Cult Classics

[dookeyXXX]

I’ve long held a soft spot for pirate movies.
I think it’s due to this having been one of my favorite books as a wee lad:


At any rate, Renny Harlin’s swashbuckling epic is a bonafide cult classic and predated the whole Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

Its sheer scale and the practical effects alone are staggering.

[buckethead]

Double-feature with Beerfest and I’m in!

beerfest!
how did i leave that one out!

[dookeyXXX]

[dookeyXXX]

[dookeyXXX]

I vividly remember going to see this on Christmas Day eve in 1981 after celebrating Christmas with the family. I was in 8th grade and my cousins who were in High School took me…

[Mike Pow]

I’ve long held a soft spot for pirate movies.
I think it’s due to this having been one of my favorite books as a wee lad:
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At any rate, Renny Harlin’s swashbuckling epic is a bonafide cult classic and predated the whole Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

Its sheer scale and the practical effects alone are staggering.

Great movie

Going way back you can't beat Burt and Nick Cravat

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044517/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_72_act

And if you like that, the Italian 'Robin Hood' is more of the same but better

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042464/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_77_act

[buckethead]

late add : Phenomenon (1996)
thd trailer is corny and doesn't do this film justice

[Core Shot]

Feed mayonnaise to the tuna

[dookeyXXX]

Just watched this “forgotten “classic””:

[dookeyXXX]

WILD THINGS

Currently streaming on Prime.

[Mike Pow]

Great movie

[buckethead]

caught the last part of Road House last nite (seen in full multiple times)

adding that one to my shortlist.
the music is great during the dramatic fight scenes.
the themes are still relevant
and X's john doe is in it too for added cred.

[PB]

... and Jeff Healy.

[SumJongGuy]

Repo Man
Dawn of the Dead
A Clockwork Orange
Used Cars
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Heavy Metal The Motion Picture
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Ski Bums
Clerks
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The Breakfast Club
Basket Case
Texas Chainsaw Massacre II.. "Lick my plate"


Oh and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Eating Raul.. God I can't stop now..

Phantasm

[dookeyXXX]

BEAST WITH A GUN (aka MAD DOG KILLER) - Sergio Greico, 1977

This Italian poliziotteschi exploitationer is notable for having been featured in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown in a couple of scenes involving the characters Louis Gara (Robert DeNiro) and Melanie (Bridget Fonda) who sit around their apartment during the day watching it in a marijuana haze.
The film itself is a hearty mixture of car chases, gun violence, and a rough rape scene. The story is pretty routine: psychotic thug escapes from prison and goes on a killing spree, all the while hunted by a tenacious beach bum looking cop.
The score, by Umberto Smaila, is fantastic. It’s actually my favorite part of the film. I heard shades of John Carpenter’s Halloween score wafting throughout, but given that this film came out a full year prior, perhaps Mr. Carpenter was inspired by it?