Films and TV shows that feel like Just Abandoned Myself by Boris
A slow‑burning, weighty wall of noise that drags you into a hazy, unsettling trance.
- Eraserhead (1977): David Lynch’s nightmarish, slow‑moving soundscape mirrors the song’s oppressive, droning atmosphere.
- Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989): Japanese industrial horror with relentless, metallic noise that feels like a visual counterpart to Boris’s sludge.
- Mandy (2018): Nicolas Cage’s psychedelic revenge tale drenches scenes in color‑saturated dread, echoing the track’s psychedelic doom.
- The Holy Mountain (1973): Alejandro Jodorowsky’s surreal, ritual‑laden journey creates a hypnotic, otherworldly mood akin to the song’s trance.
- Serial Experiments Lain (1998): This anime’s slow‑burning cyber‑existential anxiety pairs perfectly with the track’s sense of isolation.
- Antichrist (2009): Lars von Trier’s bleak, natural‑light horror uses droning sound design that resonates with the song’s oppressive weight.
- Stalker (1979): Andrei Tarkovsky’s meditative, fog‑filled trek through a forbidden zone feels like a visual translation of the track’s slow descent.
- The Last Wave (1977): A mystical Australian thriller that blends Indigenous chants with brooding ambience, matching the track’s ritualistic drone.
