WILD AT HEART
This remains one of David Lynch’s most controversial films. A dark and violent romance, it’s quite uneven but still fairly impacting
THE WHITE ALLIGATOR
Indonesian madness with a magic crocodile, a mystic queen, two mutant births, a blatant lift from THE EXORCIST, a homicidal tree, and much, much overall insanity
WHAT IS IT?
Q: What is the absolute WEIRDEST movie of the 00s? A: This ten-years-in-the-making cinemutation, the directorial debut of nutcase actor Crispin Glover
WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES
More art movie madness, a grim and mysterious Hungarian effort that will be best appreciated by film buffs with a lot of patience
MOONLIGHT BOY
Poetic, bizarre and altogether impressive nineties-era horror from Taiwan that can be viewed as Asia’s answer to THE SIXTH SENSE
MIDORI
Adults-only anime madness that’s profoundly stylish, outrageous and disturbing. In addition, it’s undoubtedly the ultimate movie (after FREAKS) about a traveling freak show.
MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON
This 1943 experimental short is by no means a traditional horror movie, but it is among the most vital and influential such films
MARRONIER
This shot on video J-Horror fest sucks, but does contain some arrestingly weird imagery
MAGIC OF THE UNIVERSE
Believe it or not, this Filipino freak-out was intended as a children’s film. That’s despite brain eating, a beheading, a fight to the death and an exploding forehead
VERA
This “transcendental journey of the soul” mixes Mayan mysticism with CGI and elegantly lensed live action into a head-scratching whole that must be counted as one of the most profoundly bizarre Mexican films since the heyday of Alejandro Jodorowsky