Edit: clarifications.
I'm not one to brag, but I think I have a high tolerance of stories that are very depressing. It is what I want in horror, but that's not for everyone either. I enjoy all kinds of horror, even the ones that don't focus on favored themes.
I want to ask y'all, when did a horror movie (or any media) get too intense/scary for you?
As a kid, I thought Sleepy Hollow where Christopher Walken portrayed the Headless Horseman to be nightmare fuel. Nowadays I enjoy it if I am in the mood for the aesthetics.
When playing Silent Hill 2 the first time, I shut the PS2 off after the otherworld hospital manifested.
Subnautica or any oceanic exploration games? I'm ashamed to admit my outbursts.
Over the years I have found more movies that didn't terrify me but I enjoyed nonetheless. Not to say a horror movie is a failure in my eyes just because it didn't scare me. If I like it, I like it. For many different reasons and with no explanation needed.
But... I found a horror movie that gave me those same feelings I had when I saw Sleepy Hollow as a kid. Arguably as an adult the sense of doom, dread and gloom is amplified.
Just yesterday, I found a horror movie I couldn't get past the 30 minute mark. The concept, the concept was too much for me: Lockdown Tower (La Tour).
Lockdown Tower (La Tour) has a super-simple premise: inhabitants of a high-rise apartment complex are trapped inside by an opaque fog that erases everything that comes into contact with it.
The pacing from what I've seen is perfect, no time was wasted to show the audience what's happening and the behavior from the characters hit too close to home for me. It is straight to the point and with so much time left, I was afraid of witnessing what would come next. Felt like watching a realistic portrayal of how people would react if they were in the same situation.
According to what I found online, it is a depressing and nihilistic movie that only gets more intense as time goes on. I cannot recommend it because I haven't seen it all the way, and from what I heard no one else recommends a second watching of it because of how dark it is.
Someday I'll finish it, because I am still curious. But not now or maybe even not during this month.
I want to hear from y'all, when did a horror movie (or any media) get too intense/scary for you?