This might be a stretch but I just watched Mandy last night and am really trying to find anything like it in fiction. I typically read pre-WWII stuff so there might be an obvious answer to this.
What I'm looking for:
-heavy (as in darkness, not necessarily metal) atmosphere
-cosmic/weirdo fantasy forces at work
-madness at every turn
I don't need it to have the cult element, revenge narrative, or any other elements- mostly looking for something to match the all-out psychedelic vibe. Can be horror adjacent as well. Thanks
After the vibrant obscurity of ‘Beyond the Black Rainbow,’ director Panos Cosmatos returned to give us the action-packed horror thriller ‘Mandy.’ And it can't be just me that noticed the blatant similarities between these two films. I'm sure that 'Mandy' has been discussed in this subreddit before, but I don't think I've ever seen it compared to Cosmatos' other work.
Kaleidoscopic and visually stunning, ‘Mandy’ follows the lives of couple Red Miller and Mandy Bloom, who are very much happy and in love until their tranquil existence is thwarted by a vicious cult. Set in 1983, the same year as the director's 2010 film ‘Beyond the Black Rainbow,’ 'Mandy’ thoroughly commits itself to delivering a candy-coloured, 80s hellscape. And it does so successfully. Bloody, shocking, and enticingly vivid, this film takes its viewer on a visual and auditory journey through what could very well be a nightmarish LSD trip.
Mandy, played by Andrea Riseborough, very much fulfils the bohemian, almost fairylike aesthetic that cult leader Jeremiah Sand desires. Struck by her beauty when he chances upon her in the isolated woodland setting the characters of ‘Mandy’ inhabit, from this point on her Arcadian life with husband Red mutates into something evil. Red, who is played by Nicolas Cage, is transported into a world filled with monsters, hallucinatory experiences, and brutal acts of violence. Though 'Mandy’ has a somewhat slow start, Cosmatos soon catapults you into action with a story that reads as a tension-filled slasher film on acid.
Compared to ‘Beyond the Black Rainbow,’ ‘Mandy’ is incredibly clear-cut. However, it still manages to retain the otherworldly cinematography characteristic of Cosmatos. Though both films deal with the concept of cults, 'Mandy’ depicts a twisted hippie group that appears to oscillate between religious fanaticism, and worship of a darker force one would associate more with Hell than with Heaven. This is shown by the Black Skulls, a demonic group of subhuman bikers summoned by cult leader Jeremiah Sand in order to kidnap Mandy. Claiming the title ‘Children of the New Dawn,’ Jeremiah’s movement is reminiscent of a more traditional idea of what a cult is. Comparable more to the infamous Manson family than the futuristic sect in ‘Beyond the Black Rainbow,’ the cult in ‘Mandy’ is formed under the figure of a failed musician, twisted and warped through years of psychedelic abuse.
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Just came back from seeing Mandy, directed by Panos Cosmatos, and I was really pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it. I'm not the best at describing movies, but I'll give it a shot: Mandy is like if a heavy metal album came to life and turned into a movie, and even then I don't think that description does this movie full justice. As for plot, it's your average revenge story. Red is living as a lumberjack in the mountains in 1983 with his girlfriend Mandy. When Mandy gets kidnapped by a cult, Red goes on a mission to kill all those involved. It stars Nicolas Cage as Red and he gives just...one heck of a performance. He really gets the opportunity to go full-on balls-to-the-wall and it totally works here. Other high points are the gory practical effects and the score by the late Jóhann Jóhannsson.
Anyway, I definitely recommend this movie if you're looking for something other than the standard action horror fare, and I think it might make a cool movie for RLM to review.
Abraxas... Children of the New Dawn... the red suns in the novel she's reading...
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Maybe I'm reaching, but having a cult disrupt a couples life so much it causes the man to go insane and on a rampage seems to start on the brink of lovecraftian, and then the very final shot which I'm still confused as to the meaning but willing to discuss also seemed like it could be a bit more blatantly inspired as well.
Anyone else feel this way or want to discuss it?
Patrick goes to the penalty box in this episode of the podcast as the Frightastic Four grab the Tainted Blade of the Pale Knight and take a stab at "Mandy." They then start off the new year by presenting their Top Ten of 2018.
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I've been a fan of LW since the first SAW film, I love his work as a director. I really enjoyed the film & the performances, I thought that LGM was excellent in this one, I loved him in Devil & Prometheus but this is probably my favorite performance from him. This film was sad, brutal, intense & honestly heartbreaking at times, >!the scene where he breaks down in the wheelchair while his mom's cutting his hair, that scene was very well done & really sad. My heart broke for the guy, I wanted him to get the guys that were responsible or at least see the cop character get them for him. !<
I really liked the futuristic look & cyberpunk type vibe of the film, I wouldn't mind seeing a sequel, a tv series or something else in this same universe, I think that would be pretty cool to see, for me anyway. >!I remember so many making comparisons to Venom, I can definitely see them & while I enjoyed Venom, I much preferred Upgrade, it was much more serious than Venom. Sure, it had some funny moments but none that overstayed their welcome. The action was really good & brutal af but that ending/climax was insane & just tragic. It was a great twist though, a real gut-punch, the music in that scene still stays with me. I couldn't imagine being in a situation like that where something else is controlling my body movements. And I felt so damn bad for everyone at the end except S.T.E.M. It's funny, when I showed it to a friend, she said that the voice reminded her of the voice of H.A.L. 9000, but she didn't expect the film to go the direction that it did, which looking back now, that really should've been a clue about the twist about S.T.E.M. but neither of us caught it on our first watch. I noticed that more on my first rewatch. I was so into the film, I didn't notice that.!<
>!It also made me want to see Leigh Whannell do a Twilight Zone segment for the big screen that is if they ever decided to another one of those for the big screen again. Given the twists he had in Upgrade, Invisible Man, Insidious: Chapter 3 and the first few SAW films, I think he'd be perfect for a Twilight Zone episode on the big screen. !< Do you agree? Would you like to see that What did you think of this movie? Did the twists catch you offguard? What did you think of Logan Marshall-Green's performance in this film? What do you think of Leigh Whannell as a writer or director? And where do you place this with the other films he's either written or d
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A foreign film, either Swedish or German perhaps. Its a very artistic film with rarely any talking. I remember that it has a set of guys in suits trying to sell gag gifts from a suitcase, a male dancer (ballerina?) And there is a scene with a flamboyant prince and a bunch of horses riding back and forth outside of a cafe. There is another scene in a diner where an older lady is singing the battle hymn of the republic too.
It was a weird movie. Any help with this would be awesome. I have a feeling that the title is a noun, but maybe that's what is throwing me off.
Patrick goes to the penalty box in this episode of the podcast as the Frightastic Four grab the Tainted Blade of the Pale Knight and take a stab at "Mandy." They then start off the new year by presenting their Top Ten of 2018.
About: The Frightastic Four at Midnight Fright Films sit down and review horror films and discuss horror-related topics in their bi-weekly podcast.
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