10 Most Disturbing Films Of 2012

1. The Master

joaquin-phoenix-the-master The Master is one of the most genuine and worst types of "disturbing" that transcends wince-worthy violence as it penetrates soul-shaking psychology to challenge our vulnerable mental and emotional stabilities. The questionable talk o' the tabloids was of this movie alluding to the Church of Scientology, thereby adding a religious polish to the film's disturbances. However, the real roots of disturbance hold personal seeds, not religious, social, or institutional ones. Isolation, desperation, clinginess, obsession - these are the pressures the film rains upon us, uprooting personal convictions to plant ideas that prosper in the light of the art. Personality and philosophy come into question; matters of doubt and self-control are a Master key. You will likely leave this movie, as I did, feeling confused and, more so, violated. When it comes to the construction of something complexly - almost inexplicably - disturbing, this film is the Master.
 
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Sydney is from Roswell, Georgia, where she takes pride in Georgia's growing film industry. She is a sophomore at Northwestern University with a minor in Film & Media Studies and a love for writing. Her life has unsuccessfully aspired to model a Keira Knightley period piece. Sydney is most likely to be found in an emptied theater viewing the credits and sipping her staple drink: all the theater’s sodas mixed together.