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The Lesser Known Films Thread

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Thursday, July 9, 2009 5:49 AM

...or the Not As Popular Movies Thread, or the Popular Unpopular Thread, take your pick. :)

Hopefully, this thread will become a place where folks can post movies that aren't as well known, such as many of the Independent films, and recommend them for other folks. Since we all share a love and obsession with Firefly, we have that in common. lol.

Feel free to write about what you like in movies, actors, the gamut, but try and keep your posts "spoiler" free.

Anyway, I love horror movies. Love em. Sitting in the dark, munching my popcorn and getting the living shit scared outta me all the while knowing 'it's just a movie.' My wife, family, hell even my friends don't share this in common with me. Thus, I don't get to watch them as much as I would like.

I rented this one called "Sam's Lake" several weeks ago that kind-of took gimmicks of the genre and turned them upside down. No spoilers here, but if you "get" what horror movies are all about, I recommend watching "Sam's Lake". It's a short and sweet flick.

It wasn't the one I wanted to rent though. I was looking for a film called "End of the Line."
http://www.endofthelinemovie.com/trailer1.html
Can anyone here comment on that film? Was it any good? How about any of the other movies from the guy who made it -- Maurice Devereaux?

Also, I can't seem to find a copy of "Donnie Darko" to rent. Is Darko a good film.

Look forward to hearing from everyone.

--BoN

"Keep Ted Turner and his damn crayolas away from my movie."-Orson Welles.

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Thursday, July 9, 2009 6:12 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

Darko is very... odd. Let's just put it that way.

You can probably find a used copy for under $5, and if you like it, you'll want to watch it more than once, to see what you can piece together from it...

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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Monday, July 13, 2009 7:56 AM

ANDREWT1000

Donnie Darko is a great film! A little weird, but worth watching.
There is a sequel coming out soon as well.
Another film by the same guy is "Southlands", that's worth a watch as well.

Shiny! Let's be bad guys!

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Monday, July 13, 2009 9:57 AM

ZEROKIRYU

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Originally posted by andrewt1000:
Donnie Darko is a great film! A little weird, but worth watching.
There is a sequel coming out soon as well.

It's already out, been out for a couple months: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1231277/

Oh no, the zombies killed god!

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Monday, July 13, 2009 10:21 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST

Donnie Darko is an engaging film to watch. Give it a whirl! I wouldn't personally class it as lesser known... Maybe lesser understood

(If you enjoy Horror and in particular lesser known horror then you're probably more than well catered for.)

However in general just off the top of my head:

Dario Argento: Suspira, Tenebre, Cat o' nine tails.
John Carpenter: Assualt on Precinct 13 (the Original version)
Lindsey Anderson: O' Lucky Man
Henri Clouzot: Wages of Fear
Jules Rassin: Rififi
Peter Greenaway: Drowning by numbers, The Cook the Thief His wife and Her lover, Zed and Two Noughts
Jean Jeunet: Delicatessen, City of the Lost Children
Michel Deville: Death in a French Garden
Rintaro: Metropolis (animation)
Juzo Itami: Tampopo
Nicolas Roeg: Far from the Madding Crowd.
Robert Wiene: The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
Robert Wise: Haunted
Roger Corman: Masque of the Red Death, Man with the X-ray Eyes
Billy Wilder:Sunset Boulevard, Witness for the Prosecution
Jean Paul Rappeneau: Cyrano De Bergerac, Horseman on the roof.
Ricky Lau: Mr Vampire
Tsui Hark: Zu Warriors
David Carradine: Americana

To name a few.

Like yourself I too like horror films. John Carpenter is still king for me when it comes to horror. I just love his style. And recently the Descent took me by surprise which was great. However my favourite genre and decade must be 50's sci-fi. I adore it. I can re-watch films from the 50's over and over. There's a sweet naïveté that just charms me .

Anyway... Nice question.

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Monday, July 13, 2009 12:02 PM

MUTT999

Speaking of horror, if you ever get the chance, check out the early seventies witch hunt classic "Blood on Satan's Claw". One of the most creepy and atmospheric movies ever. And not the TV version, the un-cut version.

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Monday, July 13, 2009 2:19 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

Here are a few of my favorites which I believe are not well known:

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Conversation
Days of Heaven
Badlands
Bedazzled (original with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore)
The Bed-Sitting Room
The Duellists
The Fisher King
Four Friends
Hammett
Heavenly Creatures
The Man From Earth
Miller's Crossing
Tempest
Walkabout

I'm sure I'll think of more later.

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Monday, July 13, 2009 2:42 PM

TRAVELER

Here are a couple I tapped mant years ago and I dought they are available.

Nightflyers
Starcrossed (Made For TV): James Spader from Boston Legal stars in this one

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

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Tuesday, October 7, 2014 6:16 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

How could I have missed this thread?

I agree with City of Lost Children.
Also:
A Little Princess (Liesel Matthews)
The Man Who Knew Too Little (Bill Murray)
Freaked (Alex Winter)

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