LoathsomePeter, I agree with you: I've already seen The Innkeeper and I think it's a pretty good one, taking into account that it's kind of new (and for me it looks as though the newer the worse). It left me wondering, which was good. It has some American clichéd stuff, though, but I'd give it a 7+. The Machinist is an excellent one; I really liked that one though there's not much of a mystery to it; but it's psychollogically brilliant. Memento is a classic indeed, unforgettable film! There's a relatively new one which is a bit similar to Memento as for its style... can't place it now, though.

Here's one you might like.
I'm not normally into vampire type movies, but this one was both different and very well done, despite being low budget. You may enjoy it. It's not mind-bending or twisty, but it's esoteric in its execution, and it has one of the most simple, but best ending scenes I've seen. It's one for the collection, imo.

Here's a trailer:



And you can watch it here, free of course:

Midnight.Son.2011.DVDRiP.AC3-5.1.XviD-AXED.avi | PutLocker

Just saw the trailer. Not very fond of vampire ones but I'll have a go at this. Have you people heard anything about Fire in the Sky (1993)? Just checked it out on imdb and looks pretty interesting... same with some Donnie Darko film. BTW, I went low key and stayed in last night: guess what film I took in? The Conjuring: I'd heard the film was unbelievably great, flawless, etc; well, I found it just quite good. A clichéd one, but we had a nice evening in front of the stupid box.

Yea, I saw The Conjuring at the theater on a boredom trip. I didn't expect much, but it was relatively decent. I'd watch it again. They could have done without the whole under the floor part where it got super cheesy, but overall it wasn't what I'd call a waste of 8 bucks.

Also, let me know what you think about Midnight Son when you watch it.

I liked The Conjuring :) Compared to the average relatively big budget horror flick these days, it was rather good, I think. Of course it was clichèd and the jump scares were predictable, but I knew that before the movie started. I think they should remove the "true" from "based on a true story", though.

A couple of ghost movies I like are The Innocents (1961 I believe), The Changeling (1980) and The Woman in Black (Made for TV and came out in 1989, but quite good). Don't confuse these for The Changeling with Angelina Jolie or the recent The Woman in Black with Daniel Radcliffe!

Of those, The Innocents is probably my current favorite, but they're all great ghost stories. Or at least may appear as such.

Paranorman was rad, it kinda looks like a Radiohead video towards the end.

David Lynch if you're looking for esotericism, or at least vagueness and confusion. Blue Velvet can be pretty gutwrenching if weird freudian rape-like sex freaks you out, and Mulholland Drive is perhaps intentionally ambiguous/vague. Still haven't seen Eraserhead, though.

I thought Black Swan made for a really great thriller too, with some really striking imagery. But it makes me remember a time when movies were just a man with a hat being chased by a man without hair.

Aside from those, there's also Cronenberg, who's kind of a mind**** kind of, in a more sci fi way. Naked Lunch has a kind of noir going for it as well as drug hazed, hyper conscious, and pretty well impenetrable unless you're some kind of Borroughs-scholar or heroin fiend, which may be interchangable. Maybe i just don't get it :(

And yeah! the conjuring is pretty nuts too, very chilling. House of the Devil also plays on tension really well, so does VHS, which is pretty ridiculous at points but really neat.

PS: I've heard good things about that Hanging Rock picture, it lookss pretty rad

I've seen them all! The Changeling, Changeling (both pretty good films, though the one with N. Kidman doesn't belong in the mystery-esoteric field), The Woman in Black... well, there's one exception: The Innocents, which I'll get hold of asap (just went to IMDB and had a gander). And there's another huge gap in my Mystery-Horror repertoire: Rosemary's Baby. Anyway, let me suggest (again) you get and watch A Tale of 2 Sisters (Korea): your enthusiasm for it will prosper beyond your highest expectations if you like mystery. It's slow; there's no blood, but it's literally esoteric.

I adore that movie. I'd be interested to know if people have seen Candyman as a intense horror movie with a decent storyline and interesting twists. It's my all time favourite. It's based on a black man who had slept with a farmers daughters (they employed him) and he was accused of raping them (but he didn't) so the cut off his hand, poured honey over his wound and set a whole hive of bees on him.

VHS is so horrible though, I hate those found footage movies but ugh....I don't know what people see in VHS. What's so special about it?

The more interesting part of Candyman is that it touches on gentrification.

I'll check it out! And Rosemary's Baby is brilliant as well :)