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The List Thus Far
Here is an alphabetical listing of all the movies (so far) that have been certified as among the 366 weirdest ever made, along with links to films reviewed in capsule form only.
(Note that the numbers that appear beside the original entries don’t indicate any sort of rank, but refer solely to order of publication).
THE LIST OF 366 (67 certified weird)
Altered States (1980) – Ken Russell’s visionary tale of genetic regression under the influence of magic
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 1/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies mushrooms may be the greatest “trip” movie ever made
Archangel (1990) – Surreal, nearly silent meditation on forgetfulness set in an icy Russian city just after World War I
Barton Fink (1991) – A leftist Hollywood screenwriter endures a case of writer’s block that turns into a living nightmare on the eve of WWII
The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) – Dadaist narration courtesy of the eccentric Coleman Francis makes this tale of a nuclear blast turning Tor Johnson into a ravaging desert “beast” weird indeed
Begotten (1991) – Legendary experimental film, featuring God disemboweling himself and other metaphysical atrocities
Being John Malkovich (1999) – You can enter the head of the titular actor through this weird metaphysical comedy, the screenwriting debut of bizarre movie titan Charlie Kaufman
Blood Diner (1987) – Severely out of whack horror comedy with (possibly unconscious) fascist undertones
Branded to Kill (1967) – Suzuki’s surreal, scrambled yakuza thriller about a rice sniffing hitman famously got him fired by the studio who financed it
Bronson (2008) – Overwhelmingly stylized biopic of Charlie Bronson (born Michael Peterson), the self mythologizing celebrity who prides himself on being Britain’s most violent prisoner
Carnival of Souls (1962) – Low budget creepfest is a minor miracle on film
The City of Lost Children [ La cité des enfants perdus ] (1995) – Visionary steampunk fairytale from Jeunet & Caro
A Clockwork Orange (1971) – Kubrick weirds it up in this disturbing moral fable
Cowards Bend the Knee, or, the Blue Hands (2003) – Typically surreal modern silent from the inimitable Guy Maddin mixing melodrama, Greek tragedy, psychosexual guilt, and hockey highlights
The Dark Backward (1991) – The world’s worst comic nearly becomes an overnight success when he grows a third arm out of his back in this grotesque show business satire
Delicatessen (1991) – Jeunet & Caro’s first film is a bizarre but oddly sweet black comedy involving cannibalism in post apocalyptic Paris
Dillinger is Dead (1969) – Nearly forgotten late 1960s avant garde alienation piece about a gas mask designer who spends an evening puttering about his apartment
Donnie Darko (2001) Angsty, apocalyptic, fantastical drama about a screwed up teen is an irresistibly lovable mess
Don’t Look Now (1973) Classic psychological horror with a weird twist
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 2/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies Elevator Movie (2004) – Surreal and minimalist independent feature about two people trapped in an elevator for months; well scripted and weird as hell but very amateur
El Topo (1970) – Mystical and surreal Spaghetti Western from Alejandro Jodorowsky
Eraserhead (1977) – The ultimate nightmare experience, about horror at procreation and loathing for one’s own offspring
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) – Jim Carrey unexpectedly shines as he fights against a memory erasing procedure he impulsively undertook; a weird crowd pleaser
Evil Dead II (1987) – The frenetic, fantastic and crowd pleasing movie about a man trapped in a cabin menaced by evil spirits, mixing equal parts horror and absurd slapstick comedy
Eyes Without a Face [ Le Yeux sans Visage ] (1965) Georges Franjou’s influential, poetic horror film
Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005) – Selection of surreal, interwoven sketches from three Japanese directors is uneven, as you would expect, but contains some of the weirdest sequences you’re likely to come across
Gothic (1986) – Hallucinatory excess from Ken Russell, about the night Mary Shelley conceived “Frankenstein”
Gozu (2003) – Erotically charged, hallucinatory Takashi Miike horror/yakuza mashup
Greaser’s Palace (1972) – A zoot suited Jesus visits a Western town to enact a series of absurd parables
Gummo (1997) – Indisputably weird but ceaselessly unpleasant portrait of hopeless white trash
House [ Hausu ] (1977) – The weirdest haunted house movie ever made; no one forgets the scene where the piano eats the girl
Help! Help! The Globolinks [ Hilfe! Hilfe! Die Globolinks ] (1969) – The world’s only psychedelic children’s opera about an alien invasion
The Horrors of Spider Island [ Ein Toter hing im Netz ] (1960) A bad misogynist fever dream involving poorly dubbed buxom women, and some spiders, on an island
I Can See You (2008) – This “psychedelic campfire tale” is slow to start, but climaxes in a 20 minute freakout
I’m A Cyborg, But That’s OK [ Saibogujiman Kwenchana ] (2006) – Romantic comedy set in a mental asylum is likely to remain the weirdest example of its genre
Ink (2009) – Visually impressive low budget fantasy about a mysterious figure who snatches a sleeping girl into a world of dreams
INLAND EMPIRE (2006) – This story of Laura Dern trapped in a nightmare while filming a cursed script is perhaps David Lynch’s weirdest movie
Jacob’s Ladder (1990) – big budget cult mindtrip movie with unforgettable demonic hallucinations
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 3/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies Johnny Got His Gun (1971) – Antiwar classic about a limbless, blind and deaf casualty of the first World War, trapped inside his own head where he lives out a mixture of dreams and fantasies
Kung Fu Hustle (2004) – totally off it’s rocker kung fu comedy/fantasy that became a smash international hit
Kwaidan (1964) – old Japanese ghost stories turned into Expressionist art
The Lair of the White Worm (1988) – Ken Russell’s ultra fun, tongue in cheek horror movie filled with phallic symbols and impaled nuns
Malpertuis (1972) – Harry Kümel’s big weird dark house tale was confusing and a flop despite the presence of Orson Welles, but drips with surreal atmosphere nonetheless
Maniac (1934) – Resurrection of the dead, an orangutan man rapist and edible cat eyeballs all feature heavily in this deranged exploitation movie that seems to have been directed by an actual maniac
The Milky Way [La Voie Lactee ] (1969) – A dry and cerebral, but very weird, story by surrealist master Luis Buñuel about two tramps meet various Biblical characters and embodiments of Catholic heresies while traveling on a pilgrimage
Naked Lunch (1991) – David Cronenberg’s adaptation of the unadaptable William S. Burroughs novel features film’s scariest typewriters
Nostalghia (1983) – Andrei Tarkovsky’s slow, beautiful, dreamlike spiritual parable about a homesick Russian poet in Italy
O Lucky Man! (1973) – Sprawling satire with Malcolm McDowell, Kafkaesque interrogations, a half man half hog, and breastfeeding
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) – Guillermo del Toro’s beautiful fairytale; a girl completes quests at a faun’s behest, while her “real” world Fascist stepfather is a monster beyond all fantasy
Phantasm (1979) – Crazy, nightmarish, obstinately illogical drive in horror flick about a kid and a sinister funeral home, featuring the terrifying “Tall Man”
