366 Weird Movies may earn commissions from purchases made through product links. “God help thee, old man, thy thoughts have created a creature in thee; and he whose intense thinking thus makes him a Prometheus; a vulture feeds upon that heart forever; the vulture the very creature he creates.”–Moby Dick DIRECTED BY: Robert Eggers FEATURING: … Continue reading 7*. THE LIGHTHOUSE (2019)
“BELIEVE IT OR NOT – – – – STRANGE AS IT SEEMS. In ancient times, anything that deviated from the normal was considered an omen of ill luck or representative of evil.”–prologue to Freaks “Freaks is one of the strangest movies ever made by an American studio.”–David Skal DIRECTED BY: Tod Browning FEATURING: Harry Earles, … Continue reading 338. FREAKS (1932)
DIRECTED BY: Alan Rudolph FEATURING: Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte, Albert Finney, Barbara Hershey PLOT: If this movie had a plot, it would be about a penultimate meeting between a used car salesman going mad and a brilliant but unrecognized sci-fi writer. (That’s what it said on the tin, anyway.) WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE … Continue reading CAPSULE: BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS (1999)
“I have often thought it was very arrogant to suppose you could make a film for anybody but yourself… I like to think of The Falls as my own personal encyclopedia Greenaway-ensis.” -Peter Greenaway DIRECTED BY: Peter Greenaway NARRATED BY: Colin Cantlie, Hilarie Thompson, Martin Burrows, Sheila Canfield, Adam Leys PLOT: Some years after a “Violent … Continue reading 322. THE FALLS (1980)
AKA Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession DIRECTED BY: Nicolas Roeg FEATURING: Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel PLOT: A woman is rushed to the emergency room; flashbacks explain the troubled relationship between a psychology professor and a free-spirited younger woman that brought them to this pass. WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: Extremely subtle weirdness … Continue reading CAPSULE: BAD TIMING (1980)