2014 TCM UNDERGROUND SUGGESTIONS

[PrinceSaliano]

THE MASK (1961)

THE BRAINIAC/EL BARON DEL TERROR (1962)

SAMSON VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN/SANTO CONTRA LAS MUJERES VAMPIRAS (1962)

ATRAGON (1963)

MATANGO (1963)

TERRIFIED! (1963)

THE CURSE OF THE LIVING CORPSE (1964)

THE LONG HAIR OF DEATH/I LUNGHI CAPELLI DELLA MORTE (1964)

BLOODY PIT OF HORROR (1965)

PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (1965)

TERROR-CREATURES FROM THE GRAVE/5 TOMBE PER UN MEDIUM (1965)

CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR (1968)

HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN (1970)

OCTAMAN (1971)

TWINS OF EVIL (1971)

DEAR DEAD DELILAH (1972)

DEATHDREAM (1972)

THE BAT PEOPLE (1974)

DERANGED (1974)

SO SAD ABOUT GLORIA (1975)

[allthumbs]

offhand, i've got two. Black Sunday (1960), starring Barbara Steele and directed by Mario Bava; and Suspiria (1977) starring Jessica Harper and directed by Dario Argento.

[mr6666]

for starters, any of the 'J-horror' flicks mentioned by Cousins in his "Story of Film" doc

[skimpole]

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Akira Kurosawa's Dreams

Angel Heart

Black Cat White Cat

Blade Runner

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Celine and Julie go Boating

Chelsea Girls

Chungking Express

The City of Lost Children

A Clockwork Orange

The Colour of Pomegranates

Daisies

Dead Man

Delicatassen

Dear Ringers

Don't Look Now

Down by Law

The Enigma of Kasper Hauser

The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Ghost World

Je T'Atime, Je t'aime

Landscape in the Mist

The Long Day Closes

Lovers of the Arctic Circle

Mememto

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python and the Meaning of Life

Murder by Contract

Naked

One from the Heart

The Others

Perseopolis

Peter Ibbetson

Pink Floyd: the Wall

Quadrophenia

Red Psalm

Requiem for a Dream

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Shining

Sonatine

South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut

Stalker

Stop Making Sense

Time Bandits

Underground

The White Balloon

Winter Soldier

Yellow Submarine

[jmking]

Atomic Cafe (1982)

Damnation Alley (1976)

Deathdream (1974)

Deranged (1974)

Deep End (1970)

Dinah East (1970)

Fantastic Planet (1973)

Images (1972)

The Last Wave (1977)

The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)

Liquid Sky (1982)

The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

Massacre at Central High (1976) (was scheduled for 1/11/14 but pulled)

Medium Cool (1969)

Miracle Mile (1988)

Motorama (1991)

Over the Edge (1979)

Performance (1970)

Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)

Punishment Park (1971)

Quadrophenia (1979)

That Cold Day in the Park (1969)

Three in the Attic (1968)

The Valley (Obscured by Clouds) 1972)

Vanishing Point (1971)

Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965)

The Wicker Man (1973) (now on Blu-ray)

Willard (1971) - double-billed with its sequel, Ben (1972)

Witchfinder General (1968)

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)

[The Old Trickster]

Eraserhead (1976)

Wild in the Streets (1968)

Revolution (1968)

The Subterraneans (1960)

The Beatniks (1960)

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)

Home of the Brave (Laurie Anderson) (1986)

The Creeping Terror (1964)

Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)

The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959)

The Crawling Eye (1958)

Anything directed by Ed Wood

Martin (1976)

Chelsea Girls (1966)

McVicar (1980)

Quadrophenia (1979)

Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill (1965)

Seconds (1968)

Horror of Party Beach (1964)

[LonesomePolecat]

Someone (I forget who) scheduled a great cult classic in the Underground portion of their Programming Challenge Schedule: FANTASIA. I know Disney doesn't release the TV rights to their animated classics, but how often do they ever show that one, really?

 

Also, has LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS ever been shown? (either one)

[PhygLeGuy]

I remember when Bloody Pit of Horror and Terror-Creatures from the Grave played as a double feature at a theatre near me.

