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Noirish: The Annex To John Grant's A Comprehensive Encyclopedia To Film Noir
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. "The purpose of Noirish is to act as an extension to the Encyclopedia -- an annex, if you like -- where I can add entries for movies that for one reason or another didn't make it into the printed book. In some instances, this is just because the movie concerned was released too late for inclusion. Most often, though, the reason was logistic. Although the Encyclopedia takes the broadest possible view of film noir, there were some movies that were either too obscure or too tangential to the theme to merit the use of precious page space: 800+ large-format pages -- nearly 700,000 words -- may seem a lot but, when you're trying to cover in excess of 3,000 movies, you soon learn to appreciate the constraints. That's why this enterprise has the title it has: Noirish. Many of the movies here are very borderline noir, and some aren't noir at all but have associational interest. Just because a movie's obscure doesn't mean it's lousy . . . although there'll be some lousy movies covered here. There'll also be plenty of movies that are, shall we say, undistinguished -- which is not to say they're without at least some points of interest, and certainly isn't to say they're not lots of fun to watch." -From John Grant on the site's "Modus Operandi" section *#641-687: Of Associated Interest - John Grant does not consider these films noir but has mentioned them due to similar themes, actors or influences. **The following are missing from IMDB: -The Twelve Shorts of Christmas #5: The Bloody Fish (2011) -Tango Silent Films: A Christmas Present for Hannah (2009), The Private Lesson (2010), Oh My, What a Night! (2011), Pornography (2012), One, Two, Three! (2012), Sadie’s Song (2011) -La Moglie (2007) -Peekaboo (2014) -
Parade's 71 Best Music Videos of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 2:0. The very first music video ever played on MTV was The Buggles‘ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” but that statement isn’t entirely accurate: music videos have helped launch the careers of countless musical artists. The first music video was created in 1895 for the kinetophone and The Big Bopper was credited with coining the term “music video.” But there’s no doubt that MTV and VH1, networks that were originally devoted solely to playing music videos, brought the form of musical entertainment into the mainstream, with shows like MTV’s Total Request Live becoming certified phenomenons in the late 1990s and early aughts. A great music video can launch an otherwise meh song into the stratosphere or launch an unknown to new heights. Whether it’s cinematic or simple, the makings of the best music videos of all time are pretty consistent: Creativity, be it in the form of storytelling or styling; artistry in direction, choreography and/or aesthetics; legacy and ongoing influence long after its left the charts: Did they make you dance, laugh, cry, think? Here are our picks for the 71 best music videos of all time (minus some of the ones that may give you nightmares or that were once iconic but now are questionable). **Missing from IMDB** Aaliyah, “We Need a Resolution” -
Paste 50 Best Horror TV Shows of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. "The shows on this list represent a best-of, decades-long appreciation of spooky television. Some are horror comedies that never truly intended to frighten, but instead play off tropes of the genre in the vein of The Munsters. Others stretch boundaries, and would also show up on lists of the best sci-fi shows of all time, but they belong here as well. Some are simply terrifying, and are responsible for an untold number of nightmares over the years." -
Paul Naschy Filmography
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. "Paul Naschy reigns supreme as the true king of Spanish horror cinema." -
Pete Tombs' Mondo Macabro: Weird & Wonderful Cinema Around the World
Favs/dislikes: 10:0. "Think you've seen it all? Then maybe you should try: *The Turkish version of Star Trek *Indonesian torture scenes in which the victim sniffs smelly shoes *The Curious Dr. Humpp or Bruce Lee Versus Gay Power *kung fu-fighting gorilla flicks from Southeast Asia *a song-and-dance version of Dracula from India Mondo Macabro features the same thorough(ly twisted) insights into cinema's most bizarre elements as were to be found in the author's book on European films, Immoral Tales. Lavishly illustrated and painstakingly researched, Mondo Macabro boldly goes into the exotic, erotic eclectic and essential international film scene...and the results are amazing." -From the back cover of the book The book is divided into the following sections: #001-030: Crazy Kung Fu!: Hong Kong Part One #031-071: China Blue: Hong Kong Part Two #072-139: Ghosts Galore: Hong Kong Part Three #140-195: Shoe Queen of Blood Island: The Philippines #196-218: Mystics From Bali: Indonesia #219-241: The Bare Facts About Bollywood: India Part One #242-283: From Myths To Monsters: India Part Two #284-351: Dracula In Instanbul: Turkey #352-378: The Strange World of Mr Marins: Brazil #379-431: "Meat on Meat!": Argentina #432-525: Masked Men and Monsters: Mexico #526-534: When the Kissing Had to Start: Japan Part One #535-602: Thinking Pink: Japan Part Two #602-666: Bloodthirsty Eyes: Japan Part Three Missing from IMDB: Meiwaku-Daibatsu (1989) -
