366 Weird Movies: Alfred Eaker’s Fringe Cinema
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Not on IMDB: Vanilla Lament (Catherine Crouch, 1997)
The Gold Of The Tigers (Signe Baumane, 1995)
Damon Zex "Waking Nightmare"
The King of Pluto (2004) Sheila Franklin
Not on IMDB: Vanilla Lament (Catherine Crouch, 1997)
The Gold Of The Tigers (Signe Baumane, 1995)
Damon Zex "Waking Nightmare"
The King of Pluto (2004) Sheila Franklin
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- DirectorJakob BilinskiStarsJoe GraceJosh GaboianAndrew BirnieThe tragic tale of a mime put on trial for murder... for MIMING a murder.
- DirectorJakob BilinskiStarsMonica BarajasJomar 'Dez' BanksScott GanyoA fun, fast 70s-esque exploitation action-spy extravaganza about the treacherous underworld of secret preacher agents!
- DirectorJakob BilinskiStarsScott GanyoBenjamin RileyKatelyn CoyneFollows the intertwining tales of several people who share a connection due to their repeated presence in an anonymous motel room over several years.
- DirectorCatherine CrouchStarsEmily Wood
- DirectorCatherine CrouchStarsCatherine CrouchKelly HayesA jug of wine, a loaf of bread - but wait - what kind of bread? A comedy about a first date with extra baggage.
- DirectorCatherine CrouchStarsBritt DevaneyFabio FerrariRae GrayErnestine "Teen" Miller's parents have taught her she can do anything that boys can. But when she announces that she want's to marry the neighbor girl...
- DirectorCatherine CrouchStarsCatherine CrouchA surreal butch fairytale with sex, drugs and religion.
- DirectorHarry LangdonStarsHarry LangdonGladys McConnellCornelius KeefeHarry, The Odd Fellow, is a tenement worker who lives alone in a shack alongside a warehouse and longs for the companionship of a wife and children like other men.
- DirectorSigne BaumaneJosh RechnitzA story about a neglected housewife who falls in love with a vacuum cleaner.
- DirectorSigne BaumaneStarsSyed Raza MehdiA satirical take on dentistry.
- DirectorSigne BaumaneThese five bizarre infomercials introduce dentists to the essential tools of their trade - latex gloves, anesthesia, crowns and chocolate.
- DirectorSigne BaumaneStarsDace BonateGints OzolinsIvars PugaA modern Freudian tale about a girl, her father, a prince and a dragon.
- DirectorSigne BaumaneAn animated visual interpretation of the poem by Jorge Luis Borges.
- DirectorSigne BaumaneA personal myth of creation of a woman and her two ways to encounter a man.
- DirectorSigne Baumane
- DirectorSigne BaumaneA tiny witch tries to milk an immense cow. Things get out of her control.
- DirectorSigne BaumaneStarsSigne BaumaneA take on sex exclusively from a woman's point of view.
- DirectorDzintra GekaStarsSigne Baumane
- DirectorJohn SemperStarsCamille KittKennerly KittJosh BakerFor three long centuries Creeporia has lived in an immortal freeze. A timeless soul lost in the breeze. Now, one way to win back her life is if she can become the wife of one who'll gladly give their heart to such a vain, repulsive tart! The second way to end this game is if she can regain her fame. Should she become a star once more. Then this curse gets thrown out the door! Will this undead actress escape her curse?
- DirectorJohn SemperStarsCamille KittKennerly KittJosh Baker'CREEPORIA TWO' continues the adventures of the lead character from the first 'CREEPORIA.' 'CREEPORIA TWO' is the comedy-horror adventure of a 300-year-old Hollywood actress named CREEPORIA who has been turned into an undying, lost soul by an evil sorcerer. The only way she can break her curse is to become a big Hollywood star -- or find true love. But when an evil demon attempts to transfer from his barren world to ours, then she and her out-of-work, classic Hollywood monster cohorts are the only ones who can stop him in time to save the planet!
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsPaul PanzerA one-armed man obtains an artificial limb which he cannot control.
- DirectorEddie LyonsStarsBobby DunnGlen CavenderBobby gets mistaken for a champion dancer called "Hot Foot," and ends up a contestant in a dance marathon.
