Amazing Underrated Obscure Bizarre Films PART 4

Memories of Murder

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:46:26 GMT

Better than Seven. Better than Silence of the Lambs.

The House of the Devil

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:01:08 GMT

Favorite film of 2009. I can't get over how well it captures that old school horror film feel. Sick amounts of tension in this bad boy. Tom Noonan!!!

The King of Comedy

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:23:33 GMT

The most lighthearted and comical movie Scorsese and De Niro's warped minds ever made. But you know, that means it's still pretty fucking warped.

Small Town Ecstasy

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:59:31 GMT

A 40 year old dad gets into the club/techno/ecstasy scene and he does it with his underage kids. Fucking mindblowing documentary.

Punisher: War Zone

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:32:17 GMT

Looks like it was made in 1986 and was forced to appeal its original X rating multiple times in order to get a hard R. Gorey violent gun heaven. One of the rare times where me and digital blood n' gore got along.

The American Friend

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 04:01:19 GMT

Absolutely brilliant film with Dennis Hopper in the Tom Ripley role made popular by Matt Damon but the stand out has gotta be the subway set piece. That thing WILL MAKE YOUR MUSCLES FUCKING ACHE.

Keane

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 04:02:27 GMT

Very smart minimalist visual style for this powerful little personal drama. Excruciating in a good way. From the director of Clean, Shaven.

Yup, that's Abigail Breslin.

Shock Corridor

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 04:53:29 GMT

Samuel Fuller and the loony bin!

All That Jazz

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 04:06:31 GMT

Bye Bye Life, Bye Bye Happiness, Hello Loneliness, I Think...I'mmmmmm...Gonnaaaaaa...Dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

The final 15 minutes obliterates my soul.

The Devil at Your Heels

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:58:03 GMT

I bet I can jump this 'ere rocket car off that big gawddern ramp and fly like a bird over that fuggin' river!

BULLSHIT.

Watch me!!!

And it's all a documentary.

Used Cars

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:00:57 GMT

"Is there a black cat in the house!?"

Gotta be a top 5 under-appreciated comedy of all time. I mean Jack Warden plays two roles for crying out loud and since it's an 80s comedy, naturally there are gorgeous bewbs.

Salvador

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:30:29 GMT

My favorite James Woods performance and Oliver Stone movie all in one package. You'd have to be extremely stupid not to check it out.

Titicut Follies

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:59:25 GMT

A nice intro to documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman. Chilling stuff to watch.

Crimes of Passion

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:09:40 GMT

Ken Russell is a couple bicuspids short of a full set of teeth if you know what Im sayin but thats a good thing cause this flick is sick fucked up fun.

Anthony Perkins as the wacko preacher is one memorable dude too.

Barfly

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:15:21 GMT

Mickey Rourke as Charles Bukowski and it's all gold. Especially his back alley fist fights with Frank Stallone.

"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must live."

Street of Crocodiles

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:06:29 GMT

21 minutes of creepy, astonishing stop motion animation genius. The Quay Brothers are right up there with Jan Svankmajer.

Lawn Dogs

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:14:13 GMT

Sam Rockwell stickin' it to the bourgeoisie with style. Can't recommend this one higher.

Nightwatch

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:09:10 GMT

Not the shitty Ewan McGregor remake. Kim Bodnia shows up again to act the shit out of every scene he's in. The part where he builds up courage to pick a fight at the bar is stunning. Fantastic Danish thriller.

Quick Change

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:49:10 GMT

I don't call buses buses anymore. I call them blufftoneys. This movie is why. Blufftoney honk honk. haha fuckin' Tony Shaloub.

"You got shit in your ears!?!?!?!?!?"

The Adventures of Milo & Otis

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:47:41 GMT

You have no soul if you don't like this film. None.

Straight Time

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:13:04 GMT

One of Dustin Hoffman's most overlooked powerhouse performances.

The Frighteners

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:01:45 GMT

My favorite Peter Jackson film. This flick has imagination shooting out of every single GODDAMN orifice.

Flesh & Blood

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:08:15 GMT

Paul Verhoeven takes a crack at the violent n' bloody medieval sub genre where Rutger Hauer chops people up into little pieces and Jennifer Jason Leigh gets naked a lot. It's as excellent as it sounds.

Real Life

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:15:34 GMT

Albert Brooks is a reality TV prophet with his hilarious debut film!

Zero Day

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:05:32 GMT

A well made Columbine like story that makes your skin crawl.

Sitcom

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:05:53 GMT

The Happy Birthday Song ends badly. Very fucking badly.

It's like a cute, quirky, dysfunctional family movie like The Royal Tenenbaums or Running With Scissors but without the cute part and a lot more of the offensive, graphic, reprehensible, and highly entertaining parts. Would make a great double bill with Takashi Miike's Visitor Q.

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 04:11:08 GMT

Fred Ward was one of the coolest action heroes out there! But the US box office didn't think so.

Fuck Neo. Check out the original bullet dodger.

