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"Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel. If you don't like air pollution, war, body odor, hard pizza rolls, exercise, hairy musicians, sexy blondes, tooth decay, population explosion! You'll love this movie." Directed by Jack Shea.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, comedy, counterculture relic, surrealism, Larry Storch
Topics: rare film, obscure film, comedy, counterculture relic, surrealism, Larry Storch
"Looking for the money for a drink, an alcoholic gets a Newfoundland dog as a present from a stranger at a bird fair. He’ll soon find out that the animal is not only able to speak, but to get him to give up drinking as well. Now he’s determined to get rid of the dog, but that won’t be an easy task." Directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Russian film, alcoholism
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Russian film, alcoholism
"In old Japan, the legend of the ninja lives on in Watari, the Ninja Boy, a motion picture like no other. This is the story of a young boy with almost mystical powers. His skills in ninjutsu are beyond the imagination as he infiltrates the rival Iga clan to expose their evil leader." Directed by Sadao Funatoko.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Japanese film, tokusatsu, psychotronic film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Japanese film, tokusatsu, psychotronic film
"A young woman of considerable social standing receives a curse from a black magician that causes her her head to detach from her body and attack anyone in sight. A good wizard is able to limit the effects of the curse to effect her only on the 15th of each month, but when she falls in love, things get complicated." Directed by Jen-Chieh Chang.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Taiwan film, Chinese film, horror film, psychotronic film,...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Taiwan film, Chinese film, horror film, psychotronic film,...
"A diamond mine in the village is the source of competition between Kosim and Dorman, who are the first ones to find it. They hope to win the position as head of the village. Dorman believes that the soul of his ancestor, Alberto Dominique, who is buried there, will help him achieve his ambition." Directed by Tindra Rengat.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Indonesian film, horror film, cult film, psychotronic film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Indonesian film, horror film, cult film, psychotronic film
"In a vacation camp somewhere in the French country, 1960. Marc et Philippe are two of the counsellors. Marc is very virile, while Philippe is more reserved. A night, Marc surprises Philippe dressed and made-up like a woman. From now on, he will keep on humiliating Philippe..." Directed by Claude Miller.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, French film, comedy, satire, Patrick Dewaere
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, French film, comedy, satire, Patrick Dewaere
"Cinema’s onscreen worlds have always borne an indexical bond to the real. What happens when computer-generated video game images usurp film as the predominant medium of visual world-making? How does one’s relation to onscreen heroes shift when we no longer identify with real bodies? This series of four short films takes up these questions, tracing how, in just over 30 years, video games have developed from two-dimensional schematics to photorealistic environments." Directed by...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short films, philosophical films, video essay, video games
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short films, philosophical films, video essay, video games
"A mentally disturbed Welsh teenager is obsessed with Westerns. His volatile temperament loses him the few people who might have been sympathetic and helped him. Instead he spirals down to inevitable destruction. Originally broadcast as a part of The Wednesday Play on November 2, 1966." Directed by Gareth Davies.
Topics: rare media, TV episode, The Wednesday Play, BBC, Dennis Potter
Topics: rare media, TV episode, The Wednesday Play, BBC, Dennis Potter
"A little boy (Ricardo Ancona) begins manifesting a greater and greater talent at music and at the same time, a super-sensitivity to sounds. His overly astute hearing drives him into the woods..." Directed by Servando González .
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Mexican film, magic realism, folk horror
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Mexican film, magic realism, folk horror
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"Explores the processes of visual perception and how they affect our understanding of history and society. In a work reminiscent of the writings of Paul Virilio and Michel Foucault, it examines a range of phenomena including aerial reconnaissance photos of the Auschwitz concentration camp." Directed by Harun Farocki.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, philosophical film, documentary, foreign film, German film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, philosophical film, documentary, foreign film, German film
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Topics: independent film, short film, music video, experimental, avant-garde, psychedelia, digital...
Topics: independent film, short film, music video, experimental, avant-garde, psychedelia, digital...
