It would be easy for Keoki Le Monday to select random A24 films, however, we’ve decided that he should “pick” out his own category of wildest and weirdest cinema that the man behind this site holds in his highest regard. Prepare to have your eyes widened and your tastes broadened. Here we go again!
10. LAMB
“In rural Iceland, a childless couple discover a strange and unnatural newborn in their sheep barn. They decide to raise her as their own, but sinister forces are determined to return the creature to the wilderness that birthed her.”
9. TALK TO ME
“When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits with an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill and high-stakes party game — until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.”
8. MOEBIUS
“A Korean woman (Lee Eun-woo), driven mad by her husband’s (Lee Eun-woo) infidelity, castrates her son (Seo Young-ju).”
7. OLDBOY
“Dae-Su is an obnoxious drunk bailed from the police station yet again by a friend. However, he’s abducted from the street and wakes up in a cell, where he remains for the next 15 years, drugged unconscious when human contact is unavoidable, otherwise with only the television as company. And then, suddenly released, he is invited to track down his jailor with a denouement that is simply stunning.”
6. THE NEON DEMON
“Jesse (Elle Fanning) moves to Los Angeles just after her 16th birthday to launch a career as a model. The head of her agency tells the innocent teen that she has the qualities to become a top star. Jesse soon faces the wrath of ruthless vixens who despise her fresh-faced beauty. On top of that, she must contend with a seedy motel manager and a creepy photographer. As Jesse starts to take the fashion world by storm, her personality changes in ways that could help her against her cutthroat rivals.”
5. DOGTOOTH
“A controlling, manipulative father (Christos Stergioglou) locks his three adult offspring in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound. The children are bored to tears in spite of distractions like Christina (Anna Kalaitzidou), an employee of their father’s who makes regular visits to sexually service the son (Hristos Passalis). Increasingly curious about the outside world, the older daughter (Aggeliki Papoulia) hatches a plan to escape.”
4. SCARY MOVIE
“Defying the very notion of good taste, Scary Movie out-parodies the pop culture parodies with a no-holds barred assault on the most popular images and talked-about moments from recent films, television and commercials. The film boldly fires barbs at the classic scenes from “Scream,” “The Sixth Sense,” “The Matrix,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and “The Blair Witch Project,” then goes on to mock a whole myriad of teen movie clichés, no matter the genre.”
3. THE LOBSTER
“In a dystopian society, single people must enter into a romantic relationship within a strict time limit of 45 days or be transformed into an animal of their choice.”
2. FUNKY FOREST: THE FIRST CONTACT
“An outrageous collection of surreal stories largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and their portly Caucasian brother.”
1. PREDESTINATION
“A temporal agent (Ethan Hawke) embarks on a final time-traveling assignment to prevent an elusive criminal from launching an attack that kills thousands of people.”
George L. Mundy IV a.k.a. Keoki Le Monday is an American Novelist, Patron of the Arts, Musician, Voice-Over Artist, Ultramarathon Runner, inventor of the ‘Arc Prompt Theory’, Neo-Hop Vodun, and Founder of the publishing company Keoki’s Psyche. He is best known for writing the novel ‘Mad Gods’, which collects Book One ‘The Spiral’ of his ‘Omniverse Myths’ series.
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