# Screw-with-the-mind movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827 "2003-04-06T06:09:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/21 "2003-04-06T16:21:06Z")
**O Lucky Man** has a lot of, “What the…?” type of moments. Like the infamouis “pig man” sequence. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/22 "2003-04-06T17:35:55Z")
[Gaslight](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0036855), 1944, with Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten. > [@](#): > > It’s the story of a young singer (Bergman) who falls in love with her accompanist (Boyer) and moves to London, back into the house where her aunt, a great opera star, was murdered years before. The case was never solved, though detective Joseph Cotten and eccentric neighbor Dame May Whitty are still very interested in it. Slowly, the mysterious history of the house overcomes Bergman and she begins to go mad. But is she really losing her mind? And who can explain her husband’s strange behavior at night? > > [http://www.reelclassics.com/Commentary/Reviews/G/gaslight\_44.htm](http://www.reelclassics.com/Commentary/Reviews/G/gaslight_44.htm) > > A society wife is slowly driven insane by her jewel-hungry husband in this Victorian thriller. An opulent remake of the 1940 British version. Based on the play “Angel Street” by Patrick Hamilton. Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best Picture, Best Actor–Charles Boyer, Best Screenplay. Academy Awards: 2, including Best Actress–Ingrid Bergman. > > [http://www.eonline.com/Facts/Movies/0,60,6673,00.html](http://www.eonline.com/Facts/Movies/0,60,6673,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/23 "2003-04-06T17:49:23Z")
**eXistenZ** and **The Thirteenth Floor** are both good mind-benders. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/24 "2003-04-06T17:53:34Z")
You must rent this: [In The Mouth Of Madness](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0113409) It is one scary movie, and it messes with you head big time. Don’t watch it by yourself. You have been warned! ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/25 "2003-04-06T17:56:40Z")
By the way, don’t pay too much mind to the crappy reviews on IMDB. Trust me: this movies rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Coilean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Coilean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coilean)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/26 "2003-04-06T18:30:01Z")
Some classics include **A Clockwork Orange** and **One Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest**. I’ll also scong **Jacob’s Ladder** and **Brazil**. ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/27 "2003-04-06T18:55:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samarm \* > \*\*You must rent this: > > [In The Mouth Of Madness](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0113409) > > It is one scary movie, and it messes with you head big time. Don’t watch it by yourself. You have been warned! \*\* Big seconds and thirds on this, great film, didn’t know Sam Neil could act that well. Also, in a strange related note, my office as a relaxation tape that has the same music from the mental asylum on it. Never fails to make me laugh. Also, **Apacolypse Now** ---
**Author:** ![ChalkPit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@ChalkPit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChalkPit)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/28 "2003-04-06T19:12:44Z")
The Ipcress File - When you here the voice say, ‘Now listen to me’ ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/29 "2003-04-06T19:33:49Z")
GMRyujin writes: \> Twelve Monkeys is good, another Terry Gilliam. Even better, see the film that inspired _12 Monkeys_: _La Jetee_ (1962, France, dir. Chris Marker) Some other films that might fit this category are: _They Live_ (1988, U.S., dir. John Carpenter) _Spider_ (2003, France/Canada/U.K., dir. David Cronenberg) ---
**Author:** ![No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/no_me_ayudes_compadre/32/5224_2.png) [@No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Me_Ayudes_Compadre)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/30 "2003-04-06T19:48:00Z")
I don’t think anyone has mentioned **Altered States** yet. “Your friend is a gorilla.” Or for that matter, **The Man with Two Brains**. “I couldn’t fuck a gorilla.” Along the lines of **Fear & Loathing** , there’s also **The Doors** and **Trainspotting** as adventures in drug-induced deliria. Neither has gorilla-oriented dialog. ---
**Author:** ![ThatGuyWithPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@ThatGuyWithPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatGuyWithPants)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/31 "2003-04-06T20:45:15Z")
I second **Pi:Faith in Chaos** and **Brazil** and add an anime (series, but its only 13 episodes) **Serial Experiments:Lain**. Lain is DEFINATELY worth buying if you are into technology. If you arent into technology, its still a good movie, but wont have as much of an impact. Basicly is about a 13 year old girl who gets an e-mail from one of her friends a day after she committed suicide. So Lain starts to figure out that the “Wired” (Internet) and the real world are lot more similar than people think. The series is totally crazy but thought provoking. Some people claim that the series goes too slow, but a lot of people think its right on pace. A single episode has more content that many movies I have seen before. Out of all the entertainment I have ever seen in my life, I’d have to say that Lain is the trippiest and coolest I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Ace\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Ace\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace_Face)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/32 "2003-04-06T20:51:49Z")
Lost Highway American Psycho The Fisher King (Yet another Gilliam film.) ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/33 "2003-04-06T20:51:51Z")
**Full Metal Jacket**. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/34 "2003-04-06T20:53:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ace\_Face \* > \*\*American Psycho > \*\* Don’t do it! Read the book instead! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/35 "2003-04-06T21:00:43Z")
I wrote: \> . . . _Spider_ (2003 . . . Actually, it’s listed in IMDb as a 2002 film. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/36 "2003-04-06T21:15:11Z")
Videodrome ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/37 "2003-04-07T03:27:52Z")
The Sixth Sense. the last ten seconds of Men In Black. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Phnord\_Prephect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Phnord\_Prephect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phnord_Prephect)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/38 "2003-04-07T08:29:53Z")
THX-1138 Yes, THAT “THX”. From 1971, shown on cable late at night. More relevant now than ever. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/39 "2003-04-07T10:24:17Z")
Another anime (a movie this time): _Perfect Blue Mirage_ (1965) _36 Hours_ (1964) _Charley Chappaqua Woyzeck Blade Runner Sexy Beast The Stunt Man_ ---
**Author:** ![Riboflavin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Riboflavin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riboflavin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827/40 "2003-04-07T16:15:36Z")
I’m messing with him… > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rexnervous \* > I’d suggest either Memento, or Dark City. > > what? he’s messing with me [runs the other way]. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-with-the-mind-movies/166827.md?page=3)