# Movie(s) you saw that you're pretty sure nobody else has seen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 30, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435 "2012-04-30T18:16:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/141 "2012-05-03T09:12:08Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > _Damnation Alley_ with Jan-Michael Vincent and Paul Winfield. An end-of-the-world movie, it wasn’t too bad. Was that the one where Salt Lake City had been taken over by carnivorous cockroaches? > [@](#): > > _Fantastic Planet_ an animated movie that was so terrible, I walked out of the theater. Awww…that’s a classic! Very European and probably improved by moderate marijuana usage, but still a cool film. And just out of curiosity, has anyone seen _Fur_ with Robert Downey Jr? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/142 "2012-05-03T09:22:22Z")
Three of my favorites: [Cobra Woman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_Woman). Camp at its finest, though not intended as such. High point: the hyper-sexual Cobra Dance. And Mike Kuchar’s [Sins of the Fleshapoids](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sins_of_the_Fleshapoids) (love the title) and his twin brother George’s [Ascension of the Demonoids](http://iamnotgeorgekuchar.blogspot.com/2008/09/ascension-of-demonoids-1985.html), made 20 years later. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/143 "2012-05-03T09:48:26Z")
Creation Of The Humanoids, strange little talky movie that seems more like a play. I think the thing that has kept it remembered is the ending, which is annoying because a character breaks the fourth wall to hit us over the head with the oldest twist in sci fi:smack: ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/144 "2012-05-03T12:04:46Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Creation Of The Humanoids, strange little talky movie that seems more like a play. I think the thing that has kept it remembered is the ending, which is annoying because a character breaks the fourth wall to hit us over the head with the oldest twist in sci fi:smack: I realize that the thread’s getting long, but I mentioned this in post #33. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/145 "2012-05-03T22:28:06Z")
The most unusual movies I’ve seen are: [Tol’able David](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012763/), a 20’s silent film that I’ve only seen because my great-grandfather was an extra in one of the scenes. (But according to IMDB, the movie audience in “The Tingler” is watching this movie, so a lot of people may have seen this indirectly) [Jack and the Witch](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062260/), a delightfully bizarre Japanese animation. I was lucky enough to catch it on TV, but otherwise I think it’s hard to find. Also, I saw a very bad animated sci-fi movie sometime in the late 80s. I don’t remember the name…I think I blocked it out of my memory. I hope not very many people saw that one. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/146 "2012-05-03T22:48:51Z")
About ten years ago I stumbled across a movie called “Thursday” on Cinemax or Starz or something. I thought it was great, and it had a pretty good cast – Thomas Jane, Aaron Eckhart, Paulina Porizkova nude, and Mickey Rourke as a bad cop. Funny, intelligent, and some nice plot twists. I’ve never met anyone else who’s seen it, or even heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/147 "2012-05-03T23:15:06Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > Also, I saw a very bad animated sci-fi movie sometime in the late 80s. I don’t remember the name…I think I blocked it out of my memory. I hope not very many people saw that one. I saw it too! Was it, like, a cartoon? And like, science fiction? Yeah! Actually, in all seriousness, you may be thinking of [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starchaser:_The_Legend_of_Orin). ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/148 "2012-05-04T03:20:12Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > About ten years ago I stumbled across a movie called “Thursday” on Cinemax or Starz or something. I thought it was great, and it had a pretty good cast – Thomas Jane, Aaron Eckhart, Paulina Porizkova nude, and Mickey Rourke as a bad cop. Funny, intelligent, and some nice plot twists. > > I’ve never met anyone else who’s seen it, or even heard of it. Speaking of Paulina Porizkova, anyone else seen [Her Alibi](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097500/)? I actually kind of liked it. Tom Selleck was the love interest. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/149 "2012-05-04T12:08:01Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > _The Monitors_, I even met Avery Schrieber, one of the stars, and I told him I loved it. > > He said “Oh, you’re the one who saw it.” 🙂 I saw this on TV. The opening theme has a song sung in an electronic voice. Do you know who made this film? The Second City comedy troupe – long before they had their nationally syndicated half hour TV show that brought them to prominence, or their later hour long show. None of the people we usually think of as “Second City” players (John Candy, WEygene LOevy, Andrea Mertin, etc.) were members at thatg time, and so aren’t in this movie > [@](#): > > saw it too! Was it, like, a cartoon? And like, science fiction? Yeah! > > Actually, in all seriousness, you may be thinking of this. Maybe it was this, by the same folks who made **Fantastic Planet** : > **[Light year (disambiguation)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Years_(film))** > > A light-year is the distance that light travels through a vacuum in one year. > Light year(s) and lightyear(s) may also refer to: (although I don’t think either of these was “crappy” One film I’ve seen that no one else will own up to seeing is **Tales from the Past** , also known by other names, including **Dr. Terror’s Gallery of Horrors** (not to be confused with the infinitely better **Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors** ). It stars John Carradine (who narrates) and Lon Chaney, Jr. in one of his last roles. It’s an anthology of five horror stories with “twist” engings, a la _Tales from the Crypt_ or the ones in _Creepy_ and _Eerie_ magazine. But the stories are so clumsily told that the twists should be evident to anyone long before you get to the end. The film uses a lot of scenes from Roger Corman films like **The Raven**. Sadly, these are some of the best parts of the film. The picture is technically awful – muddy scenes and terrible sound. Carradine plays “Count Alucard”, a gag that’s been used a zillion times before (including by co-star Chaney, the first one to use it in “Son of Dracula”). The twist is — "Count Alucard is a _vampire!_. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/150 "2012-05-04T12:18:02Z")
