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...even more frightening than his own 'The Shining'.
An underappreciated gem from 1988 (the American remake from 1993 ain't too good), this psychological thriller is considered to have *one of the scariest endings of all time in cinema.*
Basic plot: Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. When they stop at a gas station, Saskia mysteriously disappears without a trace...
Bewildered, Rex searches everywhere, but to no avail.
After three years and no sign of Saskia...Rex begins receiving letters from a man who claims he knows what happened..
98% on Rotten Tomatoes.
If you haven't seen this movie before and would like to, be careful not to know *too much* about the story beforehand.
To anyone who has already seen this movie or know the story - PLEASE DON'T SPOIL IT HERE. Thanks :)
kibbers
Thanks Op... similar premise, but more of a thriller than a horror.. French film; Tell No One... Watch it! :)
ImOldGreggAndIDrinkBaileysFromAShoe
Never saw the original, only the remake and Jeff Bridges stole it!
SickOfThisCessPool
I'm not a fan of Stanley Kubrick, so I won't trust his opinion on movies. Although, I may still try out this one.
leavemeandmycatoutofit
The original was the most disturbing movie I've seen.
MaleTittySprinkles
This movie is brilliant, mainly due to the way the story was told. The American remake however...
ReleaseTheBeeees
I think someone told me about this a lot of years ago and I'd completely forgotten about it
Rednaxel6
This movie totally destroyed me with just the premise. I can totally feel that panic he feels when she first disappears.
kkanne20
spoorloos! really fucked up
aurthadi
Someone spoil it for me
Kabe59
The Bloodening is better
ilovepeachesmorethanyou
This move is on MMX today but it's the 1993 version...monkey feathers!
Moonset
The Golden Egg (Het Gouden Ei) is a fantastic book!
Drunkatthedogpark
Noooop! So terrifying I couldn't even read this! This movie fucked me up.
StankyPankySammich
Idk. Read the wiki, seems a little fucked, but kinda seems like the dude made his choice and paid the price for it.
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
I was trying to find the name of this!
KnowThePattttts
Have you watched it before? If not give it a look, it's good
mjcherbert
fuck yeah - this is an amazing film! Unrelated, but I also thought Les Fugitifs which I saw at about the same time had a very bad remake ..
woisme
I watched this late at night, by myself, on British Television when I was young. It fucked me up. Don't watch it. It will haunt you.
judgementryu
This sounds like a movie with sandra bollucks but i don't see sandra bollucks in the pictures.
chteuchteu
Fav & forget
tesseract4d2
Is it gory?
KnowThePattttts
No. It doesn't focus on violence and gore, rather it masterfully builds up suspense and tension. Worth your time
WardSharlow
I watched this when I was about 12. It cost me some sleep. Didn't really want to close my eyes after the ending.
TheMince
DON'T watch the American remake. It dulls all of the original's sharp edge with an unnecessary added ending.
KnowThePattttts
Agreed.
ThenILickItOff
Does someone have a link to stream it?
KnowThePattttts
On youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-ySF3M3vIw. I'm not aware of any other place where it can be streamed except possibly netflix
ThenILickItOff
You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar
KnowThePattttts
Have fun! Watch it late at night if you dare :P
FloydHolland
Its actually based on a Dutch book I read in school a long long time ago... The Golden Egg. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Egg
FusYoDah
Everyone in the Netherlands had to read that book. I had to read it in 2004 when I was in VMBO-t, had to read it again 2 year later at Havo.
blastboyd
I think a lot of us Dutchies read it in school haha, quite the good read.
Fisicboy
Very thin book, quick read, good story tho
Asharil
Read it in school as well. Quite thin with only 90 pages. But the story... still one of the best I've read.
alangar
That's why the film sounds familiar, thanks. I found this book a few month ago at a booksale.
ProgeriaProstitutes
There's a dutch movie of it too, but not a very good one.
Mycologics
Yup. Boekverslagen.... shudders
notacobra
Spoilers below. Don't read my reply if you want to see the movie
notacobra
Sociopath kidnaps GF. Sociopath contacts BF, promises to show him what happened to GF. BF gets drugged. BF gets burried alive. The end.
PoppinLochNessHopster
I don't really see how The Shining is scary, especially by today's standards. I guess the corpse in the tub was a bit spooky.
PreciousPotato
Me neither. Then again, I can't stand Kubrick's "Look! Another symbol!"- directing style, anyway, not to mention those mostly lame movie /1
PoppinLochNessHopster
I don't usually say it because people are on their knees for him around here but I fucking hate Kubrick.
PreciousPotato
adaptations made from Stephen King's books (in contrast to the movies based on his short stories, and "Carrie".)
Leithreas
Is the movie only good if you don't know the ending? Most good movies can be re-watched, after all.
WuTangoReinhardtUnchained
The usual suspects is good but youll always know the twist
wompwompwomp
Part of the comes from the experience of the first watch, which in a thriller/horror the ending is a big part of that.
Leithreas
Partly. Good movies put hints in for you to look for on the second watch, right?
ArchieWizard
Sounds like it might be good, thanks.
KnowThePattttts
Have fun. Though you may not want to watch it too late at night :P
ArchieWizard
And this is from a grimoire that, in a different spell, calls for boiling a cat alive, so it's gotta be some SHIT.
ArchieWizard
I'm genuinely considering performing a necromantic ritual whose ONLY warning is "This should be done by one who fears nothing."
LordDownvote
Do you...do you actually believe in spells? I'm sorry, I just find it hard to distinguish between trolls and dumb dumbs now. PM me if you -
LordDownvote
Don't want to break your RP of your user name.
ArchieWizard
Magic is real.
mancrush
Don't like watching scary movies. Can you just tell me what happens?
manybigcomments
Pretty lame ass show
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thewildplum
I'm so startled right now!
mancrush
Thanks! I knew it would be too scary for me to watch.
TheProdigyKid
breadbun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vanishing_(1988_film)#Plot
BritishBatman
...that's it?
Adiktedgottaregisternow
That's some crazy shit.
whatabunchofaholes
Thanks!
Favri
Bruce Willis, a ghost, discovers Matt Damon is a genius janitor at a school, but then it turns out Kevin Spacey was Kaiser Soze all along!
TheGrinchStoleYourShit
Meanwhile Justin Long is still a Walrus
CanadianLadyMoose
Spoilers:
CanadianLadyMoose
The girl was kidnapped and buried alive. The kidnapper does the same to the boy 3 years later to show him what happened to his "missing" gf.
VitameatavegaminItsSoTastyToo
Thanks!
somnif
Done in particularly horrid way. Tells him "I can show you where I took her" and has him drink drugged coffee. Wakes up in the box. /shudder
Melanorosaurus
FUUUUUUUUUUCK NO
Volvo101010101
Thanks! Not a movie i'm ever going to watch! Hate those kind of stories :)
Sharkostomy
Same here. I only recently got the courage to watch Alien (loved it btw) because I learned that the cat doesn't die.
CanadianLadyMoose
In the 1993 remake, the boy is saved in the end by his new girlfriend (he doesn't have a happy ending in the original.)
CanadianOneDollarCoin
Holy fuck. Mind fuck movies are the scariest to me.