5 twisted movies to watch if you love Dexter—and one cyborg to break the tension

There’s something about Dexter—both the OG and Dexter: Original Sin—that scratches a very specific itch. The one where you want justice... but with blood. Where the moral compass is spinning like a Beyblade. Where the main character should be arrested, you’d still grab a drink with him (from a safe distance).

If you're the kind of person who thinks Dexter is too sane and not nearly unhinged enough, here are five films that go harder, darker, weirder—plus one poetic detour into cyberdelusion to help your psyche recover after the carnage.

Disclaimer: This list is proudly deranged, morally compromised, and probably says too much about us. All opinions are felinely ours (as in the author), no apologies offered. If you’re looking for wholesome cinema... you took a very wrong turn at the fork.

1. American Psycho (2000)

Sigma($igma) male energy, a business card fetish, and a Huey Lewis monologue that ends in murder.

Patrick Bateman is the proto-Dexter if Dexter had zero empathy and a skincare routine that could kill. He’s the alpha of alphas, the finance bro who never emotionally developed past age 13, and a walking Reddit thread in a Valentino suit. The film is a brilliant satire of toxic masculinity. The book? Just toxic. No satire.

More than a slasher or a dark comedy, American Psycho is a mirror held up to the soulless consumerism of the late 1980s—and it still hits. Bateman is so cartoonishly evil that he loops back around to being pitiful. His kills are less about bloodlust and more about hollow routine, like returning a videotape or checking boxes on a murder spreadsheet.

Trivia: About Rolex...

Bonus: With Easter upcoming, take this easter egg. That line is from a Children of Bodom song ;)

Death? What do you know about death? - Children of Bodom

2. Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Revenge with style, blood with a wink, and Nazis getting exactly what they deserve.

Tarantino’s take on morality is always delightfully messed up, and here he gives us a team of charming killers whose brutality is somehow... cathartic? If Dexter kills with surgical gloves and whispers, the Basterds do it with baseball bats and speeches. Justice never looked so slick.

But it’s not just about blood—it’s about narrative power. Tarantino rewrites history with a flamethrower and lets the oppressed take control of the story. It’s meta, cinematic, and seductive in its own messed-up way. You leave the theater unsure whether to cheer, flinch, or do both at once. That’s the Tarantino guarantee.

3. The Devil’s Rejects (2005)

The line between evil and eviler gets real blurry—and somehow, you laugh through the horror.

Rob Zombie throws you into the back of a blood-soaked pickup truck and speeds into the desert of depravity. These killers are repulsive, relentless, and yet... weirdly charismatic. You start to question your own morals when you're rooting for them. The humor is pitch black, and if you laugh in the wrong place, people will stare. (Ask us how we know.)

This is outlaw horror at its rawest. It’s not sleek, it’s not sanitized—it’s dirt under your nails and sweat on the lens. But somehow, between the screams and the shotgun blasts, there’s a strange intimacy. A sense that these characters, for all their monstrosity, are still human. Horribly human. And that’s the real nightmare.

4. The House That Jack Built (2018)

Art school Dexter on LSD, hosted by Lars von Trier. Buckle up for moral decay and pretentious metaphysics.

Matt Dillon plays Jack, a serial killer who believes murder is art and trauma is his medium. The film is structured like a portfolio review from hell, complete with Dante references and a literal descent.

You’ll laugh? You’ll flinch. You’ll feel gross. And somewhere in the middle, you’ll realize that Lars is just showing you the mirror.

This isn’t just a movie—it’s a provocation. A dare. It stares you down and asks: what are you complicit in? What horror have you aestheticized for your own pleasure? It’s not for the faint of heart or the easily offended. But if you want a cinema that burns, corrodes, and whispers back to you, “I see you,” Jack’s your guy.

5. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

The original boy with violent tendencies, Beethoven obsessions, and a whole lot of societal commentary.

(Did you really believe we would leave this classic out of this list?)

Let’s talk about Alex. A teen delinquent drenched in charisma and cruelty, he leads a gang of “droogs” through ultraviolence and milk-laced psychosis. His journey from predator to lab rat to… something in-between is messy, layered, and the blueprint for every toxic “alpha male” trope online.

The manosphere idolizes him, but they completely miss the point. A Clockwork Orange is a critique of both lawless rebellion and institutional control. It’s not glamorizing Alex—it’s dissecting the systems that create him, use him, and then discard him. Every time a Red Piller posts a still of Alex smirking, Kubrick rolls in his grave—and probably slow-zooms the camera.

BONUS: I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK (2006)

Because after all that bloodshed, you deserve a kawaii breakdown.

Park Chan-wook goes full softcore surreal in this whimsical tale about a girl who thinks she’s a cyborg and the boy who tries to love her through it. It’s bizarre, sweet, deadly, and completely unclassifiable. If Dexter had a manic pixie dream girl phase during a psych ward stay in Seoul, this would be it.

But don’t be fooled by the cute exterior. This is a story about trauma, loneliness, and the fragile line between coping and losing touch. It’s wrapped in sparkles and synths, but the ache is real. You’ll cry. You’ll smile. You’ll maybe build a rice-powered laser cannon in your mind. And you’ll leave feeling human again.