A real cult classic from nobody else, but Francis Ford Coppola himself! This is Dementia 13!
Language: English IMDB Rating: 5.6/10
Plot: John Haloran has a fatal heart attack, but his wife Louise won't get any of the inheritance when Lady Haloran diees if John is daetd. Louise forges a letter from John to convince the rest of his family he's been called to New York on important business, and goes to his Irish ancestral home, Castle Haloran, to meet the family and look for a way to ensure a cut of the loot. Seven years earlier John's sister Kathleen was drowned in the pond, and the Halorans enact a morbid ritual in remembrance. Secrets shroud the sister's demise, and soon the family and guests begin experiencing an attrition problem. (IMDB)
Plot: A man awakens inside a white cube, covered in a four-by-four grid. He has no memory of how he got there and there seems no way out. But as time passes, panels open temporarily to admit an intruder or onlooker. They pop back through their panels but bar the man from going through, pointing out "this is MY door; you'll have to find YOUR door." The intruders vary from individuals to a child on a tricycle and and a rock band. More and more people start to come into the cube, filling it up and this developes into a sort of cocktail party. A rock band comes through sometime during all of this, singing The Cube's theme song, "You'll never get out, you'll never get out, you'll never get out till you diiee." At one point the man sees himself, a double, and has a dialog with himself about how he has to find HIS way out. Is the man a prisoner? An inmate? Someone on a voluntary retreat? The stories change with each new visitor. Eventually, just as he succumbs to despair, a square panel clicks open. The man crawls through it and discovers he is in a clinic corridor. A therapist welcomes his escape form the Cube and takes him to his office. There the therapist reveals the reason the man was in the Cube. Or does he? Once in the office the man was given a fountain pen to sign some forms before being discharged. He accidently cuts his finger, and when he sucks the cut he tastes not blood but .... strawberry jam. The office then dissolves into ... the white cube. Fade to white (IMDB).
Think you have seen it all; the blod, the horror and the violence? Think again. I bring you the legendary and original faces of detha. Banned in 46 countries... A true cult classic that you should have seen before engaging in any serious pub conversation about random splatter and gore flicks.
Is it real or is it faked? Well, there is always Google to check that out There literally exist thousands of pages on this movie and an even number of myth circulate in cyberspace. Enjoy and make your own judgement. Be aware though, this stuff is very nasty.
Language: Mostly English IMDB Rating: 3.2/ 10 (what a bit of blood can do to the rating!)
Plot: A 'mockumentary' hosted by Dr. Francis B. Gross, a coroner. He is trying to show you the different 'faces' of people while diyng. There are faked scenes of people getting killd intermixed with footage of real accidents. There are executions by decapitation (in an Arab country) and the electric chair. One scene shows a group of tourists in Egypt smashing a monkey's head while still alive and eating its brains. There are shots of animals eating people and satanic orges using daet bodies. There is a segment that deals with an alligator that accidentally entered 'residential' waters. The local warden goes in his boat to get the crocodile back into the sea when he accidentally falls over and becomes gator bait. The film ends with news clippings of people jumping off buildings and major accidents (IMDB).
Language: Italian/ English subtitles IMDB Rating: 6.9/ 10
It is shocking, radical and ultra violent. It is Africa Addio.
You May LOVE It! You May HATE It! But You'll Not FORGET It
Plot: From the producers of the Mondo Canes comes this violent document of a continent in transition; the change from white colonialism to independent black statehood. Often times, this resulted in the wholesale massacre of thousands of people and the indiscriminate extermination of wild life. Captured on film are mercenary kiiller squads wiping out entire villages, executions, Mau-Mau massacres and more (IMDB)!
Time for a true cult classic... I am giving you Cannibal Ferox!
Language: English IMDB Rating: 5.0/ 10
They were cold, sadistic kiillers who thought they could hide from justice. But now they must face the harsh law of the jungle...
Plot: New York grad student and anthropologist Gloria, her brother Rudy, and their friend Pat, travel to a remote part of the Amazon jungle to find and disaprove the local theory of cannibalism among the local tribes when they run into something far worse: a cruel and sadistic, streetwise drug dealer, named Mike Lawson, and his partner, Joe, hiding out in the jungle from muerder and drug-dealing charges in back in New York and whom are presently using the docile natives to mine for emeralds and harvest cocca. When the crazed Lawson kiills a few natives, including the daughter of the chief, just for his sadistic enjoyment, the warriors turn against their masters and subjuect the two dealers and three grad students to the most horrific torture and muerder for their crimes using their own harsh law of the jungle(IMDB). Watch out for the pop-up, close it and return to this scream to start watching the movie.
Though some might not enjoy it, I love cult. So please bear with me for sharing The Necronomicon with you!
Language: English IMDB Rating: 5.3/ 10 (I think that one of the core prerequisites for obtaining a 'cult' status is the non-acceptance of the general public. In other words, a cult movie should never have a good IMDB rating!)
