15 Movie Moments That Just Might Actually Be Considered The Most Disturbing Ever

    My brain needs a major cleanse after watching these.

    Lauren Garafano
    by Lauren Garafano

    BuzzFeed Staff

    We asked the BuzzFeed Community which horror movie scenes scared them so badly, they could never watch them again, and they did not disappoint. Here's what they said:

    Note: Some submissions include imagery of blood and gore. 

    1. In The Blair Witch Project (1999), when an unseen force attacks Heather, causing her to drop the camera, and Mike is seen in the corner.

    Heather and Mike scream for Josh as they run into an abandoned basement. Something attacks Heather and she drops the camera. Then something picks up the camera and shows Mike standing in the corner with his head down. Heather's screaming continues.
    Artisan Entertainment

    "I generally don't get scared of horror films, but the ending of The Blair Witch Project has always stuck with me. It's a great, extremely unsettling ending."

    —fredzesty

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    2. In Final Destination 3 (2006), when Ashley and Ashlyn were burnt alive in tanning beds.

    Ashley and Ashlyn start to realize the tanning bed is getting too hot. Their skin starts blistering and they start screaming, then they realize they can't get out of the beds as they burst into flames.
    New Line Cinema

    "It disturbs me so badly that I cannot watch that film again; I cannot watch that scene. It terrifies me to see people being burned to death."

    —lonelyrainbow

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    3. In Vacancy (2007), when a couple watches a video of people getting murdered, and they realize it's the same room they're sitting in, and they're next.

    A couple is watching a film of two people being murdered and they realize the room looks eerily similar to their hotel room. Then they find cameras hidden all over the room and someone starts banging on the door
    Sony Pictures Releasing

    "Imagine the horror of knowing you're not watching a scary movie but a genuine snuff film, and you're next."

    —monikap6

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    4. In The Conjuring 2 (2016), when the nun painting came to life.

    A nun stands at the end of the hallway then Lorraine goes to check the office and sees it's just a painting, but then slowly the painting comes to live and charges at Lorraine.
    Warner Bros.

    "The nun sequence scared the crap out of me the first time I watched it. It didn't help that I was facing a dark hallway in my house. I swear I kept seeing her staring back at me."

    —mapmmapm

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    5. In It Chapter One (2017), when Pennywise chomped Georgie's arm off.

    Warner Bros.

    "When Pennywise chomps Georgie's arm off. Most of us trusted clowns as kids, maybe even enjoyed them! The rest of the movie I could handle, but little Georgie bleeding out? NOPE."

    —hiitsnicetomeetyou

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    6. In Midsommar (2019), when the old man jumped off the cliff and was still alive, so the cult members had to smash his head with a mallet.

    A cult member jumps from a cliff, and lands on the ground still alive so three members rush over and smash his head in with a mallet.
    A24

    "It made me feel sick."

    —icantfigureoutagoodusername

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    7. In The Green Inferno (2013), when Jonah's body was totally dismembered.

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    The tribe lays Jonah down and cuts off his body parts one by one as his friends watch. The tribe leader holds Jonah's severed head like a prize.
    High Top Releasing

    "I enjoy movies with gore, and usually I’m not phased, but I will never watch that movie again."

    —a_blaz

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    8. In Hellboy (2019), when Baba Yaga's body contorted in ways that don't seem humanly possible.

    Baba Yaga crawls over upside down and contorted, she also has gross, wrinkly prosthetics all over her face.
    Lionsgate

    "She's played by an incredible contortionist wearing amazing makeup effects. The human body is NOT supposed to move that way! It makes Reagan's spider walk down the stairs in The Exorcist look quaint."

    —voodoops

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    9. In Hereditary (2018), when Annie sawed off her own head with a piano wire.

    Annie hangs from the ceiling in the attic and saws off her head with a piano wire
    A24

    —kbd0190

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    10. In The Ring (2002), when Samara started crawling out of the TV.

    Samara has all her hair totally covering her face and she climbs out of a well on TV and crawls until she's coming through the tv screen and into the apartment
    DreamWorks

    "I can't dry my hair upside down anymore in case I get a glimpse in the mirror. Keep away!"

    —critters85

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    11. In Suspiria (2018), when Susie's dance inflicted Olga's pain and ultimately caused her death.

    Olga whimpers as she's thrashed around the room in pain and slammed against a mirror as her bones break.
    Amazon Prime Video

    "The dance torture scene in the reboot still bothers me. It’s one movie I’d love to never watch again, specifically because of that scene."

    —anitar411db647a

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    12. In The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021), when David is possessed by a demon and begins growling and contorting his body.

    David is screaming and foaming at the mouth as his family tries to hold him down. Then he begins to contort himself and twist his back inhumanely.
    Warner Bros.

    —Lauren Garafano

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    13. In Poltergeist (1982), when Marty hallucinated that he was actually peeling off the layers of his face.

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    Marty stands in front of a bathroom mirror pulling off his skin and revealing the skeleton underneath, all of the bloody skin pieces land in the sink
    MGM

    —kjarnagin

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    14. In Hostel (2005), when the "surgeon" cut Josh's Achilles tendons.

    A man is strapped to a chair and he can't get up. Another man says he always wanted to be a surgeon and goes to slice the strapped man's Achilles tendons
    Lions Gate

    —881704

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    15. And finally, in Saw II (2005), when a woman had to wade through a pile of used syringes.

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    A girl gets pushed into a pit of used syringes and she has to wade through them as they get stuck to her
    Lions Gate

    "A man pushes a woman into a pit of used syringes, and she has to wade through them to find a key while being stuck by needles. All the while, she’s screaming and crying. It was horrifying."

    —britneypeedonaladybug

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    Now it's your turn. Which movie scene scared YOU so badly you wish you could wipe it from your brain?

    Note: Submissions have been edited for length and clarity.