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8. Kombucha
Films don't get a whole lot stranger than Kombucha - a satirical horror film in which an aspiring musician takes an office job, only to learn that the kombucha drink provided for all employees is more than a mere free perk.
Jake Myers' adaptation of his own 2023 short may not have a large budget or name actors to speak of, but the core nugget of its concept - that the titular drink contains a mind-altering substance designed to turn employees into a singular hive-mind - is so damn delicious it's tough to care.
Myers clearly thinks that subtlety is for cowards with his film's savage takedown of tech startups and "grindset" culture, while a later pivot into more overtly cosmic horror territory features some impressively ambitious effects and production design for the budget level.
Though lauded at genre festivals such as Frightfest, Grimmfest, and FilmQuest, Kombucha was rather quietly thrown on streaming at the end of last year.
One can only hope it'll find the cult fandom it so clearly deserves in due course.