Good Movies That Are So Cruel They're Almost Unbearable

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[BohoAstronaut]

The fact that the family had a child that could not speak yet nobody had made any effort to learn or teach him sign language should have been a big red flag from the very beginning.

[Maxisamo]

Speak No Evil and Funny Games are basically both films with the warning of "If you feel something is wrong, focus on that more than being polite"

[WatsonAndDaughter]

The first movie is so uniquely horrifying. It really shows an accurate picture of how people can feel like a frog boiling in a pot of water. Slowly you get each thing to ramp up a little bit more, and somehow no one sees it coming. Just to everyone who has kids, if your kid says they do not feel safe, always believed them. They'll always be the first to notice the Little things

[NPC_-mfdw]

The actor playing George was Ulrich Mühe - a brilliant and well respected actor here in Germany. Sadly, cancer took him in 2007.
Also, the woman playing his wife in the movie was Susanne Lothar - his actual wife. Sadly, while it isn't official, it is assumed she took her own life in 2012, unable to overcome her grief after losing him. She died one day before the fifth anniversary of Ulrich's death, so... yeah.

[ragismrotzrochen]

The thing about "Funny Games" and the phone situation is: It is a German family on holidays in Austria. So they don't necessarily know the number to dial for police ;)

But yes, the whole movie is a subversion of usual horror movies. Which is why it also features common horror movie tropes, only to mock them. It tries to bring responsibility back to the viewer, not spoon-feed him regurgitated movie tropes.

[priqq]

Speak no evil is a great commentary on why you should always speak your mind, not hide behind subtext, and stand up for your values.

[Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

Frustration horror. Such an interesting sub-genre to explore. That's a great triple feature you picked if your goal is to lose faith in humanity lol.

[kingjoriy]

Funny games is not about holding the movie viewer captive against their will, but rather a commentary on how we as people enjoy watching movies with violence against innocents and seeking out media that contains this. The intruders are very clearly doing this for YOU, to entertain you, which is why they break the fourth wall. They are giving you what YOU wanted, a horror movie about torturing a family. It's so realistic and upsetting because that's the point, making you guilty. It's such a smart movie, and that's how I interpreted it

[thealmightybipper]

As an adult who grew up with a severe people-pleasing personality and is finally going to therapy to learn how to make and keep boundries, Speak No Evil made me so terrified and sick to my stomach! Like, "that looks like something my younger self would have done" kind of sick.

[dafuugamin]

Another thing that makes Speak No Evil so harrowing, especially for us Danes, is that the cordiality, kindness and people-pleasing are all so central to Danish culture and society, that the movie hits us harder, and basically punishes us for our culture.

[SOBEKCrocodileGod]

After watching Speak No Evil, and then Funny Games days later, I’ve decided I’m never going to be polite ever again.

[fettel]

"Because you let me" is a VERY The Strangers kind of line. Genius.

[tomkruze]

The PTSD scene in Nightingale is so realistic. I suffered from SA, and the way you described feeling like you can't escape the thoughts you want to avoid sometimes, and then you react in an extreme way phyiscally is exactly how it is for me. Like my body is physically shaking off the pain sometimes, and then I feel better and cleansed almost afterward.

[StefunnyStrange]

The first movie is the ultimate horror flick for people pleasers like me. Giving someone that pool chair even though I’m kind of using it is TOTALLY something I would do. 😂 If it’s not a major inconvenience to me, I just like making people happy and not being confrontational over the small things. This movie is so accurate portraying people pleasers and really taught me to be kind but stop being kind TO A FAULT. It’s actually a great message.

[robertyee]

Nightingale, is beautiful in the way it shows how the oppressed are bound together. Turned against one another. They both speak their own languages, but also English. Both understand that they are both victims to the same oppression.

[sunnydered]

Being stoned to death is one of the most horrific things I can imagine... good grief

[PHAToregon]

Something omitted in your analysis of Speak No Evil is that the Danish family that is targeted as the victims are culturally more likely to act in the way, in Denmark meekness and humility are seen as virtues. If they tried that on an American family, they’d learn a whole lot about “fuck around and find out”.

[thatfunkadeus]

Little fun fact: Bjorn, translated to English, means bear. Patrick is trying to see how much he can "poke the bear"

[matthewgoodson]

This dudes videos have such an impeccable vibe to them. He mixes a tad bit of nerdy awkwardness with fucking impeccable comedic timing, and all sprinkled over with a tiny bit of “not afraid to commit to the bit”, and I fucking love it.

Easily one of my favorite channels now.

[garyking]

The reason why Bjorn goes back for the rabbit is because he deeply admires the other couple and wants to be them.

Earlier in the film Patrick said Bjorn was brave for retrieving his daughter’s rabbit, and so despite his desire to leave, Bjorn still wants to behave in a manner which the other couple would approve of.