21 Messeddddddd-Up Movie Scenes That Are So Wild, I Can't Believe They Got Made

I’ll never forgive The Substance for THAT scene...

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"Everything in this movie haunts me, but especially that scene when the town elder jumped off the cliff and had his head beaten in with a mallet."

"This scene made me have to pause the movie and drink some water to calm myself down. I’m not sure which scared me more: the actual moment it happened or how much I could feel the grief of the family. And I NEVER get scared like that during horror movies!"

"It kept me out of a tanning bed for the longest time."

"This scene has been engraved in my mind for years. The other traumatizing moment was when Nina stood in front of the sink and accidentally peeled her fingernail skin several inches down her finger. NOPE!"

"It's so gruesome. I remember when I first saw this movie and the character had her back to the camera...when she turned around, my jaw dropped."

"The close-up view of his foot when he tried to take just one step...it's been over a decade since I watched that scene, and the visual still makes me cringe."

"I can't watch it to this day without turning away and covering my eyes."

"No one ever talks about this movie, but the whole premise is a nightmare for people who have claustrophobia. The ending is absolutely horrific in so many ways, and it left me in awe for days after I saw it!"

"The entire scene when Chris tries to escape is bloody and gory, but getting a letter opener through the hand makes me cringe the most."

"This scene horrified me as a child. I still can't watch it, and I am damn-near 40. My evil sisters will occasionally send me the clip and laugh."

"Pretty much every scene from this movie is traumatizing, but wow, this one really got me."

"This movie f*cked me up when I was younger. I never get sick or grossed out while watching scary movies, but thinking of this scene still brings back feelings of nausea."

"This is one of the most intense scenes I've ever watched. It's pure, slow agony."

"I'm probably taking this submission in a different direction than others, but this is the scene that traumatized me the most. The heartbreak on his face when he had to kill his only friend in the world because she became infected AFTER saving his life...absolutely heartbreaking and disturbing."

"That woman in the kitchen who screamed, 'Look at what he made me do!!!!,' gave me so many nightmares."

"The crowd tearing the baby to pieces is so horrible to watch. Seriously, it was just absolutely awful. I, for sure, can never watch that movie again, and it's all because of that moment."

"There's a reason why people kept fainting and throwing up during this movie. This particular scene was so intense and real and disturbing."