# WEIRD, weird, probably best forgotten movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-weird-probably-best-forgotten-movies/338086 "2006-01-02T15:47:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-weird-probably-best-forgotten-movies/338086/61 "2006-01-09T14:32:21Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I don’t know what you saw. The IMDB lists only one version of **The Phantom Tollbooth** – Jones’ version: > > [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064806/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064806/) > > The mvie used both live-action and cartoo elemets. I do recall, in the few bits I’ve seen, that the car was red (and ugly), which makes it sound as if you’ve seen the live action portions but somehow not the animated parts. IIRC, the live action was only at the very beginning and end. That must be what I saw. Funny how all that stuck was the awful beginning. And it was awful. And to not include Alec or the World’s Tallest, Shortests, Fattest, Thinnest Man was heinous. AND to have songs? WTF? So, as you can see–this film did not please 8 year old me when it was released. You must understand that TPT is a holy book of sorts in this house–so any tampering with text etc is bound to elicit a negative reaction. Was the animation good? (I liked the Dot and the Line, so perhaps it was.) I have no recall of it at all… ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-weird-probably-best-forgotten-movies/338086/62 "2006-01-09T15:26:27Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > [_Zardoz_](http://imdb.com/title/tt0070948/), but I don’t know if it was weird so much as horribly, horribly bad. Parts of it (mostly in the city of the immortals) were hilarious, however. This was on TV the other night, late. I didn’t catch it all, but what I saw was…bizzare. I did a search and luckily this recent thread popped up, looks like it’s in plenty of other "bad movie/weird movie threads. ---
**Author:** ![Fat\_Chance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@Fat\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-weird-probably-best-forgotten-movies/338086/63 "2006-01-09T16:08:33Z")
A film I got sucked into late late late one night: [The Cars that Ate Paris](http://www.sa.uts.edu.au/publications/caras/stranger.html) Strange Austrailian town of people who crash cars, drink beer, and kidnap people. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-weird-probably-best-forgotten-movies/338086/64 "2006-01-09T16:51:04Z")
What about the movie [house](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091223/)? Iris so wanted to watch this movie almost two years ago for halloween. We had to buy a copy just to see it. I has Geroge Wendt and Richard Moll. Very strange. ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-weird-probably-best-forgotten-movies/338086/65 "2006-01-09T20:08:44Z")
[Angel](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086896/) . “_High school honor student by day. Hooker by night._” Not only is it bad, it spawned at least two sequels. I wish I could find Joe Bob Briggs review of it. ---
**Author:** ![Electrical\_Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-weird-probably-best-forgotten-movies/338086/66 "2006-01-09T22:45:58Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > I always thought I had imagined the existence of this movie: An American author of a banned novel has an affair with a 16 year old English school girl. The school girl is played by some squeaky voiced ingenue who seems closer to 12. > > Well it is on TV tonight: [Twinky](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064598/combined) starring Charles Bronson (what was he thinking) and Susan George and directed by future **Die Hard** boss Richard Donner. > > It is meant to be a comedy but Bronson’s wooden delivery is something to behold. > > Any other weirdo jobs featuring the well-known? Bizarre, and certainly best forgotten - it features Judge Reinhold and Phil Hartman. Tommy Smothers and Pee-Wee also put in appearances (I don’t think this was such a stretch for old Pee-Wee, though): “Pandemonium” (1982) is full of utter ridiculousness. :rolleyes: > **[Pandemonium (1982) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084464/)** > > Pandemonium: Directed by Alfred Sole. With Tammy Alverson, Pamela Harlow, Lynn Herring, Jan Speck. A former high school student who always wanted to be a cheerleader decides to reopen the cheerleading program at her former high school after years of... But I was just on the verge of becoming a teenager when it came out, so it appealed to me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-weird-probably-best-forgotten-movies/338086/67 "2006-01-09T23:03:26Z")
Boxing Helena gets my vote. I wish I had never seen it. > **[Boxing Helena (1993) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106471/)** > > Boxing Helena: Directed by Jennifer Lynch. With Julian Sands, Sherilyn Fenn, Bill Paxton, Kurtwood Smith. A surgeon becomes obsessed with the seductive woman he once was in an affair with. Refusing to accept that she has moved on, he amputates her... ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-weird-probably-best-forgotten-movies/338086/68 "2006-01-10T00:25:47Z")
**Electra** > **[Electra (1996) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112942/)** > > Electra: Directed by Julian Grant. With Shannon Tweed, Joe Tabb, Sten Eirik, Katie Griffin. The discovery of a miraculous serum capable of giving youth, health and superhuman powers arouses the interest of Marcus, a megalomaniac billionaire bound to... I rented the “unrated” version. Why was it unrated? Because if you put a “PG” on a Shannon Tweed movie, no one would touch the #@$% thing! Apparently, Ms. Tweed understands that she will not be able to to “erotic thrillers” forever, and she is attempting to branch out into other genres. This was not a successful attempt. With a little more effort, it might have been a good soap opera. With a little more effort, it might have been a good sci-fi movie. With a little more effort, it might have been a good action/adventure movie. With a little more effort, it might have been a good porn movie. Unfortunately, it never quite succeeded at any of those. ---
**Author:** ![mambocrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@mambocrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mambocrow)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-weird-probably-best-forgotten-movies/338086/69 "2006-01-10T03:21:10Z")
Two pages and no one’s mentioned “Eraserhead” yet? > **[Eraserhead (1977) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/)** > > Eraserhead: Directed by David Lynch. With Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates. Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-weird-probably-best-forgotten-movies/338086/70 "2006-01-10T03:24:36Z")
> [@mambocrow](#): > > Two pages and no one’s mentioned “Eraserhead” yet? Eraserhead is a movie that shouldn’t be forgotten. It’s very useful in stunning people who don’t normally watch weird movies. I remember the first time I saw it. I sat staring at the screen long after the credits had finished rolling. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-weird-probably-best-forgotten-movies/338086.md?page=3)