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125. LITTLE OTIK (2000)

Otesánek; AKA Greedy Guts

“I do not work with intentions… That has nothing to do with freedom of the imagination… My preference is certainly for subsequent interpretation rather than intention. In Little Otik, the child devours its ‘parents.’ Otik is the product of their desire, their rebellion against nature. This is not a child in . . . → Read More: 125. LITTLE OTIK (2000)

RECOMMENDED AS WEIRD: PALINDROMES (2004)

DIRECTED BY: Todd Solondz

FEATURING: Ellen Barkin, Richard Masur, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sharon Wilkins

PLOT: A teenager falls in with a group of anti-abortionists in her quest to become pregnant.

WHY IT SHOULD MAKE THE LIST: As if the plot isn’t off-beat enough, Palindromes‘s teenage porotagonist is played by a variety of actors of . . . → Read More: RECOMMENDED AS WEIRD: PALINDROMES (2004)

103. BLOOD TEA AND RED STRING (2006)

“The doll character had been working its way into my drawings since 1990.  A lot of these things evolved from drawings.  The drawing is coming from the subconscious, really, so you don’t really know why, or say ‘why am I drawing it’?”–Christiane Cegavske on the DVD commentary to Blood Tea and Red String

. . . → Read More: 103. BLOOD TEA AND RED STRING (2006)

72. ANTICHRIST (2009)

“If Ingmar Bergman had committed suicide, gone to hell, and come back to earth to direct an exploitation/art film for drive-ins, [Antichrist] is the movie he would have made.”–John Waters, “Artforum Magazine”

DIRECTED BY: Lars von Trier

FEATURING: William Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg

PLOT: He and She (the characters are nameless) are making love when . . . → Read More: 72. ANTICHRIST (2009)

RECOMMENDED AS WEIRD: BAD BIOLOGY (2008)

DIRECTED BY:  Frank Henenlotter

FEATURING:  Charlee Danielson, Anthony Sneed, Mark Wilson

PLOT: Mutant genitalia drive their masters to stalk, copulate and kill.

WHY IT SHOULD MAKE THE LIST:  Bad Biology is a campy shocker about rogue sexual organs.  It’s camp value stems from the director’s willingness to pull out the stops and include any bizarre . . . → Read More: RECOMMENDED AS WEIRD: BAD BIOLOGY (2008)

LIST CANDIDATE: ANTICHRIST (2009)

Antichrist has been promoted to the List of the 366 weirdest movies of all time. This page is left here for archival reasons. Pelase go to 72. Antichrist for more in-depth coverage of the film and to make comments.

DIRECTED BY: Lars von Trier

FEATURING: William Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg

PLOT: After the death of . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: ANTICHRIST (2009)

22. ERASERHEAD (1977)

“He showed me this little script he had written for Eraserhead.  It was only a few pages with this weird imagery and not much dialogue and this baby kind of thing.”–Jack Nance

DIRECTED BY:  David Lynch

FEATURING: Jack Nance

PLOT:  Henry is a factory worker living in a dingy apartment in a desolate urban . . . → Read More: 22. ERASERHEAD (1977)

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