hate I Spit on Your Grave. At no point did it feel good watching her get revenge. The gratuitous SA scene all the way down to the revenge scenes just upset me. The thing about Hereditary that stays with me isn't the incident, but the immediate reactions to the incident fromToni Collette's and Alex Wolff's characters. Collette's screams still echo in my mind. Thank you for all the reco's and rankings. I call myself a horror movie buff, but there are so many I still haven't seen. Excited to check some of these out now.

[@RhetoricalThrill]

There’s actually a reason for the music choices in Last House on the Left. The movie is meant to be a critique of the US media coverage of the Vietnam War.

[@yummydirt4851]

I'm gonna be real with you, I would have put Terrifier 1 higher on the list. I feel like "that scene" stuck with me so bad that I won't even ask my wife to watch it with me, despite it being one of my favorite "horror for the sake of horror" films. It's just incredibly mean spirited, and if you look at all of the other "incidents" in the movie, they're all honestly quite brutal as well, despite having a weird sort of dark camp to them. Terrifier 2... well... I felt like it read like it was "trying" a lot harder to be shocking. The first had this self aware B movie quality to it that made you feel like it was kind of feeding into the sort of weird dark perversions that make those schlocky horror movies sell, where the sequel just felt way too performative, if that makes sense. There was no real shock there, it was sort of just like "ooh wow, here's Art and we know he's going to try to one-up the first film because of what this is", when the first one was just like "oh holy sh*t, stop" when that scene hits. I think putting 2 where you did makes sense, because it's sort of just shock for the sake of shock, but I think 1 was a little worse than you might have given it credit for, and that's as a dude with every movie on this list marked as watched, and a couple thousand others. It gave me the ick so damn bad compared to the others you've got on the E tier. 'Course that's just one opinion. Great list!

[@SmokeyLaBear]

The only film I'd put on S tier is Requiem for a Dream.

[@spookyastronauts]

Definitely on a non horror list!

[@gggggllllleeeeebbbbb]

​@@spookyastronautssure. As well as «Come and see» (1985)

[@michaelmcclure7434]

Excellent video - let's me know what films to avoid. I have seen some, but only one made me angry and that was, 'Eden Lake.' I was so invested in the woman's struggle to survive, and I found her becoming an admirable and sympathetic character. The last scene totally destroyed it for me. I have a vivid imagination and could imagine what would happen to her. Unfortunately, I can't forget that scene and will never watch the movie again. Well made films have, I think, the ability to disturb us much more because of their quality than some bargain basement slasher with a ridiculous plot and cardboard characters. Anyway, a fun and interesting forty minutes. Your tier videos are wonderful.

[@rorysullivan2769]

Would love to hear where you would rank the Poughkeepsie Tapes in this tier list

[@jon420]

YES!

[@soniaiboyako4023]

I was surprised Irreversible didn't make the cut ! Would've loved to see where it would've landed. I'd put Hereditary, Midsommar and mother! in the "Extremely Disturbing But Camp" tier 😭 For Midsommar i found the relational aspects extremely disturbing - especially the main group.. especially the main relationship. For mother! it was the overall unnervingness as you put it - and the callousness of some scenes but mostly the unnervingness - and the over the top nature of the film's progression and the alleged allegories/metaphors kinda makes it camp to me. I think Sinister could be promoted to D-tier bc of the lawnmower scene but otherwise it makes sense in F-tier.

[@baileywatts1304]

I'm surprized Salo didn't make your list.

[@marymcallister7963]

I think Salo doesn't really qualify as "horror" in her sense of the word, though it IS disturbing. Perhaps in another list

[@reduXstereo]

It could classify as a horror based off it's overall synopsis.

[@sinnasamen8349]

My bf while I watched this "She put Midsommar above Hostel" while he was clearly disturbed 😂

[@MadameSomnambule]

Once you got to the Human Centipede films I immediately thought of the song "Red Flags" lol. That song is just hilarious.

[@snakesghost7817]

Where is Salo, Or 120 Days of Sodom ? How do you leave it out of your list ? You also left out August Underground and The Poughkeepsie Tapes.

[@amy_yoshikawa]

Salo is 🤢🤮💩

[@sepiarain]

Little surprised we don't see Trauma (2017 - Chile) mentioned more on these lists. It's as taboo and messed up as A Serbian Film, it's just not anywhere near as good. It's more mean spirited and tonally confused which makes it a hard watch (like how you mentioned the last house on the left soundtrack being completely the wrong mood, and more than that with last house on the left you have the goofy cop duo side story that's meant to be comedic... eurgh!!! Not the time Wes!)

[@spookyastronauts]

I believe I have a review on it

[@sepiarain]

@@DorisDay-lw4xs agreed.

[@TheCourtsOfLove]

I recently watched Climax 2018, that movie made me feel disturbed greatly, it's actually the only movie I felt sick from just motionally which never happened to me before, think it's the most disturbing movie I've seen which is crazy cause the first 40 minutes is just dancing.

[@Ziontrainism]

The Poughkipsee Tapes really stick with me. Not sure if I'd call it shocking but it's definitely disturbing.

[@ayoubkafi]

I recommend you to watch Grotesque (2009), Funny games (1997 or 2007)

[@spookyastronauts]

I’ve seen them? I spoke about funny games at the start and why it’s not on the list

[@eartheaterrrbby]

​@@spookyastronautslol somebody didn't listen haha

[@vb_blokeboi7251]

A Serbian Film falls in disturbing but camp for me. Yeah it's horrific but it's so over the top it that it winds up becoming a bit of a rollercoaster ride. Similar to the Sadness

[@victoriah414]

I watched it last night ... its been a long time since a movie left me feeling truly disturbed

[@jakelinder4148]

I think the Jacopetti and Prosperi aspect of Cannibal Holocaust and how they were putting a spotlight on the terrible things they were doing is commendable. Do they go too far in CH? Yes, but there is merit

[@johnbarrie447]

Love the video. Agree with a lot of your rankings (though I haven't seen most of the movies in your S tier, they're just not what I tend to look for in my horror watching). Biggest places where we diverge are Inside (I would say I was Truly Traumatized by this film, just because I found the bleakness of it unrelenting), and the Terrifier movies. I think I'd put T1 as disturbing but campy, and put T2 where you had the first one. The scene with the girl in the house is mean spirited and vile, but the introduction of Sienna and her story provide a balance I think the first film was missing, making it clearer that Art is the villain and not someone the movie is glorifying in the way it seemed like the first one and the shorts all did, and if you turned that one scene into a more conventional kill it'd be in that Hostel range of the more brutal end of "Just a Horror Movie." Great content, though...liked & subscribed, and (far more importantly) followed on Letterboxd.

[@umily159]

the queen of recommendations FR

[@randomreviews4278]

Love martyrs to

[@raspyraccoon6530]

I agree with most of your placements. Where would you place Soft and Quiet in a disturbing drama list, I wonder? 🧐

[@spookyastronauts]

Yeah that’s a hard one!

[@user-mz2ne4yh2t]

I was hoping to see Possession (1981) here

[@philippaeastwood6030]

I would love to have seen the Poughkeepsie takes on here. idk if its horror but its definitely disturbing I really love it though!

[@paulteague6837]

Well done! Concur with your view of Martyrs. Would add Requiem for a Dream - for the true horror of addiction. And 1972's The Last House on the Left - for pure shock value.

[@Trish-lamour]

"Requiem for a Dream" is... it stays with you...