"During the 1940s, social class conflict is depicted when a spoiled socialite, traveling on a freighter, calls the ship's head stoker a hairy ape, provoking him into stalking the rich woman once ashore in New York." Directed by Alfred Santell.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, play adaptation, public domain, Eugene O'Neill, expressionism
Topics: rare film, obscure film, play adaptation, public domain, Eugene O'Neill, expressionism
"A scientist builds a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager and a petty burglar to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible travels to 1973." Directed by Leonid Gaidai.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Russian film, comedy, farce, history
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Russian film, comedy, farce, history
"Helen Li Mei plays the role of an alcoholic who, in a state of drunkenness, mistakenly hires a mafia boss to kill her." Directed by Wong Tin-Lam.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Chinese film, Hong Kong, thriller
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Chinese film, Hong Kong, thriller
"After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness." Directed by Don Siegel.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, genre film, mystery film, whodunnit, directorial debut
Topics: rare film, obscure film, genre film, mystery film, whodunnit, directorial debut
"In Mexico, at the dawn of the automobile, modern bandit Santiago burglarizes train freight cars and falls in love with a poor farmer's wife." Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, western film, oater, Hollywood blacklist
Topics: rare film, obscure film, western film, oater, Hollywood blacklist
"A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with." Directed by Kazuo Mori.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Japanese film, crime film, neo-noir
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Japanese film, crime film, neo-noir
"A Latin palindrome is the title of Guy Debord’s last film, in which he, as narrator, explains that he will make neither concessions to the tastes of his viewers nor to the dominant ideas of his day. After extensively insulting the audience that goes to the cinema to forget its heteronomous life, the film becomes autobiographical, using images from the world of spectacle: advertising brochures, clips from feature films (Les enfants du paradis), comics, aerial footage of Paris, tracking...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, French film, documentary, philosophy, visual essay, movies...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, French film, documentary, philosophy, visual essay, movies...
"Gyurka Farkos Csapó escapes from prison and returns to the steppe to find those who betrayed him." Directed by György Szomjas.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Hungarian film, western, black comedy, political film,...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Hungarian film, western, black comedy, political film,...
"Angel is a poacher who lives in the forest with his domineering mother. One day he goes to the city and meets Milagros, an escapee from a reform school and the lover of a known criminal so he takes her to his house in the mountains." Directed by José Luis Borau.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Spanish film, drama, thriller, satire
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Spanish film, drama, thriller, satire
"Three interrelated stories of thwarted young love in summertime Tashkent." Directed by Elyor Ishmukhamedov.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Russian film, coming of age, music and melancholy
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Russian film, coming of age, music and melancholy
"An African-American soldier stationing in Italy refuses to make a deal with local gangsters. However, when a girl he loves turns desperately to prostitution, Jerry is forced to change his mind to save her." Directed by Alberto Lattuada.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Italian film, melodrama, neorealism, Greek tragedy
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Italian film, melodrama, neorealism, Greek tragedy
"Jorge and Aarón, two young boys growing up in a quiet town often miss classes to go together to the cinema matinee. One day they are kidnapped by robbers while traveling in a truck. After the disintegration of the band, they begin to participate in the robberies until the adventure turns into something more sinister and dangerous." Directed by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Mexican film, coming of age, skip school and go to the cinema
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Mexican film, coming of age, skip school and go to the cinema
"Barbie comes home from shopping. She takes her groceries out of the bag and unwraps a little Barbie doll. She fries up the Barbie doll and eats it. The end." Directed by Tina L'Hotsky.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, experimental film, women make films, punk cinema, obscure...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, experimental film, women make films, punk cinema, obscure...
"Diary of a housewife going mad. Armelle is nearly 30 with a husband, two sons and an addiction she tries to hide. Has she any options or hope?" Directed by Joyce Buñuel.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, French film, satire, feminist film, woman on the verge of a...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, French film, satire, feminist film, woman on the verge of a...
