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zenintrude posted:

Can you guys provide me with some suggestions of really loving Halloweeny movies? I'm not into gore or jump scares, so I'm not looking for things like John Carpenter's Halloween... with me, it's more of a production design thing: I want neighborhoods completely decked out in Halloween trimmings and kids out wandering the streets looking for candy.

Basically I'm looking for movies similar these:
Hocus Pocus
Trick 'r Treat (gore notwithstanding, set design is through the roof)
Costume Quest
The Adventures of Pete and Pete - "Halloweenie"
Freaks and Geeks - "Tricks and Treats"

(side note: from the look of it, I don't think I'd like the Halloweentown films)

Satan's Little Helper - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satan%27s_Little_Helper - which I thought was otherwise atrociously bad - has great Halloween house/neighborhood/party production design. But nothing has touched Trick 'r Treat in that department.

# ¿ Nov 6, 2012 22:06

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 18:10

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A human heart posted:

What are some cool body horror movies? I've already seen most of Cronenberg's stuff, all 3 of Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo films, The Thing and Alien and I need to give Altered States a watch. Is there any more obscure stuff floating around?

TEETH. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teeth_%28film%29

# ¿ Nov 6, 2012 22:08

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MacGyvers_Mullet posted:

So I saw three movies in the last two years that I've absolutely fallen in love with, Troll Hunter, Rare Exports, and Strigoi, and I'd be greatful if someone can recommend some movies that scratch something of the same itch. I can't put my finger on what it is about all three, but I loved the looming threat of the unknown and possibly supernatural, as well as the slower pacing. I liked the sense of humor they had too, but I think something more serious like Event Horizon would fall into the same bucket.

Though it's not quite on the nose, I want to say that Pontypool will hit the vibe you want. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypool_%28film%29

# ¿ Nov 6, 2012 22:09

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Please hit me with endearingly shitheeled/loser'ish private detectives or even regular people caught up in stuff way above their paygrade. Modern (1950's or later) setting preferred, Los Angeles is almost a no-brainer but I'm flexible. Obvious touchstones are Altman's The Long Goodbye, The Big Lebowski if only because everyone immediately knows what I mean, the underrated Zero Effect, Palmetto, even Chinatown. Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice and Richard Brautigan's Dreaming of Babylon are novels that perfectly nail this. Emphasis on our protagonist being a loveable doof/fuckup or just plain weirdo.

# ¿ Nov 6, 2012 22:22

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Awesome, I'm glad! And thanks to everyone else that hooked me up with recs.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2012 06:51

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Coffee And Pie posted:

I just watched Reality Bites, and really enjoyed it, so I'd like to watch something similar, in terms of the time and theme. I'm in a real Gen X, early 90s mood.

SFW
Slacker
Singles
Beautiful Girls
Suburbia (Linklater, 1996)
The Doom Generation
Airheads
The Cable Guy (secretly the most "nineties" movie that exists)
So I married an axe murderer

# ¿ Oct 22, 2013 02:45

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regulargonzalez posted:

Included for the sake of completeness and not as a legit recommendation I assume.

edit:
Empire Records

e2: drat, efb'd twice in one post

Absolutely.

# ¿ Oct 22, 2013 05:28

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Allyn posted:

Looking for some sci-fi along the lines of Interstellar, stuff set in a largely modern or near-future world which involves deep space travel. Think 2001 or Sunshine or whatever; Star Trek, rather than Star Wars. (Seriously, no space operas.) Assume I've seen nothing, it's something I've not really delved too far into. And as a tangent: does Solaris fit the bill? Been meaning to watch it for years but have never gotten round to it, wondering if I should up it to the top of the must-watch pile based on this.

The Fountain

# ¿ Mar 17, 2015 16:33

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Mimir posted:

I'm looking for movies about journeys by small groups or individuals across an unforgiving wilderness/desert/forest, where nature, rather than man, is the main enemy. Westerns, fantasy, or modern.

Fitzcarraldo

# ¿ Mar 17, 2015 16:34

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1st_Panzer_Div. posted:

Recommend me a very sad movie. Language doesn't matter, I haven't seen many tear-jerkers either, but I love movies. Just something to let the water-works fly!

Love Liza, Synechdoche NY, Umberto D.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 13:15

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cthulusnewzulubbq posted:

Demons (1985)
Society (1989)
Santa Sangre (1989)
Brain Damage (1988)
Hardware (1990)
Of Unknown Origin (1983)
The Burning (1981)
Night of the Comet (1984)
Razorback (1984)

I could go on and on but it's hard not knowing what you've seen.

The Stuff (1985)

# ¿ May 4, 2015 20:18

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Fonzarelli posted:

Anybody know any cool mysteries similar to Chinatown?

"Zodiac," which is like "Chinatown" meets "All the president's men." It's phenomenal.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2015 17:26

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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:

If you want to get sad, realize that Fincher and Ellroy were developing a series for HBO, but it recently fell through.

I......did not know that. I need a moment.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2015 21:56

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Oliver Reed posted:

Looking for horror films that feel nightmarish and where reality and dreams/fantasy clash--what's real is not clear. Stuff along the lines of Jacob's Ladder, Hellraiser (specifically Inferno), Silent Hill, etc..

The Abandoned

# ¿ Feb 3, 2016 18:41

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Vegetable posted:

Looking for modern films (post-1970) set in cities and featuring people basically being alienated from society, their loved ones, or being miserable in some other way.

e: I'd like the city to really have its own personality rather than being some nondescript backdrop

You literally will not find a more exact, accurate, and perfect answer to this question than Syecdoche, NY

# ¿ Apr 22, 2016 19:05

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 18:10

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CYBEReris posted:

Any recommendations for trans-centric films that are triumphant as opposed to tragic? Good non-binary representation a plus. Feeling really down from obvious recent events.

Tangerine

# ¿ Oct 24, 2018 18:46

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