Wonder stuff

Truly wonderful Japanese black comedy about a nice family who open a quiet B&B in the mountains, only to watch all their guests accidentally perish in increasingly macabre ways. Utterly barking stuff, this has something for everyone—surreal musical numbers with dancing zombies, claymation sequences and an exploding volcano! With movies like this around, who needs drugs?

Follow-up to 2000's much-lauded Maroon from Jimmy's offspring

Ghoulish Japanimation

The poet laureate of hooliganism returns

Crotchety improv from Chicago's avant-roots collective

Stunning one-man set as the eclectic troubadour of cool goes back to his folk-blues roots

The Wachowski brothers' kick-ass cyber-noir sequel bows to mainstream demands but still delivers

Fourth album proves crowning glory of Detroit duo's meteoric career to date

Dick Lester's faithful two-part version of Dumas' adventure tale has truly imaginative action sequences, a cracklingly witty screenplay by George MacDonald Fraser, swashbuckling heroes (Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay), OTT villains (Faye Dunaway, Christopher Lee), a fantastic supporting cast (everyone from Charlton Heston to Spike Milligan) and a visibly huge budget. Wonderful stuff.

Black metal from Norway