Dr. Terror’s Gallery of Horrors: > **[Gallery of Horror (1967) ⭐ 3.4 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062193/)** > > 1h 23m | Not Rated ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/151 "2012-05-04T14:45:38Z")
[Shadow of the Raven](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095346/). An Icelandic movie made in 1988. Saw it in a theater in Cincinnati. [Mule Train](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042761/). B-western made in 1950. I love the scene where the wagon driver (Gene Autry) is singing “Mule Train.” ---
**Author:** ![crumpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@crumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crumpet)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/152 "2012-05-04T22:53:44Z")
Saw 12 a great except for sentimental ending ending. try Room Number 8. Chekhov story made into movie. Great film makers ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/153 "2012-05-04T23:25:35Z")
A strange but not in a bad way film based on inuit mythology, whole thing was subtitled and did get a bit slow at parts but it was trying for authenticity. It seemed to be a low budget production. Oh and the sex scene showed how uncomfortable it must have been in your no privacy hut. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/154 "2012-05-08T00:46:04Z")
“The Day the Earth Froze” [Redirect Notice](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=the%20day%20the%20earth%20froze&source=web&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CGAQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0053240%2F&ei=smyoT92cBY6c8QSMv9ixAw&usg=AFQjCNEkxwTqnsZp1kY2Jjn52UHIjd1yTA) “Horror House” (With Frankie Avalon) [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=horror%20house%20frankie%20avalon&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CFYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0064443%2F&ei=kGyoT\_fPAYq08ATbqYXBAw&usg=AFQjCNGXUV7k7Vu9r86\_Wn2vUBN2WW7mgA](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=horror%20house%20frankie%20avalon&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CFYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0064443%2F&ei=kGyoT_fPAYq08ATbqYXBAw&usg=AFQjCNGXUV7k7Vu9r86_Wn2vUBN2WW7mgA) The Original “Wizard of Gore” [Redirect Notice](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=wizard%20of%20gore&source=web&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CGQQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0066578%2F&ei=3muoT97kEJSY8gTHzuCaAw&usg=AFQjCNFlejkac86f2xRR8l4KWYob6zATkQ) “The 27th Day” [Redirect Notice](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=the%2027th%20day&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CGoQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0050085%2F&ei=lGuoT5DJJ4qK8QSO_-mnAw&usg=AFQjCNHtWZmJDSGriM9Ts6CfTp_YMFj9EA) “City Across the River” [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=city%20across%20the%20river&source=web&cd=4&sqi=2&ved=0CGoQtwIwAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DBtFdAHXAwcE&ei=O22oT8LoI5Sm8ATEv7m\_Aw&usg=AFQjCNGz8\_4IFs-HqSlp9anLdNMQaeZedQ](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=city%20across%20the%20river&source=web&cd=4&sqi=2&ved=0CGoQtwIwAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DBtFdAHXAwcE&ei=O22oT8LoI5Sm8ATEv7m_Aw&usg=AFQjCNGz8_4IFs-HqSlp9anLdNMQaeZedQ) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/155 "2012-05-08T02:49:26Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > “The Day the Earth Froze” [Redirect Notice](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=the%20day%20the%20earth%20froze&source=web&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CGAQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0053240%2F&ei=smyoT92cBY6c8QSMv9ixAw&usg=AFQjCNEkxwTqnsZp1kY2Jjn52UHIjd1yTA) My favorite MST3K film! The only one I bought a copy of. ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/156 "2012-05-08T04:57:48Z")
Wow, it’s rare I get to a thread this late and my contribution hasn’t been said already. I have two, the first I’m certain not many people have seen and it’s a riot. [High Strung](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102032/). It’s not available on DVD but it has been put on Youtube. The second movie may not be so rare in it’s native country but I don’t think it did so well in the US. I’m talking about [Bliss](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088821/). It was a very uneven movie but it had some very memorable parts and a super ending. I want to see it again but I can’t seem to find it anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/157 "2012-05-08T05:20:27Z")
I just started watching Joel and the gang do"The Day the Earth Froze"–man, that guy riding the rapids standing on a log is pretty impressive! ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/158 "2012-05-11T02:15:08Z")
I didn’t even bother searching for a previous reply about mine, it’s that awful/old/obscure. “Dead Dudes in the House” I saw it in the early 90’s on Cinemax or Showtime, and it was laughably bad. I would also bet a year’s pay that nobody ever saw the horror movie I was in. That was the worst thing I have ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/159 "2012-05-11T03:59:57Z")
[The Experts](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097314/) from 1989, I think this was the movie that John Travolta supposedly met Kelly Preston while they were shooting it. I’d like to think I’m one of the only people on the planet who would have this movie in your “top 5, if you’re ever stranded on a desert island” flicks. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435/160 "2012-05-11T04:02:29Z")
> [@Win\_Place\_Show](#): > > [The Experts](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097314/) > > from 1989, I think this was the movie that John Travolta supposedly met Kelly Preston while they were shooting it. I’d like to think I’m one of the only people on the planet who would have this movie in your “top 5, if you’re ever stranded on a desert island” flicks. I’ve seen that movie. It’s wasn’t bad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-s-you-saw-that-youre-pretty-sure-nobody-else-has-seen/620435.md?page=9)