Offbeat/Ethereal/Vintage/Gothic/Horror
by DxDerailed | created - 10 Mar 2018 | updated - 01 Apr 2019 | PublicA few different categories mixed together. Part watchlist, part movies I've already seen. Some overlap with my "field aesthetic" list.
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1. Aimy in a Cage (2015)
TV-MA | 79 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Aimy Micry's brainwashing surgery goes terribly wrong, making her see the madness of the world too clearly. When a virus pandemic locks her into quarantine, she raises hell against all things.
Director: Hooroo Jackson | Stars: Allisyn Snyder, Crispin Glover, Terry Moore, Paz de la Huerta
Votes: 545
2. Alice (1988)
Not Rated | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A surrealistic revision of Alice in Wonderland.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Kristýna Kohoutová, Camilla Power
Votes: 11,590
3. Alice in the Attic (2015)
100 min | Drama, Thriller
A young man spends his vacation at his estranged aunt's secluded country home, soon discovering that she has imprisoned her daughter under suspicion of a dangerous mental illness.
Director: Jordan Anthony Greer | Stars: Sabrina Campilii, Levi Meaden, Anie Pascale, Karine Dashney
Votes: 64
4. Annihilation (2018)
R | 115 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Director: Alex Garland | Stars: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Benedict Wong
Votes: 280,617 | Gross: $32.73M
5. Bang Bang Baby (2014)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
A small town teenager in the 1960s believes her dreams of becoming a famous singer will come true when her rock star idol gets stranded in town. But a leak in a nearby chemical plant that is believed to be causing mass mutations threatens to turn her dream into a nightmare.
Director: Jeffrey St. Jules | Stars: Jane Levy, Justin Chatwin, David Reale, Peter Stormare
Votes: 535
6. Braid (2018)
R | 82 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Two wanted women decide to rob their wealthy psychotic friend who lives in the fantasy world they created as children; to take the money they have to take part in a deadly perverse game of make believe.
Director: Mitzi Peirone | Stars: Madeline Brewer, Imogen Waterhouse, Sarah Hay, Scott Cohen
Votes: 2,763
7. The Child (1977)
R | 82 min | Horror
A newly hired housekeeper arrives to her employer's house in the countryside. She slowly discovers that the only child in the house, an eleven-year-old girl, hides a deadly secret.
Director: Robert Voskanian | Stars: Laurel Barnett, Rosalie Cole, Frank Janson, Richard Hanners
Votes: 951
8. Crimson Peak (2015)
R | 119 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds - and remembers.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam
Votes: 130,135 | Gross: $31.09M
9. Darling (II) (2015)
Not Rated | 78 min | Horror, Thriller
A lonely girl's violent descent into madness.
Director: Mickey Keating | Stars: Lauren Ashley Carter, Sean Young, Brian Morvant, Larry Fessenden
Votes: 2,841
10. Elizabeth Harvest (2018)
R | 108 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A brilliant man marries a beautiful woman and shows her his home, stating that it's all hers - except a room she can't enter. First chance she enters and discovers what might be human cloning. When the husband returns she pays the price.
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez | Stars: Abbey Lee, Ciarán Hinds, Carla Gugino, Matthew Beard
Votes: 6,840
11. The Eyes of My Mother (2016)
R | 76 min | Drama, Horror
In their secluded farmhouse, a mother (a former surgeon) teaches her daughter, Francisca, anatomy, and life & death are not to be feared. One afternoon, a mysterious visitor shatters the ... See full summary »
Director: Nicolas Pesce | Stars: Kika Magalhães, Will Brill, Olivia Bond, Paul Nazak
Votes: 11,388 | Gross: $0.03M
12. Girly (1970)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnaps bums and hippies and forces them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape are ritualistically murdered.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Michael Bryant, Ursula Howells, Pat Heywood, Howard Trevor
Votes: 1,157
13. Hannah House (2002)
78 min | Horror
Setting out to start a new life on the prairie, a young couple is terrorized by the evil in their new home.
Directors: Chad Smith, Max Smith | Stars: Summer Sawyer, Steve Millin, Dave Mrkvicka, Cecilia Johnson
Votes: 85
14. III: The Ritual (I) (2015)
80 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A small European town, where sisters Ayia and Mirra live, gets struck down by an unknown disease which takes many lives. Following their mother's death, the younger sister falls ill. Having... See full summary »
Director: Pavel Khvaleev | Stars: Polina Davydova, Lyubov Ignatushko, Evgeniy Gagarin, Andrey Abramichev
Votes: 1,713
15. Jennifer Help Us (2014)
85 min | Horror
A vengeful high school senior, whose violent kidnapping of a fellow student, collides with her town's haunted house and its brutal past.
