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Roderick Usher 12-09-2006 12:01 PM

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The_Return 12-09-2006 01:08 PM

Might have been mentioned already, but you should check out some of Ken Russell's stuff.

I've only seen 3 of his movies, but was really impressed with each of them. Very surreal and very strange, with a really unique style to them.

I recomend the 3 that Ive seen in this order:

Tommy (Might want to pass on this one if you dont like The Who...but then again, if you dont like The Who, you might want to pass on oxygen as well:p)

Altered States (Not quite as surreal as the other two, but still a fantastic movie and plaenty strange)

Gothic (Starts out really slow and is pretty hard to follow, but its completly tripped out crazy)

The Mothman 12-09-2006 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by The_Return (Post 520148)
Might have been mentioned already, but you should check out some of Ken Russell's stuff.

I've only seen 3 of his movies, but was really impressed with each of them. Very surreal and very strange, with a really unique style to them.

I recomend the 3 that Ive seen in this order:

Tommy (Might want to pass on this one if you dont like The Who...but then again, if you dont like The Who, you might want to pass on oxygen as well:p)

Altered States (Not quite as surreal as the other two, but still a fantastic movie and plaenty strange)

Gothic (Starts out really slow and is pretty hard to follow, but its completly tripped out crazy)

i saw Altered States. it was good cheesy fun. not very surreal though i would say.

The_Return 12-09-2006 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by The Mothman (Post 520199)
i saw Altered States. it was good cheesy fun. not very surreal though i would say.

Like I said, its not as surreal as the other two.

The Mothman 12-10-2006 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by The_Return (Post 520148)

Gothic (Starts out really slow and is pretty hard to follow, but its completly tripped out crazy)

ive seen the first 5 minutes of this...i had no idea what was going on really. im going to try and watch it again. The picture and sound transfer is so god damn bad:mad: its from the 50 chilling classics set

The Mothman 12-10-2006 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Roderick Usher (Post 520135)
HR Puffinstuff

Plot Synopsis: A young boy named Jimmy has in his possession a magic flute named Freddie that can talk and play tunes on its own. One day he gets on a magic talking boat that promises to take him on an adventure. The boat happens to belong to a wicked witch named Witchiepoo, who uses the boat to kidnap Jimmy and take him to her home base on Living Island, where she hopes to steal Freddie for her own selfish needs. Fortunately Jimmy is rescued by the island's mayor, a six foot dragon named H.R. Pufnstuf. After Jimmy is rescued by Pufnstuf and his two deputies, Kling and Klang, his adventures begin as well as his attempts to get back home.


lol.

ManchestrMorgue 12-10-2006 11:55 PM

Nude for Satan (1974)

A truly bizarre Italian horror film. Worth a viewing.

Wouldn't you like to be Nude for Satan? ;) :D

The_Return 12-11-2006 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by The Mothman (Post 520524)
ive seen the first 5 minutes of this...i had no idea what was going on really. im going to try and watch it again. The picture and sound transfer is so god damn bad:mad: its from the 50 chilling classics set

I watched it from that set as well...agreed, terrible quality. It takes awhile to get into the really strange shit, but once it gets there I gaurantee that you wont regret it.

The Mothman 12-11-2006 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Return (Post 520555)
I watched it from that set as well...agreed, terrible quality. It takes awhile to get into the really strange shit, but once it gets there I gaurantee that you wont regret it.

ya im about 30 mins into it. Is it supposed to make any sense? lol.

Haunted 12-11-2006 05:15 AM

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Gothic (Starts out really slow and is pretty hard to follow, but its completly tripped out crazy)

That was a very interesting movie. The whole experience of Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, John Polidori, and uh...can't remember her name, was so instrumental to the creation of horror, and people don't even realize it.

For example: Some argue that Bram Stoker took more from John Polidori's "The Vampyre" than he did from the Tsepes family history. The Vampyre was writen about Lord Byron's relationship with women. The Vampyre is also where the notion of the beautiful, elegant vampire comes from.

As you know, Frankenstein was born from this experience, as well.

The movie, sort of tries to put in their opiate state, so that you can visualize that experience, because they were trying to scare the shit out of each other.


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