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Bleeding Skull 50: The Best Something Weird Horror Films
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. "In Midnight Movies, authors J. Hoberman and Jonathan Rosenbaum describe underground movies as “redolent of danger, secrecy, subversion, resistance, and liberation; not to mention perversity, alienation, and even madness.” They didn’t know it, but they were also defining Something Weird." -
Cocaine Fiends and Reefer Madness: History of Drugs in the Movies 1894-1978
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. Silent Films #1 - #420 Sound Films #421 - #1363 Underground Films #1364 - #1412 Stand-Alone TV Programs #1413 - 1430 *Not included are TV series where the whole series is referenced but no specific episodes and the section in the Appendix labeled Drug Abuse Films as it contains many duplicates from other sections and many regional educational films that have little to no information about them online. Not on IMDB*: El Cocaine (1930) - Togo Mizrahi Dancing Powder (1911) Dentiste (1897) Lumiere Dope Trade In Chinatown (1910) The Elixir of Life (1911) UK film Fabricants Clandestins d'Alcool (1908) Gontran Emule de Sherlock Holmes (1912) Halbblut (1913) The Horrors of Drink (1901) R.W. Paul A Late Guest (1910) Pathé Winkle's Great Discovery (1913) Account Settled (1947) amateur 16mm silent British/French film Again (1966) about drugs mixed with music causing suicide Timothy Leary at Folsom Prison (1973) Cold Nose a.k.a. Naso Freddo (1975) Filippo Milani short film Crown Trial (1935) starring Tubby Hayes and directed by Widgey Newman Dr. Jekyll (1964) book sites as originating from Italy but gives no further details Dum Maro (1973?) Indian film about marijuana Electric Ladyland (1972?) Listed in book index but I can't find an actual reference to it on the page referenced in the index. The Evil Weed (1972) silent comedy directed by George Leonard, producer of the band Sha Na Na. Goldfever (1967) dir. Donald Nestington La Guerre de L'opium (1941) germany-produced Images du monde visionnaire (1964) directed by Eric Duvivier A Lone Assassin (1972) Japanese film about drug addict sister LSD: Viaje al Terror (1967?) Spanish-Argentinian Poison Belt (1935) book references it as an American Sherlock Holmes film but the Doyle source book is a sequel to The Lost World, not a Holmes novel at all. Could be mistakenly referenced. Release (1972) by Wiener Filmkollektiv and features Timothy Leary; anti-heroin film Rhythm of Africa (1960?) Book claims it was "conceived" by Jean Cocteau. I've also seen references to this being released in 1948. The Sandal (1970) https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6cd17c15 Sada Kalo (1954) Indian film starring Gurudas Bannerjee Shangri-La (1968?) Indian documentary about Goa Sharks (1975) Book says it features teens getting loaded on the beach in the opening *For Stand-Alone TV Programs and Underground Films, only films present on IMDB were included on the list as both lists included many very obscure films that I could locate little to no reference to anywhere outside this book. Given the author did much of his research at a local library in San Francisco, the possibility exists than many of the referenced films are super 8mm home movies and other amateur productions that make it difficult to determine the source of. -
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." -
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 -
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." -
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." -
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. -
thedoppelgänger's Japanese Horror
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. "japanese horror movies or movies with strong elements of horror, whether they’re more psychological, sci-fi, pinku eiga, exploitation, etc." -Taken from thedoppelgänger's MUBI list. -
Fandom's 13 Must-See Scary Anime Movies
Favs/dislikes: 4:0. "Halloween and blood go together like Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake. And while the aforementioned are pretty terrifying, the anime movies listed here will scare both the living daylights and nightlights out of you. Movies that stay with you after you’ve watched them are are a true hallmark of a great spooky anime. So, here are some anime movies that fans and non-fans alike should watch this Halloween." -
Flavo's Favorite Horror
Favs/dislikes: 4:1. My favorite horror movies -
FrightFest Guide: Monster Movies
