We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us about the creepiest documentary they’ve ever watched. Here are the best answers.
1. There’s Something Wrong with Aunt Diane, 2011
«It’s the perfect mix of creepy and sad. It’s not as creepy as something about a serial killer, of course, but it’s still a little oddity that’ll stick in your mind after watching it.»
– Leila Marie Bloom, Facebook
2. The Cannibal That Walked Free, 2007
«It’s about Issei Sagawa, a Japanese man who was caught murdering and eating a young woman, but the police couldn’t hold him since his crime was committed outside of his home country. Scary part? He’s still out there walking the streets, and he doesn’t hide how much he still craves human meat.»
– Lena Liu, Facebook
3. Countdown to Zero, 2010
«I’ve watched it several times over the years. It’s chilling to know just how many close calls there have been to a nuclear attack over the years.»
– Marie Suzanne Todd, Facebook
4. The Bridge, 2006
«It horrified me, creeped me out, devastated me, and gave me a few sleepless nights as well.»
– Michelle Gazzard, Facebook
5. Dreams of a Life, 2011
«It’s not so much creepy as it is desperately sad. It’s about Joyce Vincent, a woman who died alone in her flat and wasn’t found for three years. She died of an unknown cause, with the TV on, surrounded by half-wrapped Christmas presents.»
6. Tickled, 2016
7. Just, Melvin: Just Evil, 2000
8. The Nightmare, 2015
«It’s a phenomenal documentary, but it’s also horrifying. It’s about sleep paralysis and I was so scared to go to sleep after watching it.»
9. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About his Father, 2008
«It’s about a guy that dates an older woman who is possessive and abusive. He dumps her so she murders him. When she goes to jail his poor parents have to stay in contact with her as they have custody of their grandchild. The woman’s behaviour is just so disturbing.»
10. Child of Rage, 1992
«It’s about a little girl who was abused so severely when she was young that she had no conscience, and enjoyed seeing things suffer. It was so off-putting to see such a soft-spoken, sweet looking girl admit to killing multiple pets and wanting to see her parents dead.»
11. Rats, 2016
Directed by Morgan Spurlock, Rats chronicles rat infestations around the world and details their success as a species. Be warned though, this does include graphic scenes of rats being killed.
12. Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation, 2007
13. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, 1996
14. Jesus Camp, 2006
«Jesus Camp is incredibly disturbing. It’s about how Evangelical Christianity affects children. The kids seem brainwashed. As a Christian, seeing the effects of Biblical literalism made me scared of where my religion is headed. If you watch it, remember not all Christians are like that; it’s not a representation of all of us.»
15. Into Eternity, 2010
«It’s about the construction of Onkalo, a nuclear waste storage facility. Sounds bland, but here’s the thing: The people involved are still trying to figure out how to tell humans thousands of years in the future not to open it up. If pondering the vastness of time, the concept of your own mortality, and the insignificance of our current cultures and languages in the face of millennia is something that terrifies you as much as it does me, then you’ll find this to be a real head-fuck. Enjoy.»
16. Cropsey, 2009
17. Room 237, 2012
Ever since Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining was released in 1980, people have come up with hundreds of different theories about the messages and meanings hidden in the movie. Room 237 focuses on all of the different interpretations for the iconic horror film.
18. Beware the Slenderman, 2016