Pitchfork Media's The 25 Best Music Videos of the 1970s
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. "From Grace Jones’ erotic castle to Kraftwerk’s singing automatons to Kate Bush’s otherworldly hall of mirrors, these pre-MTV clips helped define what music videos could be." Missing from IMDB: The Residents - Third Reich & Roll (1976) Giorgio Moroder - From Her To Eternity (1977) -
Pitchfork Media's The Top 50 Music Videos of the 1990s
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. "They were still a young art form when the 1990s began, but by the end of the decade music videos and video directors were arguably at their commercial and artistic peak. In 1999, MTV's "TRL" was launching teen pop stars and serving as a better barometer of what Generation Y was listening to than the Billboard charts. Meanwhile, Spike Jonze-- who almost single-handedly codified a generation's idealized music videos by artfully employing Gen X totems such as irony, 70s nostalgia, geek chic, intertextuality, and trash culture-- was being nominated for a best director Oscar for Being John Malkovich. Throughout the decade, MTV-- with a huge assist from Clear Channel-- glued together a pseudo-music monoculture in the U.S. like almost nothing before. Songs like Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Dr. Dre's "Nothing But a G Thang", and Britney Spears' "...Baby One More Time" altered the landscape of pop culture so quickly in large part because they were delivered to all corners of the U.S. simultaneously by MTV. It wasn't just inevitable hits whose influence was quickened by MTV either; oddities such as Folk Implosion's "Natural One" or Danzig's "Mother 93" (or, say, Green Jelly's "Three Little Pigs", to name just one of many execrable examples) became out-of-leftfield hits for almost no other reason than someone at MTV decided they should become Buzz Bin videos. MTV's ability to place a song and musician into the pop music conversation was unparalleled at the time, and by the end of the decade that meant absurd levels of both financial and creative commitment to music videos. Creatively, videos at the time were dominated by a handful of visionary directors-- Jonze, Michel Gondry, and Chris Cunningham-- and there's no getting away from that in our list of our top 50 videos of the 90s." Missing from IMDB: Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube Pavement - Cut Your Hair Spiritualized - Come Together Wilco - Outtasite (Outta Mind) PJ Harvey - Man-Size -
Porno Noir: A Curated List
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. What is it about noir and neo-noir infused with adult film elements that fascinates me so much? Honestly I have no idea. Regardless, I've sought to compile a list of all known films of the XXX variety that bake in elements of classic noir such as Dixie Ray Hollywood Star, gritty neo-noir like Sex Wish and even proto-noir pastiches like Gangland Bangers. This is almost certainly not a complete list but I'll try to keep it updated as I discover additional films that fall into this ludicrously specific sub-genre. -
Psychedelic Celluloid: British Pop Music in Film and TV 1965-1974
Favs/dislikes: 6:0. Written by Simon Matthews. "After The Beatles stormed America, every Hollywood and European production company descended on London to be part of the new swinging scene... and they didn't leave until they'd signed up every able-bodied pop group or singer to appear in one of their films. A unique and carefully researched cultural history of UK film, TV and music in the swinging 60s. A time when no film or TV programme was without a group, singer or fantastic soundtrack - and London was briefly the film capital of the world. Containing individual summaries of over 120 films, covering everything from John Barry to Pink Floyd via Blow Up, the Electric Banana, Serge Gainsbourg, Magical Mystery Tour, David hemmings, Kubrick, Godard, Jodorowsdky and the London cast of Hair. With comprehensive listings of over 500 related features, documentaries, TV programmes and shorts, an unforgettable trip through the swinging 60s." This list includes every film actually profiled in the book as well as every film granted a capsule synopsis in the appendices. Missing from IMDB: The Lone Ranger (1968) starring Pete Townshend Maltamour (1973) documentary about Malta A Year in the Life (1968) documentary about The Mike Stuart Span -
Pumpkin Cinema: The Best Movies For Halloween