 

As long as we are all pasting our want lists:

 

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)

The Fly (1958)

All in a Night's Work (1961)

Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)

The Wonders of Aladdin (1961)

The Time Travelers (1964)

Blood and Black Lace (1965)

Ferry Cross the Mersey (1965)

A Swingin' Summer (1965)

The Las Vegas Hillbillys (1966)

The Saragossa Manuscript (1966)

What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)

I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew (1968)

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)

Don't Just Stand There (1968)

You Are What You Eat (1968)

I Sailed to Tahiti with an All-Girl Crew (1969)

The Monitors (1969)

The Magic Christian (1969)

Let It Be (1970)

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970)

The Devils (1971)

Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971)

200 Motels (1971)

Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)

10 from Your Show of Shows (1973)

The Brothers O'Toole (1973)

I Could Never Have Sex with Any Man Who Has So Little Regard for My Husband (1973)

Rhinoceros (1974)

Son of Dracula (1974)

Stardust (1974)

The Villain (1979)

[kingrat]

*Negatives*, with Diane Cilento, Glenda Jackson and Peter McEnery.

 

But how could anyone NOT want to see *I Sailed to Tahiti With an All Girl Crew*?

[Swithin]

Mexican horror films, particularly *The Brainiac* and the dubbed version of *The Black Pit of Dr. M.*

 

And I second three films on Skimpole's list -- *Peter Ibbetson*; *Don't Look Now;* and *Requiem for a Dream.*

[SansFin]

I believe that: Troma Entertainment would be an excellent source for movies for TCM Underground.

 

Among their unconventional movies are:

Vanity Insanity (2008)

Poultry in Motion: Truth Is Stranger Than Chicken (2008)

Uchuujin from Outer Space (2007)

Mindslime (2007)

Blood, Boobs & Beast (2007)

Dancing Into the Future (2007)

 

Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)

The Demonsamongus (2006)

The Lumberjack of All Trades (2006)

Yeti: A Love Story (2006)

 

Coons! Night of the Bandits of the Night (2005)

Devoured: The Legend of Alfred Packer (2005)

Space Daze (2005)

Flesh Eaters from Outer Space (2005)

Pot Zombies (2005)

 

Marijuana's Revenge (2004)

Kung-Fu Kitties (2004)

Nosferatu: The Friendly Vampire (2004)

Wiseguys vs. Zombies (2003)

Zombiegeddon (2003)

Terror Firmer (1999)

 

Blondes Have More Guns (1996)

Killer **** (1996)

Femme Fontaine: Killer Babe for the C.I.A. (1994)

Cannibal! The Musical (1993)

Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan (1991)

A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell (1990)

The Dead Come Home (1989)

 

Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator (1989)

The Newlydeads (1988)

Surf Nazis Must Die (1987)

I Married a Vampire (1987)

I Was a Teenage TV Terrorist (1985)

Bloodsucking Freaks (1976)

Beneath the Mermaids (1975)

Terror of the Living Dead (1973)

[LonesomePolecat]

They have shown some Mystery Science Theater films before, so why not THE PUMAMAN?

[ValentineXavier]

A few that I would like to see, that haven't ben listed:

 

*Performance*

*If*

*Hana-Bi* (Fireworks)

*El Topo*

*The Holy Mountain*

*Santa Sangre*

*Erendira*

*Bye, Bye Brazil*

*Pixote*

*Wonderwall*

*How I Won the War*

*The Devils*

*Lisztomania*

*Savage Messiah*

*Bliss* 1985 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088821/reference

 

Edited by: ValentineXavier on Feb 2, 2014 3:55 AM

[PrinceSaliano]

THE MASK (1961)

THE BRAINIAC/EL BARON DEL TERROR (1962)

SAMSON VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN/SANTO CONTRA LAS MUJERES VAMPIRAS (1962)

ATRAGON (1963)

MATANGO (1963)

TERRIFIED! (1963)

THE CURSE OF THE LIVING CORPSE (1964)

THE LONG HAIR OF DEATH/I LUNGHI CAPELLI DELLA MORTE (1964)

BLOODY PIT OF HORROR (1965)

PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (1965)

TERROR-CREATURES FROM THE GRAVE/5 TOMBE PER UN MEDIUM (1965)

CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR (1968)

HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN (1970)

OCTAMAN (1971)

TWINS OF EVIL (1971)

DEAR DEAD DELILAH (1972)

DEATHDREAM (1972)

THE BAT PEOPLE (1974)

DERANGED (1974)

SO SAD ABOUT GLORIA (1975)

Bumping this up.

