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Theme: Mad Person's Delusion

The 4th Dimension (2006)

31 December 20066 February 2020

Rating: ★★½

Mental Illness and Mathematics

Director: Tom Mattera, Dave Mazzoni
Actors: Louis Morabito, Miles Williams, Karen Peakes, Kate LaRoss, …
Category: Fantasy

Asylum (1972)

1 April 200224 September 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Robert Powell, Peter Cushing, Charlotte Rampling, Britt Ekland, …
Category: Horror

Black Swan (2010)

14 January 201128 December 2019

Rating: ★★½

Ballet Psycho-Thriller

Director: Darren Aronofsky
Actors: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, …
Category: Horror

Brain Dead (1990)

8 September 200016 October 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Paranoia and Hallucinations

Director: Adam Simon
Actors: Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort, Patricia Charbonneau, …
Category: Horror

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1919)

5 February 20018 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Sinister Hypnotist/German Expressionism

Director: Robert Wiene
Actors: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Category: Horror

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2005)

7 August 201119 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

German Expressionism Remake

Director: David Lee Fisher
Actors: Judson Pearce Morgan, Daamen J. Krall, Doug Jones, Lauren Birkell, …
Category: Horror

Cadence (2016)

14 October 201619 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Nightmare Visions/Parallel Reality

Director: Alex Lasheras
Actors: Max Chadburn, Kaitlyn Bernard, David Kaye, Tony Giroux, …
Category: Horror

The Canal (2014)

16 March 201520 March 2020

Rating: ★★½

Possible Haunting

Director: Ivan Kavanagh
Actors: Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra, Steve Oram
Category: Horror

The Cell (2000)

18 August 200017 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Journey Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer

Director: Tarsem Singh
Actors: Jennifer Lopez, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vince Vaughn, Jake Weber, …
Category: Horror

A Christmas Horror Story (2015)

25 December 201525 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Anthology of Christmas Horror Stories

Director: Grant Harvey, Steve Hoban, Brett Sullivan
Actors: William Shatner, George Buza, Debra Lynne McCabe, Alex Ozerov, …
Category: Horror

Darkening Sky (2010)

10 October 201826 October 2018

Rating: ★★

UFOs and Alien Abduction

Director: Victor Bornia
Actors: Rider Strong, Danielle Keaton, Charley Rossman, Ezra Buzzington, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Devil’s Chair (2006)

9 March 201129 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Demonic Portal in an Abandoned Asylum

Director: Adam Mason
Actors: Andrew Howard, David Gant, Louise Griffiths, Matt Berry, …
Category: Horror

Dream House (2011)

4 November 20116 February 2020

Rating: ★

Haunted House/Reality Bender

Director: Jim Sheridan
Actors: Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts, Marton Csokas, …
Category: Horror

The Editor (2014)

4 October 201416 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Giallo Parody

Director: Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy
Actors: Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy, Conor Sweeney, Paz de la Huerta, …
Category: Horror

Fear Runs Silent (1999)

21 November 20144 June 2020

Rating: ★

Backwoods Horrors

Director: Serge Rodnunsky
Actors: Suzanne Davis, Dan Lauria, Stacy Keach, James O'Shea, …
Category: Horror

Fractured (2019)

13 March 202014 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Hospital Nightmare

Director: Brad Anderson
Actors: Sam Worthington, Lily Rabe, Adjoa Andoh, Stephen Tobolowsky, …
Category: Horror

Franklyn (2008)

27 April 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Interwoven Stories/Religious Dystopia

Director: Gerald McMorrow
Actors: Eva Green, Ryan Philippe, Bernard Hill, Sam Riley, …
Category: Fantasy

Ghostland (2018)

11 January 201924 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Home Invasion/Reality Bender

Director: Pascal Laugier
Actors: Crystal Reed, Mylene Farmer, Adam Hurtig
Category: Horror

Goddess of Love (2015)

4 October 20184 October 2018

Rating: ★★★

Mentally Unhinged Stalker

Director: Jon Knautz
Actors: Alexis Kendra, Woody Naismith, Elizabeth Sandy, Monda Scott, …
Category: Horror