Hope and Glory

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:11:24 GMT

There are so many startling, unbelievably memorable images in this flick that I can't even begin to list em all. Could be John Boorman's best film and it's easily one of the most commonly ignored war time films ever made.

Brainstorm

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 04:12:22 GMT

Little seen Christopher Walken sci-fi that is a bit of a mindfuck.

The Idiots

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:12:56 GMT

Dogme film #2 directed by Lars Von Trier.

Plot: A seemingly anti-bourgeois group of adults spend their time finding their "inner idiot" to release their inhibitions. They do so by behaving in public as if they are mentally handicapped. Then there are orgies and caviar a plenty.

Freeway

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:12:38 GMT

A nasty artsploitation adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood with Kiefer Sutherland as the big bad wolf aka prostitute killer n' kiddie porn collector and Reese Witherspoon as Red aka the foul mouthed white trash target of prey. This is back when Reese was awesome.

The Last American Virgin

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:07:55 GMT

One of if not THE best well rounded tits n' ass teen film from the 80s. Laughs, nudity, and heart. I'll never forget Gary coming home drunk to his parent's cocktail party or the raising money in order to get an abortion montage. The ending is flat out realistically brutal too. Hits you like a punch to the gut.

Main chick has the beautiful curly haired look and actually shows off her goods too which is always a nice surprise.

Street Fight

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 04:01:57 GMT

Politics are fucked. Top 10 documentary of the past decade.

Q: The Winged Serpent

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 04:07:17 GMT

Michael Moriarity puts in an honest to god Oscar worthy performance as a pathetic, low level crook in this giant flying dragon lizard monster terrorizing New York kinda flick.

David Carradine and Richard Roundtree are the bonuses.

eXistenZ

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:15:03 GMT

Cronenberg's trippy sci-fi flick about a virtual reality video game you jack into your spine. Got overshadowed by The Matrix when it came out but it's filled with tons of ultra cool Cronenbergian stuff and with Willem Dafoe, Jude Law, and Jennifer Jason Leigh too.

Ever made a bone gun out of the meal you just ate?

Me neither.

Phoenix

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:28:53 GMT

High caliber straight to vhs or dvd I guess Ray Liotta crime vehicle with one hell of a sweet supporting cast:
Angelica Houston
Jeremy Piven
Anthony LaPaglia
Brittany Murpahy
Giancarlo Esposito
Giovanni Ribisi
Tom Noonan
Daniel Baldwin

Clean and Sober

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:13:20 GMT

Michael Keaton can do no better than this. Sensational powerful stuff. Where's dat Oscar nomination you bloody savages!??!?!?!?!?!???!?!?!???!

Zoo

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:46:40 GMT

Moral of the story: Don't let a horse fuck you in the ass. Looks as if Erroll Morris made it.

Ed and His Dead Mother

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:08:42 GMT

Eccentric is an understatement for this low budget comedy with Steve Buscemi and his undead mother.

An oh yeah, funny ass Ned Beatty steals every scene he is in.

French Connection II

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:12:17 GMT

What an ending. Only in the 70s could they end a film like this. I'll take this over the original too.

"Mickey Mantle sucks!'

Road Games

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:48:30 GMT

Hitchockian Aussie road movie with Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, and a serial killer somewhere on the loose. Dingo approved.

Something Wild

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:07:09 GMT

Sincere comedy, truly caring drama and surprising darkness have hardly ever been combined as well as they are in this groovy Jonathan Demme 80s flick.

Ray Liotta's breakout role as Melanie Griffith's nutjob ex-boyfriend.

Who kinda scares Jeff Daniels.

And then there is a cameo by this guy.

Leviathan

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:09:25 GMT

It's just Alien underwater but it's a lot better than it's given credit for. Has some really solid scares and you get to watch Peter Weller light things on fire.

Blue in the Face

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:11:03 GMT

Supremely enjoyable follow up to Smoke. Michael J. Fox's daisy dukes cameo is worth every penny.

Dolls

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:17:12 GMT

Killer toys doing what they do best. Looking creepy as fuck and slowly murdering you with tiny weapons.

Killer giant teddy bear dream sequence for the win!

52 Pick-Up

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:16:43 GMT

Roy Schieder leads a fantastic neo noir based on a Elmore Leonard novel.

Wonderful supporting cast. Especially Clarence Williams III.

Dinner Rush

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:15:43 GMT

Outstanding very Altmanesque flick no one has seen.

The Survivor

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:16:10 GMT

Tons of mood. Tons of ghostly atmosphere. Tons of beautiful terrifying imagery. All Aussie.

Pontiac Moon

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:16:44 GMT

LIVE BIG is the life lesson. Road trip movie with lots of heart and laughs. TED DANSON!

Class of 1999

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:14:36 GMT

Pam Grier is a cyborg substitute teacher with a big goddamn flamethrower for a hand. There are other robot teachers with different weapons too. It's a wonderful movie.