Plot: This anthology is divided into four segments: "The Library" which is the wraparound segment involving Lovecraft's research into the Book of The Daetd and his unwitting release of a monster and his writing of the following horror segments "The Drowned", "The Cold", and "Whispers" (IMDB).
Not only movies can be cult. Music can contain similar B-status like elements.
Take 1960s rock bandThe Shaggs for example. Frank Zappa famously stated that the band's first album "The Philosophy of the World" (1969) was one of his favorite records. Others claimed however that the Shaggs are to be believed "the worst rock band ever" (wiki) or the "best worst" (New York Times). Despite such compliments, the band has since the 1970s (un)fortunately received little interest from mainstream music media. Their recently, "widely acclaimed" tribute album "Better Than the Beatles" is therefore a welcome surprise.
However, who wants the tribute if you can have the real stuff, right? About their first album "Philosophy Of The World" (cheesy name) then. Well, you either love it (or you pretend you do) or you hate it (and you hate it very much).
Think you can handle The Shaggs? Check the Youtubevideo clip before downloading Philosophy Of The World below.
Are you sure you have the ears to listen to the whole album? Here is the track list, below it you find the download links.
1. "Philosophy Of The World" – 2:56 2. "That Little Sports Car" – 2:06 3. "Who Are Parents?" – 2:58 4. "My Pal Foot Foot" – 2:31 5. "My Companion" – 2:04 6. "I'm So Happy When You're Near" – 2:12 7. "Things I Wonder" – 2:12 8. "Sweet Thing" – 2:57 9. "It's Halloween" – 2:22 10. "Why Do I Feel?" – 3:57 11. "What Should I Do?" – 2:18 12. "We Have A Savior" – 3:06
To download "Philosophy Of The World" either click here (torrent) or here (direct download through Rapidshare).
Although the acting is not brilliant and in some places will bring about laughter where it was not intended ditto the actions of some of the victims. Visually however, this may be one of the most stunning films you will ever get to see. Sei Donne Per L'Assassino is probably one of the most influential cult flicks in Italy and is not to be missed by anybody who considers himself/ herself a fane of the cult genre.
Plot: Isabella, a young model is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a boarding house run by Max Morlacchi and his lover Countess Cristiana Como. When Isabella's boyfriend is suspected of the kiilling, her diary, which apparently has some incriminating evidence linking her to the kiiller, dissapears, the masked kililer begins kiilling off all the models in and around the house to find the diary (IMDB).
How much I like Dario Argento! Why? Try the movie below. Beware though, cult content!
Plot: A young American dancer travels to Europe to join a famous ballet school. As she arrives, the camera turns to another young woman, who appears to be fleeing from the school. She returns to her apartment where she is gruesomely murdered by a hideous creature. Meanwhile, the young American is trying to settle in at the ballet school, but hears strange noises and is troubled by bizarre occurrences. She eventually discovers that the school is merely a front for a much more sinister organization (IMDB).
Ever heard of 'My Best Friend's Birthday'? It is known to be Tarantino's first produced and first directed movie. The flick was shot on a 16mm camera, hence the quality of the images. However also the acting (Tarantino is reasonable though) and sound are lousy. Why then post the movie?
I reckon it is, despite its overall quality, still an intersting flick to watch since some of the elements used (Elvis, pop-culture elements and the kung-fu scenes) hint to his later movies. Most of 'My Best Friend's Birthday' got lost in a fire, however what remained was 35 mins of footage that has become a collectors item for Tarantino fans.
Full plot: Clarence Pool (Tarantino, with a full-on "Elvis Man" look) is a disc jockey at K-BILLY Radio (Reservoir Dogs' music conductor in a sense), and is planning to give his friend Micky Burnett (co-writer Craig Hamann) a call-girl for his birthday party (a story later re-used for True Romance). This is used as more of a signpost for the film to follow as the characters, in particular Clarence, go off on riffs of Dialog - the "I'd f*** Elvis" speech is in its first revelation - and it's often very funny (IMDB).
I remember seeing Cannibal Holocaust somewhere in the 1990s. It was from that moment that I started to watch other cultish gore movies. The movie has come a long way since it was produced in the 1980s. It started as a low-budget controversial underground, but became the signature of a new sub-culture (no, that is not metal).
Sure, the movie is gruesome and yes it has some unnecessary animal kiillings in it (no doubt it is hard to condemn them), but it is more than just a meaningless piece of action melo-drama. In fact, its message fits right into Debord's notion of the 'Spectacle'. An age of extremes in which movie audiences have become so far removed from reality that they start believing and identifying with the fables the screen provides them.