- DirectorFerdinand ZeccaA phlegmatic pickpocket is arrested and taken to his cell. As he is an unusually wily customer, he is bound by fetters and chained to the wall. Speedily putting these off, he is locked up by the enraged warders in a chest, but escapes and is finally thrown into the river tied up in a sack. Coming up from the water again, perfectly dry and safe, he makes a bicycle for himself and rides off furiously, springing ultimately onto a passing train which bars his passage. In this way he is carried along on his bicycle for some distance, but reaching the river again, he descends on his machine, performs a few revolutions in mid-air, the reflection of the bicycle showing up clearly on the face of the water, and then lands in a sumptuous room. The police follow, but are baffled by the continued disappearing tricks of the clever thief, who dissolves from view and reappears in the most unexpected places. At last he is captured in the police station itself and carried once more to his cell, but crashes through the iron bars with little trouble, leaving his warders safely under lock and key.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsRuth TaylorRoger MooreAndy ClydeResidents of a small town become victims of a young chap who booms real estate values.
- StarsBilly BletcherThis film was released originally in 1928. In 1948 it was released again with sound. The cinematographer, Harry Forbes, died on August 17th, 1939. The Fresh Lobster is a 6 minute gem.
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsBernd WeiklMatti SalminenHans SotinParsifal is an opera or a music drama in three acts by the German composer Richard Wagner and his last composition. Protected by his mother throughout his childhood from any contact with the world, to keep him pure and innocent, Parsifal, having despite this discovered evil and sin, manages after a long, epic interior journey to discover the Grail, the fullness of life and the quietude of the soul.
- DirectorStéphane MetgeStarsOlaf BärEric StoklossaStefan Margita
- DirectorPatrice ChéreauStarsFranz GrundheberWaltraud MeierGraham ClarkFranz Woyzeck, a lowly soldier stationed in a mid-nineteenth century provincial German town, is the father of an illegitimate child by his mistress Marie.
- DirectorOliver HerrmannStarsChristine SchäferAbstract art film adaptation of Pierrot Lunaire, framed as a person's encounters in a surreal version of New York.
- DirectorHans-Jürgen SyberbergStarsEdith CleverMartin SperrRobert LloydRichard Wagner's last opera has remained controversial since its first performance for its unique, and, for some, unsavory blending of religious and erotic themes and imagery. Based on one of the medieval epic romances of King Arthur and the search for the holy grail (the chalice touched by the lips of Christ at the last supper), it recounts over three long acts how a "wild child" unwittingly invades the sacred precincts of the grail, fulfilling a prophecy that only such a one can save the grail's protectors from a curse fallen upon them. Interpreters of the work have found everything from mystical revelation to proto-fascist propaganda in it. Hans-Jurgen Syberberg's production doesn't avoid either aspect, but tries synthesize them by seeking their roots in the divided soul of Wagner himself. The action unfolds on a craggy landscape which turns out to be a gigantic enlargement of the composer's death mask, among deliberately tatty theatrical devices: puppets, scale models, magic-lantern projections. The eponymous hero is sung by the specified tenor voice (Reiner Goldberg) but mimed on screen by a male and a female performer alternately, reflecting what the director takes to be the creator's own sexual conflicts. Syberberg's pacing, dictated by the majestic pace of Wagner's score, is slow, but enlivened by constant subtle shifts in point of view, and memorable performances by actress Edith Clever as the villainess/heroine Kundry (sung by Yvonne Minton), orchestra conductor Armin Jordan as the remorseful knight Amfortas (sung by Wolfgang Schoene), and Robert Lloyd (the faithful retainer Gurnemanz).
- DirectorGian Carlo MenottiStarsMarie PowersLeopoldo SavonaBelva KiblerMadame Flora is terrified when she perceives a supernatural presence during one of her fraudulent séances. Menotti's first international success, "The Medium" is a tragedy in two acts for five singers, a dance-mime role, and a chamber opera for thirteen instruments and fourteen players: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, percussion, piano (4 hands), and string quintet. The music is dissonant, eerie, and morbid and includes melodies such as 'O, black swan.'
- DirectorPeter SellarsStarsDawn UpshawMonica GroopGerald Finley
- DirectorPeter SellarsStarsHerbert PerryEugene PerryDominique LabelleThe utterly amazing Mozart opera, set in modern Harlem. Utilized twin brothers to sing Leporello and Giovanni.
- DirectorPeter SellarsStarsTeresa StratasNora KimballHoward HaskinAnna I and Anna II set out on a seven year journey that takes them through a series of varied life experiences while their parents and two brothers remain behind.
