# Strangest Movie you've ever stumbled across **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859 "2005-07-17T04:52:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/21 "2005-07-17T15:06:37Z")
Oops. Had to leave the computer to answer the door and never finished this sentence. > [@Hodge](#): > > I’ll never forget stumbling across Jan Svankmajer’s [Faust](http://imdb.com/title/tt0109781/) on late night TV several years ago. It was during the scene when Faust first summons the devil and I was immediately hooked and creeped out by its bizzare imagery. I had no idea what movie this was, at first, but I recognized the main story elements so it didn’t take long time to track down the …movie on the imdb. I’ve since collected a number of Svanmajer’s movies. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/22 "2005-07-17T15:12:22Z")
Since I just saw it yesterday on a Netflix rental, I must toss in a vote for _The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou_ although I will support the _Gummo_ citation already given. Another that I saw on cable yesterday was _Feardotcom_ that may be even weirder. (Yesterday was weird watching day.) Does anybody know of an old B&W thriller/mystery/noir that featured a slow zoom from a distance that showed a standing person full-length up to an extreme close-up of an eye, then a razor blade slicing the eyeball? I have seen some Daliesque things since then but not the exact same image/sequence I’m remembering. Maybe what _Spellbound_ had in the way of a Dali-inspired (or -constructed) dream sequence is something I’m merging with this other thing. Help? ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/23 "2005-07-17T15:24:31Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Does anybody know of an old B&W thriller/mystery/noir that featured a slow zoom from a distance that showed a standing person full-length up to an extreme close-up of an eye, then a razor blade slicing the eyeball? I have seen some Daliesque things since then but not the exact same image/sequence I’m remembering [Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog)](http://imdb.com/title/tt0020530/) by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali. THE surrealist milestone which caused riots upon its premiere. Would make a second feature paired with _Faust_😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/24 "2005-07-17T15:26:44Z")
> [@Hodge](#): > > Would make a second feature paired with _Faust_😉 Would make a GREAT second feature paried with _Faust_. Sheesh, my mad proof-reading skillz aren’t so hot today. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/25 "2005-07-17T15:28:04Z")
> [@Hodge](#): > > Would make a GREAT second feature paried with _Faust_. :smack: PAIRED I give up. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/26 "2005-07-17T15:45:53Z")
> [@Hodge](#): > > [Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog)](http://imdb.com/title/tt0020530/) by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali. THE surrealist milestone which caused riots upon its premiere. Would make a second feature paired with _Faust_😉 Gracias, **Hodge**! Believe it or not, my high school Spanish teacher’s name was Hodge. An excellent teacher. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/27 "2005-07-17T15:55:21Z")
My vote for strange, yet somehow unable to stop watching like some kind of trainwreck movie is “Strange Days” with Angela Bassett and Ralph Fiennes. I would say this is actually a good movie, and very watchable, but also quite disturbing - if I recall correctly, there are scenes shot from the perspective of the killer/rapist. I suspect Rob Zombie’s new movie, “The Devil’s Rejects”, might be a future addition to this list. Or maybe just to incredibly violent and gory movie lists. At any rate, I plan to go out of my way to _not_ see this movie. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/28 "2005-07-17T15:55:24Z")
Old movies I stumbled across as a teen. I don’t seem to find 'em anymore; I must do less aimless channel flipping. [If…](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063850/) with a very young Malcolm McDowell. It’s kinda about an English boarding school and a group of alienated students but very surreal. Was made even more weird becasue I ddin’t realize that it wasn’t uncommon for the students to still wear the very old-fashioned uniforms and I thought it was flipping between time frames. [The Ruling Class](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069198/). Peter O’Toole is a gentle, insane guy who thinks he’s Jesus and becomes the lord of an English manor. And it’s a musical. Very surreal and very interesting but mind blowing if you have no idea what to expect. [Knightriders](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082622/), a non-horror film by George Romero starring Ed Harris about a band of traveling entertainers who stage motorcycles “jousts” for money. Sounds like it’d be dreadful but it was actually strangely compelling. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/29 "2005-07-17T15:57:30Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#): > > [Knightriders](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082622/), a non-horror film by George Romero starring Ed Harris about a band of traveling entertainers who stage motorcycles “jousts” for money. Sounds like it’d be dreadful but it was actually strangely compelling. A beautiful film. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/30 "2005-07-17T15:57:54Z")
Nobody’s mentioned _El Topo_ yet. It’s hard to describe the plot: there’s a guy and a kid and they’re riding a horse. And there was a woman and some fighting. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/31 "2005-07-17T16:18:24Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/32 "2005-07-17T16:19:19Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > A beautiful film. It is. I even bought a copy on VHS way back when because I loved it so much. But it is an awfully odd premise. The good strange movies stick in my head way more than crappy bits of weirdness. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/33 "2005-07-17T16:20:38Z")
May I suggest [Something for Everyone](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066392/), if only for the “memorable” seduction scene between Angela Lansbury and Michael York? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/34 "2005-07-17T16:38:16Z")
I’ve seen **Hugo Pool** , though I actually rented it on purpose, which might be even worse. I spend the whole time trying to figure out wtf was going on with Malcolm McDowell’s Brooklyn accent. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Mahma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@Joe\_Mahma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Mahma)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/35 "2005-07-17T17:05:06Z")
_Phantasm_ has got to be right up there with the strangest. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/36 "2005-07-17T17:11:44Z")
> **[Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094834/)** > > Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death: Directed by J.F. Lawton. With Shannon Tweed, Bill Maher, Karen M. Waldron, Adrienne Barbeau. The U.S. government, eager to protect the nation's avocado supplies, recruits feminist professor Margo Hunt to... _Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death_ Very odd film, “starring” Shannon Tweed, Bill Maher, and Adrienne Barbeau. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/37 "2005-07-17T17:19:16Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > If there’s a stranger movie than **Pink Flamingos** , I don’t wanna see it. It’s called [Female Trouble](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072979/), and I watch it over and over again. And I give you [Chained for Life](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043397/), starring the _original_ Hilton Sisters. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/38 "2005-07-17T17:27:56Z")
Weirdest, and possibly worst, movie I’ve ever seen is [Wax, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105791/). Hated, hated, hated it. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/39 "2005-07-17T17:32:26Z")
[The Company of Wolves](http://imdb.com/title/tt0087075/) Very, very odd. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/40 "2005-07-17T17:38:13Z")
The strangest movies I’ve actually watched: Treasure Of The Four Crowns Brazil Strangest movie I tried watching: 8 1/2 And althought they’re TV series I just want to mention: Excel Saga Puni Puni Poemy Great stuff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859.md?page=3)