Cannibal Holocaust is not for everybody, though I think everybody needs to see it. The acting is bad, so is the soundtrack, but I reckon that this does not really matter too much. The muerders, rapes and other scenes of violence not only absorb the viewer, but confronts him/ her with his/ her own ethics. People have often complained about the animal kiilling, but do they consider where the meat on their plate comes from (no veggie myself)? However, the movie goes well beyond the food industry or animals rights, its message criticises all facets of alienation in contemporary society. In sum, we are all cannibals.
In the neuroverse(William Gibson) plug in my brain pan fried in a white noise source with seizure salad my eyes are flying windows scream saver brain waves with both hands going bye byte digitally rendered limb from limb in the neuroverse
All artwork in this post is published with the courtesy of Raymond Pettibon
Before Lord of the Rings and Kong Kong, Peter Jackson's films were simply of Bad(der) Taste. Enjoy this wonderful cult flick!
Plot:Four dim-witted men from the New Zealand National Air and Space Defense League arrive in a small New Zealand fishing town to investigate a report of landing UFO's and take on a batallion-sized army of aliens who have massacred the town's population as part of their plans to use humans as part of their main ingredient for their intergalactic fast-food chain. (IMDB)
Feeling lazy today and I have to start reading very soon. So, just a quick David Bowie movie for you on his chilly Sunday, Labyrinth.
Plot: Grown angry about the fact that she must watch over her little brother Toby, Sarah (Jennifer Connely) wishes the child to the goblins. They translate this careless statement into action: The Goblin-King Jareth (David Bowie) announces that soon Toby will mutate into a goblin. There is only one hope: Sarah has to find the way to Jareth's castle - through a dangerous labyrinth - where she will find strange creatures.
What is better than to follow the last Bruce Lee post with a post with an imitation of the legend himself. Watch Bruce "Li" in an Image of Bruce Lee
Plot: A band of counterfeiters wants to make Hong Kong their new territory. The disgraced leader of the Special Squad will have to team-up with a group of Hong Kong police officers in an attempt to stop the dirty business of crime lord Han Tin Lung, but Han's problem not only is the interference of the Police force, his Japanese ally Kimura is not happy with his 'cut' in the counterfeit deal and will try to put Donna (a relative of Han) on his side a make Han's business his own property. Both policemen and criminals are highly trained Martial Arts fighters and they will have the chance to prove who has the best KungFu techniques.
I started a new job today, nothing big just earning some money to eat more than just noodles with salt and pepper. The job is not that interesting, I mean pretty straightforward market research BS. Its about interviewing small and medium sized Dutch enterprises and their interest in "Managed Voice and Data Appliances" (in regular English that is phone and Internet!). The only reason for the company hiring a quasi Marxist and semi postmodernist (i.e. me) is because I speak that unspeakable language.... DUTCH!
Anyways, I am concurrently studying my butt off at uni. I started today on a postmodern perspective of money and the financial domain. Don't worry, I will not bore you with all kinds of post structuralist, historically discontinuous analysis of what normal people refer to as "CASH"! However, I do want to stay with postmodernism, in a very different matter though, namely.... through witches!
I came across of this documentary, made in 1922, which is about....
Plot: the history of witchcraft, told in a variety of styles, from illustrated sideshow to dramatised events of alleged real-life events, right up to the early twentieth century (when the film was made). Fans of "The Blair Witch Project" should take notice, especially considering that the Danish title of this film is "Haxan", also the name of the movie company that created "Blair Witch".
Häxan (allow the movie some time to load)
Note: "Yes, yes I will continue my hitchhiking stories soon enough!"
Of course, I would not dare to let you suffer without a good movie tonight. Therefore, I found this good old flick, which inspired Tarantino himself. I am talking about "Faster Pussycat Kil Kill!".
Superwomen! Belted, buckled and booted!
The Plot: Three strippers seeking thrills encounter a young couple in the desert. After dispatching the boyfriend, they take the girl hostage and begin scheming on a crippled old man living with his two sons in the desert, reputedly hiding a tidy sum of cash. They become houseguests of the old man and try and seduce the sons in an attempt to locate the money, not realizing that the old man has a few sinister intentions of his own.
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What do Johnny Depp and bad movies have in common? Ehhh..... dunno? Ed Wood, of course!
Who? The guy that made movies like "Planet Nine from Outer Space" (allegedly described as "the worst movie ever made"), "Necromania: A Tale of Weird Love" (sweet!) and "intimate Confessions of the Cocktail Hostesses" (now, that was a good movie!)
Well to come to the point, Depp starred in Tim Burton's tribute to Ed Wood not that long ago. The result you can see afteryou saw "Planet Nine from outer Space (don't worry its only 1 1/2 hour of your life!).
Anyways, enjoy these cult flicks and thank Google!
Planet Nine from Outer Space
Ed Wood - The Movie starring Johnny Depp and directed by Tim Burton (!)
A real cult classic from nobody else, but Francis Ford Coppola himself! This is Dementia 13!
