Anchored by a typically flawless performance by Jones, Strickland’s second film begins as an audio geek’s dream, before spiralling inexorably into the stuff of David Lynch’s nightmares.

...utterly distinctive and all but unclassifiable, a musique concrète nightmare, a psycho-metaphysical implosion of anxiety, with strange-tasting traces of black comedy and movie-buff riffs. It is seriously weird and seriously good.

As a psychological thriller, Berberian Sound Studio is often hypnotic...

...är verkligen en fest för örat men kanske främst fantasin, som lockas till att leta fram en del underhållande fast mest väldigt otäcka bilder ur det undermedvetna.