# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Flipstrip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@Flipstrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipstrip)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/41 "2005-07-17T18:17:43Z")
My weirdest have already been mentioned ( **The Forbidden Zone** and \*\*An \*\* **Andalusion Dog** ). Though I have to admit **Naked Lunch** is right up there for me. But for you trivia buffs, if you watch the TV series **The Dilbert Zone** , you’ll hear the theme from **The Forbidden Zone** recycled for it. (At least it sure _sounds_ like it.) > [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Sarah Woodruff** > > But the weird film I really want to see someday is **Cannibal: The Musical** , about Alferd Packer, as told by the Southparkians. Sarah, you won’t be disappointed. **Cannibal** is really hilarious, and be sure to get the DVD version when you watch it. Watch it all the way through once, then watch it with the commentary on. Trey, Matt, and Dian (and there may be others, it’s been a while since I’ve heard it) are drinking during it, and the drunker they get, the funnier it gets. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/42 "2005-07-17T18:46:48Z")
**Northfork**. I still have no clue what this was supposed to be all about. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/43 "2005-07-17T19:31:53Z")
> [@Hodge](#): > > And if you like this one, also check out [Alice](http://imdb.com/title/tt0095715/), easily the most creepiest and most disturbing adaptation of _Alice in Wonderland_ yet put to film. That’s the very thing I opened this thread to mention. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/44 "2005-07-17T19:38:45Z")
Last night I watched [Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311361/). ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/45 "2005-07-17T19:58:31Z")
I remember seeing a film called “Morgan: A Suitable case for treatment” one night when I was somewhat the worse for wear. Monkeys, Marxism and a flower garden. And Vanessa Redgrave. Wacky stuff. mm ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/46 "2005-07-17T19:59:54Z")
Very late one night my husband and I were channel-surfing, and we came upon a weird, but not unwatchable movie about a killer mermaid, [She Creature](http://imdb.com/title/tt0274659/). It’s an odd little film about which I can only say that for those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/47 "2005-07-17T20:11:00Z")
I see that someone already mentioned **El Topo** , but I can give you 2 other Jodorowski flicks that are weirder: [**Fando & Lis**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061643/) and (my fav) [**Santa Sangre**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098253/). **SS** is weird. A young boy see his father, a circus ringmaster, cut his mother’s arms off in a fit of rage after he catches her with another man. The boy is sent to an institution where he grows to manhood. He is re-united with his mother, who did not die, and he becomes _her arms_, helping her exact revenge… and the truth is, that doesn’t even come close to describing this weird, beautiful, strange, creepy movie. The first time I saw it, as soon as it ended, I started it again. Be sure to get the unrated release, not the tepid “R” version released in the states. Other weird movies: [**Green**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183137/) [**Freaks**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022913/) [**The Ninth Configuration**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081237/) [**The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045464/) [**Head**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063049/) [**Twice Upon A Time**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086489/) [**Dark Star**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069945/) [**Tetsuo - The Iron Man**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096251/) [**Pi**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704/) These are among my favorites in my collection. I left out the crappy Troma movies because to me they are deliberately weird/bad; the camp is part of the Troma appeal. But with the exception of **The Ninth Configuration** I think the above are all good films, certainly worth watching at least once. **Tetsuo** and **Pi** are both pretty disturbed/disturbing, but still worth seeing. Oh, and I agree that **Knightriders** is both a great film, and prolly the best movie that Romero will ever make. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/48 "2005-07-17T20:19:48Z")
> [@Snowboarder Bo](#): > > But with the exception of **The Ninth Configuration** I think the above are all good films, certainly worth watching at least once. I guess there’s no accounting for taste. I loved **The Ninth Configuration**. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/49 "2005-07-17T20:23:59Z")
[Rubber Johnny](http://www.snopes.com/photos/gruesome/johnny.asp) ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/50 "2005-07-17T20:30:21Z")
[Volcano High](http://imdb.com/title/tt0301429/) Yet another late night “what’s this? I think I’ll watch it” movie. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/51 "2005-07-17T22:02:29Z")