Pi (1998) – amazing black and white photography and a pulsing electronica soundtrack drive this intellectual thriller about a mad math genius seeking a mystical number
The Reflecting Skin (1990) – Uneven but sometimes powerful flick teeming with symbolism about a kid who thinks his widow neighbor is a vampire, among other strangenesses
Repulsion (1965) Disturbing Roman Polanski peek inside Catherine Deneuve’s disintegrating mind
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) – Even without its bizarre cult following, this naughty musical b movie spoof would have earned a place on the list
Santa Sangre (1989) – Psychedelic slasher film about a man raised in a circus who acts as the hands for his armless mother
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 4/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies The Science of Sleep (2006) – The melancholy love life of a man who can’t distinguish dreams from reality
A Serious Man (2009) – The Coen brothers’ retelling of the Book of Job as an absurdist comedy is mystifying and brilliant in equal parts
Silent Hill (2006) – Sloppy scripting and apocalyptic imagery combine to create a truly weird experience
Stalker (1979) : Andrei Tarkovsky’s slow, mystifying, beautiful science fiction parable about three men’s journey to a room which can grant there innermost wishes
Steppenwolf (1974) – The psychedelic effects in this faithful adaptation of Herman Hesse’s novel have dated badly
Synecdoche, New York (2008) – Charlie Kaufman working without a net in this absurdist, recursive, and dreamlike story of a sad sack theater director who builds a replica of New York City inside a warehouse
Taxidermia (2006) – A penis ejaculating fire is the take home image from this surreal and twisted Hungarian generational epic; barf bags recommended
Tideland (2005) – Terry Gilliam’s dark and controversial riff on Alice in Wonderland
Time Bandits (1981) – Time traveling, thieving dwarfs feature heavily in this weird kiddie film mixing fantasy, comedy and theology
Tromeo & Juliet (1996) – The creators of The Toxic Avenger remake the Bard’s tale as an obscene punk epic, with predictably bizarre results
Waking Life (2001) – The story of a young man who finds he’s dreaming and can’t wake up, with serious philosophical monologues and dialogues interspersed, painstakingly animated by over thirty artists in differing styles
The Wicker Man (1973) – Horrifying and intelligent tale of a devout detective’s search for a missing girl on a Scottish island where the residents have adopted an ancient pagan religion
You, the Living [ Du Levande ] (2007) – 50 bittersweet, absurdist sketches on the crushing mundanity of everyday life
LIST CANDIDATES (movies that didn’t make it on a first pass, but may get a second chance)
$9.99 (2008) – A series of interwoven absurdist stories, featuring a dour chain smoking angel, brought to you via Claymation
964 Pinocchio (1991) – A cybernetic male sex slave is cast adrift in a weird world in this underground Japanese cyberpunk film
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) – Art deco b movie has fascinating production design and campy acting from star Vincent Price, but is it weird enough?
Adaptation (2002) – Great twisty script, but in the end, may be too intellectual to be weird
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 5/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies Alice [Neco Z Alenky ] (1988) – Jan Svankmejer’s uncanny, ultra creepy puppet version of “Alice in Wonderland”
Alice in Wonderland (1951) – Animated version of the nonsense classic is pretty good, but is it too Disneyfied to be weird?
Antichrist (2009) – Despite some lapses in taste, Lars von Trier’s controversial, extreme and despairing take on horror is one of his spookiest and most mysterious efforts
Bad Boy Bubby (1993) – Relentlessly offbeat character study of a man who was locked in a basement until age 40, then unleashed on modern Australia
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) – Nic Cage unloosed, iguanas, and an ambiguous ending give this crazy thriller some weird cred
The Black Cat (1934) – The best of the Boris Karloff/Bela Lugosi team ups is an Expressionist horror masterpiece about Satanism and vengeance. By Alfred Eaker.
The Black Cat (1934) – Alternate “official” review by 366weirdmovies
The Box (2009) – An adaptation of Richard Matheson’s ethical sci fi fable gets weirded up by Richard Kelly
Calvaire (2004) – strange, surreal, and excessive Belgian horror about a lounge singer stranded in a remote town full of perverted and sadistic men
Cure (1997) – Pretty weird Japanese twist in the serial killer/police procedural genre
Dark Country (2009) – noir thriller mix about a honeymooning couple who run over a man in the desert
Dead Man (1995) – Jim Jarmusch’s anti Western is hypnotic, dreamlike and strange, but is it one of the weirdest of all time?
Dr. Caligari (1989) – This pop surrealist work by a hardcore porn director suffers from bad acting, but it is weird as hell; likely to make the list on a second pass
Frownland (2007) – Painfully emotionally intense character study of a loser whose social anxiety disorder ironically turns him into loathsome company
Girl Slaves of Morgana le Fay [ Morgane et ses Nymphes ] (1971) – A fairy tale for lesbian sex fetishists
Hansel and Gretel (2007) – Korean adaptation of the fairytale switches the roles of the children and adults; it’s a beautifully made movie but perhaps too predictable in the end
House of 1,000 Corpses (2003) – Rob Zombie’s cruel and self indulgent Texas Chainsaw Massacre tribute is weird but not much fun
Kontroll (2003) – Comedy and thriller elements mix with dream sequences and obscure symbolism in this tale of a professional ticket collector and a platform pusher, shot entirely in the Budapest subway system
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 6/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies Kung Fu Arts [ Hou Fu Ma ] (1980) – A Chinese princess marries “Sida, the French Monkey Star” in this zany chopsocky
The Limits of Control (2009) – Jim Jamursch’s ultra minimalist anti thriller about a Lone Man on an ambiguous assassination mission is an experiment in plotlessness
The Machinist (2004) – Possibly predictable mindbender starring an emaciated Christian Bale
Meatball Machine (2005) – Japanese splatterpunk love story about alien parasites turning human hosts into bio engineered gladiators
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) – Macabre stop motion animated cult favorite about the Pumpkin King of Halloweentown trying to reproduce Christmas in his own ghoulish style
Oldboy (2003) – Excellent, if extreme, Korean revenge drama could stand just a teaspoon more weirdness…
The Short Films of David Lynch (2002) – The short “The Grandmother” is a weird classic; the rest of this collection, less so
Singapore Sling (1990) – black and white film noir tribute with mucho sexual perversion and general weirdness
Six-String Samurai (1998) – Buddy Holly is a sword swinging rock n’ roller seeking to claim Elvis’ throne in an alternate post apocalyptic reality
Southland Tales (2006) – Crazy, near incoherent apocalyptic epic; a famous flop from the creator of Donnie Darko
Spider (2002) – David Cronenberg turns inward for this story of a schizophrenic misremembering a family tragedy
Stay (2005) A visually impressive psychological thriller that puts a little spin on a tired twist–but is it enough to merit making the List?
