Hi my friends. I took out the time to compose a list of the "Top 20" movies I have always wanted to see but never got the opportunity to. I invite feedback if you have had the opportunity to see any of these films. No long reviews are necessary. Just a sentence or two on each film describing the reasons you liked or disliked it. Not all of the movies are "Grade B/Cult" material. I have heard so many things about the following films. Hopefully someday I will have the chance to see them all! In the meantime,which ones have you seen,and what did you think of them?
“The Man Who Laughs†(1928)
“Alraune†(1930)
“Bird of Paradise†(1933)
“Murders in the Zoo†(1933)
“Jud Suss†(1940)
“The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe†(1942)
“Blood of Dracula†(1957)
“Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus†(1959)
“The Immoral Mr. Teas†(1959)
“Mermaids of Tiburon†(1962)
“Faster p***ycat, Kill! Kill!†(1965)
“Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster†(1965)
“The Beach Girls and the Monster†(1965)
“Multiple Maniacs†(1970)
“To Kill a Clown†(1971)
“The Corpse Grinders†(1971)
“Luther†(1974)
“The Sentinel†(1977)
“Desperate Living†(1977)
“Forbidden Zone†(1980)
Thank you in advance for your comments! I will post more "Wish Lists" in the future. Sincerely,Steve.
Forbidden Zone -- Just about the greatest "cult" classic ever. Cab Calloway music set to nose-blowing & flying heads. Not really much else like it out there . . .
The Man Who Laugs -- Touching & scary at the same time. We need a Lon Chaney revival in this country. He really was one of the best American actors, ever, you know . . .
Jus Suss -- ewww . . .
Blood of Dracula -- Horror of Dracula is better, but really all the Hammer/Lee/Cushing stuff should be seen at least 10 times in your life . . .
Faster p***ycat -- F**king strange. Still don't know if I like it or not. Unique, in a pervy sort of way . . .
peter johnson/denny crane
I don't really have any comments on these films other than I too want to see Forbidden Zone.
Since last year I've sort of developed a craving for terrible/corny musicals [thanks Breakdance and Glitter] and this seems to be top of my current crappy musicals 'wish list'.
I just watched "Faster, p***ycat! Kill! Kill!" for the first time the other night, and I LOVED it! Tura Satana plays a wicked villainess, and I'm just nuts over Haji. As exploitation films go, it's the cat's meow! Great introduction to Russ Meyer's stuff.
"Forbidden Zone" is quirky fun, with the late Herve Villachez and music by Thee Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. It's a surreal, original film, and I hear the recent DVD is gorgeous.
I'm not a huge fan of John Waters' movies(dispite being a fellow Baltimorean by birth), but "Desperate Living" is one of his best, and Divine is outrageous in this one.
“Blood of Dracula†(1957) - I remember seeing this on TV a couple of times when I was a kid. I don't remember many details.
“Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster†(1965) - I saw it on TV many, many years ago. It is hilarious and terrible. A must-see.
“The Beach Girls and the Monster†(1965) - Again, I saw it on TV many years ago. Not really a must-see, but it's okay.
“Multiple Maniacs†(1970) - Rented it on VHS back in the 1980s. A great John Waters film.
“The Corpse Grinders†(1971) - Cheap and mostly boring . . . but still a cult classic.
“The Sentinel†(1977) - The book is 1,000 times better and scarier. The movie really disappointed me, except for the scene with the freaks lurking around in the corridor which was pretty creepy.
THE CORPSE GRINDERS - It could have been more, but the idea of the grinding machine is something else.
THE SENTINEL - It's a decent 70's horror.
BLOOD OF DRACULA - You have to love Hammer Dracula films, but they can be hard to tell them apart.
FASTER p***yCAT KILL KILL! - Been on my list a long time, just can't seem to find an easy copy to view. Any Russ Meyer film for that matter.
I put DESPERATE LIVING and FORBIDDEN ZONE on my list of films to see. Thanks Steve Byczek.
Films that have evaded me are EL TOPO, HOLY MOUNTAIN, EL VAMPIRO, FASTER p***yCAT KILL KILL, FACE TO FACE (Italian Western), and LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE.
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