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 I really like "Quatermass and the pit", of 5 million years to earth as it was called in america. Damned intelligent, well thought out movie even if tewo of the main characters (the professor and the hardheaded military guy) are a little stereotypical. If I could trust the movie biz not to rape it over I'd want a remake.


"The Majin trilogy" Japanese horror and samurai movies, a trilogy centering around an ancient Japanese god called Majin. Almost done more like samurai and sandals style filsm rather than horror/monster, each has some good giant monster action with pretty believable filming given that the monster, Majin, is "only" about 30 feet tall and is often represented by life sized props. Decent stories and acting help make these little movies some real hidden treasures.

"Moon Zero Two: A good effort at a fairly hardish SF movie sadly marred by some idiot's decision that it had to be done up as "the first space western". Ignore some of the more ridiculous elements and it's a good SF movie.


 

I always liked the early Dan Akroyd comedy DOCTOR DETROIT.
And an ultra-cheap, low budget martial arts spoof called NINJA BACHELOR PARTY.

DEATH LAID AN EGG, a crazy surreal giallo starring Gina Lollobrigida and Ewa Aulin set on a commercial chicken farm (!).  Mindblowing in its weirdness.  It may never be released in the US due to rights issues.

Antonio Margheriti [Anthony M Dawson]'s crazy Vietnam flick Tiger Joe with David Warbeck and Tony King. If anyone wants a copy, it's available from www.impactvideo.co.za (http://www.impactvideo.co.za).

You got it, man!  I have the entire trilogy under the title The Daimajin Trilogy
and it's a beautifully remastered print of all 3 movies, complete with the music by Akira Ifukube.   Great attention to historical detail too!

Also, these were very violent films for their time..Daimajin is cold and unwavering as he carries out his actions, and that fixed stare on his face makes it even more unsettling. I get a little uneasy when I see him.  But that's the idea  :smile:

I don't know if it's little known or not, but one of my favorite film noire's is "The asphalt jungle" starring sterling hayden.

Leonard Kastle's incredible THE HONEYMOON KILLERS (1970)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53lmJi9GWdQ&feature=related

I don't know whether any of my favorites are that obscure, but here are some that are probably more obscure than the others. Thus, in alphabetical order . . .

"The Bounty"
As far as I know the last of the theatrical films made about the incident of the Mutiny on the "Bounty," and probably the most historically accurate.

"Bugsy Malone"
Before there was "High School Musical," there was . . .

"Color of Money"
The sequel to "The Hustler," and the role for which Paul Newman won his Academy Award.

"In Search of the Castaways"
"A thousand thrills and Hayley Mills"

"Zulu Dawn"
The prequel to "Zulu"

Nuts In May, it's only a short film about a husband and wife that go camping but I think it's one of the best films ever made. Funny, sad, light hearted, and deep at the same time


isn't this the film made by Bill Hicks and his friends? didn't know it was finished. there's clips of it on a Bill hicks documentary I've got (if it's the same film you're talking about)

Sole Survivor (1983)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdk8s3wBZQA

The title rings a bell, but I'm not sure what it's about.

I do remember a "Blackboard Jungle however, about a schoolteacher in a rough, run down high school, akin to The Principal with Jim Belushi in some ways while both remain fairly separate films.

Some other little knowns:

Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things

Deranged about Ed  Gein, and one of Tom Savini's first FX jobs.

Return From The Past  A little anthology movie narrated by John Carradine, with Lon Chaney Jr. in one of the stories.

Targets Peter Bogdanovich's first film. Starring Boris Karloff.  It was on AMC a few days ago.

Daughter Of The Mind with Ray Milland in a great psychological thriller. Also gets on AMC now and then.

Roadhouse 66 with a young Judge Reinhold and Willem Dafoe as a pair of drifters in mid 60's Arizona. Lots of classic cars in this one!

the Noah- twilight zone ish one about the last man on earth

A brilliant criminal decides to pull a heist and steal some gems from a jewelry store. Things get complicated and a lot of personal stories are told.

I'm an animal lover, donate to animal shelters and feed strays, and there was a scene in a diner where a hunchbacked man is feeding a cat. A cabbie comes in order coffee, sneers at the cat and brags about how he runs strays over whenever he can. The hunchback, without a word, comes around the counter, grabs him and physically throws him out. Loved it.

Interesting...I'll have to look for it. Sounds like a good movie.

Same with me, man, animal lover. Dances With Wolves always breaks my heart when Two Socks is just standing there with the bullets whizzing by him until he gets hit.  Always hard to watch.  I also have 2 cats too, and ones's 11 and one's 12.  I love em' to death and it'll be a hard day when they finally pass on.

For me it's The Game (AKA The Cold).  It's not talked about very much, even though it IS included in the Mill Creek Chilling Classics 50 Movie Pack.  I really enjoyed it; the cheesy characters, the clichés, the vague ending.  It's perfect.  :tongueout:

At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul.  I believe it's the first movie in the Brazilian-made Coffin Joe series.  Really quite good, especially for its time (1964). 

