Sometimes, an idea alone can haunt your dreams.
Even reading a plot description or catching a few moments from a trailer can be unsettling.
!ThinkThe Lighthouse,The Witch,The Killing of a Sacred Deer, andMidsommar.
To whatever extent thats your thing, theyre all entirely unforgettable.
Fucked-Up Films have this power, whether they’re art house award winners or exploitatative trash.
Here are 30 of my…favorites?
Feel free to supplement these choices with titles from your own disreputable DVD collection.)
Where to stream:Prime Video
Mad Love(1935)
Just a typical boy-meets-girl kinda thing.
Its gloriously demented, and has one ofmy favoritetrailers of all time.
Tennessee Williams bizarre psychodrama leads to some truly shocking revelations, especially for the era.
(Spoiler: revelations include a heady combo of gay stuffandcannibalism.)
Eyes Without a Face(1960)
The modern body horror era begins.
Pedro Almodovarwould be inspired by itdecades later in makingThe Skin I Live In.
Can’s stand ‘em!
What else is Alonzo to do but force a surgeon toactuallycut off his arms?
An extreme action that willcertainlynot lead to tragic and ironic consequences in the final act.
But not just any dead body!
Oh, and his boner can be used as a compass.
Surprisingly sweet, in spite of all that.
As an adult, she strips at car shows, but also compulsively and gruesomely murders people.
Or a splatter film in which necrophilia scenes are shot using all the techniques of soft-core porn?
(Mostly its the second thing.)
Whats most fucked up about it is its dark reflection of and anticipation for our anything-for-the-likes modern culture.
Actually, the premise doesnt even seem terribly farfetched these days.
Sounds nice, right?
And finds strangely titillating.
Raw(2016)
A vegetarian veterinary student develops a taste for meat.
A lot of meat.
Much of it human.
Which is a tough revelation for both the proudly patriotic boyandhis imaginary friend, Adolph Hitler.
Where to stream:Tubi,digital rental
