Some movies are only worth watching once. It’s been checked off your to-watch list, and you are ready to move on. These movies that I selected are SIMPLY NOT THAT. These particular movies have left an impression on me that I tend to revisit them more often than I want to admit. They also tend to linger in your mind long after watching, and you begin to ask a lot of questions about the movie. So much so that you ended up watching them the next day to see if you could gain a little clarity about what you had just watched. Here are five movies that sprang to mind:

Santa Sangre:

Santa Sangre (1989), directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky and starring Axel Jodorowsky, Guy Stockwell, and Thelma Tixou. The first time I watched Santa Sangre was in college, when I was looking for a movie with surrealist themes. Not really knowing which direction to head in, I used the internet and searched for the weirdest surrealist movies. I got a couple of promising leads, but Santa Sangre had the more unique title, so I decided to take a chance. And OMG, when I watched it for the first time, I literally went to rewatch it immediately. I had no idea what I just watched, but it intrigued me so much.

The plot is about a guy named Felix, a former circus performer who ran away from a mental hospital and returned to the armless arms of his mother. She happens to be running a super weird cult and forces Felix to kill for her because she wills it.

Director Alejandro Jodorowsky is no stranger to making weird surrealist movies. For a movie he made in 1966 called Fando y Lis.

When the movie premiered at the Acapulco Film Festival in 1968, it so upset viewers that a riot broke out, and it was immediately banned in Mexico.

And that is just one example of how bizarre and unique his films are.

Society (1989) directed by Brian Yuzna. Starring Billy Warlock.

Society is an interesting movie. I watched it due to a friend’s recommendation a decade ago. It is about a guy named Bill who feels like he is included in anything. He does not feel like part of his family; his friends look down on him and consider him a forever outsider. He definitely feels like there is some evil, hidden secret in the wealthy neighborhood he lives in. Unfortunately, little that Billy knows, his gut feelings on all of those were not wrong.

Belladonna of Sadness (1973):

Directed by Eiichi Yamamoto. Recommended by friend @astraleyez . A young girl gets abused by a low-life king and is then banned from her own town. She meets the devil on the outskirts and decides to make a deal with him regardless of the outcome. This is a very hard cartoon to watch, even if it’s in cartoon form.

Dead Ringers (1988): Directed by David Cronenberg and starring Jeremy Irons and Geneviève Bujold.

I am a big fan of vintage Cronenberg movies; I love The Brood, Videodrome, Rabid, and Crash. However, it was this movie that stuck in my mind image-wise. Cronenberg does body horror super well, and this movie is about two twin gynecologists who rebel against the fact that it is tough to tell one twin from the other. Their plan to pull off this charade was working until they both fell in love with the same woman.

Hellraiser (1988): directed by Clive Barker:

I am also a huge fan of Clive Barker. I enjoy his writing, and he has a fantastic way of developing very scary characters that leave a lasting impression. When I first saw all the cenobites on the screen, it made me realize that Clive Barker’s mind for creating such crazy leather-clad characters is AMAZING!!!! Pinhead literally stole the movie because he is the movie!!!

What other movies have left an impression on your mind? Share below!!!! Until next time

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