Psychological
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the psychological genre.
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Buried
Your mileage may vary, since the concept of being buried alive terrifies me. As far as I’m concerned, ‘Buried’ does a fine job of narrowing in on that sense of helplessness. (read more)
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Yuutai Nova
‘Yuutai Nova’ is about a man with the power of astral projection. It struggled to get its own feet off the ground and was cancelled. (read more)
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Inside Mari
In ‘Inside Mari,’ an early-adult shut-in finds himself suddenly inside the body and personal life of a high school girl. Shūzō Oshimi explores gender dynamics and alienation in this somewhat comedic psychodrama. (read more)
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The Flowers of Evil
Possibly my favorite manga, Shūzō Oshimi’s ‘The Flowers of Evil’ delivers a story about societal repression, isolation, and perversion. (read more)
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Revolutionary Girl Utena
Some off-the-cuff thoughts I had after finishing Revolutionary Girl Utena, a dense, highly metaphorical psychological drama. (read more)
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Antichrist
Antichrist is a good counterexample of what kind of horror works best on me. The atmosphere is there, the imagery and implications are all shocking, but I’m unmoved because I never establish a connection and empathize with the characters. It’s all fictional regardless, but identifying with fear is the only way I can feel it… (read more)
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Death in the Garden
Death in the Garden is a fairly typical escape/wilderness survival story with the usual themes of psychological degradation. Something so standard is disappointing coming from Luis Buñuel, and while the characters all develop the direction doesn’t transcend the basic plot. And while the premise had not become tired yet, even identifiably unique things like the… (read more)
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The Neon Demon
There’s some incredibly harsh imagery in The Neon Demon, complete with heavy, sharp, contrasting colors. This sleazy gloss accompanied by Cliff Martinez‘s distorted synthesizer compositions made me immediately think the movie had potential to be a favorite. But the style here seems like it should be multiplying the base concepts of industry corruption and the… (read more)
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Rebuild of Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
‘Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0’ continues to experience diminishing returns. Everything here has been done before and better, and the allusions to ‘End of Evangelion’ only make its comparative hollowness more apparent. (read more)
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Casshern Sins
Casshern Sins reimagines the ’70s superhero children’s series as a beautifully animated, starkly nihilistic tone piece. The immortal Casshern wanders a diseased, post-apocalyptic wasteland, encountering those who must grapple with their impending death. (read more)