[Kay]

DEATHDREAM (1972)

 

This is going to be our Underground feature tomorrow night. Looks like a good one!

 

EATING RAOUL (1982) would be a good choice for this. Another movie I remember liking (in a so-terrible-it's-hilarious sort of way) is HELL SQUAD (1986), which is at your leisure on YouTube.

 

A couple of early avant-garde type movies I'd be interested in seeing featured are BORDERLINE (1930) and DREAMS THAT MONEY CAN BUY (1947). Both of these are on YT, too.

[Swithin]

 

EATING RAOUL (1982) would be a good choice for this. Another movie I remember liking (in a so-terrible-it's-hilarious sort of way) is HELL SQUAD (1986), which is at your leisure on YouTube.

 

I remember seeing Eating Raoul at the NY Film Festival years ago. I wanted to like it but found it kind of boring. However, I do love Mary Woronov and think a festival of her films would be an Underground treat!

[Big_Bopper]

I liked Cat o Nine Tails somewhat.

 

better than dreadful lame MGM garbage.

[darkblue]

jmking made a suggestion that I'd like to second, with 'Vanishing Point' (1971).

 

skimpole suggested the wonderfully offbeat (for its time) 'Murder by Contract' (1958) and I'd second that also.

 

PhygLeGuy suggested 'Son of Dracula' (1974). I've always wanted to see that. Ringo Starr, ay.

[NipkowDisc]

Curse of the Crying Woman

 

 

Torture Chamber of Dr. Sad ism

 

[PrinceSaliano]

I'm looking forward to DEATHDREAM which I haven't seen in over 30 years. I remember Richard Backus' brief stint as Ted Bancroft on "Another World".

[ElCid]

I'm looking forward to DEATHDREAM which I haven't seen in over 30 years. I remember Richard Backus' brief stint as Ted Bancroft on "Another World".

Recorded this and watched it.  After about 10 mins., I started fast forwarding and then skipping.  Finally just gave up.

I would much rather see the movies shown in the introduction to TCM Underground- if they are real.  While there have been some entertaining Underground movies, they are mostly just odd.

[ElCid]

jmking made a suggestion that I'd like to second, with 'Vanishing Point' (1971).

 

 

Vanishing Point is not an Underground type movie.  It may be a cult classic, but not what I would consider Underground material.  Of course, from the movies I have seen on Underground, I'm not sure what TCM programmers' criteria is.

[darkblue]

Vanishing Point is not an Underground type movie.  It may be a cult classic, but not what I would consider Underground material.  Of course, from the movies I have seen on Underground, I'm not sure what TCM programmers' criteria is.

 

Cult classics qualify.

[ElCid]

Cult classics qualify.

Of course that raises the question of what is a "cult classic?"  Anything with Vincent Price?  Anything with Cary Grant?  Or maybe James Bond movies?  King Kong?

Maybe there should be definitions of Cult Classic vs. Underground.  IMO, Underground movies are ones that were not widely shown and dealt with unusual storylines.  Cult Classics are those that were not artistically well received, but have established a devoted group of fans over the years - Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, for instance.

Vanishing Point was fully distributed and I saw it as a first-run, stand alone movie in a major theater in 1971/72.  It was received well enough and shown widely enough that Barry Newman garnered a TV series as Petrocelli out of it.

Maybe I was wrong in calling it a cult classic, rather than just a movie.

Just looked at the forum for TCM Underground.  Lots of the lists seem appropriate to me.  Back in the day, these would have been "B" movies or drive-in movies.

[darkblue]

Maybe everybody's wrong in calling anything anything.

 

'Vanishing Point' may not have been intended as a "cult classic" originally, but it has become that, in my estimation. I have no problem with it being scheduled in the 'Underground' timeslot.