Cure
Cure offers a surreal and terrifying experience. The film explores hypnotism, making you feel its effects not just on the characters but on you as the viewer. The interrogation scenario was fairly unique: the detectives disarm Masato but still risk their sanity because they can’t take away the Masato’s insidious hypnotism towards others. I think this concept alone makes Cure a stand alone film among others in the horror genre.
Just the idea of some external force capable of bringing out the utmost evil that lurks with inside you is terrifying. The story doesn't even end with Masato. It picks up with Takebe, someone who has much higher authority and influence than Masato which leaves you to wonder will this chain of violence ever stop?
There will always be another someone to come along and pick up the knife.