Number 5's Surreal Creepy Film Collection

[Silver]

I'm not particularly a fan of Amazon Prime's streaming service, I get it for free due to my phone service provider, because their content is a majority of stuff in which I have zero interest in watching.

[zwanzig]

Amazon Prime is where I watch 90% of the stuff I watch.

[CarveTheFive]

I scanned this thread

I think I’m the first to mention

I’m Thinking of Ending Things

I don’t consider myself an expert on film at all but fwiw I think this one fits the OP’s criteria and it’s my personal favorite film since ...

Hell I don’t know since when but it’s top fiver of all time to me

[zwanzig]

I scanned this thread

I think I’m the first to mention

I’m Thinking of Ending Things

I don’t consider myself an expert on film at all but fwiw I think this one fits the OP’s criteria and it’s my personal favorite film since ...

Hell I don’t know since when but it’s top fiver of all time to me

That's one I haven't seen yet. I like a couple of Kaufman's films and was excited about this one when I heard he was directing. I grew less excited when I heard that Charlie Kaufman gives in to his ego and "cult" status with this film. I'll probably see it eventually.

[Silver]

I’m Thinking of Ending Things

I've seen it. It was actually pretty good, even if it was somewhat confusing.

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The five minute girlfriend being the narrator, it just makes no sense. That's probably my only beef with the film.

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[vulcanlogician]

Amazon Prime video isn't the easiest streaming platform when it comes to finding things to watch.  There's some weird indexing of their content.

I'm just learning this. I looked through all the movie titles in Sci Fi and thought that there was some good stuff there, but also that their selection wasn't extensive. But then, I got really cool sci fi movies that pop up in my recommended feed the following days.

And I'm like "Where the fuck was this when I was browsing the sci fi movies?" It simply WASN'T there. Like, how do I browse ALL the sci fi movies I have access to on prime video?

[arewethereyet]

Amazon Prime video isn't the easiest streaming platform when it comes to finding things to watch.  There's some weird indexing of their content.

I'm just learning this. I looked through all the movie titles in Sci Fi and thought that there was some good stuff there, but also that their selection wasn't extensive. But then, I got really cool sci fi movies that pop up in my recommended feed the following days.

And I'm like "Where the fuck was this when I was browsing the sci fi movies?" It simply WASN'T there. Like, how do I browse ALL the sci fi movies I have access to on prime video?

I've not figured out the secret to that.  I feel like I am having a really lucky day if I find something easily that catches my eye.  I tend to get burned out and just rewatch a music documentary since most of my TV viewing is background noise anyway.

[Angrboda]

I'm not a browser, but if you know what you want to watch, JustWatch can help determine who has it.

https://www.justwatch.com/us

[zwanzig]

Await Further Instructions (2018)

It's Christmas Day and the Milgram family wake to find a mysterious black substance surrounding their house. Something is happening right outside their door; a terrorist attack, nuclear war? Descending into terrified arguments, they turn on the television, desperate for any information. On screen a message glows ominously: 'Stay Indoors and Await Further Instructions'. As the television exerts an ever more sinister grip, their paranoia escalates into bloody carnage.

A very unsettling and dreadful film, I enjoyed it very much. There's that paranoia, of being observed and monitored, feeling very oppressive. But that comes with the assumption of an intelligence. [Spoilers]

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Even when about midway I started to assume/suspect that the monitoring was being done by extraterrestrials, there was a sense of bureaucratic authority there. Like, from the start, you envision men in suits sitting in a dark room with many tv monitors, watching this family. All very organized, very structured, this experiment has a function and a goal. Then when things escalate and the walls are further explored, you think, "Oh, must be aliens." But in some form, you're still picturing them in front of monitors, as dignified, callous and cruel scientists. 

...then the chords come out and start puppeteering bodies and the tv and you lose that sense of hope that this has purpose. It's just this virus, this mechanical growth, separate from something with empathy, and insatiable as it takes over everything. The purpose is not a goal, it's not a labeled hypothesis. The purpose is obedience. And that is horrifying. It tantalizes me to want to know more while at the same time making me feel scared of asking questions.

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[vulcanlogician]

Await Further Instructions (2018)

The political themes in this movie were excellent. Says something important about what elements of human psychology fascism works on.