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What is the most obscure movie that you own? Or for that matter, what is the most obscure movie that you know of?
I'm talking about Night of Horror or Blazing force kind of rarities.

I don't think anything I own can truly be classed as "obscure" when it comes to this place... :smile:

I'd have to say "The Dead Pit", "One Dark Night", "Ratboy", "Zipperface" and "Mutant".

Same thing with me :teddyr:

I have a VHS of "Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things". I haven't found many people who have even heard of that film.

Well, I own Vampire Orgy and The Shaft.  The most obscure that I can think of is Megaldon.  No one talks about it, acknowledges it, and most mistaken it for Shark Attack 3.  I think of the only person on the Internet to do a movie review on it.  Really a shame, it isn't that bad for a shark film.

Oh it's bad alright.  :teddyr:

I know it is a bad, but compared to the usual shark flicks I have watched, it wasn't that bad.  But you got to admit, it is pretty obscure and unknown.

PIN.  Obscure for good reason, I think.  And ought to stay that way.  It just misses: it's not even 'good' bad.

Frankenstein 1910  :teddyr: my great granddad had it, now it's mine

This Vampire's Orgy? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069047/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069047/)
Oh, yeah, that sucks. No vampires, and no orgy. :bouncegiggle:

The 1988 one?

Wow. Is it on a film reel? You lucky bastard!  :wink:

I've got a few obscure movies on those ten movie sets:  Slashdance (no, not the Italian one), Machine Head and Knight Chills.  Maybe some of my '80s slashers, like the Zero Boys.  Princess Warrior probably isn't very well known, but I think Andrew's got it.  A couple of student films (or at least that's what they look like):  Resident Demon and Evil Unleashed:  The Mummy.

That's the one.  I'm never seen such a misleading title before.

Oops. Yes, I should have cited that properly: PIN (1988) with David Hewlett, Cynthia Preston and Terry O'Quinn.  It had the potential to be much much better than it turned out.  As it is, it is just lame.  Too bad really.  The performances were decent, but the way it is presented falls short.

"W the Movie."  I know it's obscure because I distribute it.  :wink:

nest of the cuckoo bird.  I remember reading some guy saying he had a reel of it but I've never seen it anywhere for sale or anything

It would probably be some of the more obscure chopsocky kung fu films I own...there are some I've purchased from dollar stores and taped from TV that aren't even listed on the IMDB.

Dr Caligari from 1989

I own that too!  That movie is obscure but shouldn't be.  It's just that it's sold exclusively off a porn website and the owner isn't interested in marketing it at all.

The movie is freaky, and I don't see why anyone would consider it porn. A scene with a huge tongue licking a woman reminds me of the movie Videodrome.

It was directed by a porn director.  The producer who held the rights to the movie went on to found the Excalibur website, which became the biggest adult retailer on the web.  He offers DR. CALIGARI exclusively through his website and basically seems to have forgotten about it.  Very few people realize it's available there.

yeah! :thumbup:

How about Al Adamson's Icy Death (1978) aka Death Dimension? Pretty obscure I guess.

Not obscure so much as hard as hell to find.  His movies need to be re-released through a single company so you know you are getting decent copies.  Where is Synapse Films when you need them?

I own a VHS copy of Twice Upon a Time (1983). I've tried to talk it up on this site several times, but it is hard to find, not released on dvd, and oddly animated. Outstanding movie, though.

Then there's The Princess Blade, aka Shura Yukihime, a halfway decent martial arts/sci-fi movie.

I also own some more well-known obscurities (on this site, at least), like The Godmonster of Indian Flats, For Y'ur Height Only, Shakes the Clown, and The Dark Backward (sorry for reminding you of this one, Andrew  :tongueout: )..

Ah, two of my faves!  :thumbup:

(http://www.logicalmart.co.uk/ekmps/shops/toyotrading1/images/0001869(1).jpg)

"I'll get you, gator man!"  Gotta love the lines in that one.

Blood Car
Blood Ranch
Blades
Curse 2: The Bite
Deadly Blessing
Evil Bong
all The Howling movies
Nightstalker
all Puppet Master movies

there's more, but I'm too lazy to post

I wouldn't say they were obscure at all.

I thought the sequels to The Howling were obscure. Nevertheless, I don't fully understand the meaning of the word.

Obscure: Not known to many, hidden from general knowledge.