Favs/dislikes: 4:0. "Monsters have been a part of human culture since we first gained the ability to tell stories. They represent everything from our deepest fears to our feelings of alienation and estrangement. From its beginnings, the cinema has provided a venue to visualize monsters in all their fearsome and sometimes strangely sympathetic glory. They have become some of the movies' most unforgettable, enduring and popular characters. And now the entire spectrum of screen creatures is gathered in one volume. In The Frightfest Guide to Monster Movies, celebrated writer, editor and critic Michael Gingold starts in the silent era and traces the history of the genre all the way through to the present day. From Universal Studios legends such as Frankenstein's Monster and the Mummy, to the big bugs, atomic mutants and space invaders that terrorized the '50s, to the kaiju of Japan and the ecological nightmares of the '70s and '80s, to the CG creatures and updated favourites of recent years ― they're all here. 200 of the greatest creature features from across the globe are reviewed, with fascinating facts and critical analysis, all illustrated with a ghoulish gallery of remarkable monstrous imagery. Cult-favourite filmmaker Frank Henenlotter, creator of some of the screen's most idiosyncratic and bizarre beings, contributes a foreword, A whole world and grisly galaxy of creatures great and small, spawned from space, the supernatural and strange science, the beginning of time, beneath the sea and beyond imagination, await in this book. Dare you confront the beasts within?" -
Funky Bollywood: The Wild World of 1970s Indian Action Cinema
Favs/dislikes: 4:0. "Despite the often stereotypical notions of Bollywood, it’s not all weddings, wet saris and running around trees. In the 1970s, Indian cinema gave birth to a new breed of action movie, one that combined its own exuberant traditions with foreign influences like the gritty urban crime thrillers of the New Hollywood, Hong Kong martial arts cinema, and Italian exploitation fare. This was the domain of hard fighting he-men stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra and Feroz Khan and badass, whip-wielding heroines played by the likes of the gorgeous Zeenat Aman, Hema Malini, and Rekha. Let world cult cinema fanatic Todd Stadtman be your guide through this world of karate killers, femme fatales, space age lairs, bombshells and booby traps with Funky Bollywood, a book with an attitude as freewheeling and feisty as its subject matter, bursting with colour and imagination on every vibrant page." -
Giallo Meltdown
Favs/dislikes: 4:0. "There’s a right way to approach a film genre and then there’s the Doomed Moviethon way. Richard Glenn Schmidt dove into the giallo by having weekend-long moviethons with sometimes up to 20 films crammed into a very short amount of time. Armed with only a very understanding wife, a disturbing amount of caffeine, and a seemingly limitless supply of junk food, Richard pushed his eyes and mind to the brink of madness and beyond. Seven years in the making, Giallo Meltdown: A Moviethon Diary lovingly covers 215 films in thirteen chapters with all the black-gloved killers, fashion models, gay stereotypes, psychosexual subplots, hooker bonfires, inheritance schemes, and gallons of fluorescent blood that the giallo is known for." -
List of Shorts Featured On MST3K
Favs/dislikes: 4:0. In addition to the features mercilessly mocked on Mystery Science Theater 3000, they often additionally included one or more shorts to run through the coals as well. Here is a complete* list of all shorts riffed on MST3K. *Note: I have elected to omit General Hospital from the list as they did not a riff a full episode but just random segments from the show. -
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." -
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) -
WhatCulture's 100 Greatest Comic Book Movies Of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 4:0. "Simple sounding questions are always the hardest to answer: why are we here? What's that smell? Why am I like this? And in this rich time of comic book movies, the question of what the best ever one is couldn't appear more simple. Everyone's got an opinion after all. Is it The Dark Knight? Is it Logan? Is it Howard The Duck (spoiler: it's not)? What's harder is saying what the top 100 comic book movies are. So, after mobilising our combined forces to work out the 100 best ever horrors, we've come together as an ensemble once more to answer that very question. Again, expect some... unexpected choices. A couple of disclaimers are necessary here: firstly, this is a democratically-decided ranking - final positions are based on the accumulated votes of all the writers involved. So it's everyone's responsibility/fault. And secondly, all movies here are based directly on existing comic books or comic book properties: so no matter how hard we might all wish it, Unbreakable doesn't count. If it did, it'd probably be in the top 10. So anyway, what actually made the list? Behold, WhatCulture's ultimate list of the best of the best of comic book movies..." -
