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I'm maintaining this list of not-so-famous sci-fi/horror/mystery/paranormal/fantasy films that are worth watching.
https://github.com/cubiq/scifi-underdogs
It's just for lesser known film (not blockbusters). Hope you like it and maybe you can help me with it. If you know how it works you can simply push updates to the github repo, otherwise post your suggestions here.
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Moon (2009) would make a good addition to that list.
Also, The Man from Earth (2007).
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The Quiet Earth (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089869/)
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Moon despite being "indie" is quite well known I discovered. The Quiet Earth and The Man from Earth seem good candidates.
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Solaris
Fahrenheit 451
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The Quiet Earth (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089869/)
The Quiet Earth is great, I agree!
Are we allowed to include B-movies? If so, I nominate: Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared Syn for your consideration.
Non B-movie (in my opinion) horror film worthy of inclusion: From Beyond -- made by the same people who made Reanimator, but with a better story. From Beyond has only been re-released for maybe 2 years or so, so it may have been overlooked.
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Also, The Man from Earth (2007).
Was about to suggest it in the DT thread, didn't know if it qualified. It is a great movie.
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Non B-movie (in my opinion) horror film worthy of inclusion: From Beyond -- made by the same people who made Reanimator, but with a better story. From Beyond has only been re-released for maybe 2 years or so, so it may have been overlooked.
This almost sounds like a pr0n movie :) I'll look into it thanks!
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Some more that I've seen, that I think are overlooked. Most of these I've also reviewed at my own website, so feel free to visit. :)
The Whisperer in Darkness -- one of the better H.P. Lovecraft-inspired films. It does qualify as a sci-fi mystery. Black and white.
http://buriedplanet.com/drupal/content/whisperer-darkness
Night of the Creeps -- brain-eating slugs from space turn fraternity boys into mindless zombies. A must-see. It features the most awesome suicidal police detective in all of horror movie history.
http://buriedplanet.com/drupal/content/night-creeps
Lord of Illusions -- written by Clive Barker; features a truly creepy cult and cult leader, and that guy from Quantum Leap!
http://buriedplanet.com/drupal/content/lord-illusions
Rawhead Rex -- also written by Clive Barker, but a phenomenally bad movie. So bad that Barker actually disowned it. Features some really unintentionally funny scenes, but very, very difficult to find. Sells on eBay for ridiculous amounts not worth paying.
Bad Moon -- Are you a dog person who also loves horror movies? Bad Moon is interesting because it pits a werewolf against a German Shepherd. Only the dog knows that there's a werewolf threatening his family. One of the more artfully done werewolf films I've seen. Overlooked, in my opinion.
http://buriedplanet.com/drupal/content/bad-moon
Dark Night of the Scarecrow -- awesome, awesome made-for-TV-movie that is super, super creepy. Not very gory at all, this one is all atmosphere, but it's worth watching.
http://buriedplanet.com/drupal/content/dark-night-scarecrow
Bermuda Depths -- Another made-for-TV-movie, it's a spookfest featuring a mysterious girl with a strange paranormal attachment to a monstrously-sized demon turtle. A boy who loved her a long time ago returns to his seaside ancestral home, and she reappears -- and so does the mega-turtle. No, it's not Gamera. This one is out of print, and very hard to find, or so I hear.
Dead and Buried -- Wow, this one features some of the most horrifying (and not necessarily gory) murder/attack sequences I have ever seen. It starts as a standard "dangerous redneck" film set in New England, and then the 'mystery' unrolls pretty quickly. Not the greatest, but it features some super, super scary scenes.
http://buriedplanet.com/drupal/content/dead-and-buried
Ravenous -- an unusual vampire tale featuring Guy Pierce. Didn't do great at the box office, but I think it's overlooked. For a horror movies it's got a wicked sense of humor.
http://buriedplanet.com/drupal/content/ravenous
Dead Ringers -- This film is really hard to categorize. As is usually the case, Cronenberg delivers body horror in this tale about identical twins played by Jeremy Irons. I should just say Jeremy Irons a few times and that should be enough to make you give this one a try. He's just awesome. What makes it stand out to me is that the horror is also very, very dramatic and romantic. A really weird combination of elements, but it works.
http://buriedplanet.com/drupal/content/dead-ringers
The Manitou -- a b-movie for sure, but so hysterically funny (especially the ending) that it must be seen to be believed. Featuring a disco bogus fortune-teller, and a hilarious white guy made up to be a Native American.
http://buriedplanet.com/drupal/content/manitou
Dagon -- not bad for a HPL-inspired flick. A skinny dot com nerd runs away from monsters in a creepy coastal town that time forgot.
http://buriedplanet.com/drupal/content/dagon
Perfume -- love this movie. A twisted tale of a serial killer trying to create the ultimate fragrance from the decanted souls of virginal women! Very creepy and well-done, but sadly overlooked.
http://buriedplanet.com/drupal/content/perfume-story-murderer
They Live -- Director John Carpenter tells the real history of humanity -- we're being fed subliminal lies by aliens! We are the 1%! Featuring the best back alley fight over a pair of sunglasses ever filmed. Featuring Rowdy Roddy Piper saying, shotgun over his shoulder, "I have come here to kick @ss and chew bubble gum. .... and I'm all outta gum."
http://buriedplanet.com/drupal/content/they-live
Deadly Friend -- A nerd puts his testicle-crushing robot's brain into the skull of his brain-dead girlfriend, because that's movie science folks.
http://buriedplanet.com/drupal/content/deadly-friend
Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter -- Jesus returns to kick vampire tuckus, and updates his look. Featuring the hit single, "Everybody Gets Laid Tonight", and Santos, luchadore of legend. Worth watching just to see Jesus turn into a yuppy with a tiny, tiny phone.
http://buriedplanet.com/drupal/content/jesus-christ-vampire-hunter <---- link to theme song may still work!