Stingray Sam (2009) – It’s a six part musical/Western/sci fi serial; need we say more to catch your interest?
Suicide Club (2002) – Japanese surrealism about an unexplained wave of suicides among Tokyo teens
Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981) – There’s little that’s ordinary in these magical realist tales based on the life of skid row poet Charles Bukowski
Tokyo! (2008) Tryptich of weird tales set in the titular metropolis, from directors Michel Gondry, Leos Carax and Joon ho Bong
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997) – Guy Maddin’s color misfire has intriguing art design, at least
Visitor Q (2001) – Takashi Miike’s story about a mysterious visitor disrupted dysfunctional family dynamics breaks the lactation taboo
The Wayward Cloud (2005) – Taiwanese minimalism mixing porno shoots, a watermelon fetish, and musical
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 7/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies numbers
W the Movie (2008) – Underground, surrealist attack on the Bush presidency will not be confused with the Oliver Stone pic by anyone who sees it
Xtro (1983) – incoherent alien exploitation pic that’s fairly standard, up until when the dwarf clown hits the nanny on the head with a rubber hammer and uses her to incubate alien eggs
CAPSULES & GUEST REVIEWS
9 (2009) – Shane Acker’s intriguing short about ragdolls fighting robots in a post apocalyptic world suffers from extension to feature length
44 Inch Chest (2009) – London gangster drama and actor’s showpiece about four men who try to goad a cuckold into killing his wife’s lover; contains psychological fantasy scenes
Absurdistan (2008) – charming, unusual, almost silent romantic comedy about a sex strike by the women of an isolated Central Asian village
Across the Universe (2007) Julie Taymor’s Beatles fantasia has some ripe psychedelic moments, but not enough to make it consistently weird
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005) Wacky Robert Rodriguez film about a kid’s dream world, co scripted by his then seven year old son Racer
A Journey into the Mind of P (2001) – Guest review of the documentary on reclusive writer Thomas Pynchon
À L’aventure (2009) : A levitating orgasm is the highlight of this otherwise dull and talky philosophical French sex flick
Alice (2009) – TV miniseries re imagining Wonderland as a dystopian kingdom is surprisingly entertaining
Alice in Wonderland (2010) – Tim Burton’s adaptation of the classic is visually impressive, but the generic fantasy plot means it’s for kids only
Angel Heart (1987) – Supernatural noir that’s well worth a watch, but not transcendentally weird
Annie Hall (1977) – Touchstone romantic comedy/relationship movie that was innovative in breaking the fourth wall, but not weird
Army of Darkness (1992) – The final (?) installment of the “Evil Dead” series is aimed at a more mainstream audience but is still of some interest
Automatons (2006) – A girl living with robots in an underground bunker is the lone survivor of her race in this grainy throwback to 1950s style sci fi
Avatar (2009) – Just to remind us why we prefer weird movies to Hollywood formula movies, Alfred checks out James Cameron’s blockbuster and finds it wanting
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 8/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies Baba Yaga (1973) – Former Baby Doll Carrol Baker is a lesbian witch in this weirdish erotic Eurosleaze
Bad Biology (2008) – Frank Henenlotter’s gleefully tasteless horror comedy about killer genitalia
Basket Case (1982) – Worthwhile gory shocker about a monster who fits inside a basket, but not so very weird, by our high standards
Batman Returns (1992) – Alfred Eaker argues Tim Burton’s sequel is the best (and weirdest) comic book movie ever made
Between Men (1935) – Melodramatic “B” western, part of Alfred Eaker’s survey of Sinister Cinema’s “Sinister Six Gun Collection”.
Beyond Re-Animator (2003) – The zippy third sequel to the grossout zombie horror comedy classic features more tasteless jokes and crazed carnage
Big Calibre (1935) – Exceedingly odd early b Western featuring a bucktoothed hunchback who throws vials of acid
Big Man Japan [ Dai Nihonjin ] (2007) – A deadpan mockumentary about a middle aged, out of fashion superhero who battles bizarre monsters in modern Tokyo
Bitch Slap (2009) – A tongue in cheek, “postmodern” tribute to Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! built entirely around the allure of cleavage
Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2008) – The new cult/bad movie phenomenon, a “romantic thriller” Birds ripoff built around a combination of the worst script, acting and special effects to make it to the big screen in some time
Blue Beard [ Barbe Bleue ] (2009) – A slow paced, nearly literal adaptation of the fairy tale about a French aristocrat murdering his child brides, with an enigmatic ending
Brainiac [ El barón del terror ] (1962) – Cheap, silly Mexihorror featuring a hairy monster with a two foot brain sucking tongue that must be seen to be believed
Brewster McCloud (1970) – Bizarre, bird oriented Robert Altman cult satire about a boy who dreams of flying inside the Houston Astrodome
Bug (2006) – Ashley Judd is mesmerizing in this adaptation of a stage play about extreme paranoia
Burning Inside (2010) – overlong, extremely low budget tale of an amnesiac with buried secrets that borrows the look and feel of classic B&W weird films
Cat People (1982) – Strange, hypereroticized and occasionally surreal update of Val Lewton’s classic about a race of people who turn into panthers when sexually aroused
The Chair (2007) – Interesting Canadian indie horror film about possession that lacks true weirdness
Charley Bowers: The Rediscovery of an American Comic Genius – Collection containing most of the nearly lost silent films of absurdist stop motion animator and comedian Bowers
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 9/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies Christmas Evil (1980) – Offbeat, low budget character study about a killer Santa that’s not as exploitative as future films exploring the same territory
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000) – the long running series hits a new low in bad taste with this installment, but of course, that was what they were aiming at
City Ninja [ Tou Qing Ke ; AKA Ninja Holocaust ] (1985) – Another crazy ninja movie, but this time with steamy sex scenes
Cold Souls (2009) – Philosophical satire about soul removal and storage, starring Paul Giamatti as himself and a Russian soul mule
Comanche Station (1960) – Alfred Eaker’s review of the Budd Boetticher cult Western
Coming Soon (2008) Guest review of the Czech bestiality mockumentary
The Complete Metropolis (1927/2010) – Report on the restoration of Fritz Lang’s weird silent sci fi classic
Coraline (2009) – Enjoyable animated children’s fantasy from the animator of A Nightmare Before Christmas
Courageous Avenger (1935) – Johnny Mack Brown B western pits hero against a gang of gold thieves
Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961) – Flop Roger Corman comedy memorable only for its ridiculous monster
The Cremator [ Spalovac Mrtvol ] (1969) – Review by Pamela de Graff. This Expressionist/Surrealist mix about a disturbed Czech cremator during the rise of Nazism has a good chance to make the final list.
