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RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 12:44 PM Feb 2012

Name the weirdest movie you've ever seen.

It's really difficult to pick just one, but I have to say "Liquid Sky" takes the cake. Aliens killing people when they have orgasms. My friend introduced me to it in high school, and we watched it many times, shall we say how you would watch "The Wall."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Sky

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Name the weirdest movie you've ever seen. (Original Post) RiffRandell Feb 2012 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Feb 2012 #1
Eraserhead ret5hd Feb 2012 #2
My vote, too. closeupready Feb 2012 #10
+1 flamingdem Feb 2012 #21
I have no idea what the hell that film is about, but I love it. edbermac Feb 2012 #31
Best birth control for teenagers EVER. kaiden Mar 2012 #59
That one. No contest. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 #33
weird but good Tunkamerica Mar 2012 #76
The Human Centipede is pretty sick.. Upton Feb 2012 #3
Vanilla Sky Myrina Feb 2012 #4
I don't get it either eom mrmpa Feb 2012 #16
That is because it is a terrible terrible movie... JSnuffy Mar 2012 #51
Oh man, Liquid Sky is pretty damn weird. geardaddy Feb 2012 #5
Momento, the first time through siligut Feb 2012 #6
Memento. Definitely! Xipe Totec Feb 2012 #40
Horse Feathers pipi_k Feb 2012 #7
"The Wall" certainly ranks up there. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #8
Donnie Darko pokerfan Feb 2012 #9
I missed the sequel jakeXT Feb 2012 #24
It was direct to video pokerfan Feb 2012 #28
Freaks ohiosmith Feb 2012 #11
Yeah, that's gotta be in my weird top 10 progressoid Feb 2012 #39
oh yes fizzgig Feb 2012 #43
1st saw "Freaks" along with handmade34 Mar 2012 #65
Yay! stuntcat Mar 2012 #70
Couldn't watch it. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2012 #75
Hobo with a Shotgun starring Rutger Hauer benld74 Feb 2012 #12
Best movie of 2011! IMHO n/t Joe Shlabotnik Feb 2012 #20
Lair of the White Worm Amaril Feb 2012 #13
Good one! RiffRandell Feb 2012 #44
Oh but if you had a bunch of friends sharp_stick Mar 2012 #53
Ah, I gotcha Amaril Mar 2012 #81
"Peculiarities of the National Hunt," a Russian comedy. Brickbat Feb 2012 #14
Dead/Alive JonLP24 Feb 2012 #15
The Flicker greendog Feb 2012 #17
Either The Elephant Man or The Man Who Fell To Earth MrScorpio Feb 2012 #18
Super Major Nikon Feb 2012 #19
The Crimson Bolt! Noodleboy13 Feb 2012 #26
"The Sound Of Music". Ikonoklast Feb 2012 #22
The Fountain recently jakeXT Feb 2012 #23
Yeah, I agree - that's IS a weird one Amaril Mar 2012 #82
I'm ok with the movies, when Aranofsky is just the director and not the writer jakeXT Mar 2012 #83
The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover amuse bouche Feb 2012 #25
I enjoyed this one. sharp_stick Mar 2012 #54
Delicatessen Brother Buzz Feb 2012 #27
Great Film IMO, lots of weird fun sharp_stick Mar 2012 #55
Humanoids from the Deep (1980) JoePhilly Feb 2012 #29
Work Is A Four-Letter Word hobbit709 Feb 2012 #30
Jodorowsky's "The Holy Mountain" dogknob Feb 2012 #32
And..............we have a winner! limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #42
Waking Life Initech Feb 2012 #34
Fantastic Planet warrior1 Feb 2012 #35
Videodrome ranks up there for me Tripper11 Feb 2012 #36
I said that too. Should have scanned the thread first. Tunkamerica Mar 2012 #78
Inland Empire XemaSab Feb 2012 #37
"The Block House" starring Peter Sellers.... Rowdyboy Feb 2012 #38
Tree of life or the fountain! Logical Feb 2012 #41
8 1/2 Auggie Feb 2012 #45
Naked Lunch ceile Feb 2012 #46
well, Bambi meets godzilla was pretty wierd DiverDave Mar 2012 #47
Probably ExistenZ... Ron Obvious Mar 2012 #48
No mention for "Rubber?" FSogol Mar 2012 #49
Oh, Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad Glorfindel Mar 2012 #50
Terry Gilliam's "Jabberwocky" OmahaBlueDog Mar 2012 #52
Gummo shanti Mar 2012 #56
You should see trashhumpers. also directed by harmony korine. much weirder. Tunkamerica Mar 2012 #79
The Draughtsman's Contract. (Peter Greenaway.) BlueIris Mar 2012 #57
Wow - angel823 Mar 2012 #58
The original Russian "Solaris" hifiguy Mar 2012 #60
Brilliant movie Ron Obvious Mar 2012 #85
Eating Raul TheCentepedeShoes Mar 2012 #61
Loved it! Grantuspeace Mar 2012 #68
If you like "Eating Raoul," see "Terrorvison." FSogol Mar 2012 #69
Antonioni's "The Passenger" with Jack Nicholson kwassa Mar 2012 #62
"Killer Klowns From Outer Space" handmade34 Mar 2012 #63
Jacob's Ladder MrSlayer Mar 2012 #64
Being John Malkavich. Neoma Mar 2012 #66
pretty mainstream weird. you need to stay in more. Tunkamerica Mar 2012 #80
now I know why handmade34 Mar 2012 #67
Carnival of Souls stuntcat Mar 2012 #71
Hmm, I have an uncle who sends us really weird movies once in a while but those are Luciferous Mar 2012 #72
Into Great Silence - about French monks and thier vow of silence sammytko Mar 2012 #73
Kabluey DearHeart Mar 2012 #74
maybe videodrome? Trashhumpers? I've seen a lot of weird movies. Tunkamerica Mar 2012 #77
honorable mention for: Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #84
Angel Heart - GoneOffShore Mar 2012 #86
Barton Fink Generic Brad Mar 2012 #87
Bubba Ho-Tep Justice wanted Mar 2012 #88

