From our other sites
The story
Sparked by a Yahoo! News piece introducing “horror and suspense films to watch when you want a good chill,” a 5ch thread emerged where users traded stories of “traumatic movies” that left them shaken. Names ranged from familiar staples like the hammer scene in Misery, Climax, and Midsommar, to more obscure picks like Aniara and The Call. Some posters argued The Mist deserves a permanent spot in the hall of fame, while others complained the thread was turning into a mere “name-recognition ranking” skewed toward famous titles — sparking disagreement over what actually counts as “traumatic.”
Mon, Sep 21, 9:00 PM
For those days that drift by feeling a little flat, when you just want that “ooh, chills” feeling every once in a while — here are some truly unforgettable, trauma-tier horror and suspense films.
Spiraling into a bad trip / Climax
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article
What people said
Marcelino, Pan y Vino (aka The Miracle of Marcelino)
Sacco and Vanzetti
Million Dollar Baby
I saw it in theaters, and a group of middle-aged women let out this "kyaaa!!" scream at that scene — it was oddly wholesome.
I still think about it sometimes.
And then he comes back to his buddies later… in a garbage bag.
Ajin had a similar episode, come to think of it
Maybe that was the reference
That's also in Tucker & Dale vs Evil
It's gruesome, but in that movie you're laughing your ass off the whole time lol
The Godfather
Those two burned the fear of being "turned into a beehive" (riddled with bullets) and of the mafia into my young mind.
A pretty obscure movie
Vicious aliens come to invade Earth and just get massacred by the locals instead
The rest of Alien-kind be like: "Losing to humans?! You're a disgrace to all aliens!"
So I'll deliberately go with Aniara
If it were a bit more famous, I'd say Melancholia
Aniara deserves to be way more famous. Partway through, the sense of being trapped gets genuinely suffocating.
where the psycho basically wins completely over the heroine.
How many times is it gonna show up on these lists
The drop from "everything's going great" to rock bottom is brutal.
just leave you feeling awful once they're over.
oh, it's a Gaspar Noé film
Carne, Kanon, Alex, Enter the Void
Yeah, that guy's known for brutal endings, so I can already picture it.
Didn't the guy who was the model for that case end up getting locked up anyway?
It's not about the number of times — more like we'll be doing this for another 300 years.
Ushijima the Loan Shark
I guess that's just how remakes turn out these days
Though James McAvoy alone was good in it.
Yeah, that one was rough.
Wasn't that the one called Misery?
Background and Talking Points
The original article was a Yahoo! News feature on “horror and suspense movies to watch when you want a good chill,” leading with Climax. On 5ch, this sparked a wave of people sharing their own “traumatic movie” stories — everything from vivid scene-by-scene memories like the hammer scene in Misery, to the names of directors like Gaspar Noé and Lars von Trier, both known for films that leave viewers feeling genuinely unwell. Where opinions split was over complaints that the thread was turning into a mere “name-recognition ranking” dominated by famous titles, contrasted with posters pushing more obscure picks like Aniara and The Call. There was also discussion of films like Speak No Evil, where opinions differ sharply between the original (Scandinavian) version and its Hollywood remake. Worth noting: there’s no official definition or criteria for a “traumatic movie” — this is simply a list based on each poster’s personal, subjective experience.
This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “Watch These at Least Once! 3 “Traumatic Masterpieces” Carved Into Film History.”
Leave a Reply