Freakshow (32 titles)
The strangest characters ever created for the big screen!
73.4% from 12 members
Beetlejuice
Both grotesque and timelessly funny - love the waiting room scenes
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Beetlejuice
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin
Director: Tim Burton
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In the surreal, wonderfully cartoon-like comedy BEETLEJUICE, a childless couple, Barbara and Adam (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin), move to the country only to be killed in a car accident while passing over a quaint covered bridge. Their ghosts return to their beloved Victorian home, and find the '..read more »
69%
from 18,869 members
City Of Lost Children, The - Dubbed Version
A strong-man, siamese twins and a bunch of genetic clones - what more do you want?
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City Of Lost Children, The - Dubbed Version
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
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In THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, an imaginative fantasy from the creators of DELICATESSEN, a prematurely aging mad scientist named Krank (Daniel Emilfork) kidnaps children so he can steal their dreams. However, Krank runs into trouble when his henchmen grab Denree (Joseph Lucien), a little boy whose ..read more »
65%
from 11,296 members
Edward Scissorhands
Edward has scissors for hands and issues galore... well, he is a goth!
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Edward Scissorhands
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest
Director: Tim Burton
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In Tim Burton's EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, a suburban fairy tale with incredibly imaginative sets, an Avon lady, Peg Boggs (Dianne Wiest), discovers the half-finished experiment--a man/monster named Edward (Johnny Depp)--of a mad scientist (played magically by Vincent Price) living in the neighborhood's ..read more »
74%
from 24,566 members
Society
Satirical comedy and hideous special effects in the 'shunting' scene
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Society
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Billy Warlock, Evan Richards, Ben Meyerson
Director: Brian Yuzna
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From Brian Yuzna, producer of RE-ANIMATOR and FROM BEYOND comes this rather disturbing 1980s look at the horrors of the upper class. Young Billy (Billy Warlock) feels a certain strangeness enveloping him in his bourgeois suburban neighborhood. A little sleuthing reveals a secret society which ..read more »
59%
from 1,690 member
The Fifth Element
Visually stunning, especially costumes by Jean Paul Gaultier
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The Fifth Element
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich
Director: Luc Besson
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A visual feast combining ancient mysticism, cyberpunk sensibilities, flamboyant entertainment personalities, and gun-toting alien mercenaries. In the 23rd century, Korben Dallas, an ex-special forces agent who now practices as a down-and-out cabbie, finds himself caught in a struggle to defy a ..read more »
73%
from 37,888 members
The Work Of Director Chris Cunningham
Vids for Aphex Twin's 'Come To Daddy' and 'Windowlicker' are a must for lovers of freaks
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The Work Of Director Chris Cunningham
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Autechre, Aphex Twin, Portishead
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Features a collection of music videos, short films, video installations and commercials directed by Chris Cunningham. Features the music videos: Autechre - 'Second Bad Vibel', Aphex Twin - 'Come To Daddy', Portishead - 'Only You', Madonna - 'Frozen', Leftfield Featuring Afrika Bambaataa - 'Afrika ..read more »
70%
from 1,558 member
The Fly
Saw this as a kid and will never orget that bathroom mirror scene. Eughhh!
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The Fly
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz
Director: David Cronenberg
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Prepare yourself to witness a fusion of man and insect that has to be experienced to be believed! Dr Seth Brundle plays fast and loose with the laws of nature. Experimenting with "live" matter transmission. The day comes to test the ultimate guinea pig... himself! But that's the day the fly gets ..read more »
68%
from 13,720 members
The Cell
Standard serial-killer flick improved greatly by amazing surrealism/fetish-inspired dream sequences
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The Cell
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio
Director: Tarsem Singh
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A wild ride inside the mind of a serial killer, THE CELL is a movie that leads viewers on a strange visual and psychological journey. Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez) is a child therapist working on an experimental new technology that allows for direct access into someone else's mind. However, the ..read more »
53%
from 3,667 members
Dark City
A shady bunch of characters
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Dark City
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly
Director: Alex Proyas
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Upon awakening with a start in an icy bathtub in a strange room--with a woman's dead body inconveniently nearby--John Murdoch can't remember how he got there. With a police detective hot on his trail and a psychiatrist skulking around, Murdoch discovers that the key to his mystery is the presence ..read more »
66%
from 9,150 members
Brazil
Biggest freak in this film is the protagonist's mum. A nip-and-tuck too far?
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Brazil
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
Director: Terry Gilliam
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BRAZIL is Terry Gilliam's masterpiece. The film, cowritten by Gilliam, playwright Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown, is set in a futuristic society laden with red tape and bureaucracy. When a bug (literally) gets in the system, an innocent man is killed, leading mild-mannered Sam Lowry (an ..read more »
68%
from 16,047 members
Average rating for this collection:
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