Response to RiffRandell (Original post)

siligut

(12,272 posts)
6. Momento, the first time through
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 01:17 PM
Feb 2012

Even after catching on, it was very twisted. Then there is a Will Ferrell film where he goes back in time or to the center of the earth and meets some very weird creatures, like something out of David Ickes' conspiracy theories.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
7. Horse Feathers
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 01:20 PM
Feb 2012

starring the Marx Brothers.


It was like "free association" on a gallon of cheap wine.

total mind trip



 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
8. "The Wall" certainly ranks up there.
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 01:35 PM
Feb 2012

It's only one of two films that I consider to be realistic depictions of war in the trenches, the other being "Good Morning Viet Nam".

handmade34

(22,758 posts)
65. 1st saw "Freaks" along with
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 08:34 PM
Mar 2012

Salvadore Dali's "Un Chien Andalou" (and Luis Buñuel) back in 1971 at Northern Michigan Univesity, Marquette, Michigan... Wow! those were the days!!

warning... this film is weird... and creepy!!



Amaril

(1,267 posts)
13. Lair of the White Worm
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 02:20 PM
Feb 2012

I'm truly surprised that Hugh Grant had any kind of career after that monstrosity.

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
53. Oh but if you had a bunch of friends
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 04:47 PM
Mar 2012

and a bowl full of really nice special mushrooms that movie takes on a totally different reality. Kind of like Altered States.

Amaril

(1,267 posts)
81. Ah, I gotcha
Sat Mar 3, 2012, 09:44 AM
Mar 2012

Just like American Werewolf in London is THE funniest movie EVAH if viewed after a little herbal remedy.

That scene where zombie Jack is talking to David in (I think?) the church, and a chunk of his shredded face is hanging off his chin, flapping as he talks -- comedy GENIUS!

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
15. Dead/Alive
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 03:25 PM
Feb 2012

Braindead.

Only movie that literally made me puke, but the story & special effects/graphics was extremely weird.

greendog

(3,127 posts)
17. The Flicker
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 03:52 PM
Feb 2012

by Tony Conrad

The film consists entirely of frames that are either all black or all white. This produces a strobe effect. By the end of the film you'll be hallucinating some pretty wild stuff.

Amaril

(1,267 posts)
82. Yeah, I agree - that's IS a weird one
Sat Mar 3, 2012, 09:52 AM
Mar 2012

I saw it in the channel guide -- "Ooh, Hugh Jackman & Rachel Weisz! I like both of them." -- and then spent the entire time watching it with my head tilted in confusion and thinking "WTF?"

