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SILENT RESIDENT

From Austria, an interesting 2007 film that pairs a trippy psycho-thriller plot with a dystopian setting

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TOTAL THERAPY

From Austria, a quasi-art film treatment of horrific themes that also works as a satire of psychiatry (although just barely)

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BIRD TALK

The final script written by Poland’s late Andrzej Zulawski (1940–2016).  Unfortunately Zulawski died before it could be filmed, leaving the job to his son Xawery

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POSSESSOR

The second feature by Brandon Cronenberg, who as in his first (2012’s ANTIVIRAL), created a film that’s heavily informed by the work of his father David

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BLOOD MACHINES

A truly eye-popping viewing experience, this 50 minute French-made film was the “feature” debut of director/screenwriter/editor/production designer/visual effects supervisor Raphaël Hernandez, a.k.a. Seth Ickerman, and composer Carpenter Brut

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THE KING IN YELLOW

I was indeed expecting far more from the collection THE KING IN YELLOW than what it contains–although I wasn’t entirely disappointed.

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THE KILLER INSIDE ME

There’s never been another first person psycho novel like this one, nor a character quite like Lou Ford, THE KILLER INSIDE ME’s disturbed protagonist.

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KID ETERNITY

This three part comic miniseries is almost certainly one of the darkest, most psychotic works ever scripted by the demented Grant Morrison, and believe you me, that’s no small claim!

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THE KENSEI

I normally go out of my way to avoid vampire series novels, which Jon F. Merz’s THE KENSEI is, but its premise was simply too wild to resist: a ninja vampire hunting organ traffickers in Japan!

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KEN RUSSELL’S DRACULA

As an admitted Ken Russell fanatic I’d like very much to say this screenplay is an unqualified triumph, and to be sure, it does contain some impressive things.

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WATCHMEN!

On this, the first week of March 2009, a pop culture phenomenon is sweeping the U.S. that for once actually has some worth. It’s the movie adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s legendary WATCHMEN

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