10 of most bizarre films I've seen!
It's hard to narrow it down, but I thought of 10 of the most bizarre and downright surreal films I have ever witnessed. These films are so unique and weird they take you to places you never new could exist on film! Also seek out anything from The Quay Bothers and Jan Svankmajer! (See what I mean about trying to narrow it down to 10.)
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- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsAlejandro JodorowskyHoracio SalinasZamira SaundersIn a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.Jodorowsky's weirdest film, or maybe just the most bizarre film in general!
- DirectorA. Hans ScheirlStarsSuzie KrügerLeonora Rogers-WrightA. Hans ScheirlDust, a split-personality cyborg of fluid gender, zooms through time and space in search of his/her own memories and a sense of understanding. S/he travels from the Planet of White Dust where war is constant, to the Planet of Blood and Swelling, a hybrid of his/her father's body.One of the wackiest experimental lesbian Sci-fi films ever created next to "Liquid Sky" of course.
- DirectorDarko MitrevskiAleksandar PopovskiStarsLazar RistovskiNikola RistanovskiVlado JovanovskiIn the year 2019, after global destruction and descent into savagery, the immortal Kuzman discovers his destiny. As he enters the whirling circles of time, he discovers the blasphemy of our century, and how it is to close its circle.What might happen if you were to combine "El Topo", "A Boy and His Dog" and "Christmas Evil"? You'd get something like this film.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPierre BatcheffSimone MareuilLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.Bunuel and Dali put their dreams on film, the result is hypnotic and disturbing!
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsJack NanceCharlotte StewartAllen JosephHenry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.David Lynch takes the nightmare of Parenthood to new hights! Had to narrow it down between this and his short film "The Grandmother" (1970).
- DirectorThomas R. BurmanStarsJohn GloverNancy MetteRichard PortnowThe Hollowheads, a slightly darker and more satirical 80s take on The Jetsons (1962), have their hands full when the head of the family's sleazy and abusive boss invites himself to their family dinner.This Insane Sci-fi comedy plays like a cross between Terry Gilliam's "Brazil" and "the Jetsons" as directed by John Waters.
- DirectorAndrzej ZulawskiStarsIsabelle AdjaniSam NeillMargit CarstensenA woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.If you liked Lynch's "Lost Highway" and Cronenberg's "The Brood", prepare for Andrzej Zulawski's "Possession". It's a bumpy ride!
- DirectorRichard ElfmanStarsGene CunninghamMarie-Pascale ElfmanVirginia RoseThe bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.The band Oingo Boingo doing the most insane musical ever!
- DirectorShin'ya TsukamotoStarsTomorô TaguchiKei FujiwaraNobu KanaokaA businessman accidentally kills The Metal Fetishist, who gets his revenge by slowly turning the man into a grotesque hybrid of flesh and rusty metal.One of the weirdest and disturbing films I've seen. A Japanese Cyber-punk masterpiece. It was a toss up between this or "Begotten" making the list.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsKimiko IkegamiMiki JinboKumiko ÔbaA schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.This is maybe one of the craziest Japanese films you'll ever witness. 7 friends, 1 House, A Crazy Aunt, A Ghost Cat, and Bananas. It all ads up to pure Psychedelic craziness!