Favs/dislikes: 2:0. Written by Nathaniel Tolle... "People celebrate the magical holiday of Halloween in a wide variety of ways, but most will, at some point, turn off the lights and allow a movie to take the excitement to the next level. Pumpkin Cinema recommends over 100 titles that are guaranteed to make your Halloween fun and frightening! Halloween only comes once a year, so you can't afford to waste precious thrill time on a lousy movie! However, a great horror movie doesn't necessarily translate into a great Halloween flick, and Pumpkin Cinema uses a simple set of guidelines to help you avoid the "boo!" blues: the films included here are fast paced, have essences of autumn (if they aren't set on Halloween itself!), and have a trim run time (under two hours). Avoiding the mean-spirited and cruel movies more typical of horror offerings, Pumpkin Cinema also includes Halloween treats from multiple genres, in addition to horror: comedy, animation, science fiction, silent era, and foreign films, all ranging in popularity from blockbusters to the obscure. The films included are, above all, fun to watch and share with others! " **Missing from IMDB: -Follow That Goblin! (1993) -
ReelRundown's Top 10 Best Horror Anime
Favs/dislikes: 2:0. "If you’re looking for spooks, scares, and blood-curdling scenarios, then one thing or another, you’re looking for Horror Anime. In the Anime world, there’s only just a handful bunch of shows wherein the word “horror” comes true to its name. Most of the time, anime shows with extreme monstrosities, blood, and gore are already considered as horror. But, as particular as I am with that, I can’t just accept all of those as such without them proving themselves with some horrifying redeeming qualities. That is why here on this list, I’m assembling the Top 10 Best Horror Anime based on how scary and creepy they really are and how they pass my taste for chills and shivers. Actually, making this list is quite difficult for me because there really are just a few horror anime shows that are really…um…dreadful." -
Retrospace's 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. "Is there a single magazine or blog left that hasn't listed out their favorite horror films of all time? Well, I didn't want to be the only one, so here's my list in order." -
Sleazoid Express: A Mind Twisting Tour Through the Grindhouse Cinema of Times Square
Favs/dislikes: 34:0. The following list is comprised of all films featured in the book Sleazoid Express. The book focuses on the Grindhouse theaters of Times Square and the exploitation films that were shown there. I've tried to only include films that were actually screened at a theater in Times Square during the time period depicted in the book. So films mentioned in passing as a reference point (The Godfather, Taxi Driver, etc.) were omitted since the intent of the list is to capture the sights and sounds of an era and not every film found in the index. -
Something Weird Complete DVD Catalog
Favs/dislikes: 11:0. Something Weird is a company specializing in the release of exploitation films of all varieties. This list will seek to list all the full-length films released on DVD by Something Weird. I will be excluding the extensive DVD-Rs, digital downloads, bonus shorts and Bucky Beaver stag loops, etc. For the bonus shorts and Bucky Beaver stuff, this is primarily due to most of them being unlisted on iCM. *Note: Not all titles were sourced from SomethingWeird.com due to the company's lack of a complete Catalog listing (They only list in print titles). Additional titles were sourced from Amazon and other online retailers. As a result, some titles may still be missing. -
Sound On Sight: The Definitive Foreign Language Horror Films
Favs/dislikes: 4:0. From the site: "English language film has long been a place for some of the greatest horror film directors of all time. All the way back to Alfred Hitchcock, we have seen the genre grow and develop sub-genres, thanks to the public’s ongoing thirst for fear and the possibility of danger around every turn. But, for every Saw or Hostel or terrible remake of classic English-language horror films, there are inventive, terrifying films made somewhere else that inspire and even outdo many of our best Western world horror films. This list will count down the fifty definitive horror films with a main language that isn’t English; some may have some English-language parts in them, but they are, for the most part, foreign. Enlighten yourself. Broaden your horizons. People can get murdered and tortured in every language." -
Spectacular! The Story of Epic Films
Favs/dislikes: 2:0. Included in this list is every film listed in the Filmography appendix of the book Spectacular! The Story of Epic Films by author John Cary that profiles the history of the epic film. The book was published in 1974 so only includes epic films released up to this point. -
Taste of Cinema: The 30 Best Non-English Horror Films of the Past 25 Years
