Nebulo wrote:
Gaspar Noé's Seul contre tous (I Stand Alone) is arguably even bleaker.
Might want to relearn French, because that means "alone against everything", not "I stand alone".
I normally absolutely never watch horror movies, since I'm very easily scared, although one movie that was quite disturbing without being scary that I saw was The Mist.
Here's why:
synopsis wrote:
Driving through the mist, David returns home to find it destroyed and his wife Stephanie dead, having fallen victim to the spider-like creatures. Heartbroken, he drives the group south, witnessing the destruction left in the wake of the mist and encountering a giant tentacled beast towering hundreds of feet tall. The beast was accordingly named by Stephen King "the impossibly tall creature". Eventually, they run out of gas and pull over to the side of the road, disheartened that they hadn't seen any other survivors. While Billy is sleeping, the four adults discuss their fate, deciding that there is no point in going any further. With four bullets left in the gun and five people in the car, David shoots Amanda, Dan, Irene, and his son, Billy, to spare them violent death by the creatures. Distraught and determined to die, David exits the vehicle, ready to be attacked by whatever is in the mist. A loud approaching noise turns out to be a self-propelled artillery vehicle, followed by a squad of soldiers equipped with NBC suits and flamethrowers. As the mist clears, several trucks, filled with soldiers and survivors, pass David. Among the survivors is the woman from the supermarket that no one would help, and her two young children. Realizing that they were that close to rescue and that he killed his own son, David falls to his knees, screaming, while two soldiers look on in confusion.