I avoid the super violent bloody stuff, too.
The Crazies - military/government screw up causes mass insanity. Lots of tension and suspense. Timothy Oliphant as sheriff in a small town trying to get to a solution.
Come Play - just very scary and was a brain worm for me. You see the situation from the little boy's perspective as well as the mother's. Made my skin crawl.
Each of these could have been a 2 hour special presentation of The X-Files with Mulder and Scully working the cases.

Great creepy factor without ridiculous uncalled for violence. Another for a rewatch!
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The Exorcist

I remember seeing it the first time on cable. Chilling! there are a couple of movies where Venice is shown in a bad light, creepy, menacing.
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HollyJollyHanukka October 15, 2025 07:08 PM
Member since December 15, 2024
It was a really good film. Loved how it played with your head.
First watched the movie when I was 10-12 years old (don't remember exactly).
Our parents weren't at home, freedom!
After that, I was glad to have siblings and decided to never visit Venice.

It was a really good film. Loved how it played with your head.
If you can’t say something nice, say something clever but devastating.

HollyJollyHanukka October 15, 2025 06:17 PM
Member since December 15, 2024
I know! Those sisters were creepy!!
Yah, these sisters tried to warn him, although they could have spoken a little more clearly.

I know! Those sisters were creepy!!
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This is an excellent movie! I will rewatch it.
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Don't Look Now (1973) Trailer
Wenn die Gondeln Trauer tragen (1973) Trailer

Okay. I’ll stream it tonight.
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There is no torture, no. It's not a gore fest. But even mentioning it here as a headfuck is a spoiler. That movie is best gone into without knowing a thing about it.

Yeah, not for me. It’s gruesome stuff just for the sake of being gruesome.
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Avoid Eden Lake then. They
set a little boy on fire.
Haunted me for days.
Tell you what…When I send my ex-wife her money…you can lick the stamps.

The poster is a pretty huge spoiler. No idea why they would do that.

I might give it a go. It’s on Roku TV, which I have.
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I wouldn't say so, but it deals with slasher films on the periphery. The main character is a film censor in the UK during the height of the slasher era and she sees something in one film that leads her to investigate a situation in her own family's past… That's really as much as I can say without spoiling anything.
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Is it slasheresque? She’s carrying an axe, and I don’t like watching someone being hacked to death, or tortured, etc.
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I watched this one recently and think it fits the bill.
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It was slashdot, said they can't help 'cause you have them blocked.
My password is password.

Well, someone on block responded. I’ll probably miss out on something good.
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Why should I? You have me on iggy.
My password is password.