Crowley [AKA Chemical Wedding ] (2008) – From the pen of Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson comes this confusing sci fi/horror tale mixing Aleister Crowley with quantum physics
Cuban Rebel Girls (1959) : A strange, but not very entertaining, exploitation movie with Errol Flynn and his 14 year old girlfriend.
Cuban Story [AKA The Truth About Fidel Castro Revolution ] (1959) – an odd pro Castro documentary, financed and drunkenly narrated by Errol Flynn. See Cuban Rebel Girls.
Cube 2: Hypercube (2002) – Disappointing, if watchable, sequel to the surprise existential sci fi hit
Cube Zero (2004) – Even more disappointing than Cube 2 , as the series devolves into just another B movie
Danger: Diabolik (1968) – Campy, psychedelic comic book madness from Italian horror maestro Mario Bava
Deadgirl (2008) – Provocative horror about teenagers using a zombie as a sex slave
Dead Snow (2009) – Norway’s entry in the over the top zombie slaughterfest genre involves Nazi zombies at a snowbound cabin
Death Note (2006) – Offbeat mystery/thriller from a popular Japanese magna featuring mystical cat and mouse
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 10/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies games between vigilante who can kill with a stroke of the pen and the superdective who hunts him
Desperate Living (1977) – Alfred Eaker considers this third film in John Waters’ “Trasth Trilogy” a “descent into a surreal, kitsch abyss that few could imagine”
Destroy All Planets (1968) – Gamera the flying turtle fights off beehive themed aliens in this representative fourth adventure, with fight footage from the three previous entries
Dogtooth [ Kynodontas ] (2009) Isolated children are raised in a bizarre estate where words mean just what the tyrannical father wants them to in this shocking Greek art film
Dracula (1931) – Guest review. Alfred Eaker argues that Dracula is more significant than modern critics acknowledge
Dracula (1992) – Francis Ford Coppola’s romantic take on the Dracula myth is so visually extravagant even Keanu Reeves can’t completely ruin it
Drag Me to Hell (2009) – A de weirdified, PG 13 Evil Dead for the cineplexes?
The Dress (1995) – Dutch black comedy about a dress that brings bad luck to its various wearers
Dune (1984) David Lynch’s attempt to translate Frank Herbert’s complex, mystical sci fi epic was an infamous flop
Eden Log (2007) – Mysterious French sci fi about an amnesiac man trapped in a sewer like maze
Edmond (2005) – William H. Macy wanders around in a sub par David Mamet script
Ed Wood (1994) – Tim Burton’s love letter to the transvestite godfather of so bad it’s good cinema
Elevator Movie (2004) – For posterity’s sake, here’s the original misguided capsule review for Elevator Movie , before it was promoted onto the List
Emperor of the North Pole (1973) – A cruel conductor kills train hopping hobos in the archetypal battle between evil and slightly less evil
Ex-Drummer (2007) – Weird, but tedious and unpleasant, tale of a writer joining a punk group of handicapped misfits to compete in a Eurotrash battle of the bands
Eye of the Devil (1966) – Occult thriller notably mainly as the acting debut of Sharon Tate, and for prefiguring the pagan revivalist premise that would be more memorably addressed in The Wicker Man (1973)
Feed (2005) – Grotesque thriller about obesity fetishes features women being fed to death
Female Trouble (1975) – Sprawling, trashy John Waters/Divine epic black comedy from the “crime is beauty” school
The Fifth Element (1997) – Luc Besson’s attempt to make a space opera/comedy goes so far over the top that it very nearly becomes weird
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 11/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies Frankensteins Bloody Nightmare (2006) – A visually and aurally ingenious, surrealistically inspired remake of a trash horror in the style of Andy Milligan, which sadly suffers from having no story to tell
Freaks (1932) – Alfred Eaker provides background and a review of Tod Browning’s controversial, creepy classic
Funny Games (1997) – Unmotivated sadists break the fourth wall in this controversial exercise from Michael Haneke
Garden State (2004) – Quirky indie from “Scrubs”‘s Zach Braff about young adult returning home to face his crazy family after mom dies
Georges Méliès: Encore (DVD compilation 2010, original films 1896 1911) – Essential collection of early shorts from the inventor of the fantasy film
Getting Any? (1994) – Takeshi “Beat” Kitano’s surreal slapstick about a sex obsessed loser
Girly [AKA Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly ] (1970) – Arrested development in a bizarre British “family” of ritualistic murderers
Glen or Glenda (1953) – Alfred Eaker argues that Ed’s transvestite doc is his best (worst?) work and the holy grail for “naive surrealism”
God Told Me To (1975) – Larry Cohen’s wild bizarre genre pastiche mixes horror, science fiction and detective elements as a cop tries to find out why unrelated murderers all claim “God told me to do it”
The Good, the Bad, the Weird [Joheunnom Nabbeunnom Ishaghannom] (2008) : “Noodle Western” recasting the Leone classic in 1930s occupied Manchuria
Grace (2009) – A woman gives birth to an undead baby in this interesting indie shocker
Graveyard Alive: A Zombie Nurse in Love (2003) – Well meaning zom com misfire
The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926) – Silent Tom Mix western
Growing Out (2009) – Low budget film about a man growing out of a basement squanders weird potential by focusing on romance
Habit (1996) – Interesting metaphorical take on the vampire myth from the viewpoint of an alcoholic Greenwich Village slacker
Happy Here and Now (2002) – Michael Almereyda’s surreal New Orleans based drama about a missing girl, Internet chat rooms and “soft porn, direct to digital Internet film about a time traveling Nicola Tesla.” Winner of our first review writing contest, by Pamela de Graff.