Yes that is a good series, and really like the depiction of Hell in the 2nd one Tonight I'll Possess Your Corpse. Literally it is "hell frozen over". There is a really good chapter on Jose Marins in Pete Tombs Mondo Macabro from 1995, a book I highly recommend that explores weird cinema around the world. It is also where I first learned about the infamous Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam AKA Turkish Star Wars.

I second the "Mondo Macabro" recommendation.  Quite an influential book, as when it came out not many people were into Mexican wrestler movies or the Marins movies, and now they are quite easy to find and have cult followings.  Pete Tombs, the writer, also started his own distribution company to release rare films like GIRL SLAVES OF MORGANA LE FAY and FOR YOUR HEIGHT ONLY. 

Good movies:

The Shooting (1967): B-movie western starring Millie Perkins, Jack Nicholson, Warren Oates and Will Hutchins. A mysterious woman hires two men to accompany her across the desert. As we watch, we see them being tracked by a black-clad gunslinger who seems determined to kill them all. Good, suspenseful B-movie western.

The Man with the Golden Arm (1955): Just getting released from a six month drug rehabilitation program and having served his time for dealing cards in illegal games, Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) has high hopes for going clean and finding a new life as a drummer. However upon his return to his old crime-ridden Chicago neighborhood, he soon finds the pressure mounting from those around him, including his wheelchair-ridden wife Zosch (Eleanor Parker), to return to the old money-making “Dealer” lifestyle that first got him started on the path of self-destruction that is being an heroin addict.

The Undead (1957): a whimsical delight. (some might well place this in the Bad Movies section, it certainly has B-movie qualities but I consider it quite, quite good.)

Dark Journey (1937): dreamy unusual film noir set during World War I starring Conrad Veidt and Vivian Leigh.

Bad Movies:

To Kill With Intrigue (1977): A fun kung-fu film starring Jackie Chan (speaking of Chan, I also really liked his first two Police Story films as well) with many bizarre supernatural elements thrown in albeit perhaps a bit confusing. I suspect it may be better in its original language.

The Shaolin Invincibles (1977): Two young girls rescued by a Shaolin monk and trained in the art of Shaolin fighting seek vengeance upon an evil King who ordered the death of their families...however the King has some nasty tricks up his sleeve including some Kung fu "gorillas" (guys in ratty ape suits) and their bizarre long-tongued trainers at one point. This one is a must for B-movie fans. Trust me.

The Angry Red Planet (1959): just for all its monstrosities.

The Bill Rebane flick?  :smile:

One movie that I love is Messiah of Evil (aka "Dead People").  Actually I think it's in the public domain and you can download it for free.  Or "Silent Night, Bloody Night".

Real fans would recommend the awesome Code Red DVD  :wink:

(http://image.allmusic.com/00/adg/cov200/dru800/u873/u87340cax2o.jpg)

Beautifully remastered and restored with a clean 2.35:1 anamorphic print and audio commentary.
That's the only way to view this great film in my opinion.

I have the Code Red DVD of Messiah of Evil it is awesome, definitely one of my favorite films. The weird New England atmosphere gives it an almost HP Lovecraft feel, and the infamous super market and movie theater scenes are great. I also love the house with its unique murals and suspended bed.

I didn't even know Code Red released it.  I guess I've been out of the loop for a while.

Code Red also released (or will soon be releasing) an updated and somewhat nicely remastered version of Beyond The Door that looked pretty good from the clip I saw.  That was a nasty movie..

Great caper flick.  It's well known, and includes the great LOUIS CALHERN, and SAM JAFFE, later on TV, "Dr. Zorba..." but that's before my time.  :wink: :smile:

Are you kidding me?  MESSIAH OF EVIL?  Are you kidding me?  Also known as DEAD PEOPLE!  I saw this in a drive-in double horror bill 30 years ago... and own a cheapo 50 Horror movie pack of DVDs mainly because this film was on there.  This film is not well regarded at this website, and apparently not well thought of pretty much anywhere.  But, I too, see the sneaky kind of greatness in MESSIAH OF EVIL...  I really love that movie...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2ayfmkeJGc 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gWNl9dueGQ&feature=related

I remember MESSIAH OF EVIL as a dull movie overall with a great scene or two.  The supermarket scene has really stuck with me over the years.  Maybe I should give it another chance.

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GODf**kINGDAMMNIT I LOVE THAT ONE!!!!!! Got it from Code Red (AWESOME). Saw it years ago and it really stuck in my head. Seemed impossible to find outside of a VHS copy, but Code Red released it a couple years back, gawd bless 'em. Now I'm practically peeing myself waiting for Rituals (1977) to come out (November, i think?) - then all will be right wih the world.  :teddyr:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl-vyFu8r-w