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. Summary from the site: "Non-English language horror cinema has always been an important part of the genre film landscape but never more so than the past quarter-century. The American film industry may look at foreign horror films primarily as targets for remakes but non-English language horror is a vital part of a genre that would be severely if not fatally diminished in quality without it." -
Taste of Cinema's 20 Weird Movies from the Last Decade No One Talks About
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. "A follow-up of to the “Trilogy of Cinematic Weirdness” (published last year), this list focuses on the movies shot during the period 2007-2017, as the title clearly suggests. It excludes the features from the previous articles, but includes a couple of short films which, simply put, has to be seen to be believed, and even a ballet performance that easily qualifies as an experimental film. Once again, the rule of diversity is applied, so expect the unexpected. The entries are in chronological order." -
Taste of Cinema's 25 Weird Animated Movies That Are Worth Your Time
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. "There is an odd perception among the general populace that animated movies are made for children. While there’s an obvious connection between children and brightly colored cartoons, adults by nature want to make things for themselves. The people that get into making animation are obviously driven by the desire to draw. But many times these people are driven by curious forces. The animation medium provides a level of creativity and freedom not seen in many other film genres. It’s only natural that a group of people would take that freedom and run with it. Like running off a cliff at high speeds, falling down into a vat of acid that eats your flesh and melts your brain. This list is collection of those decisions. It’s a list of animated films that are strange, eclectic, disturbing, or just plain bizarre. Most of the choices here are geared towards an adult audience. All of the choices here have been picked to watch while under the influence of strong self-assessment." -
Taste of Cinema's The 20 Best Neo-Noir Movies of the Past 5 Years
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. *Article posted on July 26, 2017 "Film noir was a staple of cinema from the 1940s to the late 50’s. Many of these films were cheesy or overly melodramatic, but also many gems were made that are considered some of the best films ever made. As the years waned on, film noir evolved into neo-noir with films that were more edgy and violently graphic. Recently, the neo-noir genre has seen its share of some of the most interesting and captivating films to grace the silver screen. Here are the 20 best neo-noir movies released in the past five years." -
The Bad Movie Bible
Favs/dislikes: 8:0. Based on the book by Rob Hill, it seeks to catalog the best of the worst films of all time. It's comprised of four sections: #1 - #25: Action #26 - #51: Sci-Fi/Fantasy #52 - #76: Horror #77 - #102: The Rest -
The Disregarded Movies of Turkish Cinema
Favs/dislikes: 4:0. "In its first years Turkish cinema has found its subjects from plays and novels and began to be affected by the works admired by the world over time. Especially the Turks imitating the West tried to re-produce the successful fantastical and sciencefictional movies achieved to draw attention of the target audience. However because of the lack of techniques and technicians, they are labeled as “bad” movies by the critics when compared to the contemporaries in the world. " Missing from IMDB: Kilink Canilere Karşı (1967) Süpermen Geliyor (1972) Sinderella Saraylar Meleği (1971) -
The Fang of Joy 36 Essential Gialli Checklist
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. The Fang of Joy was a 'zine dedicated to Euro-Horror. -
The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film by Tom Mes & Jasper Sharp
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. "Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp explore the astounding resurgence of Japanese cinema, profiling the most creative contemporary Japanese filmmakers, from the well-known to the up-and-coming, and reviewing almost a hundred of their recent films." Listed is every film reviewed in the titular book. -
The Stacker: 100 Best Mystery Movies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. "ciding on the best mystery movies of all time may be a mystery unto itself. Devotees of suspense, thrillers, whodunits, and horror films will no doubt have their own solutions to such a puzzle. Stacker compiled data on all mystery movies to come up with a Stacker score—a weighted index split evenly between IMDb and Metacritic scores. To qualify, the film had to be listed as a mystery on IMDb, have a Metascore, and have at least 2,500 votes. Ties were broken by Metascore, and further ties were broken by IMDb user rating. Every movie on the list has been considered according to the history and development of mystery films."
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