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Dark, Weird, Disturbing Excellent Films.
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Requiem for a Dream (Unrated Edition) [VHS]Requiem for a Dream (Unrated Edition) [VHS]
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Ellen Burstyn is amazing in this, but man oh man, there is hitting bottom, and then there is HITTING BOTTOM (which is what these characters do).
Crumb [VHS]Crumb [VHS]
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As if we needed further proof that real-life is more disturbing than anything Hollywood could imagine.
Happiness (1998) (Unrated) [VHS]Happiness (1998) (Unrated) [VHS]
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Sick, gripping, and repellant. Really anything but happy.
Boys Don't Cry [VHS]Boys Don't Cry [VHS]
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Moving, honest, raw, wrenching. Prepare yourself for a gut-check. Hilary Swank is phenomenal.
Full Metal Jacket [VHS]Full Metal Jacket [VHS]
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Kubrick is the master. A bleak post-modern vision of war.
The Cell [VHS]The Cell [VHS]
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Visually stunning but creepy as all hell. Scared me witless but was so fascinating that I couldn't stop watching.
Breaking the Waves [VHS]Breaking the Waves [VHS]
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Maybe the most disturbing film I've ever seen. Emily Watson's debut - remarkable.
A Clockwork Orange [VHS]A Clockwork Orange [VHS]
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A classic scrambling of the brain.
Pulp Fiction (Coll) [VHS]Pulp Fiction (Coll) [VHS]
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"Bring out the gimp."
Apocalypse Now [VHS]Apocalypse Now [VHS]
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Nothing so memorable as that rare mix of Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" and napalm. For something similarly disturbing, watch "Hearts of Darkness", the documentary about the making of the film.
Handmaid's Tale [VHS]Handmaid's Tale [VHS]
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As a woman, this is a very scary film. Something about Robert Duvall's proselytizing I found unnerving.
Titus (1999) [VHS]Titus (1999) [VHS]
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Julie Taymor, Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Alan Cummings, they're all brilliant - this film is fantastic. Modern-day films can hardly compare to the violence imagined during Shakespeare's era.
The Exorcist [VHS]The Exorcist [VHS]
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One scary movie.
Taxi Driver [VHS]Taxi Driver [VHS]
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The ultimate case of the obsessive stalking loose cannon/lone gunman.
Fight Club [VHS]Fight Club [VHS]
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A dark comedy, but definitely a comedy.
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. [VHS]Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. [VHS]
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The fact that guys like this exist keeps me up at night.
Blade Runner - The Director's Cut [VHS]Blade Runner - The Director's Cut [VHS]
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Ridley Scott's best film.
1984 [VHS]1984 [VHS]
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Orwellian nightmare. Also Richard Burton's last film.
Leaving Las Vegas [VHS]Leaving Las Vegas [VHS]
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A dark, sad, and sincere love story.
Carnal Knowledge [VHS]Carnal Knowledge [VHS]
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After this movie, I never wanted to see a man again. And if I thought this was an accurate reflection of the male psyche, I would become a lesbian.
Silence of the Lambs [VHS]Silence of the Lambs [VHS]
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Chilling and intelligent thriller. Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster are excellent.
Network [VHS]Network [VHS]
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"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore."
Affliction [VHS]Affliction [VHS]
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Talk about your dysfunctional family.
Pi [VHS]Pi [VHS]
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Daron Aronofsky's unsettling film of suspense and math. (yes, math).
Seven [VHS]Seven [VHS]
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Part of the magic of this movie is Morgan Freeman's beautifully expressive voice in the narration - very eerie movie.