- DirectorPeter SellarsStarsFrode OlsenDavid DanielsRichard Croft
- DirectorRobert AltmanBruce BeresfordBill BrydenStarsJohn HurtTheresa RussellStephanie Lane10 short films by 10 different directors, set to arias by different composers.
- DirectorGuy MaddinStarsWei-Qiang ZhangTara BirtwhistleDavid MoroniA ballet rendition of Bram Stoker's "Dracula", stylized as an Expressionistic silent film.
- DirectorJames AlgarSamuel ArmstrongFord Beebe Jr.StarsLeopold StokowskiDeems TaylorThe Philadelphia OrchestraA series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists.
- DirectorJames AlgarGaëtan BrizziPaul BrizziStarsJames LevineSteve MartinItzhak PerlmanAn update of the original film with new interpretations of great works of classical music.
- DirectorMaya DerenStarsJohn CageMaya DerenAlexander HammidSilently, a woman wakes on a beach as the tides go in reverse. Her dreamscape unfolds as she tries to locate a chess piece traveling from the beach to a party to a country road and then back.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRandolph ScottGail RussellLee MarvinA former sheriff blames himself for his wife's death during a Wells Fargo robbery and vows to track down and kill the seven men responsible.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRandolph ScottRichard BooneMaureen O'SullivanAn independent former ranch foreman is kidnapped along with an heiress, who is being held for ransom by trio of ruthless outlaws.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRandolph ScottKaren SteelePernell RobertsA bounty hunter (Randolph Scott) escorts a killer (James Best) to be tried for murder, but allows the man's outlaw brother (Lee Van Cleef) to catch up with them to have a showdown over a previous shocking murder.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRandolph ScottNancy GatesClaude AkinsA man saves a woman who had been kidnapped by Comanches, then struggles to get both of them home alive.
- DirectorKen TiptonStarsStacie ShakarianCarrie ArmstrongConrad BachmannVideocassette tape rental store owners fight against a religious fanatic group for the right to keep their controversial film on the shelves for sale.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsWillem DafoeHarvey KeitelBarbara HersheyThe life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.
- DirectorEdward D. Wood Jr.StarsEdward D. Wood Jr.Bela LugosiLyle TalbotA psychiatrist tells the stories of a transvestite (Glen or Glenda) and a pseudohermaphrodite (Alan or Anne).
- DirectorMatthew BarneyStarsRichard SerraMatthew BarneyAimee MullinsThe third film of a five-part art-installation epic -- it's part-zombie movie, part-gangster film.
- DirectorGuy MaddinStarsWei-Qiang ZhangTara BirtwhistleDavid MoroniA ballet rendition of Bram Stoker's "Dracula", stylized as an Expressionistic silent film.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowLiv UllmannGertrud FridhWhile vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsRoman PolanskiIsabelle AdjaniMelvyn DouglasA bureaucrat rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
- DirectorFrank PerrySydney PollackStarsBurt LancasterJanet LandgardJanice RuleA man spends a summer day swimming as many pools as he can all over a quiet suburban town.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsKarolina GruszkaKrzysztof MajchrzakGrace ZabriskieAs an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames SpaderHolly HunterElias KoteasAfter getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineTom McNamaraStarsMary PickfordRoy StewartMary Louise MillerMolly, the eldest child at a baby farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.
- DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsJulian WestMaurice SchutzRena MandelA drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.
- DirectorRichard ElfmanStarsGene CunninghamMarie-Pascale ElfmanVirginia RoseThe bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.
- DirectorMack V. WrightStarsRobert LivingstonRay CorriganMax TerhuneA supernatural western! The Three Mesquiteers accompany an archeological expedition to a lost Indian city of gold called Lukachuke.
- DirectorMichael ReevesStarsBoris KarloffElizabeth ErcyIan OgilvyAn aging hypnotist creates a device that allows the user to control the mind of another person, but his wife abuses its power by manipulating a younger man to commit evil acts.
- DirectorRobert DornhelmStarsHerbert von Karajan
- DirectorLarry RoemerStarsBillie Mae RichardsBurl IvesLarry D. MannA young reindeer Rudolph lives at the North Pole. His father is one of Santa's reindeer and it is expected that Rudolph will eventually be one too. However, he has a feature which is a setback and causes him to be ostracized: his red nose.
