DEMENTIA
This dialogue-free oddity can be viewed as the ERASERHEAD of the fifties
DEATH LAID AN EGG
Here’s one for fans of late sixties cinematic self-indulgence, of which this film stands as a particularly outrageous example
DEATH BED
A strange, strange seventies horror flick about a carnivorous bed presided over by the spirit of Aubrey Beardsley(!)
DARK SOULS
This 2010 Norwegian chiller looks and often feels like a run-of-the-mill slasher, but branches out in some weird and provocative directions
THE DARK BACKWARD
I know many of you hold this film in high regard, but to me it’s the essence of pseudo-cult moviemaking: annoying, overwrought and obnoxiously self-satisfied
DARK AT NOON
Some serious weirdness from the late Raul Ruiz, who delivered a wildly inventive satire about the walking dead, soul transference, prosthetic limbs, miracles and magic paintings
THE CUBE
A fascinating made-for-TV experiment by the late Jim Henson, proving his talents extended far beyond the Muppets
CRAZY LOVE
A whacked-out yet heartfelt Belgian import, this is a lush and romantic film about masturbation, physical deformity and necrophilia that plays like the most demented Frank Capra movie ever made
COWARDS BEND THE KNEE
A typically whacked-out mock silent movie from Canada’s Guy Maddin, one of the most brilliant, visionary filmmakers on the scene
WITCHCRAFT THROUGH THE AGES
This heavily illustrated volume is the first-ever English language book devoted to the making and reception of Benjamin Christensen’s 1922 classic HAXAN