I was looking back at some of the DVD collections people posted and got an idea that maybe people could post a film (or 2 or 3) in this thread that you would recommend to people that is offbeat/not mainstream. Something you ran across and didn't know much about but really ended up enjoying. We're looking for things here that people might not have even heard of, films that weren't major releases, went straight to video, didn't last long at the theater, etc.
I know what some consider offbeat/not mainstream might not be what others do, but ya get the idea! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
One I'd recommend is Session 9.
The plot is very straightforward. A team of workers removing asbestos at the abandoned Danvers (mental) Hospital - which is a real place - start to encounter unusual circumstances. The Danvers Hospital is an amazingly creepy setting, and the building itself is actually the "main character" of the film as far as I'm concerned.
It's not a complicated movie at all, and virtually no special effects to speak of, but it creeped me out in a way I hand't been in awhile. I think because the plot and setting were very close to "real" as opposed to a campy/over-the-top type horror film.
"What are you doing here?" I never thought such a simple line could be soooo disturbing. [img]eek.gif[/img]
Here's a link to the trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/usa/session_9.html
That's my (first) recommendation, who else? [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ May 16, 2004 03:41 PM: Message edited by: Slytherin Snape ]</font>
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Some of my favorites:Recommend some "offbeat" films...
-Rushmore
-The Royal Tenenbaums
-12 Monkeys
-The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
-Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
-Fight Club
-Being John Malkovich
-Ed Wood
-UHF
Down By Law
The Corndog Man
The Bible & Gun Club
and just for s & gs
(from 1968)
The Dark Backwards
People under the Stairs
Jacobs Ladder
Trainspoting
Ice Pirates
Any of the GWAR videos
SuperNova
SolarBabies
Dark City
City of Lost Children
Requiem for a Dream
Some of these are odd, some are just bad and some are killer wicked.
Blood Sucking Freaks.
classic flick.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Gonna look up some of those (that I don't know) since the titles sound interesting.Originally posted by Guyver:
The Dark Backwards
People under the Stairs
Jacobs Ladder
Trainspoting
Ice Pirates
Any of the GWAR videos
SuperNova
SolarBabies
Dark City
City of Lost Children
Requiem for a Dream
Some of these are odd, some are just bad and some are killer wicked.
Question. Did you like Dark City? Maybe I was in a bad mood, drunk, I dunno, but I just did not get that film. I actually turned it off about 35 mins into it I was so not thrilled, and I've only "abandoned" 3 or 4 movies like that ever. Help? [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img]
<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ May 16, 2004 04:40 PM: Message edited by: Slytherin Snape ]</font>
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">"the story of a pimp, an unemployed disc jockey and a bewildered Italian tourist and how they escape from jail and wind up slogging through the Louisiana bayous looking for a decent place to have breakfast."
I have got to see that! [img]wink.gif[/img]
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Gonna look up some of those (that I don't know) since the titles sound interesting.Originally posted by Slytherin Snape:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Guyver:
The Dark Backwards
People under the Stairs
Jacobs Ladder
Trainspoting
Ice Pirates
Any of the GWAR videos
SuperNova
SolarBabies
Dark City
City of Lost Children
Requiem for a Dream
Some of these are odd, some are just bad and some are killer wicked.
Question. Did you like Dark City? Maybe I was in a bad mood, drunk, I dunno, but I just did not get that film. I actually turned it off about 35 mins into it I was so not thrilled, and I've only "abandoned" 3 or 4 movies like that ever. Help? [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img]
<font color="#cd6600"><font size="1">[ May 16, 2004 04:40 PM: Message edited by: Slytherin Snape ]</font></font></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">it is one of those movies you have to watch all the way threw. I can tell you this, I loved it and The matrix should have had a thank you to the creators of Dark City for giving them the idea for the matrix.
"Down By Law" is a very cool (and funny) flick-
..............
Lots of people don't like "Dark City" but I dig it.
Maybe because I grew up reading Philip K. Dick books.......
I like watching DC with "The Thirteenth Floor" (1999) & "eXistenZ" (1999)
Spider Baby
Psycho Beach Party
Switchblade Sisters
The Wicker Man
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