One clear indicator that I may be slightly disturbed is the fact that a couple of my favorite films of the last few years were Teeth and Hissss, and that David Cronenberg remains one of my favorite directors. All of which is why – after only watching a single YouTube clip (also below) from “Funky Forest: The First Contact”, I had ordered a copy on Amazon within a matter of minutes. Every review or synopsis I’ve read either makes feeble attempts at describing why the film is so great, or insists that attempting to do so is impossible, and that it simply must be watched. Co-directed by Katsuhito Ishii (The Taste of Tea, Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl), Hajimine Ishimine and Shunichiro Miki, Funky Forest gives the impression that it might be the 21st century Japanese bastard child of David Cronenberg and Monty Python. Which is good enough for me. After watching the clip below, tell me you won’t be picking up a copy for that special someone on your holiday list too. Although some would find the imagery in this film a little disturbing, the only thing that disturbs me is how this stayed under my pop media radar for so long – the film was released in 2005. Clip below.