# The most bizarre flicks. Suggestions please. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591 "2001-09-30T04:17:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/41 "2001-09-30T17:30:28Z")
_Akira_. Yes, I know that most anime is weird, but _Akira_ takes the cake. I would say what it’s about, except that I still haven’t figured it out myself. And for the record, **Chas.E** , I’m not necessarily saying that it’s good, I’m just saying that it’s weird. I might also nominate _Dark City_, although I did understand most of it (I think). ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/42 "2001-09-30T21:20:59Z")
One of the indie movies I rented this week fits the bill. **Urbania** (2000) It was really good, and I think most people (save the homophobic) would enjoy the twists and turns that weave reality, flashbacks/halucinations and urban legends together. You have to do the same sorting out of what is really happened and what didn’t that you do with **Lulu on the bridge**. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/43 "2001-09-30T22:57:58Z")
In my earlier post, I don’t know how I forgot to mention [Satyricon](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0064940) by Fellini [sup][sub](I think he may have been on acid at the time)[/sub][/sup] ---
**Author:** ![k.os](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@k.os](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k.os)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/44 "2001-09-30T23:06:11Z")
**Chronos** Akira is an excellent story, but if you haven’t read the books, the movie isn’t going to make much sense. I read them a couple of years ago, my then-roomie had bought them. There were 12 of them, about 200 pages each. Of course, there are a lot more details in the books, and when I saw the movie (after reading the books) it seemed like a condensed version of the books. If I hadn’t read them, I wouldn’t have gotten most of it. The books are on the expensive side (4 years ago, my roomie paid 40$CAN for each of them.) but well worth it. Really georgeous images and an Epic, Gargantuan story. My guess would be to try to find them used if you have the time (and the interest, of course!). ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/45 "2001-10-01T01:54:48Z")
I can second **Tetsuo:the Iron Man** and **O Lucky Man**. The most obscure movie I have ever seen is called **Shock! Shock! Shock!** and is really weird, kind of like _Rat Phink a Boo Boo_ which anyone into really weird movies also needs to see. It starts out as a slasher flick, then turns into an ultraman style superhero thing, where the hero can shoot lasers out of his ping-pong ball eyes. There is a pretty cool song by an on screen band that reminds me of Shonen Knife a little. Oh, and Allan Rickman is in it. ---
**Author:** ![custard\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@custard\_dragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/custard_dragon)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/46 "2001-10-01T02:15:02Z")
I hated Tesuo, but I suppose it was weird. The mention of Ratfink-a-boo-boo reminded me of Ed Wood’s I Change My Sex, Glen or Glenda. Also, I don’t think anyone has mentioned Superstar, the Karen Carpenter story told with Barbies. But I have to agree with Chas. E, Henry and June? The Road to Wellville? Until the End of the World? Harold and Maude? Altered States? I like all of these, but they hardly seem weird. ---
**Author:** ![portajon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@portajon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/portajon)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/47 "2001-10-01T03:14:16Z")
Hmmm…I don’t see “Texas Chainsaw Masacre”. I guess it is horror…disturbing horror. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/48 "2001-10-01T03:22:50Z")
_Miracle Mile_ I’ve sprung this one on unsuspecting friends. When they leave for the evening they thank me sarcastically from a distance of 12 feet and walk off looking disconcerted. Sorry, no spoilers 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/49 "2001-10-01T05:01:43Z")
In the _Kentucky Fried Movie_ vein, there’s also [The Groove Tube](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0071583) and [Tunnelvision](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0075357), the latter of which is made even more interesting by seeing how many of their satirical predictions of future TV actually became came true. For example, the segment about the “Filthy Family” isn’t too far off from _Married… With Children_, and restaurants that just serve salad were apparently a really far-out idea in the 70’s. ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/50 "2001-10-01T15:47:03Z")
[Nekromantik](http://www.stomptokyo.com/otf/Nekro/Nekro.htm). Remember: when simulating an erect human penis by shoving a length of pipe into the pelvis area of a rotting corpse, always use a condom. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/51 "2001-10-01T16:17:12Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Hodge \* **[list] [li]Lair of the White Worm (heck, _any_ Ken Russell flick qualifies)**[/li][/QUOTE] **Gothic** - Very weird Ken Russell movie. If you like nipples that turn into eyes, this one’s for you. Was it Russell’s **The Music Lovers** that had Glenda Jackson squat down (sans undies) over a ground level grating on the grounds of an insane asylum that was then accompanied by the sounds of manic slurping? ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/52 "2001-10-01T16:22:33Z")
[Kissed](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0116783) or the Joys of necrophilia. And invoking our dear **Eve** (come back soon, we miss you), I would recommend Tod Browning’s [Freaks](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0022913). ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/53 "2001-10-01T16:34:26Z")
**Spanking the Monkey** disturbed me pretty badly. I’d call it weird and bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![FriendRob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@FriendRob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriendRob)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/54 "2001-10-01T19:29:13Z")
In the “recent” category, I’ve got to nominate _Magnolia_. Also, how about _Picnic at Hanging Rock_ and \* Walkabout\*? Recently recommended on SDMB (don’t ask me for the link) was _Shakes the Clown_: very odd, including a young Adam Sandler doing some actual _acting_. Described (pretty accurately) as “the Citizen Kane of alcoholic clown movies”. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/55 "2001-10-01T20:18:11Z")
Being John Malkovitch that was a weird one ---
**Author:** ![seawitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@seawitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seawitch)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/56 "2001-10-01T20:21:54Z")
My nomination is _Six String Samurai_. This godforsaken piece of crap is being run by HBO every time I turn on the TV. Starring: A Buddy Holly-esque warrior in a postapocalyptic world, on his way to be the King of Vegas (in an odd Fisher King sort of way), with a speechless whining boy as his tagalong. They follow the radio signal of Wolfman Jack, giving news about the vacant throne. On the way through the desert, they meet cavemen, cannibals, hired assassins, loonies in space suits, and Los Lobos. Warning: The above description is much more coherent than the movie itself. ---
**Author:** ![Fretburner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fretburner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretburner)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/57 "2001-10-01T20:33:44Z")
**The Pillow Book** Very beatiful, very weird, and very good. ---
**Author:** ![epolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@epolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epolo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/58 "2001-10-01T20:53:55Z")
I can’t believe nobody has mentioned [Wax, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0105791). Am I the only person here who has seen this? That would be odd. Or am I the only person who thinks it was weird? That would be downright scary. When I saw this with a friend of mine, we both needed milk and cookies in a brightly lit room immediately afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/59 "2001-10-01T21:05:04Z")
How can this thread have gotten this far without mentioning **Freaks**? It was made in the late 20s/early30s about a circus performer (young lady) who takes some interest in one of the sideshow performers/freaks. She ends up using him and breaking his heart. The clincher is that they actually used circus freaks in the movie. At the end, the chants of “One of us! One of us! One of us!” is used frequently among my friends. ---
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591/60 "2001-10-01T22:34:24Z")
Shadows and Fog - A really, profoundly odd Woody Allen movie with a ridiculously famous cast. Providence - John Gielgud, Ellen Burstyn and others in a movie I simply could not comprehend. At all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-bizarre-flicks-suggestions-please/84591.md?page=4)