Esoteric Moving Picture Thread for 'Movie Heads'

Theater of Blood is in the house!!!

Every time I go over the Hammersmith bridge I say the same thing.

'There's the house off Theater of Blood'.

I think one of the critic's houses.

Awesome, awesome film and better than Abominable Dr Phibes which is saying something....

Look forward to checking the Shatner and 'Orions Belte'....

Althought this may well be contender for his finest moment.

'Horror at 37000 Feet'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_v7zj7wbF8

'We're on a goddamn shit-sucking haunted plane.'

Canada's horror classic:

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- Black Christmas (1974) Full Trailer[/ame]

Full movie on youtube.

I love that film. Saw it when I was about 8 and that bag over head asphyxiation scene where she's pulled up through the roof....wow. Scared shitless. They stole that scene for the 'paint-balling trip gone wrong' yarn 'Zero Boys' (1986)

'Black Christmas' also put me off glass unicorns for a while.

Continuing with US TV movies, saw this as a kid and struggled to sleep for a few nights (Link is only stills)

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

The most famous TV movie of all, and still amongs Spielberg's finest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MtAMc4i8OA

And strange Italian Zombie Schlock horror effort Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue, filmed in Manchester and the Peak District (fuck knows why). Cracking opening sequence of 1974 Central Manchester and a fantastically gratuitous 'tits out' sequence on 1' 02"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOrjc5jE4x0&feature=related

I love that film. Saw it when I was about 8 and that bag over head asphyxiation scene where she's pulled up through the roof....wow. Scared shitless. They stole that scene for the 'paint-balling trip gone wrong' yarn 'Zero Boys' (1986)

'Black Christmas' also put me off glass unicorns for a while.

Cool, Canadians have time machines and sweet horror flicks.

This is Canadian isn't it ?

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

Lovely stuff,

On the last leg of 'Soul Survivor' at the moment. Cheers for the link.

'Living Dead at Manchester Morgue' has been on my 'to do' list for far too long as well as has 'Crowhaven Farm'. If you ever see a link to '83 Hours 'Til Dawn' the Barbara Mackle story about the girl being buried in the box I neeeed to see it again.

Which reminds me of another one from the golden age of US 'Made for TV awesomeness '**Dark Night of The Scarecrow' **(1981) Best 'avenging-retarded guy' film ever?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kerAdE3vc88&feature=related

@Horatio

They stole it FOR 'Zero Boys'.

...But yeah, i heard the Canadians do have time machines.

fuck! for and from are very different words.

I remember 83 hours 'til Dawn, very claustrophobic. Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue is utter shite, almost in the so shite it's good category. Dreadful dubbing, lead actor is dubbed by someone who thinks he's Michael Caine playing Alfie.

Try also Killdozer and good to see La Cabina earlier in the thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bR-JenpZeU

Oh yeah.

'Killdozer'. So good they named an awesome band after it.

Since we're on a TV movie tip, might as well drop 'Bad Ronald' (1974) in now. Scott Jacoby hides in the walls of his old house and generally goes mental.

'Mother!'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S52niCNtACw

Oh and yep MBV was Canadian... although the lead actor does his very best impression of an Australian throughout.

I'm enjoying this thread enormously...
Finally saw Psychomania, which I've fancied for years and am looking forward to the Ninth Configuration...

Yeah, just a shame about the thread title really...

Should have called it 'Awesome Films of Total Amazingness' or something.

How was Psychomania? Do you now have an unstoppable urge to ride around a Stevenage supermarket on a low CC motor bike?

Ohhh it was rubbish, but good, but really rubbish though good as well, glad to have seen it at last, probably won't re-watch in a hurry, most of those bikes were 650s no?
Thread title's fine, drew me in, drew others in to criticise, who knew, on an internet forum already? Was that construction a little Manhatten Jewish?
Has anyone seen the Loveless? Katherine Bigalow's 1st with Willem Dafoe and Robert Gordon, biker art movie, lingering shots of grease smeared tattoos, Willem putting way to much style into zipping up his Perfecto and wonderful dialogue.
That's deffo the gayest post I've ever done, I love this movie!
But obviously don't know how to embed...

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http://www.youtube.com/v/HEAZ_KTWEi4?fs=1&hl=en_US

....That one?

Read a lot about it. Supposed to be a bit saucy from what I recall. Blue Underground put out some proper classics over the past few years. Not least this...

Escape 2000 / Turkey Shoot / Blood Camp Thatcher, used to have a Betamax copy of this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcN68XFGoiI

YouTube - The Loveless - Movie Trailer - Blue Underground

Yesss! Minor embedding victory.

Thought I'd have a bit of an Oliver Reed day today.

'The Hunting Party' (1971)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ush0IBPOLfA

In which our hero Oliver Reed plays a crazy outlaw rapist bandit cowboy type. This one got shelved for years because of the story arc about his kidnap/rape victim falling in love with him (over a tin of peaches).

'Hannibal Brooks' (1969)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olZ7trlsj38

In which our hero Oliver Reed has to transport an elephant across occupied Europe without getting seen or caught. Rumor is that this one never came out on DVD due to the unfortunate name of one of the key characters.

'Burnt Offerings' (1976)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7l5dUZEbug

In which our hero Oliver Reed and his family get terrorized by an evil haunted house of doom. This one just went missing for a while... fell between the cracks during the great video age.

Next week 'Devils', 'Z.P.G' and 'The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday'.

Oliver we salute you!

Ah Hannibal Brooks, Michael J Pollard was superb in that, continuing the Oliver Reed theme, here's a belting early turn as camp/gay bloke in The League of Gentlemen.

YouTube - A Camp Oliver Reed in The League of Gentlemen 1960

He was wasn't he.

Never seen the above but that clip is gold. Massively underrated actor and beyond that a cult of personality in his own right.

AND he was in 'Venom' (1980)

Proof that Roger Moore used to be able to act.

YouTube - THE MAN WHO HAUNTED HIMSELF

...Opening music has shades of the theme music from 'The Persuaders'.