"An exploration of film preservation and restoration in the United States." Directed by Mark McLaughlin.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, documentary, film about film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, documentary, film about film
"When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man." -Anthony Burgess "A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings." -Stanley Kubrick
Topics: experimental film, fan edit, remix, visual symmetry, sensory experience
Topics: experimental film, fan edit, remix, visual symmetry, sensory experience
"As a family goes on with their day, the shadows on their walls lead a completely different life." Directed by Shûji Terayama.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, foreign film, Japanese film, experimental film, art film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, foreign film, Japanese film, experimental film, art film
"Study in motion based on Muybridge’s photographs of man running." Directed by Ken Knowlton & Lillian F. Schwartz
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, animated film, experimental film, computer animation
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, animated film, experimental film, computer animation
"A 14-minute almanac of Midwestern America and its funky Americana at the end of the Love Generation. Begins with proudly naked people parading about for all the world to ogle at the annual Naked City beauty pageant in Roselawn, Indiana, before returning to Chicago, where families literally draped in American flags are found wilting under the heat of the sun along a downtown parade route." Directed by Tom Palazzolo.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, experimental film, political film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, experimental film, political film
"Country singer Maury Dann lives life in the fast lane, counting on his rakish charm and raw talent to excuse his reckless behavior. Touring on the road in the rural south with his dedicated manager, his loyal driver and his long-suffering girlfriend, Maury seduces groupies, brawls and breaks the law, brashly relying on his team to cover for him. Heedlessly alienating all those who care for him, Maury blindly keeps the pedal to the metal." Directed by Daryl Duke.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, drama, music movie, road movie, biography of a bastard, dudes rock
Topics: rare film, obscure film, drama, music movie, road movie, biography of a bastard, dudes rock
"Commander X and his part time employee Nightmare plan on breaking into the Madison Museum to steal a secret tree of powers called “The Bagel Tree”. With the tree in Commander X’s possession, he plans on using it as the ultimate tool for destruction, “the Element”. Ironically, a few thieves beat Commander X to it. It’s up to The Erotic Avengers to stop them." Directed by Igor Pickles.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, outsider art, unhinged cinema, I can't fap to this
Topics: rare film, obscure film, outsider art, unhinged cinema, I can't fap to this
AKA Mix-Up "One of the most remarkable and innovative documentaries ever made, this film follows the famous true story of two English women who as babies got switched in the hospital and 20 years later discovered that they’d been raised by the wrong sets of parents. Romand enlists all the surviving family members in her haunting and bizarre investigation, which involves not only a recounting but a reenactment of all the significant events in the two daughters’...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, French film, documentary
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, French film, documentary
" Banned in the Soviet Union for its “negative” content and never released, the director was forced to retreat from filmmaking for seven years because of this film. It sets out to illustrate the old adage, “For want of a nail, the battle was lost,” showing how the inferior quality of something so trivial as a nail in a soldier’s boot leads inexorably to the capture of an armored train. Kalatozov had intended to demonstrate the crucial and universal importance of efficiency in...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, propaganda film, foreign film, historical film, war film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, propaganda film, foreign film, historical film, war film
"On a distant, snow-covered planet, a starship from Earth crashes. Due to dangerous radiation levels, the survivors have to evacuate far away. Over years, the radiation levels go down but all attempting to return to the ship die when crossing a treacherous mountain pass, due to a combination of the elements and wild animals who come out at night. Finally, when only a few survivors are left, their teenaged children - all who were born on the world - and one of the adults decide to try to...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, animated film, foreign film, Russian film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, animated film, foreign film, Russian film
"A small-time Jewish racketeer, just out of prison, finds himself in a quandary. Returning to his old neighborhood, he finds that the streets that he and his friends once controlled have now been taken over by blacks and Hispanics. On top of that, he must try to get back with his family, who want nothing to do with him." Directed by Michael Roemer.
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Topics: rare film, obscure film, genre film, crime film, Jewish gangster
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Topics: rare film, obscure film, genre film, crime film, Jewish gangster
"During the years of the Third Reich, some 1200 films were produced under Joseph Goebbels' ministry of propaganda. Until 2014, 40 of them were still banned in Germany." Directed by Felix Moeller.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, documentary, foreign film, German film, movies about movies, ethical...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, documentary, foreign film, German film, movies about movies, ethical...
"A story about a government clerk who has his precious new overcoat stolen. No one seems willing to help him retrieve his prized possession, a fact that continues to concern him even when he is beyond the grave." Directed by Aleksey Batalov.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Russian film, short story adaptation, Nikolai Gogol
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Russian film, short story adaptation, Nikolai Gogol
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Feb 14, 2023
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" One of the staff girls at The Golden Mousetrap, a city nightclub, has been stabbed and is barely alive; a doctor is examining her in a dressing room. Inspector Simón leads the investigation supported by the night shift inspector Arévalo. The club management asks that nobody leave the place, since everyone there must cooperate with the police and being interrogated." Directed by José María Forqué .
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Spanish film, whodunit, crime, mystery, thriller, single...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Spanish film, whodunit, crime, mystery, thriller, single...
"Fantasy film based on a screenplay by French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. A society heiress and a resistance fighter are tragically killed at the same moment and meet in the afterlife. They are offered a second chance at life if they can prove their love is real or be doomed to roam the earth as ghosts." Directed by Jean Delannoy
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, French film, fantasy, drama
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, French film, fantasy, drama
"Sarcastic comedy about the Czechoslovakia of the seventies. A young gynaecologist can’t figure out whether to get serious with a young nurse or to stay casual with his married lover. Things get complicated when both women don’t want to play his game anymore." Directed by Věra Chytilová .
