Inappropriate holidays movie

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In this thread, our dear Eve is complaining about the media pablum offered for the holidays and I offered her a solution in post # 94.

Now it seems that it started a hijack. First gobear suggested two other movies to watch, then Anne Neville made her suggestion and now The Punkyova added her.

Rather than continuing hijacking Eve’s thread, I decided to open up one in the proper forum. So what would you suggest as highly inappropriate Christmas Eve movies ? Keep in mind that I have already done that on previous year and among them :[ul]
[li]The Die Hard trilogy[/li][li]the Alien tetralogy[/li][li]the Evil Dead trilogy[/li][li]A Vietnam special Platoon, Hamburger Hill, Apocalypse Now[/li][/ul]

So what other inappropriate movies would you recommend ?

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Das Boot is always a “pick-me-up” for the Yule-tide. Or put the last 20 minutes of Requiem for a Dream on a repeating loop, with festive music dubbed over on the old BetaMax and let it entertain the troops. Watch the “Jellied Eels” disappear!

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*Helter Skelter

The Executioner’s Song

Silence of the Lambs

The Diary of Anne Frank

Birth of a Nation

Natural Born Killers

Sybil*

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If it wasn’t for the cop out ending, Bad Santa would be good.

How about a threesome with Robert de Niro?

[ul]
[li]The Deer Hunter[/li][li]Taxi Driver[/li][li]Raging Bull[/li][/ul]

Full of festive cheer!

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What can be more heart-warming and, in this time of holy nights, more spreadful of the joy of human love than popping in the VCR your favorite porn tape? Use the home-made one from last year’s Christmas eve.

Peace.

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According to the critics, Christmas with the Kranks is about as un-Christmas a movie as you can get.

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*Leaving Las Vegas

Boogie Nights

American History X

South Park’s Passion of the Jew
*

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No can do. Although I have 1300 movies, I pride myself that I don’t have a single porn movie. Not that I am a prude, I just find porn boring.

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A David Lynch trilogy: Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead

Haven’t seen it, but from what I’ve heard Happiness would probably be pretty inappropriate.

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How about an end of the world double-bill. The Day After & Threads

Silent Night, Deadly Night about an axe-weilding manic who dresses as Santa would fit right in.

On the Beach or Grave Of The Fireflies to quash any lingering Yule sprit thats left.

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Well, in keeping with the spirit of the season, how about a movie with bright, intense reds…

Freddy Vs. Jason

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To repeat my suggestions from the Pit thread, Rosemary’s Baby and The Omen would be ideal holiday viewing for Antichristmas.

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Well I have replaced It’s a Wonderful Life with Bad Santa and I’m sure I am right. When the DVD comes out in Australia I will get a screen capture of drunken Santa vomitting in the alley. It will be my Christmas card for many years to come.

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A few years ago, Independent Film Channel had a “Christmas with Cronenberg” festival. A random pick of any of his movies is horribly inappropriate.

On the other hand, Lynch’s ERASERHEAD is horribly ironically appropriate for Christmas- there is a whole “Babe in Swaddling Clothes” imagery that I can’t help but see a deliberate. :eek:

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The Sum of All Fears

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Keep’em coming guys, lots of great ideas so far. So many, that I seriously contemplate adding Easter to this tradition :smiley:

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Oh, I disagree! These are fantastic Christmas time movies, since the first two take place on Christmas Eve. They usually appear on USA/TNT/etc. around this time. They’re violent, but they’re fun.

I’m going to add **Gummo ** to the list. Mainly, because there are few lists you can actually add that “movie” to.

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First, puncture all that peace on earth crap with “Lord of the Flies.”

Then go after all that resurrection nonsense (okay, that’s Easter, but WTH) with “Night of the Living Dead.”

In the world of wonderfully appropriate, finish off with “Life of Brian.”

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What can I say ? It was my first attempt and my movie collection was not as extensive at that time.

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What was the name of that movie about the tired young woman seeking shelter at an inn, and the wise men who come to find her?

Oh yeah. Psycho