Hardware (1990) – Post apocalyptic thriller about a robot run amok
Harold and Maude (1971) – Reader recommendation by Eric SG. Hal Ashby’s cult black comedy about a May December romance between a suicidal teen and a geriatric life force 366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 12/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies
House [Hausu ] (1977) – Reader recommendation by Alex Little of FilmForager.com. The oddest little haunted house movie ever made is an experimental pop surrealist movie from Japan.
Heads of Control: The Gorul Baheu Brain Expedition (2006) – Very obscure and very weird feature told from the point of view of pharmaceutical molecules inside the brain of a madman
Heart of the Beholder (2005) – Documentary on a crusade against a video store for stocking The Last Temptation of Christ
Hell’s Hinges (1916) – Overwrought early silent western is an unsubtle lesson in Christian vengeance
Housekeeping (1987) – nonconformity sleeper about two orphaned girls raised by an eccentric aunt
House of the Dead (2003) – The film that introduced the world to Uwe Boll is exactly like being trapped inside a bad video game
The House with Laughing Windows [ La Casa dalle Finestre che Ridono ] (1976) – Atmospheric giallo about an art historian restoring a church painting that hides a wicked secret
The Human Centipede (First Segment) (2009) – Mad doctor makes a human centipede; a unique grossout premise but a predictable formula execution
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (2009) – High fantasy about a monk who makes a deal with the devil, from Terry Gilliam
Inception (2010) – Enormously entertaining thriller about the theft of ideas through entering dreams, but not really all that weird
In My Skin [ Dans ma Peau ] (2002) – Disturbing, unflinching movie about a woman who begins devouring herself
In Old Santa Fe (1934) – “Singing Cowboy” movie featuring an early appearance by Gene Autry
Intacto (2001) – Moody magical realist thriller about a world where luck can be stolen and won in weird contests, featuring an elderly Max von Sydow
Jannie Totsiens (1970) – South African film archivist Trevor Moses describes the weird and allegorical South African variation on One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest . To our knowledge, this is the only full length English language review of of this Afrikaans film available online!
Jesus and Her Gospel of Yes (2004) – Guest review of the low budget, avant garde, performance artist retelling of the Gospel with Jesus as a woman
Johnny Guitar (1954) – Guest review of the feminist, camp western cult fave by Kevyn Knox
Just Tony (1922) – silent Tom Mix western starring the vengeful and anthropomorphic Tony the Wonder Horse
Karajan, or Beauty As I See It (2008) – documentary on the life of eccentric conductor Herbert von Karajan
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 13/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988 ) – truth in advertising; this offbeat alien invasion spoof delivers exactly what the title promises
King of Pluto (2004) – Underground documentary about oddball artist Mike Wrathell
Lady Vengeance (2005) – The conclusion of Park’s “Vengeance Trilogy” features lots of weird moments, but actually works better in its straightforward scenes
The Land of the Lost (2009) – Bizarre for a Hollywood blockbuster, but standard Will Ferrell comedy routines and grossout jokes aimed at middle schoolers undo the weirdness factor in this tale of a land of dinosaurs, apemen and sleestaks
The Last Trail (1926) Silent Tom Mix B western
Life Blood (2009) – Squanders a weird premise—vampires are God’s avenging lesbian angels—to become an undistinguished B movie
Lifeforce (1985) – Tobe Hooper’s followup to Poltergeist is a little flick about gratuitously nude space vampires
Liquid Sky (1982) – New Wave sci fi psychedelia about aliens who suck the brains of heroin and sex addicts
Little Ashes (2008) Biopic concerning a rumored collegiate love affair between Salvador Dalí and poet Federico García Lorca is thin on insights into fascinating men
Long Pants (1927) – An odd and dark silent comedy: a manchild gets the long pants that mark his transition to adulthood, and winds up fantasizing about murdering his fiancee
Loren Cass (2006) – Dull, pretentious punk tale of teen anomie that goes beyond the pale with unrelated live suicide footage
The Lovely Bones (2009) – A murdered girl watches her grieving family and unrepentant killer from a colorful, fantastic afterlife in Peter Jackson’s iffy adaptation of a bestselling novel
Love Object (2003) – Perverse horror about a man’s unhealthy relationship with his possessive blow up doll
Mahler (1974) – One of Ken Russell’s surrealist biographies of classical composers
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) – The weirdest Mad Max movie is good goofy fun
Malice in Wonderland (2009) – Alice adaptation set in an underworld of quirky London gangsters; better than its reputation suggests
Man Bites Dog [C'est arrivé près de chez vous] (1992) – Procvocative, sadistic, love it or hate it Belgian black comedy about a serial killer followed around by a documentary crew
Mary and Max (2009) – Touching Claymation feature about the lifelong pen pal relationship between a socially inept Australian girl and an autistic, middle aged New Yorker
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 14/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies Memento (2000) – Christopher Nolan’s brilliantly plotted thriller is engrossing and disorienting, but not weird
Micmacs (2009) – Typically whimsical Jean Pierre Jeunet outing, this time involving a team of carnivalesque misfits who unite to fight arms dealers
The Miracle Rider (1935) – Western serial with sci fi elements, starring cowboy icon Tom Mix
Moon (2009) – Thoughtful hard science fiction that flirts with weirdness in the opening reels
The Mothman Prophecies (2002) – Hokey but effective parapsychological horror story
Mr. Sadman (2009) – independent comedy about a mute Saddam Hussein impersonator restarting his life in Los Angeles
Mystery Ranch (1932) – Atmospheric B western with Gothic influences
Mystery Ranch (1934) – Unrelated to the 1932 version, this oater involves a city slicker who writes Western novels traveling out to the real West
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996) Disappointing feature adaptation of the cult TV series, ripping on the colorful 1955 sci fi feature This Island Earth
Nekromantik (1987) – Notorious, badly made necrophilia movie that’s more concerned with grossing out than weirding out it’s audience
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) – Predictably, this remake sucked, and it’s not weird to boot
Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated (2010) A team of animators tackle George Romeros’ zombie classic, using the original soundtrack but drawing or using puppets or baby dolls to illustrate the scenes
The Night Walker (1964) – Obscure William Castle thriller featuring Barbara Stanwyck suffering surreal nightmares. Guest review by Pamela de Graff.