Blue Sunshine -- Nancy Reagan was right! People who dropped a particular kind of acid named 'Blue Sunshine' decade previous suddenly lose all their hair and become homocidal maniacs. An overlooked gem, in my opinion.
http://buriedplanet.com/drupal/content/blue-sunshine
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The Quiet Earth (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089869/)
One of my all-time favorites.
Another that's post-apocalyptic in a very funny way is Delicatessen.
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Since we're veering into horror/cult classics territory, a few more under-appreciated films (IMHO, of course);
Dog Soldiers (Sean Pertwee is a totally great and under-rated actor)
Lair of the White Worm (one of Hugh Grant's first starring roles)
Ginger Snaps
Bunraku (kind of like **** Tracy meets West Side Story, set in a post-apocalyptic Japan. With Woody Harrelson (Zombieland!), Ron Perlman, Demi Moore, and Josh Hartnett, among others.)
Stakeland
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We should separate the lists 1985 and Pre 1985
I've found that anything before 1985 scifi was hard to get into...
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We should separate the lists 1985 and Pre 1985
I've found that anything before 1985 scifi was hard to get into...
in general or just for this list? because Alien and Star wars are pre 85 your know that :)
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We should separate the lists 1985 and Pre 1985
I've found that anything before 1985 scifi was hard to get into...
in general or just for this list? because Alien and Star wars are pre 85 your know that :)
Add a date field... BOOM. Some of the best stuff is from pre-1985, though. Kids today... ;)
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Non B-movie (in my opinion) horror film worthy of inclusion: From Beyond -- made by the same people who made Reanimator, but with a better story. From Beyond has only been re-released for maybe 2 years or so, so it may have been overlooked.
This almost sounds like a pr0n movie :) I'll look into it thanks!
The female lead gets into bondage gear, but that's as far as it goes. This was the 80's, so there had to be some T&A -- it was like a kind of unspoken rule. And the nudity actually does make sense to the story in a plausible way -- really! This is a movie where the idea is awesome. Maybe not perfectly executed, but a great idea just the same.
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Actually I'd say anything post 1999 is mostly crap in sci-fi :)
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We should separate the lists 1985 and Pre 1985
I've found that anything before 1985 scifi was hard to get into...
in general or just for this list? because Alien and Star wars are pre 85 your know that :)
The Terminator also came out in 1984. Best of the series, as far as I'm concerned.
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We should separate the lists 1985 and Pre 1985
I've found that anything before 1985 scifi was hard to get into...
in general or just for this list? because Alien and Star wars are pre 85 your know that :)
The Terminator also came out in 1984. Best of the series, as far as I'm concerned.
that doesn't change the fact that for "NON-fans" or "Late-Fans" those movies have a very different "PACING" which is hard to get into.
There used to be much more build up in the older movies...
We didn't see the Alien for nearly the whole first 30 minutes...
Modern scifi is about CGI, and basic intuitive stories.
Because a deeper story is impossible given the short time limit anyway...
And it's not like scifi fans haven't heard it all before... so why bother....
This I believe delineates MOST of the Modern Fast-Pace scifi fan-ship.
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I can make a system where people decide what goes in the list... but it would be a lot of work and I don't know if there's really interest in that kind of thing
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Because a deeper story is impossible given the short time limit anyway...
Right, because LoTR is short. As well as the 3 most recent Star Wars, last 2 Star Trek, and on and on...
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Actually I'd say anything post 1999 is mostly crap in sci-fi :)
... even, Sharknado? Matt, you make me sad. :'(
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yes and sharktopus
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How about... Screamers? Or Event Horizon?
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How about... Screamers? Or Event Horizon?
I liked Event Horizon. Did not do much box office, though.
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It's on my "flawed but still work watching" list of movies.
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The Hidden (1987) is a fun romp.
Triangle (2009) is not strictly SF, but it's a real mind-bender and worth watching just for Melissa George!
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The Hidden (1987) is a fun romp.
Triangle (2009) is not strictly SF, but it's a real mind-bender and worth watching just for Melissa George!
Oh, I'd completely forgotten The Hidden! Great little flick, the first movie I'd seen with Kyle MacLachlan (before he was in Twin Peaks). And Claudia Christian - hotness personified! I see by her biblio that she did the voices for a few characters on Skyrim, I'll have to check that out next time.
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The Hidden (1987) is a fun romp.
Yes!!! That one is awesome. Kyle McLachlan (sp?) is great. Oh, and also the chick from ... that one sci-fi TV show I cannot recall at the moment.
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Reboot, is recent short film about hacktivism/social networks and so
http://www.rebootfilm.com/trailer