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Theme: Drug Hallucinations


This concerns films that depict hallucinations that are brought on by the use of narcotics or pharmaceuticals. For films concerning narcotics and their addictive effects see Films About Drugs and Addiction.

There have been a number of films that dive right off into psychedelics and attempt to visually portray the experience of someone under the influence of a drug trip. There was even a fad for LSD films during the 1960s.

Other films depict such drugs as having an ability bend or open up reality in different ways. A familiar trope in a genre film is a twist ending that reveals everything to be the result of a drug hallucination.


Altered States (1980)

8 December 199927 June 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Drug Trips & The Meaning of Life/Reversion to Caveman

Director: Ken Russell
Actors: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid
Category: Science Fiction

Bad Dreams (1988)

23 September 199916 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Cult Survivor Haunted by Dream Killer

Director: Andrew Fleming
Actors: Jennifer Rubin, Bruce Abbott, Richard Lynch, Harris Yulin, …
Category: Horror

Bang Bang Baby (2014)

11 September 201531 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Mock 1950s Rock’n’Roll Film/Bizarre Mutations

Director: Jeffrey St. Jules
Actors: Jane Levy, Justin Chatwin, David Reale, Peter Stormare, …
Category: Science Fiction

Bliss (2019)

4 July 202023 March 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Drug Hallucinations

Director: Joe Begos
Actors: Dora Madison, Jeremy Gardner, Tru Collins, Graham Skipper, …
Category: Horror

Brain Damage (1987)

3 April 200021 December 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Addictive Brain Parasite

Director: Frank Henenlotter
Actors: Rick Herbst, Jennifer Lowry
Category: Horror

The Congress (2013)

9 October 201328 July 2022

Rating: ★★★

Virtual Actress/Future Shared Drug Hallucination

Director: Ari Folman
Actors: Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Danny Huston, Kodi Smit-McPhee, …
Category: Science Fiction

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

20 August 200331 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Surreal Drug Hallucinations/Hunter S. Thompson Adaptation

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Craig Bierko, …
Category: Fantasy

Gothic (1986)

19 October 200228 April 2021

Rating: ★★

Mary Shelley-Lord Byron Meeting

Director: Ken Russell
Actors: Natasha Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Myriam Cyr, …
Category: Horror

In the Earth (2021)

15 May 202131 August 2023

Rating: ★★½

Folk Horror

Director: Ben Wheatley
Actors: Joel Fry, Reece Shearsmith, Hayley Squires, Ellora Torchia, …
Category: Horror

Jacob’s Ladder (1990)

21 November 20036 July 2022

Rating: ★★

Deathdream

Director: Adrian Lyne
Actors: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello, Matt Craven, …
Category: Horror

Jacob’s Ladder (2019)

1 September 201917 February 2024

Rating: ★

Drug Hallucinations

Director: David M. Rosenthal
Actors: Michael Ealy, Jesse Williams, Nikki Behaire, Richie Coster
Category: Horror

John Dies at the End (2012)

13 November 201217 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Reality-Expanding Drugs/Gonzo Supernatural Investigators

Director: Don Coscarelli
Actors: Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti, Glynn Turman, …
Category: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction

The Magician (1926)

11 August 20206 September 2020

Rating: ★★½

Evil Sorcerer

Director: Rex Ingram
Actors: Paul Wegener, Alice Terry, Ivan Petrovich
Category: Horror

Mantis in Lace (1968)

16 June 200410 October 2024

Rating: ★

LSD Psycho Stripper

Director: William Rotsler
Actors: Susan Stewart, Steve Vincent, M.K. Evans, Vic Lance, …
Category: Horror

Markham (2020)

20 June 202113 April 2025

Rating: ★

H.P. Lovecraft Homage

Director: Matthew Cooper
Actors: Thomas Cody, Tony Coughlan, Ashe Russell, Gareth Parry, …
Category: Horror

My Old Ass (2024)

15 March 20256 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Teenager Meets Her Future Self

Director: Megan Park
Actors: Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza, Percy Hynes-White, Kerrice Brooks, …
Category: Fantasy

Pop Skull (2007)

27 July 20089 April 2021

Rating: ★★½

Drug Hallucinations and Madness

Director: Adam Wingard
Actors: Lane Hughes, Brandon Carroll, Hannah Hughes
Category: Fantasy, Horror

Premonition (1972)

10 October 202410 October 2024

Rating: ★

Drug Nightmares

Director: Alan Rudolph
Category: Horror

The Raven (1915)

11 July 20191 April 2021

Rating: ★★

Edgar Allan Poe Biopic

Director: Charles J. Brabin
Actors: Henry B. Walthall, Wanda Howard, Ernest Maupain
Category: Horror

Red 11 (2019)

10 July 20226 June 2023

Rating: ★★★

Illicit Medical Experiments

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Roby Attal, Lauren Hatfeld, Steven Brudniak, Alejandro Rose-Garcia, …
Category: Science Fiction

Shrooms (2007)

11 July 202311 July 2023

Rating: ★★

Drug Hallucinations/Backwoods Horror

Director: Paddy Breathnach
Actors: Lindsay Haun, Jake Huston, Maya Hazen, Sean McGinley
Category: Horror

Slingshot (2024)

22 November 202422 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

Space Expedition/Onboard Paranoia

Director: Mikael Håfström
Actors: Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Tomer Capone, Emily Beecham, …
Category: Science Fiction

Someone’s Knocking at the Door (2009)

21 May 201014 November 2023

Rating: ★★½

Demonic Rapists

Director: Chad Ferrin
Actors: Noah Segan, Ricardo Gray, David Z. Stamp, Timothy Muskatell, …
Category: Horror

Something Weird (1967)

9 September 201118 November 2022

Rating: ½

Psychic Powers

Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis
Actors: Tony McCabe, Elizabeth Lee
Category: Horror

Special (2006)

15 August 201221 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Man Believes He is a Superhero

Director: Hal Haberman, Jeremy Passmore
Actors: Michael Rapaport, Paul Blackthorne, Jack Kehler, Josh Peck, …
Category: Science Fiction

Synchronic (2019)

23 January 202127 January 2023

Rating: ★★★

Drug That Causes People to Travel Through Time

Director: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
Actors: Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan, Katie Aselton, Ally Ioannides, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Tingler (1959)

10 May 200926 June 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Capturing the Spirit of Fear

Director: William Castle
Actors: Vincent Price
Category: Horror

Toad Road (2012)

28 February 201430 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Drug Taking/Journey Along Pathway to Hell

Director: Jason Banker
Actors: James Davidson, Sara Anne Jones
Category: Horror

Tommy (1975)

27 February 200331 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Demented Rock Musical/Messianic Pinball Player

Director: Ken Russell
Actors: Roger Daltrey, Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed, Paul Nicholas, …
Category: Fantasy

The Trip (1967)

12 August 20008 May 2025

Rating: ★★★★

LSD Trip

Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern, Dennis Hopper, Susan Strasberg
Category: Fantasy

The Wave (2019)

31 January 20202 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Reality Bending Drug Hallucinations

Director: Gille Klabin
Actors: Justin Long, Donald Faison, Sheila Vand, Ronnie Gene Blevins, …
Category: Fantasy

Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

2 September 200328 November 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Teenage Sherlock Holmes/Adventure Film

Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Nicholas Rowe, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Alan Cox, …
Category: Fantasy

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  • Virtual Reality
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