Nine (2009) – Non weird musical ostensibly based on the twisted love life of Federico Fellini while making 8 1/2
Ninja Champion (1985) – An exemplary Godfrey Ho cut n paste mess, with newly shot ninja footage inserted into an already ridiculous old kung fu movie to produce something impossible to follow
Ninja Scroll (1993) – Sexy and ultraviolent, but this anime is basically a straightforward fantasy adventure
No Man’s Law (1927) Strange, silent oater featuring Oliver Hardy (of Laurel and Hardy) as a sleazy villain whose attempt to rape a pioneer woman is foiled by top billed Rex the Wonder Horse!
Nowhere (1997) – Greg Araki’s feature about directionless young people stalked by a rubber suited monster goes exactly where the title says
ODDSAC (2010) – Non narrative, psychedelic feature length “visual album” for the “new weird America” band Animal Collective
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 15/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies Ondine (2009) – NeilJordan’s “is she a mermaid, or isn’t she?” romantic fable is not as weird as it could have been
One Missed Call (2003) – Takashi Miike adds some surreal style points near the end, but it’s basically a talky and purposelessly confusing J Horror
Order of Chaos (2010) – Offbeat thriller about a passive attorney and the newcomer who throws his life out of whack
The Other (1972) – Creepy thriller set in the Great Depression about an evil twin
Parasomnia (2008) – A “sleeping beauty” falls under the spell of an evil mesmerist in this implausible direct to DVD horror
Paris Je T’Aime (2006) – 18 short films sent in Paris dealing with the theme of love; one segment is weird, and a couple of others are extremely offbeat
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) – Alfred Eaker believes Carl Theodore Dreyer’s devastatingly emotional account of the martyrdom of Joan of Arc may just be the greatest movie ever made
The Passion of the Christ (2004) – Alfred Eaker’s title says it all: “the most reprehensible anti Christian film ever made”
The Perfect Sleep (2009) – Hyperbolic homage to film noir that’s heavy on atmosphere and low on sense
Phoebe in Wonderland (2008) – Indie flick with great acting from little Elle Fanning as a kid with psychological problems. Not weird, despite a few scenes unwisely staged in Wonderland
Pontypoool (2008) – Interesting spin on the zombie genre has the infection spread via language
Ponyo [ Gake no ue no Ponyo ] (2008) – Hayao Miyazaki’s Japanese variation on “The Little Mermaid” is enchanting, but is considered one of his lesser works
Powder (1995) – An albino teen with electromagnetic powers tries to fit in to redneck society
Prometheus Triumphant (2009) – This attempt to make a modern Gothic silent film is a well intentioned failure
The Promise [ La Promesa ] (2004) – Nanny experiences religious visions and encounters a telepathic child
Repo! the Genetic Opera (2008) – An all singing, all the time sci fi/horror hybrid about organ repossession
Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949) – Gene Autry ties to save an endangered forest using the miracle of DDT in the ecologically naive oater
Riders of the Whistling Skull (1937) – “The Three Mesquiteers” star in a genre mishmash adventure featuring Indian cults and mummies
S. Darko (2009) – Two words for this unsanctioned direct to vide0 sequel to the classic Donnie Darko : “not worthy”
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 16/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies Samurai Princess (2009) – Japanese splatterpunk fantasy about a woman who becomes a cyborg and takes on the souls of eleven raped virgins in a quest for revenge
Satan Hates You (2009) – Modern recreation of a Christian scare film, complete with drugs, sex, violence, demons, and redemption
Scars of Youth (2008) – Low budget tribute to Stalker has surprisingly accomplished visuals, but is undone by poor acting and not enough plot
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) – A Toronto slacker must defeat his new girlfriend’s seven evil exes in this video game styled cult pic
The Secret of Kells (2009) – Brilliantly animated story of the clash between early Christianity and paganism; every frame looks like a cross between classic Disney and an eighth century illustrated manuscript
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) – Wes Craven serves up a few memorable hallucinatory sequences in this interesting but uneven “serious” take on zombies
Sex and Lucia [Lucia y el Sexo] (2001) – Arty dirty movie with a meta narrative and nude Paz Vega
Shatter Dead (1994) Thoughtful B movie zombiefest where being a member of the living dead is just another lifestyle choice—and the dead are anxious to convert you to their way of thinking
The Shootist (1976) – John Wayne’s swan song
Shutter Island (2010) – Scorsese/DiCaprio psychological thriller that’s atmospheric and worth a peek, though not especially weird
The Shuttered Room (1967) – H.P. Lovecraft adaptation about—well, about a shuttered room, and the unspeakable horror that lies inside it
The Silent Scream (1980) – Proto slasher featuring cult icon Barbara Steele
Sky High (1922) – Silent Tom Mix western, mainly notable for its Grand Canyon scenery
Society (1989) – Reader recommendation by J.S. Roberts. A privileged teen uncovers weird, disturbing rites when he’s initiated into high society
Spiral (2007) – Psychothriller about an unhinged artist and his models
Splice (2010) – Genetic horror/parenthood allegory from Vincenzo Natali about the drawbacks of mixing human and animal DNA
Subject Two (2006) – the subject of a medical experiment must die over and over so that the doctor can perfect his faulty resurrection formula
Superman and the Mole Men (1951) – Dwarfs with an Electrolux vacuum cleaner threaten the Man of Steel
Surveillance (2008) – Jennifer Lynch’s long delayed second movie is a perverse cross between Natural Born 366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 17/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies Killers and a CSI episode
The Swimmer (1968) – Burt Lancaster decides to “swim” his way home one afternoon via neighbors swimming pools, but finds himself impeded by allegory
The Tall T (1957) : Budd Boetticher’s bleak, beautiful Western has a cult following
Ten Animated Films by Signe Baumane (2006) Weird and sexy (female oriented) shorts
