20 Cult Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die

"If you had only seen what I saw!" This line is screamed by a distraught and bewildered character about ninety minutes into Andrzej Żuławski's Possession, and after the movie ends it's pretty all you'll want to run down the sidewalk shouting at strangers.

It's the kind of film that, as a film fan, you come across maybe a dozen times in your life. One of those movies where you just can't believe what you're watching, and you absolutely need to tell others all about it.

The film isn't easy to explain: the narrative can get very confusing and sometimes downright nonsensical. Yet is also remains compelling and endlessly intriguing. Beginning with what seems like a commonplace break-up of a marriage, the film sets out to answer a simple question: why has the woman left?

If there is a movie deserving the tag "psychological horror", it is Possession. Here the protagonist’s inner evil takes on a living form of a wiggling slimy creature. She goes on a killing spree to keep him alive. That is, when they are not having sexual relations. And, of course, there is the infamous subway passage scene in which our main character miscarries her own faith. She is rolling in milk, blood, urine, mucus and every other bodily liquid you can imagine. 

When it comes to the sheer artistry of filmmaking, Possession is an astounding, jaw-dropping feat of furious beauty.