The Dark Fantastic (2025)

June. 15,2025

5.5

| Documentary Music

The Dark Fantastic is a psychedelic journey into the mind of renowned composer Simon Boswell, blending live performances, striking visuals, and interviews with directors he’s scored for. It celebrates his bold impact on cinema and invites viewers into a surreal fusion of music and storytelling.

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Cast

Simon Boswell as Self

[2021] Come Play With Me [2021] El Amarre [2020] Human Animals [2018] Asher [2015] Bound to Vengeance [2015] Altar

Dario Argento as Self

[2025] La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione [2025] The Run [2025] The Dark Fantastic [2024] Ennio [2024] Dario Argento: Panico [2024] Titanus 1904

Alejandro Jodorowsky as Self

[2025] John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office [2025] The Dark Fantastic [2024] Helicopter [2022] Tripping The Dark Fantastic [2019] Psychomagie, un art pour guérir [2019] Psychomagic: A Healing Art

Reviews

Kattiera Nana

2025/06/15

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Breakinger

2025/06/16

A Brilliant Conflict

SeeQuant

2025/06/17

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Darin

2025/06/18

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.