Terror in a Texas Town (1958) – A man faces a gunfighter armed with a harpoon in this allegory of the Un American Activities Committee by the blacklisted Dalton Trumbo
Terribly Happy (2008) – Offbeat, Coen esque tale of a Danish marshal reassigned to a small rural town full of dirty secrets
ThanksKilling (2008) – Troma style killer turkey comedy, made for a reported $3500
Thirst (1979) – Australian vampire tale about a lineal descendant of Elizabeth Bathory’s involvement in the commercial blood farming industry
Thirst [ Bawkji ] (2009) – Chan wook Park’s take on the vampire legend is arty and bloody, as expected, but surprisingly conventional at its heart
Three’s a Crowd (1927) – Guest review of Harry Langdon’s neglected silent classic
Tombstone Canyon (1932) – Creepy B western featuring the villanous “Phantom Killer”
A Town Called Panic (2009) – The outright insanity of this picaresque children’s adventure appeals to weirder adults
The Toxic Avenger (1984) – Janitor nerd turns into mop wielding mutant superhero in this gory, goofy and offensive cult spoof
The Toxic Avenger, Part II (1989) – “Toxie” goes to Japan for more mayhem; the craziness remains, but the lighter tone makes this a moderately more pleasant entry in the series
The Toxic Avenger, Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989) – The producers scrape the bottom of the toxic waste barrel to come up with this third installment composed partially of extra footage from Part II
Trash [Andy Warhol's Trash ] (1970) Joe Dallessandro’s too stoned on junk to get an erection, but he sure meets a lot of weirdos in NYC in the late 60s, including his garbage collecting transvestite roommate
Triangle (2009) – weirdness hits the high seas in this psychological mindbender about a single mom trapped on a not so abandoned ocean liner
UHF (1989) – Despite the author/star’s name, “Weird Al”‘s TV and movie spoof is only mildly offbeat
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) – Dreamlike movie from the Czechoslovak New Wave about a girl transitioning into womanhood
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 18/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies Visioneers (2008) – Corporate satire/black comedy about exploding people, starring Zach Galifianakis
Viy (1967) – Classic Gothic horror about a seminarian who must spend three nights praying over the corpse of a witch produced in the Soviet Union, under seen in the West
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968) – Roger Corman produced curiosity mixing footage of a Soviet space opera with scenes of Mamie van Doren sunbathing in a clamshell bra
Walkabout (1971) – Story of a pair of privileged Australian kids stranded in the Outback who are saved by an aborigine on his walkabout; beautiful, but not very weird
Watchmen (2009) – Weird by superhero movie standards, at least
What? [ Che? , AKA Diary of Forbidden Dreams ] (1972) – Roman Polanski’s absurdist sex comedy starring Marcello Mastroianni was a critical and box office flop, but could be a guilty pleasure for some
Where the Wild Things Are (2009) – Spike Jonze’s visionary retelling of the classic children’s book is a trip inside a kid’s psyche, not a movie for kids
The White Ribbon [ Das Weisse Band: Ein Deutsche Kindergeschichte ] (2009) – Serious dramatic meditation on the roots of Nazism, with ambiguous overtones
White Zombie (1932) – Atmospheric classic horror with traditional Haitian zombies, Bela Lugosi, and a silent film aesthetic
Wild, Wild Planet [ I Criminali della Galssia ] (1965) – Bad and bizarre Italian space opera from the demented mind of Antonio Margheriti
Winter of Frozen Dreams (2009) – Nonlinear true crime thriller about a biochemistry student/hooker/murderess
The Wizard of Oz (1939) – It may not be quite weird, but it’s the must see fantasy
The Wolf Man (1941)/ The Wolfman (2010) – Alfred Eaker compares and contrasts the two lycanthropic
Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006) – Quirky indie romantic comedy/road movie set in a bleak afterlife reserved for suicides
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) – This often overlooked Speilberg produced kid’s adventure is worth seeing for its creepy, inventive and ahead of their time hallucinatory effects
Zorg and Andy (2009) – Microbudgeted B comedy that may be worth a look (if you can find it) for the pig headed collegian and the penis y fertility statue
SHORTS
20015 (1994) Fairly successful attempt to recreate an LSD trip on a low budget
8-Bit Trip (2009) – Some of the most spectacular Legomation we’ve ever seen, accompanied by techno music
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 19/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies The Adventures of Mr. Coo #4 (2007) – seeing the previous three episodes will not help you make sense of this surreal flash animation
An Animated Short Film (2007) – An intensely creative animated film with an original piano score hiding humbly behind a generic title
“A Sharp Education” – 1950s newsreel of mom throwing knives at her daughters
At Land (1944) – Legendary experimental filmmaker Maya Deren’s short odyssey of a sea nymph’s unhappy visit to our dry world
Autumnir (2005) – Experimental, impressionistic montage of a German park in autumn
A Vodka Movie (2008) – Uncomfortably absurd, commissioned ad for Absolut Vodka, starring Zack Galafinkas and Tim & Eric
“Between Two Ferns: Episode 1″ The first installment Zack Galifiankis’ absurdist web talk show, with an uncomfortable Michael Cera as the interview victim
Bimbo’s Initiation (1931) – Another bizarre and surreal Flesicher Brother’s cartoon. “Wanna be a member?”
The Box Man (2002) – Very creepy, Kafkaesque stop motion animation inspired by a Kobel Abe novel
Bulb (2008) – A simple change of a light bulb has far reaching effects in this well made experimental film
Children Purple (2007) – Experimental mix of film and animation over fast paced beats
A Child’s Toy (2007) – Child’s Play meets Eraserhead in this creepy stop motion animation
Cycles (2010) – Giant teddy bears stuck in mutating traffic patterns; oddly hypnotic
Crooked (Orcus) Rot (2008) – Experimental stop motion animation filled with creepy imagery
Derealiser la Faille (2010) – Frightening, visually assured non narrative experimental film, remarkably made by a high school student
Doxology (2007) – an experimental head trip containing floating carrots, dancing cars, and a tennis ball crashing into the moon.