Something like "Necromantik" is obscure to the general public, but not to the folks here. In fact, Sister Grace, who doesn't grace our site often enough for my taste, finds it a turn on. I miss her and her birthday is coming up soon. Come back, Sister Grace!!!!

In here, you really have to work hard to find something obscure.  "Goregoyles" might qualify, but I'm sure two or three here have seen it and they may even own copies. (Quick plug: If you do own a copy, the quote about "lots of red sauce" is mine from the old web site I worked for called The Dog Pile, as opposed to the Dogpile search engine. Now you know my real name. And, no, I am not the sports star that comes up on Google.)

Were people in your family aware it was considered lost for such a long time?  I always wonder about that, when a new "lost" film is discovered in somebody's basement or what not.  

Probably the most obscure film I have a copy (it's a bootleg, but I don't know if it ever got legit distribution) of is Zatoichi Meets the Flying Guillotine.  Arguably, the film is always bootlegged (well, is an example of copyright infringement anyway), since I'm fairly sure it was made without permission of those who own the Zatoichi character.  Course, it might be a Taiwanese production, which back then, I'm not sure if they had signed on to any of the international copyright conventions...

I also have a number of cheapo kung fu films from a variety of sources, many of which are not on the IMDB.  

Wasn't the Zatoichi character kind of a legend that the filmmakers tapped into? The Italians used Django for a crapload of films but the only legit sequel was with Franco Nero about 15 to 20 years after the original in which he left the monastery he was hiding out in to save his daughter after she was kidnapped by slavers. It was a Rambo fest.

Since discovering the internet, I'm a bit surprised to see what is & isn't obscure, not to mention, what becomes of these obscurities after someone mentions them, & a few low quality pirates turn up on Ebay.

I've got a busted copy of "God Told Me To", that I keep meaning to patch.

Running out of luck, Mick Jagger's companion to his solo album She's the Boss.

I've mentioned "In Trouble" before, a cheesy eurotrash that employs pro-choice propaganda as an excuse for soft core porn, with a couple of cameos by Sybil Danning.

"The Projectionist", about a guy who drifts back & forth between fantasy & reality, with Rodney Dangerfield as his cranky boss & imaginary arch villain.

"The Inheritor", with a couple of cameos by Dan Hagerty.

Many others, but I have a headache.

I own PIN and I think it's a decent movie.

I have the uncut version of DERANGED on a VHS tape.  I had my dad transfer it to DVD for me.  It has more scenes than the version that is on the Midnite Movies double feature with MOTEL HELL.

I also have THE CURSE OF COUNT CHOCULA on DVD.

I have a cheapo double feature DVD of Andy Milligan's BLOODTHIRSTY BUTCHERS and THE RATS ARE COMING, THE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE!

There is a really obscure movie that I've heard about, but I forgot the title.
It was the FUTURE, and smoking was banned. Also, there were some kind of freedom fighters, with a stupid acronym as their name.
Does anyone knows what the title is?

Pocket Ninjas where's the .357 when you need it  :bluesad:

No, Zatoichi is the creation of Shintaru Katsu (his performance defines the character), Kan Shimosawa (who wrote the original short story) and Minoru Inuzaka (writer of the first film).  While there is a larger presence of blind characters in Japanese legend and such than in many other countries, the character himself is original to the first film series.

I believe Django is the same, it just so happens that his name and style was generic enough they could fairly safely rip him off without too much worry.

netflix has the projectionist.  it's good, mainly for the awesome clips

I don't recall the name, but I know of the film. It was basically a one-man show and it is mostly land-locked in the UK. From what I've heard about it, they can keep it. The review I read talked about how it had become the test film to see how long people could watch it before leaving the room.

I have no idea how I ran across it. You might run it past Doggett. It seems like he may have mentioned seeing it for sale in a posting some time ago.

Speaking of Doggett, has he posted recently?

It's been 5 days...

Skullduggery and Remote Control. 

I got a few:

Ssssss
Eyes of Fire
Scalps
Who Could Kill A Child?
The Slayer
I Dismember Mama
Without Warning
Great White
Rana, the Legend Of Shadow Lake
Slithis

I have the first Gamera film

FROM HELL IT CAME is probably my most obscure American-made film.  Overall, probably NIENG ARP (also sometimes titled ARB or VAMPIRE), a Cambodian vampire flick. 

