366 Weird Movies

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50. GOTHIC (1986)

“I passed the summer of 1816 in the environs of Geneva. The season was cold and rainy, and in the evenings we crowded around a blazing wood fire, and occasionally amused ourselves with some German stories of ghosts, which happened to fall into our hands. These tales excited in us a playful desire of [...]

CAPSULE: SATAN HATES YOU (2009)

DIRECTED BY:  James Felix McKenney
FEATURING: Don Wood, Christine Spencer, Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister, Debbie Rochon, Michael Berryman, Larry Fessenden
PLOT: In this re-imagining of the “Christ-sploitation” films shown in churches and

probably a few Southern gynocologists’ offices of the 60s and 70s, we follow a young man and woman who make all the wrong choices in a haze [...]

CAPSULE: NOWHERE (1997)

DIRECTED BY:  Greg Araki
FEATURING: James Duval, Rachel True
PLOT:  Shallow L.A. teenagers take drugs and have kinky sex all day in preparation for

the party of the year, while a rubber alien reptile occasionally stalks and abducts them.
WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST:  As an attempt at a contemporary update of Repo Man by way of Clueless, [...]

18. NAKED LUNCH (1991)

“It’s impossible to make a movie out of ‘Naked Lunch.’  A literal translation just wouldn’t work.  It would cost $400 million to make and would be banned in every country of the world.” –David Cronenberg

DIRECTED BY: David Cronenberg
FEATURING:  Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Julian Sands
PLOT:  Bill Lee is a writer/exterminator in New York City whose wife [...]

17. TIDELAND (2005)

“[Producer] Jeremy [Thomas] knew [raising money to make Tideland] would be difficult, particularly because the film is very, very weird.”–Terry Gilliam

DIRECTED BY: Terry Gilliam
FEATURING: Jodelle Ferland, Brendan Fletcher, Jeff Bridges
PLOT:  Jeliza-Rose is a nine year old girl with an active imagination who is being raised by a pair of junkies.  When her father spirits her [...]