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What Are The Trashiest but Memorable Films You've Watched That Few Others Have Seen?


My list are as follows...

1. Bloodsucking Freaks (1976).

A Troma "classic" that looks like it was entirely filmed in someone's basement. Also known as "The Incredible Torture Show" and "Sardu: Master of the Screaming Virgins". Centers on a Grand Guignol play in NYC where actors are really being tortured and dismembered on stage - unknown to the audience.
Deliberately over the top and offensive, with naked women whipped and locked in cages, amputations, and brains being sucked through a straw!

2. Nightmares of a Damaged Brain (1981).

Also known as "Schizo" with make up effects incorrectly credited to Tom Savini. Was branded a "Video Nasty" in the UK.
Centers on a man inexplicably released from an institution, after having been committed as a boy for axing his father and his dominatrix mistress. He shares a link with a seemingly random boy who relishes in upsetting his family with disturbing pranks.
The film is disturbing in its horror and very grimey atmosphere.

3. 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982).

Cheap Italian action exploitation film with campy and laughable NY gangs and featuring Vic Morrow and Fred Williamson. The protagonist - the tough gang leader - is named Trash! Possibly the stupidest character name ever and an apt description of the movie.

4. Boxing Helena (1993).

Directional debut of David Lynch's daughter. Focuses on Julian Sands surgeon character who's obsessed with a femme fatale who treats him like an insect. After she's accidentally runned over by a car outside his manison during an argument, he amputates her limbs and holds her hostage in order to "care for her". She gradually falls in love with him, and a positive turning point in their relationship is reached after she watches him have sex with a prostitute...*Spoiler* Has one of those "it was all a just a dream" endings...
Julian Sands gives an overwrought, shaky, and hilarious performance. Bill Paxton is some sort of club owning, player dude who announces he's "going to get laid" while dramatically donning his cool shades.

5. Blood-Feast (1963).

The Plan 9 From Outer Space of Splatter Films and also well known of being the first of its kind. Still have never meet anyone else who's actually seen it. Very gory, cheap, and hilarious in its badness.

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Gummo (1997)

Lonely residents of a tornado-stricken Ohio town wander the deserted landscape trying to fulfill their boring, nihilistic lives.

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The Director, Harmony Korine is definitely talented, but I think he has a few loose screws in his head. All of his movies are pretty twisted.

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Ah yeah cool! I've heard of that film but have never seen it. I have seen Kids though which he wrote...

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Got my money back from Kids, terrible writing!

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I thought the dialogue and atmosphere were on target but I pretty much agree with what the critics said about it being implausible and like the Reefer Madness of teen sex.

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I just thought the tone of the dialogue was off for where it was meant to be presented. I can see gang kids being cocky and out of sorts but I couldn't believe it was organic and I though the story was quite tasteless and not going to produce any dialogue of worth in any short-to-medium term but here we are 20 odd years later talking about it and so maybe in the long term it might be worth looking at.

I still think Swingers in a better film of that era.

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I might have to watch it again cause it's been so long. Personally, I always found the very coarse dialogue to be accurate of directionless street kids, while the narrative was supposed to be intended as simply a slice of what would be their mundane life - aside from Sevingy being diagnosed with HIV, the rest of the characters are just spending the day talking about sex, having sex, and getting high. Ultimately a documentary approach.

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But not documentary, perhaps the beginnings of Reality TV.

Big difference in my opinion.

I've known street kids from all over the world and while there are certainly problems in their life I don't think many, if any, approach it in the way put forward by this movie.

Just my thoughts though!

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Although like the critics I found it bogus for NYC street kids to be freely mixing outside their ethnicities, and for the buck toothed, slurring Telly to be such a respected "player".

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Hell of a list!
Your #2 and #3 ive seen and enjoyed a lot
Bloodsucking Freaks is on my list...soon!

Mine would be A Serbian Film
I admit i loved it (seen it 3 times) but i cant describe it to the polite company i usually keep...id be afraid of being disowned!
If you are interested its available on line and unedited...

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Oh wow what did you think of #2 and #3?

Haha I don't know if I can bring myself to watch it yet from what I've read about it. It actually remains banned where I am. I have seen Salo a few times though. That was also banned in Australia for about 35 years!

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I love the sleazy stuff so Damaged Brain was a fun ride (i read somewhere that Savini sued the producers for putting this schlock on him)

Bronx Warriors...what can i say?
If you tell me its garbage AND directed by an Italian im all in!
Goddam i love these Euro cheapies so much
Atmosphere, dialogue, motivation...bullshit!
Add more titties, motorbikes and switchblade fights...70s and 80s Italian directors did it right!

I disliked Salo a lot
Seemed to be no point...
I should hate fascism i guess?
Ok done!

Serbian may still be on Youtube
It so horrible and twisted...a true oddity

Youre Australian:)
We love you peeps here in the US
Always pleased to meet an Aussie!

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Definitely share your sentiments towards Euro cheapies. Have you seen much of the Italian Nunsploitation genre? Recommend The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine.

For myself personally, I always enjoyed Salo's allegory on the corruption of absolute power - not only specific to Fascism - and "enjoyed" the film on some artistic and philosophical level. More an art house focus on style, ideas, and horror than a traditional narrative moving forward. And the villians I found absolutely sick and disturbing!

Ah pleased to make your acquaintance then! :) I've never quite gotten what's so fascinating about us to some Americans though haha.

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Cannibal Holocaust

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Excellent movie
Nobody i know has seen this one (or the many other cannibal movies)
Loved it

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Death Trap. Very trashy.


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