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melvinthemopboy3: Sep 29, 2008

morestuff posted:

I just watched The House on Haunted Hill and enjoyed it, despite its obvious flaws. Any suggestions for other William Castle movies (or similar) worth watching?

Have you seen Joe Dante's Matinee? It's about a William Castle-esque director (played by John Goodman!) who is premiering his latest picture: Mant!, filmed in Atomo-Vision. All of this is going on during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and it's just all around a fun film if you like the Caste persona.

# ? May 16, 2012 17:55

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 12:37

penismightier: Dec 6, 2005; What the hell, I'll just eat some trash.

morestuff posted:

I just watched The House on Haunted Hill and enjoyed it, despite its obvious flaws. Any suggestions for other William Castle movies (or similar) worth watching?

Haunted Hill is uncommonly fun and not much matches its ridiculous giddiness, but some come close:

Homicidal, The Tingler, I Saw What You Did, 13 Ghosts, and Strait-Jacket are all worth watching. Strait-Jacket is probably Castle's second best behind Haunted Hill.

The teen monster trilogy I Was a Teenage Werewolf/I Was a Teenage Frankenstein/How to Make a Monster is similar. So too Corman's crazyfun Edgar Allen Poe movies. And the '30s haunted house comedies might be up your alley - The Vampire Bat, The Old Dark House, The Black Cat.

Oh poo poo and gently caress yes Matinee owns.

# ? May 16, 2012 18:01

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD: Sep 14, 2007; everything is yours

I wish I'd seen more Joan Crawford because she totally is the perfect subject for SOTM.

# ? May 16, 2012 18:11

penismightier: Dec 6, 2005; What the hell, I'll just eat some trash.

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:

I wish I'd seen more Joan Crawford because she totally is the perfect subject for SOTM.

Same. We should have a Bette Davis/Joan Crawford thread.

# ? May 16, 2012 18:20

morestuff: Aug 2, 2008; You can't stop what's coming

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone.

# ? May 16, 2012 18:42

FitFortDanga: Nov 19, 2004; Nice try, asshole

Castle's best film far and away is Betrayed a.k.a. When Strangers Marry. I will second Homicidal.

# ? May 16, 2012 19:45

midnightclimax: Dec 3, 2011; by XyloJW

I just watched Hackers and Johnny Mnemonic. Any other cheesy 90s ~cyberspace~ flicks out there? I stopped watching 13th Floor because... dunno, didn't captivate me.

# ? May 16, 2012 21:57

FitFortDanga: Nov 19, 2004; Nice try, asshole

midnightclimax posted:

I just watched Hackers and Johnny Mnemonic. Any other cheesy 90s ~cyberspace~ flicks out there? I stopped watching 13th Floor because... dunno, didn't captivate me.

The Lawnmower Man is really cheesy (i.e., terrible).

# ? May 16, 2012 23:17

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD: Sep 14, 2007; everything is yours

Nirvana, starring Christopher Lambert, is probably the cheesiest cyberpunk movie I can think of off the top. Also, I don't care if it was made in 2006 or whatever, Babylon A.D. is a super 90's cyberpunkish movie.

# ? May 16, 2012 23:22

Binary Logic: Dec 28, 2000; Fun Shoe

midnightclimax posted:

I just watched Hackers and Johnny Mnemonic. Any other cheesy 90s ~cyberspace~ flicks out there? I stopped watching 13th Floor because... dunno, didn't captivate me.

Plenty of cheese in the made-for-tv movie, Subliminal Seduction.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116319/

Starring a soap opera starlet and Ian Ziering from BH 90210.

In 1995, Sandra Bullock was caught in...The Net. More of a suspense/chase movie than cyber but plenty of eye-rollingly bad (and now, nostalgic) technobabble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46qKHq7REI4

# ? May 17, 2012 11:48

Binary Logic: Dec 28, 2000; Fun Shoe

also: Virtuosity has a VR serial killer creation that escapes into the real world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIFSYdGjTqw

# ? May 17, 2012 12:29

stickyfngrdboy: Oct 21, 2010

I've been looking for ages now for one related to the current subject, that has someone who invents a new 'virtual reality' game, and things go wrong in some way. I have it in my head it's a woman who invents it, and that it has something to do with the back of the neck, and there may be a famous actor in it, but for the life of me I cannot remember the title. I'm certain it's mid-nineties. Anyone?

