Most Startling Films Ever Made

Akira

This is the first completely animated movie to make the list. Akira is psychologically challenging, and it’s full of body horror.

Videodrome

Videodrome is more of an Akira-style body-horror movie, released right before Akira. This movie resembles a cross between Bladerunner and The Thing, and we love it.

The More You Know

Alchemists used brain matter as an ingredient for an elixir of eternal life.
Emperor Nero profited off of human urine.
Being buried alive accidentally occurred so often that people invented “safety coffins.”
Humans shed 18 kg of skin in their lifetime.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.