- DirectorWayne OrrPaul ReubensStarsPaul ReubensKevin CarlsonLaurence FishburnePee-Wee Herman throws a Christmas party at his playhouse with his friends and some celebrity guests.
- DirectorNicholas WebsterStarsJohn CallLeonard HicksVincent BeckThe Martians kidnap Santa Claus because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents.
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsShirley BoothMickey RooneyDick ShawnWhen a weary and discouraged Santa Claus considers skipping his Christmas Eve run one year, Mrs. Claus and his elves set out to change his mind.
- DirectorTrey ParkerMatt StoneStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneFour children, all but one of whom go unnamed, build a snowman which comes to life and threatens their town. Kenny, the only child whose name is given in the film, and who resembles the character called Cartman in the subsequent Spirit of Christmas, The (1995) and "South Park" (1997), is immediately killed by the monster. When the children go to Santa for help, he is revealed to be a monster in disguise, and slaughters another one of the kids. The two survivors approach the baby Jesus, who takes on the evil snowman and wins, saving Christmas.
- DirectorTrey ParkerMatt StoneStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneFour caroling children meet Jesus and Santa Claus and learn the true meaning of Christmas.
- StarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneMary Kay BergmanA collection of South Park Christmas tales, featuring classic episodes and memorable characters.
- DirectorHenry SelickStarsDanny ElfmanChris SarandonCatherine O'HaraJack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsMichael KeatonDanny DeVitoMichelle PfeifferWhile Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin wreaking havoc across Gotham with the help of a cruel businessman, a female employee of the latter becomes the Catwoman with her own vendetta.
- DirectorRandal KleiserStarsEdward AsnerMaureen StapletonRebecca BaldingA dying father pulls his torn family back together for a last Christmas.
- DirectorBill MelendezStarsAnn AltieriChris DoranSally DryerDepressed at the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find a deeper meaning to Christmas.
- DirectorChuck JonesBen WashamStarsBoris KarloffJune ForayDal McKennonA grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsGeorge C. ScottFrank FinlayAngela PleasenceA bitter old miser who rationalizes his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsRichard BurtonJean SimmonsVictor MatureIn the Roman province of Judea during the 1st century, Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is ordered to crucify Jesus of Nazareth but is tormented by his guilty conscience afterwards.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsH.B. WarnerDorothy CummingErnest TorrenceJesus Christ faces religious and political oppression during his ministry and in the days before his death and resurrection.
- DirectorWallace McCutcheonEdwin S. PorterA large group of boys and girls enjoy a sleigh ride, have a snowball fight, and frolic in the snow.
- DirectorHarold M. ShawStarsWilliam WadsworthMrs. William BechtelAugustus PhillipsThe Giltons are next-door neighbors to the Biltons. The houses are exactly alike and adjoin each other; the back yards are not even separated by a fence. Gilton is a crabbed old money-maker and childless; his wife has grown submissive through years of continual nagging. The Biltons are a happy family of seven; poverty and scrimping have not soured them. The struggle to maintain his wife and the little ones has left Bilton threadbare, but the loving wife and five pairs of little arms that creep around his neck each morning and night are worth the fight. The fact that old Gilton fumes and fusses about the children sometimes stepping over the line of his back-yard bothers him only insofar as he dislikes discord. When Gilton's dog is poisoned, Bilton is as sorry as though it had been his own, yet old Gilton accuses him of being the poisoner. Even the heartbroken sobs of Bilton's sweet little daughter Cora Cordelia over the death of her canine playfellow fail to convince the crusty old man. When the grocer's boy delivers Gilton's order to Mrs. Bilton and she cooks the dinner thinking her husband sent the things, Gilton is almost ready to commit murder. As Christmas approaches, the Biltons are hard-pressed but give their little store to the children to buy presents, telling them that Santa Claus is too poor to leave them a turkey. On Christmas Eve, old Gilton staggers home in a blizzard, the turkey for Christmas dinner under his arm. On the porch that leads to the twin doors of his house and the Biltons', a terrific gust of wind and snow closes his eyes, and, horror of horrors, he enters the home of the hated neighbor. Blinded and cold, his entire figure snow-covered, he steps into the midst of the Biltons, gathered about the table laden with the cheap presents and listening open-mouthed to Bilton reading "The Night Before Christmas." The children's vision of cheery Santa is rudely interrupted by Gilton's snow-covered figure. To them, he is the real Santa Claus. In a beautiful closing scene, old Gilton's flinty eyes fill with tears and the breach between the families is closed as though the spirit of Santa Claus himself had welded it.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsHenry B. WalthallMarion LeonardGladys EganThe children set a trap for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, knowing he has to come through the window because their estate has no chimney. Their father, who abandoned them and his wife before she inherited her fortune, plans to burglarize that very house, unaware of the occupants or the trap.