Hmmm... I own Starcrash and Dont be Afraid of the Dark on VHS... :)

Other films I own:
Trader Hornee
Please Don't Eat My Mother
Basket Case 1 and 2
It's Alive 1 and 2
Beyond the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens
Nude on the Moon
Polyester
Transylvania Twist
Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS

Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS... is one of those movies I would like to see but couldnt... I remember seeing the VHS cover at my video store (back in the 1980's) and thought "Ok, how could I rent this movie... without my mother/sisters think I was renting porn)

My other video store didnt have a copy and niether did Blockbuster/Hollywood in the later 1990's...

Although I do see it on Netflix but I think most of the content isnt fun to watch with my sweetheart... :)

Even if your mother/sister caught you watching it they'd think it's porn.

Hmm.. got several obscure films, a few have been mentioned already.

Who Would Kill A Child? Not a bad film actually.

Zombie Child
Now this is an interesting one, it manages to pull off some real creepy scenes even though it's daytime.  Anyway, the story is about a woman who's hired to babysit a young girl for a family who recently lost their mother.  The young girl seems to be a bit morbid, and likes hanging out at the cemetery with her "friends" (and, she draws a lot of creepy pictures.)  

Come to think of it, I may have to re-watch that film and put up a review sometime...

Deadly Rivals
70s cheesefest about a ten year old boy who grows jealous of the new man in his mom's life, and decides to do something drastic about it...

The Annunciation
Okay, here's a weird one... Starts out with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.  They're tricked by the devil, the promise of knowledge if they eat the fruit, and our banished from the garden.  Well, Adam makes the devil live up to his end of the bargain and give them the knowledge he promised.  From there, Adam and Eve travel forward in time (the characters playing different roles in different periods.)  Course that makes the movie sound way more sensible than it is.  What's really weird about the film is that all the roles are played by children.  

I like the idea behind it though, it's one of those "I'm thinking of changing a few details and stealing it" ideas (although in my version, I think I'd have Satan be the only adult role).

Wu Tang Masters on VHS.  Crazy chop-suey kung fu film which features music stolen from Flash Gordon and "magic" that looks suspiciously like jumpy editing...  :)

Ring Zero
Not sure, but I think this was like the prequel movie that inspired Ringu and the America remake.  Haven't had a chance to watch it yet.

It was made after Ringu and tells the story of how the little girl became the way she was. The American version attempted to explain it all and sucked the life out of the story by doing so. Is it obvious I really dislike The Ring?

Flesh Eating Mothers

No one really seems to ever mention this movie.

Dance of the Dwarfs or Fright Show... Dance of the Dwarfs more though since Fright Show has a review on this site ^_^

So there was more to it than "because she's a douche"? Interesting...

Great minds think alike . . . I have these too!  I also have these similar movies:

* It's Alive 3: Island of the Alive
* Vixen!
* Supervixens
* Ilsa, the Wicked Warden
* Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks
* The Pig Keeper's Daughter
* The Touch of Her Flesh / The Curse of Her Flesh / The Kiss of Her Flesh
* This Stuff'l Kill Ya
* Year of the Yahoo

Funny, I own Ring 0 (bootleg vhs, as well as the rest of the Ringu series...)

I think I seen Ring 0 a dozen of times and still dont get it, many parts of the story is boring and I remember falling asleep watching it only to wake up after the final scene with a frying pan (dont want to give anything away... although if your watching Ring 0 you are likely to know what happen in the end of the story.)

My most obscure film I own is called "Son of Artpig". This movie was so bad that they couldn't even find a distributor for it. I happen to get a copy by a change meeting online with one of the actors/producers of the film.
It was ment to be a horror comedy but completely missed it's mark. A blind man shooting at the the broad side of a barn had a better chance of hitting it's mark than this film does.
The film is about a guy who is obsessed with a low budget studio's films and begins hanging around where he is hired to do odd jobs like mowing the grass and such. He eventually decides to kill everyone and take over. Needless to say it's a mess in general.

"Ghosts that still Walk"
Probably the most obscure one I have.
Thanks to the folks here!

I'll throw out a few more:
Scream (1983)
Messiah Of Evil
Dr. Heckyll And Mr. Hype
Trick Or Treats
Igor And The Lunatics

I have a SIGNED copy of Robo C.H.I.C. from this board's own Peter Johnson. Unto itself the film is pretty obscure, but toss in the signature and you have something special.

Also, Ninja Hunt and Death Wish Club top the list off the top of my head.

