Your favourite off-beat, strange films

Off the top of my head:

Two sickly fun movies: Braindead & Shaolin Soccer

The Anders wrote: Logan wrote: Anders, lots I love there, haven’t see the Olsen Gang. With Ed Wood, my favourite, and it can be gloriously odd yet also progressive for its time, is Glen or Glenda? It features a wonderfully incongruous performance by Bela Lugosi.   A reason why people love Ed Wood is because he is so sincere in any apparent ineptitude. I’m not convinced that he is as talentless or as bad as some think, but then hey, I overrate Kubrick, so what do I know? (J/k) I could have added Glen or Glenda too. However, despite all the hilarious goofs, some scenes are downright cringeworthy - especially those with Ed Wood (Glen) and his girlfriend. But I love Lugosi's appearance in it. It seems totally meaningless, especially considering that the film is supposed to be about crossdressing.

Lugosi's appearance does seem so incongruous, which is what I love about it.

Cringe is something that I can relate to, so a lot of the things I like are rather cringeworthy. I read before that Ed Wood was a crossdresser, and this was a topic that was important for him to address, which adds to what I was saying about Ed Wood's sincerity as a filmmaker. I'm not a crossdresser, but I could empathise with Glen and having a palpable feeling of discomfort. I'm not exactly a masochist, but a lot of my entertainment is rather uncomfortable (I commonly likes characters which don't fit the usual mold and have some psychological issues). Stories of outsiders, misfits, those who feel alienated often appeal as that is how I have commonly felt.

^ Yeah it is awesome, I love Donnie Darko. I don;t know if you have seen the Black Mirror "interactive" movie Bandersnatch, but I see a lot of Donnie Darko in that.

^ I loved it in its own right. A favourite Black Mirror episode of mine is White Bear.

By the way, I was looking back through earlier comments and thinking about Hellraiser (and I love the second as well as the first) and that would make for a great TV series. But I guess with about ten films (haven't seen most), maybe there is little point. The Omen's one and two are some other sequential favourites of mine (I know a lot of people who loved the first didn't like the second).

Despite COVID-19 restrictions here, some months back I noticed that a small cinema was having a horror festival (ah, I so wanted to go). What a perfect time for facemasks, which can just add to the creepiness (and indeed some possible terror). Yeah, on second thought... I thought at the time I'd like to be there wearing a Jason hockey mask, or maybe as Leatherface, or these beautiful face hugger masks that you can buy. But I digress.

^ "Haha. Awesome post. Wouldn't it be nice to see some "Sub-Zero"s, "Scorpion"s in the streets? With all their masks and in a Mortal Kombat with Covid-19? On a second thought, AREN'T WE ALL LIKE THAT NOWADAYS? "

I love the imagery, and yes we are.

I thought as I wrote that that maybe there was some news of it (I do have some faint recollection, but my memory is not what it once was -- starting to get a little better though. There's some hope for this poor brain yet, might make a nice light zombie snack at least).

Edited by BaldJean - December 30 2020 at 08:56

yes, we both love weird movies, books and music. generally anything that is weird. probably because we are a bit weird ourselves. there are some movies one of us likes and the other not, like for example Jacques Tati's "Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot", which she loves and I hate. the same is true for books and music (I have the guilty pleasure of liking Elvis Presley; she hates him). but these are rare exceptions

Edited by BaldJean - December 30 2020 at 09:16