Wikipedia List of Films Based on Video Games
Favs/dislikes: 4:0. This list from Wikipedia encompasses all films across the globe based on video games. Referenced on the page but not included are short films, documentaries about video games and films with video game-related plots. US Theatrical Releases Japan Theatrical Releases China Theatrical Releases Television Films Direct-To-Video Animated Direct-To-Video Live Action Not on IMDB: Running Boy Star Soldier no Himitsu (1986) Pretty Rhythm All-Star Selection: Prism Show☆Best Ten (2014) -
CultMovieForum's The 100 Greatest Horror & Exploitation Films Ever
Favs/dislikes: 5:0. "Back in the summer of 2006 I started a poll aimed at finding the 100 Greatest Horror & Exploitation Films Ever. Votes were tabulated, I stalled,stalled some more then stalled a bit longer but finally here we are! I think you will agree this is a fantastic Top 100 representing horror and exploitation cinema in all its forms. Thanks once again to everyone who took time out to vote. " -
The Video Archives Podcast
Favs/dislikes: 5:0. Included in this list are all films featured on Quentin Tarantino's and Roger Avary's The Video Archives Podcast. -
Wikipedia List of Banned Films
Favs/dislikes: 5:0. "This is a list of banned films. For nearly the entire history of film production, certain films have been banned by film censorship or review organizations for political or moral reasons or for controversial content, such as racism. Censorship standards vary widely by country, and can vary within an individual country over time due to political or moral change. Many countries have government-appointed or private commissions to censor and rate productions for film and television exhibition. While it is common for films to be edited to fall into certain rating classifications, this list includes only films that have been explicitly prohibited from public screening." *Missing from IMDB: Ghaire aze Khoudo Hitch Kass Naboud Zahari's 17 Years Female Games Dr Lim Hock Siew Kumasowe -
Fragments of Fear: An Illustrated History of British Horror Films
Favs/dislikes: 6:0. "Fragments of Fear examines a wide range of British horror films and the stories behind them. The early melodramas of Tod Slaughter right through to Hammer and their rivals Tigon and Amicus, plus mavericks like Michael Reeves, sex/horror director Peter Walker and more recent talents such as Clive Barker, director of "Hellraiser", are all discussed. Films studied range in scope from the sadism of "Peeping Tom" to the mutant SF of "A Clockwork Orange" and the softcore porn/horror of Jose Larraz' "Vampyres". Lavishly illustrated throughout, author Andy Boot unravels a tangled history and discovers many little-known gems amid the more familiar images of Hammer, including a wealth of exploitational cinema. Fragments of Fear establishes the British horror movie as a genre which can easily stand up to its more lauded American counterpart in the depth and diversity of its scope." --From the back cover -
Horrorpedia Worst Horror Films of All-Time
Favs/dislikes: 6:0. "The following is a work-in-progress – many more titles are being added – but is not intended to be damning; in fact some of these atrocious movies are our favourites and just because a film is ineptly made it doesn’t mean it isn’t still entertaining, or even bizarrely endearing. This listing of the Worst Horror Films of All-Time is not intended to mock or denigrate the efforts of earnest filmmakers, amateur wannabes or even opportunistic hacks. Horrorpedia.com does not condone the supposedly amusing Golden Turkey, Razzie or riffing approach to mocking cult cinema, even when its clearly the lowest of the low. Smug comedic critics can easily deride the efforts of inept moviemakers as its easy pickings but that adds no value to a genuine awareness of the limitations of budgets, or the ambitions of would-be movie-makers, or the fact that some bad films are simply fun anyway." *Missing from IMDB: -Clown Around (2010) dir. Pete Scott -The Invisible Stalker (1998) dir. Gary Whitson -
I Was A Teenage Juvenile Delinquent Rock 'n' Roll Horror Beach Party
Favs/dislikes: 6:0. This list is culled from the filmographies at the end of each chapter of The I Was a Teenage Juvenile Delinquent Rock 'n' Roll Horror Beach Party Movie Book: A Complete Guide to the Teen Exploitation Film: 1954 - 1969. #1 - #73: I Was A Teenage Moneymaker '53 - '58 #64 - #124: The Lost Years '59 - '62 #125 - #164: Beach Blanket Boffo '63 - '66 #165 - #182: The Protest Trip '67 - '69 **Missing from IMDB: -Teen-age Menace (1954) -Runaway (1960) -
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
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