Weird and Forgotten Movies

[Baron Kurtz]

I thought that starred Big Head Ted Kennedy? BAHAHAHAHAHAHA :icon_smil
DR

Perhaps that would be "The Plunger"?



bk

 

[Senator Jack]

Theatre of Blood is one of Price's best. Right up there with The Dr. Phibes movies (not forgotten) I had forgotten that Rigg was in Theatre. The scene that sticks with me is when they force feed Robert Morely his poodles through a funnel. I'll have to watch that one again.

Doc, what was 'My Name is Modesty'? Was that a sequel or a remake?

The French comic book movies were always fun. Anyone ever see 'The Perils of Gwendolyn in the Land of the Yik-Yak'. Though it was released in '84 it had the same feel as Modesty and Barbarella. I think of it as closing the era. Wow, I just realized I hadn't seen that in 22 years!

BK - Found "Gonks Go Beat" at CD Universe for $16.59. Seems like it was released in Dec '05.

Some other pictures I'd like to see again:

Munster Go Home
The Man Called Flintstone
The Maltese Bippy - (yeah, I've mentioned this Rowan & Martin movie before - I'm obsessed with seeing it again)
Let's Kill Uncle First (Uncle stands to loose fortune unless he offs neice and nephew)


Lastly, here's one that's been driving me nuts. I thought it was a Sellers picture but it looks like I'm wrong. I had always thought it an Ealing comedy too, but now I'm not so sure. All I can remember about it is a scene where a critic doesn't go to the play he's assigned to review and turns in his copy stating that the play was great. Meanwhile the theater had burned to the ground while the play was going on. That's it. That's all I remember. Can anyone tell me the movie?

Regards,

Senator Jack

 

[Sinatra]

Matinee

"Matinee" 1993
Joe Dante's homage to creature features and B-movie king William Castle.
There is a cool movie-within-a-movie: "Mant!" ("half man, half ant - all terror!")

Simple, sweet and goofy. Full of nostalgia. THUMBS UP!

 

["Doc" Devereux]

Doc, what was 'My Name is Modesty'? Was that a sequel or a remake?

Neither, it was an original piece made for about ?Ǭ£2.50 so that Miramax could keep their option. The story is basically a composite of Modesty's background before she joined the Louche Gang, told over a game of Roulette to the man holding her hostage as he tries to rob Louche's casino. There's been some argument about whether or not it's any good, because she's such a well-loved character, but I enjoyed it and so did the two hardened MB fans I watched it with. I'm also told that Peter O'Donnell approved of it far more than the film made in the sixties.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

BK - Found "Gonks Go Beat" at CD Universe for $16.59. Seems like it was released in Dec '05.

Excellent! I hadn't looked for a while. Cheers for the info.

bk

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

Slaughter House 5

One of the weirdest but also well made movies I haven't seen in quite some time. A Kurt Vonnegaut story about WW2 and time/ trans-dimensional travel. 2 thumbs up.

 

[Hondo]

I recall the impact Blow-up had on many of us of college age in the mid-late-60's. We were the generation that grew up seeing the Zapruder films of the JFK assassination, not to mention the killings of Dr. King and RFK and all the conspiracy theories that followed. In Blow-up, the protagonist's attempt to prove that someone was murdered, but he is unable to prove anything and evidence disappears, weighed heavily on many of us.

Am I the only one who sat in the theatre through as the credits ran and watched that mime tennis match take place -- and, in the end, everything disappears?

Two films, possibly not forgotten, that I saw on TV were The Naked Prey. Cornell Wilde played a man captured by a hostile African tribe and then set loose naked while they pursued him with spears and weapons, to hunt him down and kill him.

Another film, probably Kirk Douglas' best film (and I believe he said it was his favorite) was Lonely Are the Brave, about a cowboy who does not fit in to modern times.

Diana Rigg -- that reminds me of a favorite film she was in: Theatre of Blood, she plays the deranged daughter of Vincent Price. They do Shakepeare plays and, when critics pan them, the critics get knocked off in a Shakespearian manner. If you are a Shakespeare and a horror buff, this one is fun to watch.

Can't think of any others at the moment, I've forgotten the forgotten...

karol

Hey! while I agree with you, these two are not forgotten, I own DVD set of all Vincent Prices films (most anyway) I enjoyed the campy "Theatre of Blood", always loved Diana Rigg (Im still work'n on my DVD collection of the
Avengers) The Naked Prey was a interesting Cornell Wilde film,

The most weird film, boring is the Beatles "The magical mystery tour" it has to take the cake as a flop, some cool songs but an awful film, I tried to slap myself to wakeup:icon_smil

See what drugs will do to you?:fing28:

 

[Sefton]

Some of my favorites...not forgotten by me:
The Magic Christian Starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr. Written by Terry Southern (1969)

Sellers plays a rich man who adopts Starr as his heir. He then sells his business and the two of them go about proving that people will do anything for money It sounds a bit like 'Reality TV' but it's about 30 years earlier and much funnier. Many guest stars include:
Richard Attenborough,Laurence Harvey as 'Hamlet',Christopher Lee as the 'Ship's Vampire',Roman Polanski,Spike Milligan,Raquel Welch as 'Priestess of the Whip(!),John Cleese,etc.
The title song is the great track by Badfinger "Come and Get It". I guess it's not totally forgotten as it can be had on DVD now. Still it's quite a mad and funny film

His Kind of Woman (1951) Starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Tim Holt and Vincent Price. Classic Film Noir with some very intentional comedy make this a very unique film. It turns up now and again on TCM but hasn't received any kind of official home video release yet.