This reminds me of another one:  I have a copy of SHADOW: DEAD RIOT autographed by Michael Quinlan who played Dr. Swann in the movie.  I also have a glossy 8 x 10 autographed photo of him.  A guy I work with is a good friend of his and he brought my DVD to him for an autograph.

I saw the edited version of Death wish club in Night train to terror.
How is the full version?

Pretty boring.

Well!! Crap on a treetrunk!! . . . means ye have raccoons . . . oh, nevermind . . . -
I dearly love that Scottie acknowledges he has my autographed copy - as he never did bother to acknowledge said receipt to me -
Note to Public:  We are Human.  We enjoy acknowledgement. We be the B Movie actors.  We dominate yer dreams.  Tell us ye luv us and God weel werawrd ye -

peter johnson(?)/No, it wasn't me!!   I swear!!  Take your hands away! . . .

Keepin dees un neer de toop fur an anshwer, den!

What I would consider the most obscure movie I own would be Accion Mutante, which I believe is a Spanish film. I love this movie, it's about a terrorist group called Mutant Action who are all disfigured or handicapped. They bomb health and beauty corporations and kidnap good looking rich people for ransom, but usually end up messing up and killing their intended victims. After their leader Ramon get's out of jail they successfully kidnap the heiress to a bakery fortune and this is where the story starts to get crazy. This does not have a region 1 release but it should and the theme song is kick ass!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj2fGky-BP0

You may be pleased to know that Amazon is offering a Region 1 release.  I saw this on VHS back when it came out, it's a movie I'd like to give another chance.

I was at Zombie Outbreak a couple days ago (Chicago zombie film festival).  Bought a DVD of a Chicago filmed micro film called The Landlord from one of the producers of the film.  It's pretty obscure.

Haven't watched it yet though.

I have an all region player so I have the region 2, but good to hear it's finally getting a region 1. More people need to see this movie. :thumbup:

I thought Accion Mutante was worth a watch and entertaining, but I liked the director's other film better...  Day of the Beast, I think?  The one with Satanic stuff.  Very good film.

They played Day of the Beast on TV, but I didn't watch it. Damn.

That's a mighty grudge you've been holding there Peter. I show this movie to any sentient being that walks through my doors. It's like an initiation ritual for people who say they enjoy a bad movie. Some people enjoy it. Others don't but still stick around. I've even given it the big screen treatment showing it to my friends in the back of a cafe on a screen with a projector. I've even transferred it to DVD from VHS and used the signed VHS box cover as the DVD cover.

Also, I thought this was funnyhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/6301724100/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/6301724100/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used)
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$0.84 coming right at ya

Most obscure film I own - Vampiros Lesbos (1971)
Most obscure film I've seen or heard of - Jim Jarmusch's Permanent Vacation (1980), filmed shortly after he dropped out of film school. Most think Stranger Than Paradise was his first film.

Don't know if any of these count, but I own 'em.

Child Bride
Mystics in Bali
Night of the Sorcerers
Mr. Jingles (a friend of mine is in it!)
Resident Demon
Blade of the Vampire
Electra (with Shannon Tweed)
and oh-so-many more.

spare parts
alot of the stuff on mill creeks nightmare worlds 50 movie pack is so obscure there is nothing about them i can find online

I just had an "OMFG! I NEED that movie!"

The year was 1986, me and my best friend ditched high school and went to go see "Never to Young to Die," Starring John Stamos as a gymnastic secret agent, joining up with Vanity (remember her?) to thwart the evil plans of a hermaphroditic madman (played by Gene Simmons).

I s**t you not. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091621/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091621/)

No DVD release, but I just ordered a VHS (remember those?) of it. Time to dust off the vcr.

I remember it, it was an entertaining, ridiculous B-movie.  Simmons was surprisingly good. 

How about this one?  I never heard of it until a little while ago.

Death Bed: The Bed that Eats

I've heArd of that one. My cousin, who is not a b-movie fanatic or even a casual fan, LOVES that movie. LOVES it. Ive never seen it though.

(http://horrorsnotdead.com/images/deathbed-small.jpg)


hehe... we own it (my wife and I)... :)


I also love the director's commentary... He's tells the story that one day he was surfing the internet and ran into a persons blog discribing "his movie"... He thought it was odd since he has never released the movie and he didnt even know that the film was copied into VHS during the 1980's... He seemed also surprised that the is a cult following for his movie...

I'm happy I own his copy he deserves my 20 dollars... :)