Recommendations for lesser known Horror, and Sci fi films.

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03 Feb 2014, 12:20 pm

Please post recommendations for lesser known or cult sci fi and horror films that are good. I am going to download a batch soon, and have seen all of the ones which I am familiar with.

Here are a few I enjoyed. :bounce:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56pvjrZg5p8[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dihl_kcB2gc[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdHoYtBzdX0[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHHhJ96646M[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La1tzPS1R7Q[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73jSnAs7mq8[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhCKXJNGzN8[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twuScTcDP_Q[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV4cgs-bPic[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-snslXbUv7I[/youtube]

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03 Feb 2014, 1:41 pm

The Black & White version of The Mist is better than the color version. Even director Frank Darabond thinks so.

I thought the indie film Deadgirl from 2008 was one of the most unusual horror films I've run across in years. The whole concept is just outright disturbing. Then, after you've seen it once or twice, it's so bizarre that it just becomes outrageous and you can't help but start taking it as a comedy. :twisted:

I recently saw the remastered version of the Bela Lugosi Dracula film from 1931 and it was absolutely stunning how beautifully they've restored that film. I've always had a hard time getting through it, because the video was so murky and the audio barely intelligible, but now you can see everything in crisp detail and understand every word of dialogue. Theater audiences in 1931 didn't get to see it this well. The same restoration has been done on Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, and Wolfman and The Mummy as well and they all are fantastic. Every horror fan should know those movies, they really kicked off the genre.

Tod Browning, who produced those original Universal monster movies also did a strange little film called Freaks that you should take a look at sometime.

Speaking of Wolfman, there was a Wolfman film done in 2009 that got virtually no press, but it was actually pretty decent. Anthony Hopkins was in it. There is one major plot hole that seems to have resulted from a script change during production, but it's not major, just oddly inconsistent.

I haven't seen it in years, but I recall Videodrome being a peculiarly interesting movie, though I haven't seen it in years - but then I liked David Lynch's Eraserhead, so...

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03 Feb 2014, 2:24 pm

Willard wrote:

I recently saw the remastered version of the Bela Lugosi Dracula film from 1931 and it was absolutely stunning how beautifully they've restored that film. I've always had a hard time getting through it, because the video was so murky and the audio barely intelligible, but now you can see everything in crisp detail and understand every word of dialogue. Theater audiences in 1931 didn't get to see it this well. The same restoration has been done on Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, and Wolfman and The Mummy as well and they all are fantastic. Every horror fan should know those movies, they really kicked off the genre.

Tod Browning, who produced those original Universal monster movies also did a strange little film called Freaks that you should take a look at sometime.

Speaking of Wolfman, there was a Wolfman film done in 2009 that got virtually no press, but it was actually pretty decent. Anthony Hopkins was in it. There is one major plot hole that seems to have resulted from a script change during production, but it's not major, just oddly inconsistent.

I haven't seen it in years, but I recall Videodrome being a peculiarly interesting movie, though I haven't seen it in years - but then I liked David Lynch's Eraserhead, so...

Most of these are new to me, and I bookmarked them. I have deliberately avoided freaks though :roll:

One of the things I found interesting about the Mist, is that it plays out as if the crazy fundamentalist was right all along. At least, that was my impression. I look forward to watching it in B&W

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03 Feb 2014, 4:47 pm

I can highly recommend the Swedish "Let the right One In" from 2008. It was remade in the US as "Let Me In" from 2010 with Chloë Moretz. I think both movies are awesome, especially due to the harsh snow-covered scenery and the non-flashy plot.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1228987/

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03 Feb 2014, 5:06 pm

Poultrygeist

google at your own risk.

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03 Feb 2014, 10:47 pm

The Mist is an amazing movie. Really recommend it if you like Stephen King or any horror movies.

I would recommend Red Planet if you like B-Movies or space movies.

I would also suggest:

District 9
Blade Runner
Event Horizon
Dreamcatcher
Firestarter
The Green Mile

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04 Feb 2014, 4:11 am

Sci-fi: the director's cut of Dark City

Horror: In the Mouth of Madness

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04 Feb 2014, 5:25 pm

The original version of The Wicker Man is an excellent cult classic. The twist ending is great as well.

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06 Feb 2014, 2:40 am

Bataar wrote:

Sci-fi: the director's cut of Dark City

Well, you beat me to that one.

Ever see Dreamscape?

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07 Feb 2014, 7:09 pm

The Reflecting Skin starring Viggo Mortenson
Nadja-yeah, yeah vampires have been done to death, but all the performances are really good.

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08 Feb 2014, 11:49 am

Videodrome ! !! Now there's a movie I've haven't thought about, or seen in years and years. I love the premise of a signal being embedded in television shows that causes mental illness. It was made before CGI effects took over and all the effects were practical. It was also pretty disgusting in the way "The Thing" was, with bodies bursting open.

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08 Feb 2014, 10:08 pm

For obscure but great horror films -

Slayer (Not to be mistaken with The Slayer)
Chained
Surveillance
Cthulhu
The Call Of Cthulhu
From Beyond
Dagon
Highwaymen

I'm certain there are others.

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09 Feb 2014, 6:50 am

Buckaroo Banzai Adventures through the 8th Dimension

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09 Feb 2014, 11:53 am

Silent Running
Maniac
The Stuff
Basket Case
Martin
Slither
House (1970s Japanese film)
Rabid
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Brain Damage
The Stepfather
Cronos
Dead & Buried
The Crazies (original)

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10 Feb 2014, 12:54 pm

Session 9 - amazing psychological horror film about a group of people renovating an abandoned asylum. I loved this film so much, although its disturbing.

Rec - Spanish horror film with english subtitles....really really intense.

Rec 2 - if you like Rec 1, the sequel is just as good, and furthers the story.

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13 Feb 2014, 5:11 pm

The Citadel
Heartless
The Machinist
Dark City
Angel Heart
12 Monkeys

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