10 Horror Films That Are Really Something Else

Ben Wheatley's psychedelic feature opens with four army deserters in search of an ale house. After they eat magic mushrooms, an alchemist called O' Neill appears and wrangles control over the four, hoping to use them to find a nearby treasure.

Due to the larger-than-life acting, abstract humour, deranged cinematography, and too-close-for-comfort close-ups, A Field in England lets viewers know from the get-go things are going to get nuts.

But when the gang consume psychedelics, A Field in England stops being an experimental indie, and quickly transforms into a mystifying mind-bender. We don't just see these characters take a trip, we experience it alongside them. As the walls of reality subtly but unmistakably crumble, it's difficult to tell how much, if any, of these occurrences purely exist in the ensemble's minds.

Due to the lack of exposition, A Field in England is mostly left to interpretation. Because everything seems otherworldly, long before the alchemist or the hallucinogenics are introduced, it's debatable if these events take place in a different plane of existence, such as purgatory. The only thing that's certain about A Field in England is no two people will have the same experience watching it.