- DirectorCharles M. SeayStarsBarry O'MooreJulian ReedRichard NeillWhen a burglar dressed as Santa Claus steals a family's Christmas presents, amateur detective Octavius sets out to recover the loot.
- DirectorWill LouisStarsRaymond McKeeBilly CaseyGuido ColucciA desperate man and two romantic rivals encounter one another at a Christmas party.
- DirectorJ. Searle DawleyCharles KentAshley MillerStarsMarc McDermottCharles OgleWilliam BechtelBased on the story by Charles Dickens: Ebenezer Scrooge is well known for his harsh, miserly ways, until he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, and then by three other spirits.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterIt's December 24th, and 'Santa Claus' is busy feeding his reindeer and finishing up the toys that he will soon deliver. Meanwhile, the children in a large family hang their stockings over the fireplace, and then are put to bed. But the restless children cannot sleep, and they soon start a lively pillow fight. Back at his workshop, Santa loads up everything and begins his journey.
- DirectorErrol FlynnStarsErrol FlynnBeverly AadlandFlorence AadlandDocumentary shot during the Cuban revolution
- DirectorBarry MahonStarsErrol FlynnBeverly AadlandJohn McKayErrol Flynn , playing himself as a war correspondent, helps Fidel Castro overthrow Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista . The film was shot, with Castro's cooperation, while he was still fighting Batista.
- DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsMaria FalconettiEugene SilvainAndré BerleyIn 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.
- DirectorJames Felix McKenneyStarsChristine SpencerAngus ScrimmBrenda CooneyA low-tech FX film about the horrors of war and robots.
- DirectorRobert N. BradburyStarsJohnny Mack BrownHelen EricsonWarner RichmondAn agent sent to investigate the thefts of gold bullion shipments discovers that the mine owner is behind it. He also finds out that the owner has his gang capture travelers in the desert to use as slave labor in the mine.
- DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsClaude RainsWarren WilliamLon Chaney Jr.Larry Talbot returns to his father's castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman. One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where they meet a mysterious gypsy fortune teller.
- DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsBenicio Del ToroAnthony HopkinsEmily BluntUpon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten and subsequently cursed by a werewolf.
- DirectorRobert N. BradburyStarsJohnny Mack BrownBeth MarionWilliam FarnumWhen his young son is shot, John Wellington kills the culprit and flees. But his son Johnny recovers and is raised by Sir George. Some twenty years later Johnny sets out to find Sir George's missing granddaughter. He finds her and also finds Rand, but neither of the two men realize they are father and son.
- CreatorRalph BakshiJohn KricfalusiStarsPatrick PinneyDana HillRodger BumpassMighty Mouse has humorous, satirical adventures in this short-lived Saturday Morning cartoon by Ralph Bakshi.
- DirectorLynn ReynoldsStarsTom MixTony the HorseJ.P. LockneyA cowboy seeks revenge against the man who shot him in a bar-room brawl. While searching for him, he comes across a wild stallion that he is determined to capture and break, and unknowingly falls in love with the daughter of the man who shot him.
- DirectorLynn ReynoldsStarsTom MixJ. Farrell MacDonaldEva NovakA government agent infiltrates a gang of Chinese immigrant smugglers and pursues their ringleader throughout the heart of the Southwestern desert.
- DirectorFred JackmanStarsRexBarbara KentJames FinlaysonTwo thugs plot to kill an old miner to get his claim, but one of them lusts after his beautiful daughter and wants her first.
- DirectorRobert N. BradburyStarsBob SteelePeggy CampbellForrest TaylorIntent on avenging his father's murder, Roy Neal and his sidekick Rusty find themselves in the border town of Gladstone where Neal is mistakenly arrested for the robbery of a mail truck. After escaping, Neal joins up with pretty June Bowers whose father has apparently also been murdered. Neal, suspecting two of the town's leading businessmen of being the murderers, tries to flush them out before the sheriff can lock him up again.