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Czech film, women make films
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Czech film, women make films
"Majka “Chatterbox” is a girl entering adolescence. She was born with a minor disability. While her mother keeps scolding her for the way she walks, her classmates mock her and call her a “duck”. Along an innocent first love affair and a secret friendship, she receives little understanding from her parents and lots of malice from her schoolmates. Majka finds refuge with her grandmother and in her own fantasy world." Directed by Peter Solan.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Czech film, coming of age
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Czech film, coming of age
"Thomas hitchhikes from Hamburg to Munich where he meets his ex-girlfriend, Peggy. As Thomas doesn’t have a bed for the night Peggy takes him home. He is unaware that she and her four roommates have all made a strange pact…" Directed by Rudolf Thome.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, German film, independent film, crime, pulp surrealism
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, German film, independent film, crime, pulp surrealism
"A shocking expose of a prison blood donor program during the Clinton governorship in Arkansas. Infected prisoners slipped through the cracks and tainted blood made it into pharmaceuticals sold to patients in Canada, Europe and Asia, infecting them with the deadly diseases hepatitis C and AIDS." Directed by Kelly Duda.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, documentary
Topics: rare film, obscure film, documentary
"In which the acclaimed artist and sometime filmmaker Robert Longo utilized the music video scene of the late eighties as DEMENTIA/DAUGHTER OF HORROR (1955) did the 1950s drive-in market, and YOUNG PLAYTHINGS (1972) the 70s smut movie scene: he delivered an avant-garde film in the guise of an Elektra Asylum music video compilation of a type that was once ubiquitous on VHS. Note how the songs heard on the soundtrack from Anita Baker, The Doors and others, are prominently listed on the...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, Fun City, pop nihilism
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, Fun City, pop nihilism
Tjokkie, his mother and sister Tiemie live together on poverty row. Tjokkie has a gift of psychic ability and is prone to terrifying trance states which allow him to see the future. His mother’s husband, a lay-about called Giel Swart (Yellow Black?) is sponging off his mother’s war pension. He sees her children Tjokkie and Tiemie as his own because he has seen them “grow up before his eyes”.The aggressive biker Jakes, a man who has built a dangerous reputation around the suburbs is...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, South African film, play adaptation
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, South African film, play adaptation
"On a Christmas night, an ex-convict meets a beautiful Italian married woman who has got a lot of things to hide." Directed by Marcel Bluwal.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, French film, crime film, thriller, film noir
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, French film, crime film, thriller, film noir
"A group of former friends meets again after a very long time, in a Christmas night, with the intent of ripping off a rich industrialist in a game of Poker. Old hatreds and mistrusts conflict with the nostalgia for the lost friendships." Directed by Pupi Avati.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, drama, thriller, foreign film, Italian film, Christmas film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, drama, thriller, foreign film, Italian film, Christmas film
"It’s Christmas time in the twin cities. Billy’s working a lot of overtime, running barges on the Mississippi. He calls his friend Eddie, whom he hasn’t seen in six months, and asks a favor: to drive with him to see his pregnant girlfriend, Patti, because Billy hasn’t told her he’s married and already has two children. The road trip of guy talk becomes a night of truths exchanged between men and women." Directed by David Burton Morris.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, comedy, road movie, independent film, stunted machismo
Topics: rare film, obscure film, comedy, road movie, independent film, stunted machismo
"A dramatic autobiographical film that is a multiplexed portrait of the San Francisco sub-culture of the 1960’s, 'a lasting testament to a time we will never forget'." Directed by Scott Bartlett.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, experimental film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, experimental film
"A parody of anthropology, linguistics, and cultural imperialism. The film follows an unlikely team of linguists into the wilds of an ersatz Patagonia to study the last speakers of a dying language. That language apparently consists of a single word, which therefore means everything." Directed by Raúl Ruiz .
