Film
Cherry
Other titles called Cherry: the 2021 film.
- Horror
- Very dark
- Strange
A 45-minute fever dream about obsession and belonging, where a confused young man becomes fatally drawn to a charismatic video artist and her transgressive circle. Cherry is deliberately provocative and deeply uncomfortable—part arthouse horror, part psychological descent. It's for viewers willing to sit with alienation and ugliness without needing resolution or redemption.
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Dario Argento's masterpiece uses saturated color, operatic sound design, and ritualistic imagery to create pure dread. A young woman enters a prestigious dance academy hiding occult horrors beneath its elegant facade.
But The plot is deliberately thin and dreamlike; if you need narrative clarity and character motivation spelled out, this will frustrate you intensely.
Requiem for a Dream2000
Darren Aronofsky's descent into addiction across four lives—each spiraling differently. The formal brilliance (split screens, frenetic cuts, distorted sound) makes desperation visceral and inescapable.
But It's brutally bleak with no catharsis or escape hatch. The final act is almost unwatchable by design, which is the point but also genuinely punishing.
The Master2012
Paul Thomas Anderson examines spiritual manipulation and the hunger for belonging through two magnetic performances. Joaquin Phoenix's damaged vet clings to Philip Seymour Hoffman's magnetic guru, mirroring Cherry's obsessive dynamic.
But It's elliptical and refuses to judge its characters or spell out what's 'true.' Some scenes feel deliberately opaque, which alienates viewers seeking clear answers.
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Mulholland Drive2001
Both are structurally about the seductive pull of someone's world and the damage that pull inflicts; both use fragmented narratives and formal beauty to express psychological breakdown.
David Lynch's Los Angeles nightmare follows an amnesiac actress and her new friend through dreamlike streets toward devastating heartbreak. Both it and Cherry obsess over obsession—parasitic attachment masquerading as love.
But It's three hours, non-linear, and refuses to clarify whether events are 'real.' The emotional payoff requires surrendering to ambiguity first.
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Jonathan Glazel's alien seductress uses beauty and strangeness to lure men to their doom. Hypnotic, visually stunning, and deeply unsettling—a film about predation that never feels exploitative.
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A Dark Song2016
An Irish occultist drama about grief, obsession, and spiritual yearning. Two damaged people attempt an arcane ritual in isolation, their psychological dependency mirroring Cherry's unhealthy pull toward its central figure.
But Long, dialogue-heavy, and tonally austere. It's a character study masquerading as supernatural horror—expect introspection, not scares.
Xtro1982
A cult British sci-fi horror film about a man returned from an alien abduction, transformed into something other. Bizarre, transgressive, and visually audacious in its practical effects and uncompromising weirdness.
But The plot is nonsensical, the tone wildly inconsistent, and it features genuinely disturbing imagery. Not rewatchable; more endurance test than entertainment.
The Wailing2016
Na Hong-jin's Korean mystery thriller spirals across faith, paranoia, and moral ambiguity. A stranger arrives in a village and chaos unfolds; reality fractures with each revelation.
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Tusk2014
Kevin Smith's deranged body-horror film about a podcaster lured into captivity by a delusional eccentric who wants to transform him into a walrus. Genuinely disturbing beneath the absurdity.
But It's obscene, ugly, and stupid by design. If you want coherence or taste, this will feel like two hours of transgression for its own sake.
Possession1981
Both use transgressive imagery and sexual confusion as expressions of psychological dissolution; both refuse to be 'about' something simple.
Andrzej Żuławski's avant-garde Polish horror film about a disintegrating marriage that becomes increasingly surreal and apocalyptic. Body horror, emotional devastation, and images that burrow into memory.
But It's European arthouse horror from the '80s—deliberately ugly, deliberately agonizing, subtitled, and structurally punishing. Not cathartic; meant to traumatize.
Gerry2002
Both are portraits of young male confusion and dislocation expressed through form rather than narrative; both ask the audience to sit with emptiness and despair without rescue.
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But Nothing happens. There is no plot, no character development, no payoff. It's a punishment for viewers who expect cinema to entertain them.
People
Cast
- Jasper MarlowJasper
- Georgina LloydMysterious Woman
Directing
- Matt BurgessDirector
Writing
- Matt BurgessWriter
Production
- Jasper MarlowExecutive Producer
- Taylor Litton-StrainProducer