Director: Juan Ortiz | Stars: Rachel Brennan Leyh, Alaina Dawn Sharp, Courtney Bandeko, Kelsi Simpson
Votes: 37
16. Ladyworld (2018)
Not Rated | 93 min | Thriller
Eight teenage girls become trapped in an endless birthday party after a massive earthquake. The girls' sanity and psyches dissolve as they run out of food and water.
Director: Amanda Kramer | Stars: Ariela Barer, Annalise Basso, Ryan Simpkins, Odessa A’zion
Votes: 363
17. Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973)
PG | 80 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A young girl who returns to her hometown to see her dying father finds herself being drawn into a web of vampirism and witchcraft.
Director: Richard Blackburn | Stars: Lesley Taplin, Cheryl Smith, William Whitton, Hy Pyke
Votes: 2,002
18. A Measure of the Sin (2013)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama, Horror
Every childhood is normal to the child who lives it. For Meredith that means an enchanted seclusion that is shattered when she is deprived of her mother. Desperate and alone, Meredith must ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Wedding | Stars: Katie Groshong, Starina Johnson, Stephen Jackson, Dale Rainey
Votes: 73
19. The Melancholy Fantastic (2016)
73 min | Thriller
A tale of sadness , grief, and the despair of loneliness
Director: Alejandro Daniel | Stars: Amy Crowdis, Robin Lord Taylor, Josh Caras, Geneva Carr
Votes: 138
Recently released as "Doll in the Dark."
20. November (2017)
115 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.
Director: Rainer Sarnet | Stars: Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Arvo Kukumägi, Katariina Unt
Votes: 4,095 | Gross: $0.02M
21. The Oregonian (2011)
Not Rated | 81 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman leaves the farm and enters the unknown.
Director: Calvin Reeder | Stars: Lindsay Pulsipher, Robert Longstreet, Matt Olsen, Lynne Compton
Votes: 639
22. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
R | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy, War
In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú
Votes: 618,204 | Gross: $37.63M
23. Paperhouse (1988)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy
A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.
Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Charlotte Burke, Jane Bertish, Samantha Cahill, Glenne Headly
Votes: 5,451 | Gross: $0.24M
24. Paradise Hills (2019)
TV-14 | 95 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Uma is a young woman who wakes up in an apparently idyllic reform school for young ladies. But a dark secret lies within its walls.
Director: Alice Waddington | Stars: Emma Roberts, Danielle Macdonald, Awkwafina, Eiza González
Votes: 11,515
25. Seeds (I) (2018)
90 min | Horror, Thriller
When his increasingly depraved behavior spirals out of control, Marcus retreats to his family home along the New England coast. But instead of finding solace, Marcus is haunted by his darkest fears and deepest desires.
Director: Owen Long | Stars: Trevor Long, Andrea McKinnon, Garr Long, Kevin Breznahan
Votes: 1,086
26. Sonny Boy (1989)
R | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A small-town crime boss accepts delivery of a stolen car, only to find there's a baby in the back-seat. He and his transgender wife cut out the boy's tongue and raise him as a mute ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Martin Carroll | Stars: David Carradine, Paul L. Smith, Brad Dourif, Conrad Janis
Votes: 688
27. Tag (2015)
85 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A girl's life cascades into chaos as everyone around her suffers a gruesome fate while she becomes less certain of who she is and her once-once normal.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Reina Triendl, Mariko Shinoda, Erina Mano, Yuki Sakurai
Votes: 5,527
28. Tideland (2005)
R | 120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly, Jodelle Ferland, Janet McTeer
Votes: 31,911 | Gross: $0.07M
29. Tormented (2011)
Not Rated | 83 min | Horror
Daigo doesn't go to school anymore. His sister, Kiriko, is worried and their father is no help. Now Daigo is missing. He's in danger, and Kiriko will have to follow him into a world of nightmares to discover the truth.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Hikari Mitsushima, Takeru Shibuya, Tamaki Ogawa, Nao Ohmori
Votes: 536
30. Upstream Color (2013)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.
Director: Shane Carruth | Stars: Amy Seimetz, Frank Mosley, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig
Votes: 31,539 | Gross: $0.44M
31. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Not Rated | 77 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Inspired by fairytales such as Alice in Wonderland and Little Red Riding Hood, is a surreal tale in which love, fear, sex and religion merge into one fantastic world.
Director: Jaromil Jires | Stars: Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýzová, Petr Kopriva, Jirí Prýmek
Votes: 8,299
32. Welcome the Stranger (2018)
R | 94 min | Drama, Mystery
Alice unexpectedly shows up at her artist brother Ethan's home hoping to reconnect after an extended separation. He questions her motives, and before long, things spiral out of control as ... See full summary »
Director: Justin Kelly | Stars: Abbey Lee, Caleb Landry Jones, Riley Keough, Rosemary Howard
Votes: 1,349
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