Horror Express (1972) Starring Christopher Lee as an arrogant anthropologis transporting a mysterious crate aboard the trans-siberian express in turn of the (20th) Century Russia. He thinks that the frozen body inside is an missing evolutionary link. Turns out it's actually an ancient demon that can take over the bodies of it's victims making them into zombies with glowing red eyes. Add to the mix Peter Cushing as a good scientist and Telly Savalas as an (already) evil Cossak. Zombies, steam trains, period costumes. Good film!

 

[scotrace]

Not obscure enough?

The Omega Man

The Beguiled - great flick.

"make some of your savory chicken....."

 

[Sefton]

The Omega Man is great. Prime Chuck, indeed. How about the earlier version called "The Last Man on Earth" (1964) with Vincent Price. It's fun to watch Price as he sharpens his wooden stakes and then loads up his big station wagon to go out and do a little vampire hunting....

Doc Savage Man of Bronze (1975) with Ron Ely (former Tarzan) as Doc. Pulpy fun.

 

[matei]

Well, not a weird film persay - and definately not forgotten or obscure, was "Fire Walk With Me".

What made it weird (for me at least) is that I saw it in the cinema without seeing any of the "Twin Peaks" series, or even hearing about David Lynch. I saw the trailer in the cinema and it looked like a cool pseudo-noir film. I was intrigued.

However a cool detective thriller-type film it was not... Once the Lynch-esque weirdness kicked in (midgets etc) I didn't know what was going on. I remember leaving the cinema wondering what the *$@# just happened. It was the strangest thing I'd ever seen up to that point.

It would've helped if I had seen the original series! At the time I was not watching any telly and as such had only ever heard the name "Twin Peaks" once or twice, and paid it no attention.

I have to admit I like his films now, and have since watched "Fire Walk With Me" in the proper context. However I think it was cooler (weirder) when I hadn't a clue!

 

[Naama]

One of the most weird "films" I've seen must be "boo!" It's not really a film since it only lasts a couple of minuites but it's very, very weird, and funny! It's on the german Frankenstein DVD, I'm not sure if it's on the american version as well.... But it should be, very funny!

Naama

 

[Baggers]

Speaking of David Lynch...

I can't believe that no one has mentioned "Eraserhead" (1977).

And then there are any of Jon Waters early films, like "Mondo Trasho," (1969), "Pink Flamingos" (1972), and "Female Trouble" (1974). All sick, guilty pleasures that my wife introduced me to, but nonetheless weird and mostly forgotten except for the hardcore fans of Lynch and Waters.

Cheers!

 

[Lincsong]

Russ Meyer Films

Ask anyone who was Russ Meyer and they go "who?" Wasn't he on My Three Sons? No one remembers such stellar hits as "Faster Pussycat? Kill Kill. Or "The Immoral Teas.

 

[herringbonekid]

I can't believe that no one has mentioned "Eraserhead" (1977).

eraserhead is my favourite film of all time, and is definately 'weird'..... it is a touchstone of surrealist cinema and has been discussed and debated over endlessly in film journalism. i think it's influence is too great to label it 'forgotten'.

 

[BellyTank]

One of the weirdest but also well made movies I haven't seen in quite some time. A Kurt Vonnegaut story about WW2 and time/ trans-dimensional travel. 2 thumbs up.

If you liked the film, you should definitely read the novel- along with all of his books- he's great.

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[BellyTank]

What about the original "Bedazzled" from 1967- with Peter Cook as the Devil, Dudley Moore and Raquel Welch as Lillian Lust..?

British craziness of the '60s variety-

B
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[Absinthe_1900]

The Loved One: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059410/


Very bizzare send up of the California funeral industry.

Rod Steiger as head embalmer Mr Joyboy, (The Lobster song by Mr. Joyboy has to be heard to be believed)...Liberace as the casket saleman is a hoot,.... Jonathan Winters plays two parts as well, doesn't get much stranger than this film.

Lots of big name co-stars & cameos.

 

[Senator Jack]

Love the original Bedazzled. Great comedic team Cook and Moore and it's too bad they didn't get to make more films together. There's the Richard Lester film "The Bed-Sitting Room" they also made, but I have yet to see it and I hear that it's more of an ensemble picture.

I don't think anything by Lynch, Waters, or Meyers could be called forgotten. Some could argue forgettable, maybe, but not forgotten. Faster Pussycat Kill Kill was definitely one of Meyers better productions, and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is certainly not to be missed (written by Roger Ebert!) Please be advised that these films are VERY R-RATED (originally released as X I believe, but so was A Clockwork Orange and Midnight Cowboy.)

Vonnegut is one of my favorite writers (I even have an autographed picture of him hanging in my office) and if you walk around Turtle Bay near the U.N. you may actually catch him on Second Ave. smoking a cigarette. He seems to have a penchant for just sitting there and watching the traffic pass. I had heard he can be intolerant of fans but he was affable enough when I talked to him.

Jerry Lewis filmed a version of his "Slapstick" that I have yet to see, and Bruce Willis made "Breakfast of Champions" a few years back but they screwed up the ending and it lost its impact.

A truly odd picture that was never released or seen was Jerry Lewis' 'The Day the Clown Cried'. Made around 1970 it's about a Polish clown in a concentration camp who is forced by the SS to lead the children to their deaths. At first glance it's a thoroughly gruesome idea for a picture, but Lewis claims it was a powerful movie - not far from Life is Beautiful which of course won the Oscar for Best Foreign Picture. It's said he was upset about that because his picture never got the chance it deserved. I guess we'll never get to find out if he's right.


Regards,

Senator Jack

 

["Doc" Devereux]

Jerry Lewis filmed a version of his "Slapstick" that I have yet to see, and Bruce Willis made "Breakfast of Champions" a few years back but they screwed up the ending and it lost its impact.

If you're going to mention Bruce Willis, then how about "Hudson Hawk"? Panned far and wide, but I liked it.