If you loved Climax, try The Strange Thing About the Johnsons

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. The Strange Thing About the Johnsons has roughly 6.2× fewer votes than Climax — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Climax

2018 · dir. Gaspar Noé

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The Strange Thing About the Johnsons

2011 · dir. Ari Aster

What they share

Theyboth carry the raw, unhinged mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Horror territory. If that's the register that drew you to Climax, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Strange Thing About the Johnsons is

Connecticut. Autumn. A screen door slamming. Affluent suburban life appears normal, until the son's perverse desires toward his father surface. This short is early Aster, for those who like their Oedipal psychodramas extra-dark.

If you loved Climax, try The Strange Thing About the Johnsons

Climax

The Strange Thing About the Johnsons

What they share

What The Strange Thing About the Johnsons is

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