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film
"A woman who believes a dead composer is in love with her falls in love with a man who constantly fights an imaginary man named Hank." Directed by Charles Burnett.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, romantic comedy, independent film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, romantic comedy, independent film
"Interviews examine life in small-town America, class conflicts and the collapse of an upstate New York community, Dadetown, when the town’s once-prosperous factory, reduced to the manufacture of paper clips and staples, finally closes. Facing massive unemployment, the blue-collar Dadetown residents next find yuppies moving into town to staff the local division of a big computer outfit." Directed by Russ Hexter.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, independent film, mockumentary
Topics: rare film, obscure film, independent film, mockumentary
"A lonely man’s decent into horror, mutilation and psychological collapse. The lines of reality and fantasy blur when the man’s hand-tinted primordial dreams of humanoid sex and violence manifest in his everyday reality as cancer, abuse and mannequin love." Directed by James Fotopoulos.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, independent film, nihilism
Topics: rare film, obscure film, independent film, nihilism
"Michel, a referee has to suffer the consequences of having whistled a penalty against a team which is supported by football hooligans." Directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, French film, satire, dark comedy, cult film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, French film, satire, dark comedy, cult film
"A documentary about some of the thousands of inventions that did things we never thought needed doing, or in ways we never considered doing them. A respectful, yet humorous tribute to the inventors whose vision, however far-reach ing, was just a little off the mark." Directed by Howard Smith.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, documentary, mondo, counterculture, American weirdness
Topics: rare film, obscure film, documentary, mondo, counterculture, American weirdness
"A queer alien is lost in 1970s Turkey." Directed by Müjdat Gezen .
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Turkish film, spiritual sequel/prequel, knockoff
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Turkish film, spiritual sequel/prequel, knockoff
"François Naulet turns his bedroom into an island of drugs, loneliness and despair." Directed by Guy Gilles.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, French film, nihilism
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, French film, nihilism
"Split into three episodes, this film examines extrasensory perception, reincarnation and telepathy." Directed by Peter Patzak.
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Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Austrian film, horror film, horror anthology
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Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Austrian film, horror film, horror anthology
"Protagonist Mahmoud is a high school teacher, who lives with his entire family in a tiny apartment. The landlord is desperately trying to force them out to the point of enlisting the devil’s help. Like “Al-Ins wal Djinn,” the film’s opening scenes establish a sense of tension that continues to mount until, for some reason, a goat shoots a star-shaped laser out of its forehead, and everything quickly falls apart. Furniture spontaneously combusts, an invisible presence settles in...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, genre film, horror film, foreign film, Egyptian film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, genre film, horror film, foreign film, Egyptian film
"Weaponry, gore, crocodile attacks, goofy humor, lots of rubber crocodiles, a guy gets pissed on, a woman gives birth to a crocodile, strange dance/music video that’s surprisingly good, a child is plowed over by a motorbike and hell, there’s even a glimpse of some boobies. Fine Indonesian exploitation craziness." Directed by H. Tjut Djalil, the visionary filmmaker behind MYSTICS IN BALI, LADY TERMINATOR, SATAN'S BED and DANGEROUS SEDUCTRESS.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, genre film, foreign film, Indonesian film, horror film, action, genre...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, genre film, foreign film, Indonesian film, horror film, action, genre...
"There’s a serial killer named Boogieman on the loose. He kills without any apparent reason. The mayor hires a witch doctor, who served in Vietnam with him, and a bounty hunter to track down and eliminate the serial killer." Directed by Charles E. Cullen
Topics: rare film, obscure film, horror film, SOV, low budget, independent, trash cinema, beer movies
Topics: rare film, obscure film, horror film, SOV, low budget, independent, trash cinema, beer movies
"An isolated Canadian town (populated by the weirdest group of people this side of Saturn) has seen its share of problems. First the nut factory closed, then the CATV antenna stopped broadcasting, and now something is gruesomely devouring the townsfolk! Can visiting atomic scientist (and expert on “cool fusion”) Dr. Karel Lamonte solve the mystery before everyone disappears?" Directed by John Paizs.
Topics: alternate title, rare film, obscure film, horror comedy, spoof, screwball comedy, sight gags,...
Topics: alternate title, rare film, obscure film, horror comedy, spoof, screwball comedy, sight gags,...
