AGONY
This once-banned Russian epic is a crazed exercise in historical revisionism centering on Grigori Rasputin, one of the Twentieth Century’s most fascinating personages
PLAY MISTY FOR ME
The directorial debut of Clint Eastwood, and the uncredited inspiration for FATAL ATTRACTION, was 1971’s seminal girlfriend-from-Hell chiller PLAY MISTY FOR ME
PIN
A stronger-than-average psycho thriller from Canada about a malevolent medical dummy
PICKMAN’S MUSE
Another no-budget Lovecraft adaptation, and, if you can get past the tacky digital photography, a pretty strong one
PHILOSOPHY OF A KNIFE
A history of Japan’s notorious Unit 731, this film, lasting four hours, mixes documentary and staged footage into an utterly unique whole
PERFUME
This 2006 adaptation of Patrick Suskind’s bestseller, about an scent-obsessed murderer in eighteenth century France, is a unique and ambitious production that deserves a look
THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE DARK
Spanish genre-bending silliness from the seventies about horny folks trapped inside a mansion in the wake of a nuclear war
PEEPING TOM
This is the notorious 1960 British sickie that ruined the career of the great Michael Powell. However, it happens to be one of the all-time great psycho thrillers
X,Y
This digitally lensed mind roaster is among the darkest depictions of male-female dynamics you’ll ever experience
A QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY
Baffling Euro-nuttiness from the late sixties. This film probably won’t appeal to most viewers, but for those of you who (like me) enjoy psychedelic weirdness it’s a must