Some things are just far too artsy for my simple mind to comprehend.

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
83. I'm ok with the movies, when Aranofsky is just the director and not the writer
Sat Mar 3, 2012, 10:22 AM
Mar 2012

Like Wrestler and Black Swan

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Aronofsky


Edit: not the writer I wanted to say

amuse bouche

(3,657 posts)
25. The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 06:21 PM
Feb 2012

I watched it on Netflix and thought it would be good because Helen Miren was in it

It's about a disgusting restauarant owner and his gross and vulgar ways.The beating and feeding of dog feces to the chef.

Rotting and putrid meat in the trucks outside the restaurant. Cannibalism is involved

It is a truly disturbing, artistic and crazy movie. It's just so difficult to describe. If you want something off the wall that will make you cringe and gag...see it

The score is haunting and very good

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
54. I enjoyed this one.
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 04:52 PM
Mar 2012

If you liked it you will probably enjoy most of Peter Greenaway's work. I particularly liked "Prospero's Books" and "A Zed and Two Naughts"

Some of his later stuff is really experimental but the score's for many if not all of his films like The Cook the Thief his Wife and her Lover are done by Michael Nyman and they are all haunting and dramatic.

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
55. Great Film IMO, lots of weird fun
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 04:55 PM
Mar 2012

The director also did Amelie and Alien Resurrection. In the same weird vein he did City of Lost Children which I also enjoyed.

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
29. Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 06:55 PM
Feb 2012
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080904/

It sounded like a cool science fiction movie ... but it quickly becomes a movie about human like seaweed monsters raping teenage girls.

We (a group of teenage guys) left about 20 minutes into it.

Rowdyboy

(22,057 posts)
38. "The Block House" starring Peter Sellers....
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 11:12 PM
Feb 2012
https://signup.netflix.com/Movie/The-Block-House/70032793?country=1&rdirfdc=true

The Allied bombardment of Normandy sends seven forced laborers into a concrete bunker filled with food, wine and other necessities. They're overjoyed until they realize they're trapped. As time passes, fear gives way to boredom and then despondency when they realize no one knows they're missing. Based on a gripping true story, this movie stars Charles Aznavour and Peter Sellers in a rare dramatic role. Clive Rees directs.

FSogol

(45,544 posts)
49. No mention for "Rubber?"
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 11:48 AM
Mar 2012

Rubber is a 2010 French comedy film about a tire that comes to life and kills people with its psychic powers. It was directed and written by Quentin Dupieux.

Glorfindel

(9,739 posts)
50. Oh, Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 12:06 PM
Mar 2012

Extremely weird. Rosalind Russell, Robert Morse, and Jonathan Winters as the voice of the dead and stuffed husband.

angel823

(409 posts)
58. Wow -
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 05:29 PM
Mar 2012

can't believe this thread has gotten this far without a mention of John Waters movie - I'm getting old.

Angel in Texas

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
60. The original Russian "Solaris"
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 06:51 PM
Mar 2012

It was absolutely fascinating but I couldn't make head or tail of it. That I was pretty smoked up when I saw it probably didn't help.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
85. Brilliant movie
Sat Mar 3, 2012, 10:25 PM
Mar 2012

I loved that movie. Even the long sequence about driving in Tokyo which was to show modernity to the Soviet audience. At least that's what it said on the expense report.

handmade34

(22,758 posts)
63. "Killer Klowns From Outer Space"
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 08:26 PM
Mar 2012


saw "Liquid Sky" at a small theater in St. Johnsbury Vt... years ago... very weird indeed!!

handmade34

(22,758 posts)
67. now I know why
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 08:39 PM
Mar 2012

I am so psychotic... I can name many really creepy, weird films that I have seen...

here's one that I just found delightfully funny: "Joe's Apartment"

Luciferous

(6,086 posts)
72. Hmm, I have an uncle who sends us really weird movies once in a while but those are
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 10:46 PM
Mar 2012

extremely obscure... there was one about a family who moved to Japan, except that there were no actors, the whole thing was done with mannequins. That was pretty weird. For more mainstream movies, I would have to go with The Fountain.

sammytko

(2,480 posts)
73. Into Great Silence - about French monks and thier vow of silence
Fri Mar 2, 2012, 10:47 PM
Mar 2012

No one speaks on film. It just follows their daily routines. well there is chanting

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