"A young archaeologist believes he is cursed by a mask that causes him to have weird nightmares and possibly to murder. Before committing suicide, he mails the mask to his psychiatrist, Dr. Barnes, who is soon plunged into the nightmare world of the mask." Directed by Julian Roffman.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, horror film, B-movie, schlock, Canadian film, anaglyph 3D
Topics: rare film, obscure film, horror film, B-movie, schlock, Canadian film, anaglyph 3D
"A remake of one of the oldest and most popular comic books in the Philippines. A group of archaeologists unearth Zuma, a God donning a snake over his shoulder, who then brings destruction on anything against his way." Directed by Jun Raquiza.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Philippines, horror film, comic book adaptation
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Philippines, horror film, comic book adaptation
"Driving home in the brand new Volvo his wealthy wife gave him for his birthday, Ricardo comes upon a smoking, overturned auto with a man and boy trapped inside but, afraid he’d get bloodstains in his new car, he ignores their cries for help and drives away just before the wreck explodes. Soon after, blood begins pooling in his backseat and Ricardo comes to know how Lady Macbeth felt when he can’t get the damned spots out no matter how many times he cleans the car…" Directed by...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Spanish film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Spanish film
"A young woman checks into an exclusive women's health clinic only to discover strange things afoot including disappearances and an increasingly disproportionate dearth of men in the small town of Van Marens." Directed by Zbynek Brynych.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, horror film, comedy film, unsubtle satire, foreign film, women rock
Topics: rare film, obscure film, horror film, comedy film, unsubtle satire, foreign film, women rock
"A 3-D short subject in which the narrator goes to a creepy old house in search of his missing aunt. There he encounters the Frankenstein monster, a witch, a wooden Indian who comes to life, and assorted other monsters and frightening characters, all of whom manage to throw something toward the camera." A.K.A. Murder in 3-D Directed by George Sidney.
Topics: short film, rare film, obscure film, horror comedy, Metroscopix
Topics: short film, rare film, obscure film, horror comedy, Metroscopix
"Nasty Japanese gorefest about a group of scientists stalked and viciously butchered by a creepy-looking alien in a trenchoat." Directed by Akihiro Kashima.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Japanese film, horror film, gore, V Cinema, short film, GT...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Japanese film, horror film, gore, V Cinema, short film, GT...
"Documentary portrait of the life of circus artists during their winter break." Directed by Dušan Hanák .
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, foreign film, Slovak film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, foreign film, Slovak film
"Peter O’Brian (The Stabilizer, The Intruder) goes up against a French mob boss. Cue car chases, explosions, creepy blind kids and finally, an explosion." Directed by Arizal.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, action film, trash cinema, B-movie, Indonesian film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, action film, trash cinema, B-movie, Indonesian film
"Chung Yao, a martial arts expert, has long been on the run from his stepbrother, who he caught trying to rape his wife on their wedding night. His brother has never given up the chase however, and Chung Yao live in constant fear that the vengeful stepbrother will murder him and his wife." Directed by Sammo Hung.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, martial arts film, Hong Kong, chinese film, kung fu, Dracula, butt nekkid...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, martial arts film, Hong Kong, chinese film, kung fu, Dracula, butt nekkid...
"Obsessed with sex and death, a man is haunted by visions of beautiful women and brutal violence. He begins an odyssey into a world which, in his mind, transforms into an array of sexual fantasies and images of horrible accidents, suicide and murder. Like a bird of prey, he seeks out fatal automobile crashes and an assortment of other tragedies, which he records on film with a movie camera to view repeatedly, over and over. His dreams are a twisted amalgam of violent images juxtaposed with...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, horror film, experimental film, VHS rip
Topics: rare film, obscure film, horror film, experimental film, VHS rip
"A twisted Gen X comedy disguised as a 1970s drive-in flick, KILL THE MOONLIGHT is the story of Chance, a fish hatchery worker, toxic waste cleaner and aspiring race car driver whose goal in life is to fix up his Camaro and follow his dreams of championship glory." Directed by Steve Hanft.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, independent film, hangout movie, comedy, slackercore, Beck
Topics: rare film, obscure film, independent film, hangout movie, comedy, slackercore, Beck
"The nudists take to the bowling alley and take it over. Commentators make crass wisecracks." Directed by Bill Osco.
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Topics: rare film, short film, comedy, mondo, crude humor
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Topics: rare film, short film, comedy, mondo, crude humor
" A group of young dancers prepare for a stage musical based on the street cats of their neighborhood." Directed by Shin'ichi Nakada.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Japanese film, musical comedy, cat actors
Topics: rare film, obscure film, foreign film, Japanese film, musical comedy, cat actors
"A beautiful, eerie, haunting film, all the more wonderful for the fact we do not once see the moon: only the manifestation of its powers here on earth, the ebb and flow of the waters.. fiery rainbows into a cloudy sky… men and rockets transformed into shattering crystals… creating a picture if the cosmos in continual transformation.” – Gene Youngblood, Los Angeles Times “The interrelated convolutions and spasms of image, color, and sound that filmmaker Bartlett creates is the...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, experimental film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, experimental film
"Deals with subjective reality, the emotional sense of what one's perception of the total environment is -- sexual, physical, social, time, space, life, death." Directed by Ed Emshwiller.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, experimental film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, experimental film
"Animates a cool jazz ensemble's jam session, splitting the screen into pulsing shards of color that dance to different instruments from one moment to the next." Directed by Zbigniew Rybczy ński.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, animated film, music video, psychedelia, Polish film
Topics: rare film, obscure film, short film, animated film, music video, psychedelia, Polish film
"The film follows a famous scientist who rules over his errant disabled daughter with an iron fist. He’s meticulous and tyrannical, while she is impetuous but equally cruel in her own immature way." Directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, French film, psychological thriller, sins of the father
Topics: rare film, obscure film, French film, psychological thriller, sins of the father
"Two guys and their women constantly get harassed by a group of young motorcycle outlaws on a small island. The situation becomes deadly when one of them gets killed." Directed by Chih-Hung Kuei.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, exploitation film, genre film, Hong Kong film, biker film, rape revenge...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, exploitation film, genre film, Hong Kong film, biker film, rape revenge...
