Emma Stone on the poster for Poor Things (2023)
At first glance, the idea of a movie being beautiful and grotesque at the same time might sound like an impossibility. Visual beauty can be tarred by things that are more conventionally ugly, violent, or otherwise unpleasant to look at. Similarly, movies with gross, upsetting, or disturbing content might often stay away from presenting things in a visually pleasing way, just to drive home the ugliness of the story or what’s being explored thematically.
9 'Mad God' Director: Phil Tippett It’s quite difficult to summarize the plot of Mad God, and similarly hard to properly outline just how gross and bleak it gets. It uses stop-motion animation to tremendously unsettling effect, showcasing a solitary figure’s journey through a hellish and/or post-apocalyptic landscape, filled with all sorts of grotesque creatures and grisly sites.
7 'On the Silver Globe' Director: Andrzej Żuławski Close Perhaps one of the strangest and most absorbing sci-fi films ever made , On the Silver Globe does just need to be seen to be believed. It’s nearly three hours long, feels almost like a found-footage film for half of that duration, feels like Dune on acid for the other half, and both begins and ends with the director, Andrzej Żuławski, explaining why the whole thing was never entirely finished.
Without spoiling too much, it lives up to the “End” part of its title in a big way, and in a fair few regards, too. Animation is rarely as nauseating and impactful as it is here, making The End of Evangelion live up to its reputation as one of the best anime movies of all time. And, sure, you do need to see the series beforehand for it to make sense, but both are more than worth your time.
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