# ? May 17, 2012 12:34

Binary Logic: Dec 28, 2000; Fun Shoe

You might also want to check out Freejack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jlaE_8zcMU

Strange Days, directed by James Cameron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yaXPx6xWEQ

# ? May 17, 2012 12:36

Binary Logic: Dec 28, 2000; Fun Shoe

stickyfngrdboy posted:

I've been looking for ages now for one related to the current subject, that has someone who invents a new 'virtual reality' game, and things go wrong in some way. I have it in my head it's a woman who invents it, and that it has something to do with the back of the neck, and there may be a famous actor in it, but for the life of me I cannot remember the title. I'm certain it's mid-nineties. Anyone?

That would be David Cronenberg's eXistenZ, of course. With Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jude Law.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAdbdUt_h9M

# ? May 17, 2012 12:37

The Cameo: Jan 20, 2005

Uh, Strange Days is a Kathryn Bigelow movie. Cameron just produced it.

# ? May 17, 2012 12:39

stickyfngrdboy: Oct 21, 2010

Binary Logic posted:

That would be David Cronenberg's eXistenZ, of course. With Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jude Law.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAdbdUt_h9M

You absolute diamond. I love you for this; I can't tell you how frustrated I was getting attempting to find this film. I'm buying it right now and I bet it's much worse than I remember.

# ? May 17, 2012 13:40

penismightier: Dec 6, 2005; What the hell, I'll just eat some trash.

Binary Logic posted:

In 1995, Sandra Bullock was caught in...The Net. More of a suspense/chase movie than cyber but plenty of eye-rollingly bad (and now, nostalgic) technobabble.

That movie'll always make me think of that Seinfeld line: "I saw a provocative movie the other day called The Net, starring the girl from The Bus."

# ? May 17, 2012 14:47

Mechafunkzilla: Sep 11, 2006; If you want a vision of the future...

stickyfngrdboy posted:

You absolute diamond. I love you for this; I can't tell you how frustrated I was getting attempting to find this film. I'm buying it right now and I bet it's much worse than I remember.

eXistenZ is pretty great, actually.

# ? May 17, 2012 15:05

RizieN: May 15, 2004; and it was still hot.

Can't go wrong with David Cronenberg, ever.

# ? May 17, 2012 20:39

Big Bad Voodoo Lou: Jan 1, 2006

One more pro-eXistenZ person here.

I find it ties in well with Dark City, The Matrix, and The 13th Floor -- a quartet of late-'90s sci-fi movies about technology run amok, forcing people to question the very nature of reality itself. They're all very different in how they go about addressing those elements, but they all do it. Dark City is my favorite of all of them, though.

# ? May 18, 2012 05:33

Chas McGill: Oct 29, 2010; loves Fat Philippe

One of my favourite films is the Station Agent. What else is there that has a similar balance of quiet ambience and drama? I watched Bagdad Caf� and liked that, too.

I like stories with a small scale and a focus on only a few characters.

Chas McGill fucked around with this message at 21:48 on May 18, 2012

# ? May 18, 2012 21:46

oscarthewilde: May 16, 2012; I would often go there
To the tiny church there

Just finished watching The Lincoln Lawyer and I really liked it, especially the courtroom scenes, and now I'm looking for another good law film. Anyone know another (really)good one?

# ? May 18, 2012 23:31

Voodoofly: Jul 3, 2002; Some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help

oscarthewilde posted:

Just finished watching The Lincoln Lawyer and I really liked it, especially the courtroom scenes, and now I'm looking for another good law film. Anyone know another (really)good one?

Every lawyer I know, myself included, has said My Cousin Vinney has the best, and probably the most accurate, movie courtroom scenes. More importantly, it is a fun movie.

# ? May 18, 2012 23:39

Schweinhund: Oct 23, 2004

A Few Good Men

# ? May 19, 2012 00:01

stickyfngrdboy: Oct 21, 2010

12 Angry Men and To Kill a Mockingbird

# ? May 19, 2012 00:10

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

A Civil Action and Erin Brockavich are decent law movies based on true stories.