"Five kids are rewarded with extraordinary powers by an aging scientist. Their mission is to correct the wrong and injustice in the world. With dynamic effort and dazzling speed, the five superheroes face the evil Exxor and his men, who are bent on creating worldwide havoc. It’s up to our super kids to save the world and restore order." Directed by Bebong Osorio.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, fucked up kids movie, tokusatsu, foreign film, Filipino film, English dub,...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, fucked up kids movie, tokusatsu, foreign film, Filipino film, English dub,...
"A cross-dressing mental patient escapes from an asylum and robs a bank. The money is soon stolen from him, and he embarks on a killing spree in an attempt to retrieve it." Written by Edward D. Wood Jr. Directed by Aris Iliopulos.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, no dialogue, experimental film, schlock, genre film, cult film, B-movie,...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, no dialogue, experimental film, schlock, genre film, cult film, B-movie,...
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Aug 17, 2022
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Jim Woodring, Taruto Fuyama, Eri Yoshimura, Masaki Naito, Kanako Kawaguchi, Naomi Nagata, TAMPRO/DROP & COCOA
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"Collects 8 wild Frank animations made by some of Japan's most innovative and idiosyncratic filmmakers. Each piece is an interpretation of a classic Frank comic and is scored by musicians from Japan and the USA." Directed by Jim Woodring, Taruto Fuyama, Eri Yoshimura, Masaki Naito, Kanako Kawaguchi, Naomi Nagata, TAMAPRO/DROP & COCOA.
Topics: rare film, anthology film, short films, animation, comic books, psychedelic
Topics: rare film, anthology film, short films, animation, comic books, psychedelic
"Bearded contract employee goes on a "giant bouquet of flowers" planet and prefers friendship with the robot because all inhabitants are creepy psychos." Directed by Vladimir Tarasov.
Topics: rare film, short film, animated film, foreign film, Soviet film, psychedelic
Topics: rare film, short film, animated film, foreign film, Soviet film, psychedelic
"In Paris , Commissioner Stan Jalard and Inspector Simon Lecache plan to quit the police to go and enjoy a more peaceful life in the West Indies. In a nightclub, during a routine visit, they spot Schneider, a dreaded gangster and public enemy. At the time of his arrest, Simon is killed at close range by the criminal. Stan then decides to stay in the police to avenge Simon. Being the godfather of Christian, Simon’s son, who sometimes lives in a boarding school, sometimes at home, he takes...
Topics: rare film, genre film, action film, foreign film, French film, Belmondo stunts
Topics: rare film, genre film, action film, foreign film, French film, Belmondo stunts
"Action/adventure/comedy film set in Little Rock, Arkansas. The film portrays a journey embarked upon by three boys across the woodlands near their home town to spend a summer vacation together camping in the wilderness. The film lacks the “traditional plot” of other films and focuses more on the life of the three boys in general. The film opens on the last day of school in Bryant, Arkansas. The audience is introduced to the three main characters leaving school and heading home to...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, family film, hangout movie, Southern cinema, coming-of-age, drawer full of...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, family film, hangout movie, Southern cinema, coming-of-age, drawer full of...
When a nuclear war hits Melbourne, Australia, we find that there's more than one way to survive in the fallout - why sit around wasting what air's left when there's time now to get loose and dance? Directed by Ray Boseley.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, Australian film, cult film, cult comedy, post-apocalyptic, punk rock, bang...
Topics: rare film, obscure film, Australian film, cult film, cult comedy, post-apocalyptic, punk rock, bang...