Griff the Invisible (2010)

24 September 201124 September 2019

Rating: ★★½

Man Believes He is a Superhero

Director: Leon Ford
Actors: Ryan Kwanten, Maeve Dermody, Patrick Brammall, Toby Schmitz, …
Category: Science Fiction

Heart of Midnight (1988)

5 May 200330 January 2019

Rating: ★

Disturbed Psychology Psycho-Thriller

Director: Matthew Chapman
Actors: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Peter Coyote, Denise Dummont, Frank Stallone, …
Category: Horror

The Horror Vault (2008)

13 January 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Compilation of Horror Shorts

Director: Kim Sønderholm
Actors: Claire-Ross Brown, Kim Sønderholm, Jonathan Trent, Heather Tom, …
Category: Horror

Hour of the Wolf (1968)

2 February 200111 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Tormented Artist’s Hallucinations

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Max Von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Gertrud Fridh, …
Category: Fantasy

House at the End of the Street (2012)

6 January 201330 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Psycho-Thriller/Crazed Family Member in the Cellar

Director: Mark Tonderai
Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Max Thieriot, Elisabeth Shue, Gil Bellows, …
Category: Horror

House of Usher (2008)

18 January 201130 November 2020

Rating: ★

Softcore Gay Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation

Director: David DeCoteau
Actors: Michael Cardelle, Frank Mentier, Bart Voitila
Category: Horror

Identity (2003)

11 September 200325 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Remote Motel Psycho-Thriller

Director: James Mangold
Actors: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, John Hawkes, …
Category: Horror

I’m a Cyborg, But That’s Ok (2006)

4 September 201326 March 2020

Rating: ★★½

Woman Believes She is a Cyborg/Gonzo Asylum Comedy

Director: Park Chan-Wook
Actors: Su-jeong Lim, Rain
Category: Science Fiction

Imaginaerum (2012)

4 May 201430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Journey Through a Dying Man’s Mind

Director: Stobe Harju, Mark Roper
Actors: Thomas Lord, Marianne Farley, Joanna Noyes, Francis-Xavier McCarthy, …
Category: Fantasy

Inside Out (2015)

20 June 20156 January 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Pixar Animation/The Personalities Inside a Girl’s Head

Director: Pete Docter
Actors: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind, Diane Lane, …
Category: Fantasy

Juliet of the Spirits (1965)

8 August 200330 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Woman Blurs Reality and Fantasy

Director: Federico Fellini
Actors: Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Sylva Koscina, …
Category: Fantasy

Lavender (2016)

18 October 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Haunting/Fugue State

Director: Ed Gass-Donnelly
Actors: Abbie Cornish, Dermot Mulroney, Diego Klattenhoff, Justin Long, …
Category: Horror

Love is a Treasure (2002)

31 December 20028 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Subjective Portraits of Mental Illness

Director: Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Actors: Amira Khalifa, Ullariika Koskela, Minttu Mustakallio, Marjaana Kuusniemi, …
Category: Fantasy

Lunatics: A Love Story (1991)

17 August 200215 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Hallucinations

Director: Josh Becker
Actors: Theodore Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Deborah Foreman
Category: Fantasy

The Machinist (2004)

5 August 200512 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

Anorexia, Sleeplessness and Reality Blurrings

Director: Brad Anderson
Actors: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Sharian, Michael Ironside, …
Category: Fantasy

Mr. Tree (2011)

31 December 20119 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Life in Rural China/Advice from Ghosts

Director: Jie Han
Actors: Wang Baoqiang, Tan Zhuo
Category: Fantasy

Next Door (2005)

21 September 201414 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Strange Apartment Neighbours/Reality Blurring

Director: Pål Sletaune
Actors: Kristoffer Joner, Michael Nyqvist, Julia Schacht, Cecilie Mosli
Category: Fantasy

Nine Miles Down (2009)

20 May 201131 January 2019

Rating: ★★½

Possible Borehole Opened to Hell by a Mining Operation

Director: Anthony Waller
Actors: Adrian Paul, Kate Nauta, Meredith Ostrom, Amanda Douge, …
Category: Horror

