I actually got very very very very very very very very disturbed
No, seriously, I mean, The Excorist seems like Father of the Bride compared to this!
The ending was awful, I only managed to watch it through my fingers!
No, seriously, I mean, The Excorist seems like Father of the Bride compared to this!
The ending was awful, I only managed to watch it through my fingers!
But, given that it's about a crazy, skanky chick bringing home skanky losers and minorities, not especially surprising.
But, given that it's about a crazy, skanky chick bringing home skanky losers and minorities, not especially surprising.
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I just saw this film and yes the ending was very disturbing. But I must confess that after reading everybody's reviews on it I expected something a lot worse. Disturbing though it was, it was well performed and played out, that I have to say for it.
One murder scene I did find more disturbing than this one was Ian Holm's brutal murder in "Mary Queen of Scots" from 1971, a movie with a PG-13 rating. I'm sure there are many more worse than this but this scene will definately go onto my "What the hell?" list.
But yes, the ending was brutal and disturbing.
I first saw this film the very first night it opened in 1977- at the Seattle Cinerama theater. The ending of the film was extremely violent and disturbing. I have never seen a theater audience as shocked as I did that night.
The theater was totally packed but after the violent ending- not one of the hundreds of people spoke as they left the theater that night. Everyone in the audience that night was too shocked to speak when they left their seats.
There was no such rating as PG-13 in 1971
shareMy wife and I were just talking about movies we had walked out of. This movie came to mind immediately as I remember at least 2/3 the people in the theater walked out. We did not and I wonder why. I regret not doing so and I've tried to forget the experience ever since. This movie was not entertainment and did not have any other values that many "downer" movies do. The one exception to this is an example of when someone should walk out of a movie.
The closest theater for us was 30 miles away and the next closest was 100 miles from our home. We didn't have much choice when we wanted to see a movie. That is the only reason we gave this movie a try. It was not worth the 54 mile drive to see it.
In my book this is a non-recommended film. I have just a few others, but none as memorable as this one.
I just watched it for the first time. And I will never do that again. Disturbing is an understatement. I usually like dark films, but this one messed with my head beyond anything I've ever seen. I couldn't even move during the end. The rape scene seemed inevitable, but nothing could've prepared me for it. It still haunts me. Good luck to anybody that wasn't creeped out by the ending.
shareI watched this movie when I was 23, single and at the movie theater. I haven't ever forgot it. And the ending was super disturbing.. the light bulb swinging. But when I watched it, I couldn't help thinking, "hey that guys crazy, don't push him to the brink. My friend that was with me said, "I wish I hadn't seen that".
One of the most shocking and memorable endings in movie history. Good thing I didn't read anything about the film before watching it, because I would've hated to have that spoiled for me ahead of time.
shareI was spoiled in advance... sucks.
Still... it was a damn creepy ending. I just kept wondering how/when/where? gave the film a creepier vibe... and it was pretty creepy.
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To me, what most disturbing is it's based on the true story. Roseann Quinn really died like that. The movie Seven is really disturbing to me ( ending) but this to me is the worst because it really happened.
shareI'm 43 and have been a huge horror movie fan since I was a kid but the ending of LFMG is straight up the most disturbing scene I have ever seen in my life!!! I agree with those who say that it's an underrated film and definitely the one Diane Keaton should have won the Oscar for.
shareI haven't seen this movie since the 80's, so I don't remember details, but I always associated strobe lights with the ending. But someone mentioned a swinging light bulb. Is that what caused the strobe light effect?
shareNo. Earlier in the movie they showed that she had a strobe light in her apartment. During the struggle before the rape, it got knocked on.
shareThe swinging lightbulb was a mobile showing couples in sexual positions; it was given to Theresa from her sister. The strobe light had been a gift from James, one of many strange men in this film whose character is perplexing because he's trying so very hard to be liked. As the previous poster said, it gets knocked on (I thought Gary turned it on) during the excruciating finale.
shareI just saw it for the first time. I knew in advance that Theresa was going to be killed at the end, yet it didn't diminish the impact of the scene at all. I found it deeply disturbing and it made feel kind of wrong having watched it. It's probably the first time in my life that a killing in a film has made me feel this way. The ending of Heavenly Creatures is the only other one I can think of that comes close in my experience.
It is a good film, buoyed primarily by Keaton's excellent performance, but in all honesty, it's not something that I ever want to see again.