I BURY THE LIVING
A fifties-era descent-into-madness tale with impressive visuals, though not without some glaring flaws
NO MERCY, NO FUTURE
From Germany, a bleak and unforgiving portrayal of madness, notable for its uncompromising realism and a stunning lead performance by Elisabeth Stepanek
HOUR OF THE WOLF
An Ingmar Bergman horror movie! THE HOUR OF THE WOLF was largely dismissed by critics, and truth be told it is quite dumb
FAREWELL JOHNNY
This film is often classified as the first South African cult movie, an insane asylum-set satire that remains an arrestingly bizarre spectacle
THE ORDER OF DEATH
England’s Hugh Fleetwood is one of contemporary fiction’s best kept secrets, and THE ORDER OF DEATH is one of his most impressive novels
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES…THE TRUTH HAS SET ME FREE!
A profoundly insane reminiscence adequately summed up by its own ungainly subtitle: “The memoirs of Bob Hope’s and Henry Kissinger’s mind-controlled slave…Used as a presidential sex toy and personal computer”
I MELT WITH YOU
Nobody, it seems, much liked this star-studded indie about four men succumbing to disillusionment and death in a scenic California locale, but it’s not without worth
THE NOAH
This recently unearthed obscurity gives new meaning to the term minimal: it features just one character (actor Robert Strauss) on an island together with countless imaginary (hence unseen) companions
NIGHT WARNING
Another “cult favorite” I don’t get
NIGHTMARE
A film school set chiller that often feels like a student film in its amateurishness and poor acting