reddit ask: What are the most disturbing and unsettling scenes that do not rely on gore?

[theemii]

reddit user @seafoodboiler asked "What are the most disturbing and unsettling scenes that do not rely on gore?" and here are some of the answers, you can read the whole thing at the source.

- I remember when I first watched The Ritual, and I felt so uncomfortable when they stay the night in the cabin (towards the beginning of the movie). I’m not

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[euraylie]

With The Ring it’s definitely the video itself. I used to have dreams that felt similar when I was younger. Also, when they peal off the wallpaper in the barn for some reason

[disarmingdevil]

I illegally downloaded the ring on like Limewire or something so after watching it, i made a copy just in case.

[mindcrown]

this is delightful

[stuckmodebabe]

The tape plus when they find her in the closet. That cut to her still gets me even though I’ve watched The Ring so many times.

[vanouria]

i've seen the ring once, like 20 years ago, and that closet scene is still seared in my memory lol

[sheisagentleman]

Is the closet scene about a girl who’s like dead with her mouth open down to the knees? Because I remember being like 8 and my dad watching that scene on tv and me being so scared that I ran out from the room screaming and crying. I don’t even know where that scene is from and I’m still scared to google it lol.

[piratesswoop]

yep, it's from the ring

[sheisagentleman]

ty so much for comfirming! i’ll never watch it <3

[yousaidlog]

I was sitting behind my childhood best friend the first time I saw that, and I was so scared I threw my arms around him and said "ohmygodohmygod" over and over again lmao

[winter_lace]

for me, it was the horse

[slinkydinks]

Grainy video shit gets me EVERY. TIME.

The Ring video, the figures in White Noise (2005), the tapes in Archive 81 on Netflix, and the Taiwanese film Incantation.

Scarier than any gore, monster, jump scare, or killer.

[eatmydustbinns]

Omg I never see reference to Incantation! For some reason that movie unsettled me a lot even though it's not very gory at all.

[slinkydinks]

Yes! The scene where they sneak into the cave at night, and then at the end when the face of the god is revealed. Utter dread!

[eatmydustbinns]

Ughh it was so unsettling! The sneaking into the cave had so much growing dread, I was sweating.

[neaira]

Incantation is soooo good omg

[jgedlittlepill0]

the horse going overboard the boat really disturbed me for some reason..