Mindfuck Movies by Matthew Baldwin. There’s a certain brand of movie that I most enjoy. Some people call them “Puzzle Movies.” Others call them “Brain Burners.” Each has, at some point or another, been referred to as “that flick I watched while I was baked out of my mind.” But the phrase I find myself employing, when casting around for a succinct term for the entire genre, is “Mindfuck Movies.” Mindfuckers aren’t just Dadaism by another name—there has to be some rationale for the mayhem, even if it’s far-fetched (orbiting hallucination-inducing lasers!) And they are not those movies where the audience (and the characters) think they know what’s happening, only to discover in the final moments some key twist that turns everything on its head.
Here are 15 16 of my absolute favorites from this rarefied class of motion pictures. Note: The text of this essay contains no spoilers, but watch the clips at your own peril. Spellbound (1945) Note: This movie is in black and white. Rashômon (1950) La Jetée (1962) Solyaris (1972) Best Comedy of All Time | CollegeHumor. The Foywonder's Ten Worst Horror Films of the Decade. The first decade of the new millennium has come to an end, and that means it is now time for film sites all over the web to begin posting their various retrospectives and lists recalling the decade that was.
I generally as a rule dislike such lists because they are always so subjective. Then I said screw it and took it upon myself to do one of my own naming the ten worst horror movies of the past decade. Besides, people love bitching on the Internet about lists like this, and who am I to deny readers yet another excuse to get into pointless flame wars over personal opinions. Of course, this list is just my personal opinion which is not legally binding ... unless Proposition 304 passes. And we all pray that it will. I set two rules when putting this list together: Only horror movies that received fairly wide theatrical releases in the United States were eligible, and no direct-to-DVD or made-for-cable films were allowed. "Like" DreadCentral on Facebook for more breaking horror news. Middle East Movies » Blog Archive » Top 10 Little Known Horror Films For Halloween.
Top 12 Greatest Christmas Specials. Screen Junkies 12 Most Watchable Foreign Flicks | Movie Reviews & TV Show Reviews. It’s hard for most American moviegoers to get into reading subtitles, so here are 13 movies that make reading the subtitle cards worth it. This way the masses can enjoy a film from another part of the world and feel superior to their friends. Plus, Gael Garcia Bernal deserves more recognition from people who only speak English. Imagine Goodfellas in Brazil. The rapid fire editing, music, and action sequences make this almost 2 and half hour movie in the streets of Rio de Janero a sensational piece of cinema. A raw, down and dirty exploration into the Danish underworld. This Swedish vampire movie is one of the most interesting explorations into growing up and never growing at all movies.
The ultimate road trip movie from Alfonso Cuaron. The movie that inspired the last 20 years of action movies. The dystopia of the modern Italian gangster movie. A total wild and crazy ride on the streets and alleys of Seoul, Korea. France’s answer to the popular torturer porn genre. Nerd Blerp - 10 Great Horror Films You've Never Seen. Being a fan of all things horror, I thought it high-time I showed some love for the genre on this site. Horror films are great because they appeal to our most base natures, but also because they are allowed to be as loopy and imaginative as they want...well, at lest they used to be. These days, imagination has been replaced by lots of gore and cheap 'jump-out-of-your-seat' shocks. Horror films no longer follow you home and haunt your dreams in the stillness of the night. So, here are ten great horror films that you've never seen before (I hope). 10. This twisted gem from the eighties owes a lot to Freddy Krueger, but is also original and creepy in its own way. 9.
This Finnish horror film moves at a delibarately slow pace, but is unsettling as all hell. 8. Q really feels more like two films. 7. This movie actually shares the same writer-director as Q, b-movie mogul Larry Cohen. 6. 13 Tzameti This Georgian thriller can best be described as 'Saw without the bullshit'. 5. Ha. 4. 3. 2. 1.