CREATURE 2013
From Sweden’s Ronny Carlsson, an evocative 43 minute head-scratcher involving a tormented woman, a house in a forest and a great deal of artful grotesquerie
EXQUISITE CORPSE: SURREALISM AND THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
The so-called Black Dahlia murder of 1947 continues to inspire all manner of speculation. EXQUISITE CORPSE, a profusely illustrated coffee table hardcover, is the latest in a long line of lengthy analyses on the still-unsolved crime
CORRUPTION
This, one of several porn films made by the late Roger Watkins in the eighties, is a highly downbeat and surreal work
THE ART OF S. CLAY WILSON
An absolutely essential acquisition for lovers of Underground Comics, or, I contend, anyone with an interest in the visual arts
INLAND EMPIRE
A David Lynch movie that makes his previous puzzlers LOST HIGHWAY and MULHOLLAND DRIVE seem downright coherent
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GRAVES
Heavily surreal horror from Argentina that’s confusing and incoherent
THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM
Although it’s little known, this Polish-made reverie is one of the screen’s great mindbenders
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
THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
Chilean madman Alejandro Jodorowsky’s successor to EL TOPO was this crazed 1973 masterpiece
LA MOUSTACHE
A man loses touch with reality after shaving off his mustache in this French-made excursion in surreal paranoia that’s ominous, unsettling and extremely well acted