Dream #7 (2009) – David Lynch’s 42 second entry in the onedreamrush short film collection
Dream in Green (2007) – Gustafer Yellowgold’s acclaimed animated children’s music has fanciful storybook pictures for the kiddies and infectious melodies for adults
Elapse (2009) – Floria Sigismondi’s 42 second entry in the onedreamrush short film collection
The Fox and the Rabbit (2006) – Dreamlike music video from the indie band Xiu Xiu
Frankenweenie (1984) – Charming pre fame Tim Burton Frankenstein parody about a boy who reanimates his dead dog 366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 20/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies
Gordon’s Surreal Senior Project Film #2 – Young Gordon shows some promise in this experiment with a self explanatory title
Green Porno – Fly (2008) – Representative episode from the Sundance Television series with Isabella Rossellini describing the mating habits of insects in a weird but scientifically accurate way
“Green Screen Cookies” (2009) – What’s in those psychedelic cookies Thu Tran is making for “Food Party”?
Halloween Trash (2007) – Something called Shaye St. John verbally abusing trick or treaters!
Harvie Krumpet (2003) – Eccentric Academy Award winning claymation about a character with Tourette’s Syndrome
Headlessness (2004) – Trippy “journey to the holy mountain” cartoon
The Heart of the World (2000) – Guy Maddin’s award winning short love letter to silent Soviet cinema
He Did and He Didn’t (1916) – Roscoe Arbuckle’s “humorous, expressionistic nightmare.”
Henri (2007) – The depressingly hilarious monologue of a housecat filled with ennui
Hesperus (2006) – Apocalyptic, Rotoscoped sci fi tale with a unique visual sense
Hunger (1974) – This animated fable about greed and lust with constantly morphing images was nominated for “Best Short Film” in the 1975 Oscars
Italian Spiderman Trailer (2008) – Viral sensation is a hilarious send up of a grindhouse genre that never was
It’s Intermission Time! (2007) – A trip to the drive in snack bar brings unexpected consequences in this zany parody of movie popcorn pitches
Kunbstbar (2002) – a wonderfully weird animated bar with Pablo Picasso on the menu
Lady Blue Shanghai (2010) – David Lynch was given relatively free reign to make this impressionistic “commercial” for Dior (a handbag features prominently)
Life and the Mirror (2007) – Short, surreal film from Julio Pereira.
Mariko Takahashi’s Fitness Video for Being Appraised as an “Ex-fat Girl” (2004) – Commercial director Nagi Noda’s notorious, prankishly surreal entry in a short film prepared for the 2004 Olympics
Meatball Machine: Reject of Death (2007) – Produced as an extra for the Meatball Machine DVD, this gory, absurd and politically incorrect music video is weirder and more interesting than the feature film
MUTO (2008) – This YouTube sensation shows meticulously photographed graffiti art crawling across the walls of urban eyesores in Buenos Aires
Nachtmahr: Geistergang (2008) Nightmarish amateur experimental short
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 21/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies Nagasaki Ding-Dong (2008) – A nauseatingly surreal meal
One Pill (2009) – Atmospheric meditation on memory and forgetfulness
Orhesticulanismus (2008) – Mathieu Labaye’s animated tribute to his paralyzed father
Rabbit (2005) – Award winning, scary animated anti greed fable about a girl who finds a magical idol inside the body of a rabbit
Red Hot Drops (2005) – Weirdly drawn music video by animator/musician Chad Vangaalen
Right Place (2006) – Award winning short from Kosai Sekine about a Japanese clerk with obsessive compulsions
Royal Game (2007) – Two porcelain faced beings play a mystical game of chess, accompanied by an original score for guitar and percussion
Salad Fingers – Cupboard (2007) – this representatively bizarre episode from David Firth’s weird animated web series sees Salad Fingers driven into his safety cupboard by unpleasant radio broadcasts
Singing Babies (unknown) – VHS relic: an unintentionally horrifying skit of singing babies that turns nightmarish as the sandman snatches the tots
The Sleep of Reason (2002) – There’s a strong Guy Maddin feel to this evocative short about a mental patient undergoing shock therapy
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994) – This proof of concept short for Sling Blade takes place inside the mental institution before Karl Childers’ release
Spacious Thoughts (2009) – Experimental animated music video from N.A.S.A., featuring the voices of Kool Keith and Tom Waits
The Stork (2001) – A bizarre image—babies as bombs—drives this overpopulation allegory
Sultana Meadows (2006) – Amatuer, but highly Lynchian, short film from Spike McKenzie
The Threatened One (1999) – Sexy animated take on Jorge Luis Borges’ melancholy love poem
To Oblivion (1993) – Low budget short film combining three H.P. Lovecraft dream stories
The Trip (2009) – Experimental music video incorporating public domain footage from LSD scare films; highly psychedelic
Three… or Apple? (2009) – Experimental, nearly silent tinted short from Serbia refers to Buñuel and the Biblical story of creation
Twelve Days of Black Mass (2009) – Another creepy Christmas short, this one featuring a spooky doll performing mysterious rituals accompanied by “Sesame Street” style graphics
366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-l… 22/28 11/28/2010 The List Thus Far – 366 Weird Movies Umo (2007) – A psychedelic, tribal music video from the avant garde Japanese band OOIOO
The Unreal Rabbit’s Riddle (2010) – The surreal adventures of a stuffed rabbit
[user assumes risk] June 18, 2008 Remarkable performance piece set to electronic noise, for director John Hand’s band
Vincent (1982) – Impressive, expressionistic stop motion animation debit by Tim Burton, about a 7 year old boy who wants to be like Vincent Price
Wake Up (2010) – Clever and fun amateur piece by college students using simple techniques that proves you don’t need a budget to get in the weird spirit
We Were Once a Fairytale (2009) Odd little short film directed by Spike Jonze and starring Kanye West (playing himself) as an obnoxious drunk
X-Mess Detritus (2008) – A joyous, memento mori stop motion animated Christmas short, from Voltaire
TV
Fred and Barney for Bush Beer (1967) – Flintstones characters extol the virtues of binge drinking in this odd artifact of its times
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1997 1989) – innovative, satirical children’s cartoon that was notoriously killed off by a fundamentalist protest of a supposed drug reference
Tim and Eric Awesome Show Good Job!: H’amb – an ultra black clip from the cult TV show, starring William Sanderson and Karen Black and involving murder suicide and bargain lamb substitutes
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