"A six story anthology horror/comedy that will make you laugh so hard you might vomit your own blood!" Directed by Scarlet Fry.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, anthology film, anthology horror, horror comedy, SOV, shot-on-video
Topics: rare film, obscure film, anthology film, anthology horror, horror comedy, SOV, shot-on-video
"Greg and Charles, two young men in Montreal, are trying to find creative fulfillment in their professional lives; Greg pursues work as a freelance writer of human interest journalism, while the openly gay Charles takes a job as a dancer in a gay bar." Directed by Lois Siegel.
Topics: rare film, obscure film, Canadian film, foreign film, cult film, comedy
Topics: rare film, obscure film, Canadian film, foreign film, cult film, comedy
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Jul 4, 2022
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Paul Bunnell, Robert Pike, David M. Latt, Jeff Morrison, Clay Staub, Jim Towler & Robert Loveren
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A highly varied anthology of whacked-out stories. "The Visitant" (Paul Bunnell, 1981) "Desire in a Public Dump" (Robert Pike, 1958) "A Day in the Life of Snidley Carmichael" (David M. Latt) "Twilight Journey" (Jeff Morrison, 1980) "The Crystal Quest" (Clay Staub & Jim Towler) "The Bus Bench" (Robert Loveren)
Topics: rare film, anthology film, anthology horror, VHS
Topics: rare film, anthology film, anthology horror, VHS
Another collection of oddball "home movies" with over 100 off-the-wall short comedy films. Directed by Len Cella.
Topics: rare film, short film, comedy sketches, absurdism
Topics: rare film, short film, comedy sketches, absurdism
"VIOLENT STREETS is a lean and mean yakuza exploitation picture that plays with a lot of genre tropes – e.g., rival groups, old ways versus young guns, etc. – all capped off by a deeply fatalistic streak. Gosha bookends the film with two key shots of barking, caged dogs. In this particular underworld, the players have room to be wild within their confines – snarling or even biting at those foolish enough to come close – but they’re never totally free. Whether imprisoned or not,...
Topics: rare film, Japanese film, yakuza film, exploitation film, crime film, action film
Topics: rare film, Japanese film, yakuza film, exploitation film, crime film, action film
Six people find a mysterious mark in the center of their left hand and all independently go to Easter Island in hopes to uncover the mystery. Directed by Pierre Kast.
Topics: rare film, experimental film, sci-fi, geomancy, metaphysics, mathematics, psychedelia
Topics: rare film, experimental film, sci-fi, geomancy, metaphysics, mathematics, psychedelia
A collection of oddball "home movies" with over 100 off-the-wall short comedy films. Directed by Len Cella.
Topics: rare film, short film, comedy sketches, absurdism
Topics: rare film, short film, comedy sketches, absurdism
Nick has a hard time fitting in with his suburban life and conforming to the macho stereotypes expected of him, unlike his rival, Corny Blower. Directed by John Paizs.
Topics: rare film, short film, Americana satire, Canadian film
Topics: rare film, short film, Americana satire, Canadian film
When a schoolboy’s day-dream of a fantasy sports day includes events where acts of vandalism and trespass are required, dire consequences ensue. Originally created as an educational film, this somewhat surrealist short has a serious message at its core. This won’t be a lesson you’ll forget in a hurry. Directed by John Krish.
Topics: rare film, short film, public information film, British film
Topics: rare film, short film, public information film, British film
Melvin Rivers, an ex-con freshly released from prison, struggles to find a place to live and get a regular job. He calls in favors from friends and generally tries to avoid slipping back into the criminal behavior that put him in jail. Directed by Robert Kaylor.
Topics: rare film, short film, pseudo-documentary, cinema verite
Topics: rare film, short film, pseudo-documentary, cinema verite
Remember that man in the rainbow-colored Afro wig who carried the “John 3:16” sign? During the 70s and 80s he seemed to be everywhere: at televised baseball and football games, shuttle launches, and hundreds of other events. So who was he, and what ever happened to him? In Sam Green’s award-winning new “slapstick tragedy,” we find out. And the truth involving an unhappy childhood, a kidnapped hotel maid, and three life sentences in prison is stranger than fiction… Directed by Sam...
Topics: rare film, short film, documentary, pop culture detritus
Topics: rare film, short film, documentary, pop culture detritus
The innocent country Nebelux is accidentally bombarded with the poison gas X-70, designed to keep Asiatics in a lethargic and euphoric state. Directed by Raoul Servais.
Topics: rare film, short film, animated film, political film
Topics: rare film, short film, animated film, political film
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