[Black Moon](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072709/). The movie is indescribable – no plot, no characterizationg, but fascinating. The final image has stayed with me for 30 years. More recently, [Picking Up the Pieces](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192455/). First of all, take a look at the cast: Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Kiefer Sutherland, David Schwimmer, Elliott Gould, Andy Dick, Fran Drescher, and Lou Diamond Phillips, Cheech Marin, with Kathy Kinney showing up, too. Woody plays a Texas butcher (named “Tex”) who murders his wife (Stone) and chops her up into pieces. One of the pieces is a hand (with the middle finger outstretched) that has miraculous powers. David Schwimmer’s first scene is the funniest thing I’ve seen in years, with one big laugh bigger than all the laughs in _Friends_ put together. ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/52 "2005-07-17T22:21:20Z")
[Six-String Samurai](http://www.sixstringsamurai.com/) - actually a fantastic movie that I strongly recommend, featuring music by The Red Elvises. A Buddy Holly lookalike travels across post-apocalyptic America, dealing with cannibals, killer bowlers, and underground mutants to get to Vegas to compete in a rock and roll competition. Armed only with his guitar and sword, he avoids Death and his crew of rockers to make it to the gig. [Killer Klowns from Outer Space](http://www.geocities.com/kkfos1988/index2.html) - not nearly as good as the above film. Creepy looking clown puppets come from outer space killing people with cotton candy guns and other assorted weaponry in order to feed on their blood. The clowns are creepy, but the gimmicks are weak. ---
**Author:** ![AuntPam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@AuntPam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntPam)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/53 "2005-07-17T23:00:09Z")
_The Magician of Lublin_, based on a short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Stars Alan Arkin. Long and strange, but with a stunning plot twist at the end. _She’s Driving Me Crazy_ (no, no not Driving Miss Daisy)–filmmaker was supposed to film a German impresario who was backing an American tap dance musical with Mercedes Ellington as choreographer to show how the show moves towards its triumphant opening. There is nothing BUT dysfunctional show biz personalities in this movie. Best scene is where Mercedes dances right into a dim-witted camera operator, and cusses him out. Sort of plotless, but interesting. You keep thinking that someone should take everyone in the movie out and spank them till they behave nicely. ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/54 "2005-07-17T23:23:26Z")
I own a short which I first saw opening up for [The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108069/) (a very strange one which I own as well). The short is entitled [Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106961/). Hilariously weird. I think [Liquid Sky](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085852/) has to be up there as well. [Buckaroo Banzai](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086856/) (got that one too) is pretty high up on the list, when you think about it – aliens named John? Rasta aliens versus business suit aliens? Rock star neurosurgeon race car drivers? Jeff Goldblum? Fantastic movie. **Max The Immortal** Jonathan Caouette, of _Tarnation_ fame, is Mrs. edwino’s second cousin. I met him a few months ago. For his messed up life, he actually is a very sweet guy and still seems very down to earth despite all of the ruckus his movie caused. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/55 "2005-07-18T00:00:17Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > 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. That’s Daisy and Violet, right? I put them in an online scavenger hunt a couple of weeks ago, and one person playing said they had been afraid there were more where Paris comes from. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/56 "2005-07-18T00:08:42Z")
_The Mask_. No, not the Jim Carrey one but the [Paul Stevens one from 1961](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055151/combined). ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/57 "2005-07-18T00:44:57Z")
Y’all should get out of the mainstream and delve into the mediocrity and strangeness that is idependent films. “ **Super Badass** ” A bouny hunter really really strung out on drugs. With a bit of religious dogma thrown if just for fun. Very full of fake blood. “ **Corn Man** ” He’s a super hero. “ **Inbred Rednecks** ” Cock fighting with a giant cock. ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/58 "2005-07-18T02:04:04Z")
_Last Summer_ w/ Barbara Hershey and Richard Thomas (John Boy), another actor, and another actress who seems to have disappeared. A trio of two teen boys and one teen girl spend a summer hanging out in a beach town. They boys are obsessed with getting their first, the girl’s a cutie they keep trying to manipulate into sex with no success. A second girl, not so cute joins the group… … and the sadistic degradation begins. Weird film, shocking ending. The only film I’ve ever seen where the cute popular girl helps the cute popular boy **rape** the homely girl. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/59 "2005-07-18T02:14:53Z")
I was a little stoned one late late night about 12 years ago, and stumbled across [Terminal USA](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111399/) on some cable channel. It is strange and wonderful, and remains with me to this day. george ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859/60 "2005-07-18T02:31:59Z")
I’m a little surprised that nobody has mentioned [Rubin and Ed](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102817/) with Crispin Clover and Howard Hesseman. My cat can eat a whole watermelon! George [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-movie-youve-ever-stumbled-across/312859.md?page=4)