A Page of Madness (1926)

5 September 20042 March 2019

Rating: ★★½

Madness/Surrealism

Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa
Actors: Masuo Inoue, Yoshie Nakagawa, Eiko Minami, Misao Seki
Category: Fantasy

Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982)

26 January 20088 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Descent into Madness/Rock Musical

Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Bob Geldof, Kevin McKeon, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson, …
Category: Fantasy

Possession (1981)

8 January 200330 August 2019

Rating: ★

Marriage Breakdown/Surrealism/Monsters

Director: Andrzej Zulawski
Actors: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Heinz Bennett, Margit Carstensen, …
Category: Fantasy

Psych 9 (2010)

26 November 201420 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Sinister Happenings in an Abandoned Hospital

Director: Andrew Shortell
Actors: Sara Foster, Cary Elwes, Gabriel Mann, Michael Biehn, …
Category: Horror

Redneck Zombies (1989)

2 May 201915 September 2020

Rating: 0­

Zombie Comedy

Director: Pericles Lewnes
Category: Horror

Repulsion (1965)

21 October 20034 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Portrait of Madness

Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, Yvonne Furneaux, Patrick Wymark
Category: Horror

Schock (1977)

30 May 201415 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Possible Haunting/Possible Hallucinations

Director: Mario Bava
Actors: Daria Nicolodi, David Colin Jr, John Steiner
Category: Horror

Session 9 (2001)

12 August 200112 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Sinister Abandoned Asylum

Director: Brad Anderson
Actors: David Caruso, Josh Lucas, Paul Guilfoyle, Peter Mullan
Category: Horror

Shutter Island (2010)

9 March 201022 April 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Sinister Psychiatric Institution/Reality Bender

Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Leonard DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, …
Category: Horror

Silent House (2011)

9 March 201212 November 2019

Rating: ★★½

Haunted House

Director: Chris Kentis, Laura Lau
Actors: Elizabeth Olsen
Category: Horror

Spider (2002)

24 September 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Inside a Mentally Ill Man’s Mind

Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Bradley Hall, …
Category: Fantasy

Strange Circus (2005)

22 September 202022 September 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Twisted Disfigurement Story

Director: Shion Sono
Category: Horror

Sucker Punch (2011)

27 March 201112 March 2019

Rating: ★★

Fantasy Action in Dreamed Alternate Realities

Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, …
Category: Fantasy

They (2002)

9 March 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Monsters in the Dark

Director: Robert Harmon
Actors: Laura Regan, Jon Abrahams, Marc Blucas, Ethan Embry, …
Category: Horror

Track 29 (1988)

29 August 20018 February 2020

Rating: ★★½

Surrealism

Director: Nicolas Roeg
Actors: Theresa Russell, Gary Oldman, Christopher Lloyd, Sandra Bernhard, …
Category: Fantasy

The Turning (2020)

19 April 202024 October 2020

Rating: ★

Ghost Story

Director: Floria Sigismondi
Actors: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Barbara Marten, …
Category: Horror

The Uninvited (2009)

4 April 200928 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Haunting/Asian Horror Remake

Director: The Guard Brothers
Actors: Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn, …
Category: Horror

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

20 February 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Young Girl’s Surreal Dreams

Director: Jaromil Jires
Actors: Jaroslava Schallerova, Helena Anyzova, Petr Kopriva, Jiri Prymek, …
Category: Fantasy

The Voices (2014)

10 May 20158 February 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Inside a Mentally Ill Man’s Mind/Black Comedy

Director: Marjane Satrapi
Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick, Jacki Weaver, …
Category: Fantasy

The Ward (2010)

16 June 20116 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Haunted Asylum

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Amber Heard, Mamie Gummer, Jared Harris, Danielle Panabaker, …
Category: Horror

The Woman in the Fifth (2011)

12 July 201213 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Femme Fatale

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig, Samir Guesmi, …
Category: Fantasy

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  • Disaster Movies
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  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Nazis
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  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Sexual Fetishism in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being Based on True Stories
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