What are some dark fantasy movies like Legend, Return to Oz, Dune, Labyrinth, and the Dark Crystal?
I'm looking for ones that were probably influenced by drugs.
Legend - 1985
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az40e63ZClU
Return to Oz - 1985
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipivUGVydMY
Dune - 1984
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg06ZBdHb5M
Labyrinth - 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp2BIoSKI7o
The Dark Crystal - 1982
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzgVPB5dpgg
Quote from: frodo on January 06, 2009, 03:08:43 PM
What are some dark fantasy movies like Legend, Return to Oz, Dune, Labyrinth, and the Dark Crystal?
I'm looking for ones that were probably influenced by drugs.
Troll 2 seems like it was written by a bunch of people on drugs it does fail on the dark side....
Considering how many of these god awful films I have watched its amazing I can not recall more.... *misses DVD collection at home*
It doesn't necessarily have to be dark, just weird.
Muppets from Space - 1999
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R94eV8nxvrA
Merlin - 1998
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW7lYb9gRf4
Krull, Willow, Hawk The Slayer... :thumbup:
Krull, definitely.
Red Sonja.
Possibly "The Lost Continent" (1968) featuring carnivorous seaweed, giant crabs and octopi and a lost ship-based society of Conquistadors.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zT6akoSCzpw
Insane seriously insane.....
Update: I just watched it fully and I discovered the meaning that the option succide would have to me if I was forced to watch that movie again...
Dark fantasy is not too hard, but "Influenced by drugs" is the hard part...
Wizards (http://www.badmovies.org/movies/wizards/)
Mio in the Land of Faraway
Alice in Wonderland (just about any version)
One of the worst f**king movies ever to have wrongfully been exposed on film (what a goddamn waste of celluloid)...
Zardoz
What's that rushing sound? I think the inmates are loose again. (http://5g8.net/smileys/lol-065.gif) (http://5g8.net)
Talking of John Boorman, wouldn't "Excalibur" be a good choice. Also, what about Robert Altman's odd post-apocalyptic movie "Quintet"?
Try also:
Naked Lunch
Forbidden Zone
12 Monkeys
Jabberwocky
Barbarella
These are not all fantasy, strictly speaking, but they would all fit under the umbrella of "speculative fiction" that was very possibly influenced by drugs.
Man, JJ80 -- The Lost ContinentandQuintet?? That's some powerful stuff in that bong of yours --
I'd say City of Lost Children, Dark City, and the Johnny Depp Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Pretty darn dark stuff, if you ask me --
Also, check out anything by Guy Maddin -- The Saddest Music in The World is a good place to start: Isabella Rosallini has lost both her legs and has them replaced with glass legs full of beer. This is not the oddest thing that occurs in this film. Mostly shot at night, in snow, with tinted and black-and-white photography.
El Topo. Jodoworsky only did acid once or twice, but he took what he found to help inspire --
Lucifer Rising. Kenneth Anger has always advocated taking copious amounts of drugs before filming. It shows. His are some very evil/peculiar/WTF films that I'm shocked to discover aren't talked about very much in this forum.
FW Murnau's original Nosferatu, if you've never seen it. Try to find the version with the Mt. Alto soundtrack. Murnau was a coke and absinthe freak for a bit in Berlin.
peter johnson/denny crane
Edward Scissorhands, 13th Warrior, The Witches...
Not so dark, not a movie, but definitely had to be influenced by drugs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5e9yCB-hiw
Quote from: Andrew on January 06, 2009, 06:48:45 PM
Dark fantasy is not too hard, but "Influenced by drugs" is the hard part...
Alice in Wonderland (just about any version)
Jan Svankmajer's nightmare-inducing surreal version of ALICE (1988) is about the darkest version of the Carroll story you'll likely find. If any drugs were involved, they had been moldering away in the bottom of a dank sock drawer for far too long.
Anyway, here's his take on Alice's first encounter with the White Rabbit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5wHMgTPF-s
And here's his version of the Caterpillar scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odlrs-1sqO0&feature=related
I think Pan's Labyrinth would qualify, wouldn't you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9YD2PFF31E
The Fountain
Heavy Metal
Night Watch
Willow
The Golden Compass
Eragon
Dragonslayer
just to name a few not listed.
Quote from: CheezeFlixz on January 09, 2009, 07:21:29 PM
The Fountain
Heavy Metal
Night Watch
Willow
The Golden Compass
Eragon
Dragonslayer
just to name a few not listed.
I haven't found many people who liked "Dragonslayer" if they have even heard of it. I saw it in an early preview one summer and thought it was the coolest fantasy movie I'd seen because they FINALLY did not sugar-coat everything. It was dirty and nasty and bloody and there was a tone that the hero would not survive. I can't believe I don't have this in my collection.
I like Dragonslayer alot, have done since being a small kid. I did watch it again recently and didn't realise how dark it was. As Java stated, there's not really much in the way of the viewer thinking Galen would be successful in his quest. There's nothing heroic or remotely confident about him in any way. Also, weird watching it years ago, then seeing Peter MacNicol in Ally McBeal. :smile:
Quote from: peter johnson on January 09, 2009, 01:56:27 PMquote author=peter johnson link=topic=122760.msg237357#msg237357 date=1231527387]
Lucifer Rising. Kenneth Anger has always advocated taking copious amounts of drugs before filming. It shows. His are some very evil/peculiar/WTF films that I'm shocked to discover aren't talked about very much in this forum.
FW Murnau's original Nosferatu, if you've never seen it. Try to find the version with the Mt. Alto soundtrack. Murnau was a coke and absinthe freak for a bit in Berlin.
peter johnson/denny crane
LUCIFER RISING: Worthless trivia dept: Bobby Beausoleil, a member of the infamous Manson Family,appears in the film as Satan.
FW Murnau: Another good trippy film by Murnau is FAUST (1926)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J04AD8SGCjw
A favorite of mine as a kid...Stan and Ollie in the 1934 MARCH of the WOODEN SOLDIERS (aka BABES in TOYLAND).
This is a colorized clip....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDdhg8CyeUo
Here's a dark fantasy influenced by drugs film you won't forget: FANTASTIC PLANET (LA PLANETE SAUVAGE 1973)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgCxCZNkQ9E