# ? May 19, 2012 03:12

Kvlt!: May 19, 2012

Any recommendations for older science fiction movies? I enjoy classic B-movies like "The Invisible Man" and "The Fly" and Netflix has been a valuable resource for these. Any great ones that I am missing out on? Thanks

# ? May 21, 2012 23:34

Schweinhund: Oct 23, 2004

Check out the Flash Gordon serial from 1936. It's a lot of fun, and cool to see all the stuff George Lucas borrowed for Star Wars.

# ? May 21, 2012 23:39

penismightier: Dec 6, 2005; What the hell, I'll just eat some trash.

Xandoom posted:

Any recommendations for older science fiction movies? I enjoy classic B-movies like "The Invisible Man" and "The Fly" and Netflix has been a valuable resource for these. Any great ones that I am missing out on? Thanks

MY TIME HAS COME.

The Thing from Another World, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Them!, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Forbidden Planet are the A-game '50s sci-fi essentials. Watch those first.

Try and hit some of the Ray Harryhausen films. 20 Million Miles to Earth is my favorite, but Beast from 20,000 Fathoms puts up a good fight too. Both of course are in the shadow of the almighty King Kong.

The Quatermass films are all great. I like the shorter cut of the third, Quatermass and the Pit, the most, but you can't go wrong with any of them.

Uh I can do a paragraph for each of these, so in the interest of brevity I'm just gonna hit you with a mess of titles now:

Invaders from Mars, The Monster and the Girl, The Colossus of New York, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Island of Lost Souls, Lost Horizon, Godzilla, The Abominable Snowman, The Amazing Transparent Man, X - The Man with X-Ray Eyes, Dr. Cyclops, Caltiki the Immortal Monster, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, Five, Tarantula, and The World the Flesh and the Devil.

# ? May 22, 2012 00:57

Jack Does Jihad: Jun 18, 2003; Yeah, this is just right. Has a nice feel, too.

penismightier posted:

MY TIME HAS COME.
The Quatermass films are all great. I like the shorter cut of the third, Quatermass and the Pit, the most, but you can't go wrong with any of them.

I just wanna mention, as cool as this movie is, it's not available on dvd in the US under the Quatermass title - it was renamed "Five Million Years to Earth" over here, so you can find it under that title. I think all of the Quatermass movies got renamed over here, actually.

# ? May 22, 2012 01:31

Kvlt!: May 19, 2012

Thank you, that's quite a lot of titles! Invasion of the Body Snatchers was excellent, I will be sure to check out the other ones.

# ? May 22, 2012 21:42

ants on my cum rag: Sep 2, 2011; "Oh God you got the spray gun, DO NOT LOSE IT, you seriously better not screw this up, I'm not kidding"
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Since I don't have an unamswered reccomendation, I'll just skip to mine:

Recommend films to a guy who loves 50's to 90's asian movies.

# ? May 23, 2012 14:21

FitFortDanga: Nov 19, 2004; Nice try, asshole

Just "asian movies", huh? Any type of movie from any country that could be considered Asian?

# ? May 23, 2012 16:17

ants on my cum rag: Sep 2, 2011; "Oh God you got the spray gun, DO NOT LOSE IT, you seriously better not screw this up, I'm not kidding"
~~The Battle Hymn of the Contra Tiger Mother~~

FitFortDanga posted:

Just "asian movies", huh? Any type of movie from any country that could be considered Asian?

I should have been more specific, sorry. Drama, thriller, slice of life or sci-fi from China, Korea or Japan.

Edit: and Vietnam

# ? May 23, 2012 16:26

FitFortDanga: Nov 19, 2004; Nice try, asshole

That's still a pretty wide berth, both throwing those countries into Criticker for 1950-1999 gives me:

Revenge of a Kabuki Actor (1963)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Red Beard (1965)
The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)
Ai no kawaki (1966)
Fires on the Plain (1959)
High and Low (1963)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Qiu Ju da guan si (1992)
Ran (1985)
Fighting Elegy (1966)
Not One Less (1999)
Yojimbo (1961)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
The Face of Another (1966)
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Harakiri (1962)
In the Heat of the Sun (1994)
Sonatine (1993)
Ikiru (1952)
Kenju zankoku monogatari (1964)
Rashomon (1950)
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
The Human Condition I (1959)
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Koruto wa ore no pasupoto (1967)
Naked Island (1960)
Postmen in the Mountains (1999)
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Early Summer (1951)
Kuroi ame (1989)
Late Autumn (1960)
The Life of Oharu (1952)
The Burmese Harp (1956)
Street of Shame (1956)
Ugetsu (1953)
Branded to Kill (1967)
Giants and Toys (1958)
Kaette kita yopparai (1968)
Kwaidan (1964)
Only Yesterday (1991)
Whisper of the Heart (1995)
Akuma no temari-uta (1977)
A Geisha (1953)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
The Human Condition III (1961)
Nerawareta gakuen (1981)
Onibaba (1964)
Tokyo Story (1953)

That's just everything I've rated 85 or higher. Adding on Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong:

The Hole (1998)
6ixtynin9 (1999)
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
Chungking Express (1994)
The River (1997)
Vive L'amour (1994)

There are, of course, other countries that are "Asian", plus lots of great stuff in the 21st century.

# ? May 23, 2012 18:01

ants on my cum rag: Sep 2, 2011; "Oh God you got the spray gun, DO NOT LOSE IT, you seriously better not screw this up, I'm not kidding"
~~The Battle Hymn of the Contra Tiger Mother~~

FitFortDanga posted:

That's still a pretty wide berth, both throwing those countries into Criticker for 1950-1999 gives me:

Revenge of a Kabuki Actor (1963)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Red Beard (1965)
The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)
Ai no kawaki (1966)
Fires on the Plain (1959)
High and Low (1963)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Qiu Ju da guan si (1992)
Ran (1985)
Fighting Elegy (1966)
Not One Less (1999)
Yojimbo (1961)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
The Face of Another (1966)
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Harakiri (1962)
In the Heat of the Sun (1994)
Sonatine (1993)
Ikiru (1952)
Kenju zankoku monogatari (1964)
Rashomon (1950)
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
The Human Condition I (1959)
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Koruto wa ore no pasupoto (1967)
Naked Island (1960)
Postmen in the Mountains (1999)
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Early Summer (1951)
Kuroi ame (1989)
Late Autumn (1960)
The Life of Oharu (1952)
The Burmese Harp (1956)
Street of Shame (1956)
Ugetsu (1953)
Branded to Kill (1967)
Giants and Toys (1958)
Kaette kita yopparai (1968)
Kwaidan (1964)
Only Yesterday (1991)
Whisper of the Heart (1995)
Akuma no temari-uta (1977)
A Geisha (1953)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
The Human Condition III (1961)
Nerawareta gakuen (1981)
Onibaba (1964)
Tokyo Story (1953)

That's just everything I've rated 85 or higher. Adding on Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong:

The Hole (1998)
6ixtynin9 (1999)
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
Chungking Express (1994)
The River (1997)
Vive L'amour (1994)

There are, of course, other countries that are "Asian", plus lots of great stuff in the 21st century.

Thank you very much. I know there is great stuff in the modern day but there is something charming about those old movies. Thanks again

# ? May 24, 2012 00:14

escape artist: Sep 24, 2005; Slow train coming

What are some good films that prominently feature Harry Dean Stanton, beside Paris, Texas and his work with Lynch?

# ? May 24, 2012 10:55

Power of Pecota: Aug 4, 2007; Goodness no, now that wouldn't do at all!

escape artist posted:

What are some good films that prominently feature Harry Dean Stanton, beside Paris, Texas and his work with Lynch?

Repo Man!

# ? May 24, 2012 11:33

penismightier: Dec 6, 2005; What the hell, I'll just eat some trash.

escape artist posted:

What are some good films that prominently feature Harry Dean Stanton, beside Paris, Texas and his work with Lynch?

Escape from New York and Alien, of course, and Two-Lane Blacktop doesn't feature him prominently but you do get to see him try and give Warren Oates a handjob.

# ? May 24, 2012 15:24

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 12:37

Dudes!: Apr 24, 2012

escape artist posted:

What are some good films that prominently feature Harry Dean Stanton, beside Paris, Texas and his work with Lynch?

Dilinger (the 70's version)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069976/fullcredits#cast

# ? May 25, 2012 08:31

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