This is Steve Mcqueen's debut film. The Blob was filmed in 1958. Wiki states: The film achieved instant success and today is recognized as one of the prototypes of the 1950s American sci-fi film.
posted by silvercord 1 decade 7 years 10 months ago • 2,225 viewsFilms you must see before you die...
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Jumping, 1984. A 6 minute animation film (not anime style) showing the world from the point of view of a bouncing ball (or jumping child). Each jump of the camera goes higher, each landing is a visual... continue reading
posted by arrendek 1 decade 7 years 10 months ago • 14,803 viewsWhile a college student, George Romero filmed this cult horror classic in 1967 for a whopping $114,000. It was shot on 35mm black and white film to save money and the blood was Bosco Chocolate Syrup.
posted by silvercord 1 decade 7 years 10 months ago • 1,882 viewsJohn Carpenter's The Thing is a 1982 science fiction film directed by John Carpenter. Ostensibly a remake of the 1951 Howard Hawks film The Thing from Another World, Carpenter's film is actually more faithful... continue reading
posted by grspec 1 decade 7 years 10 months ago • 1,949 viewsAn Italian horror film by Dario Argento. Entertainment Weekly said it had "the most vicious murder scene ever filmed." Suspiria is considered Argento's finest film and a classic of the horror genre, a... continue reading
posted by silvercord 1 decade 7 years 10 months ago • 2,668 viewsAs the leader of a 1928 Arctic airship expedition watches a television program about the disastrous undertaking, the ghosts of those involved in the voyage and subsequent rescue attempts gather to determine... continue reading
posted by pyrex 1 decade 7 years 10 months ago • 1,861 viewsBig Trouble in Little China was originally written as a period Western set in the 1880's with Jack Burton as a cowboy who rides into town. for more see - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Trouble_in_Little_China... continue reading
posted by michie 1 decade 7 years 10 months ago • 2,578 viewsOriginally released in 1922 as "Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens," director F.W. Munarau's chilling and eerie adaption of Stoker's Dracula is a silent masterpiece of terror which some believe to this... continue reading
posted by firefly 1 decade 7 years 10 months ago • 1,593 viewsThe Golem (original German name Der Golem, also known as The Monster of Fate) is a 1915 silent horror directed and written by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen. The film is based on the book The Golem by... continue reading
posted by wildmanBill 1 decade 7 years 10 months ago • 4,959 viewsMad Max is an Australian apocalyptic science fiction action film from 1979 directed by George Miller and written by Miller and Byron Kennedy. The film, which starred the then little-known Mel Gibson was... continue reading
posted by michie 1 decade 7 years 10 months ago • 2,036 viewsWild Style was the first hip hop motion picture. Released independently in 1982 by First Run Features and later re-released for home video by Rhino Home Video, the movie featured Fab Five Freddy, Lee Quinones,... continue reading
posted by michie 1 decade 7 years 10 months ago • 3,078 viewsTezuka Osamu is the Japanese animator who created Astro Boy. This short film does not look like anime, using photographs and cut-outs as well as hand-drawn animation. It's an insightful look at the psychology... continue reading
posted by plastiquemonkey 1 decade 7 years 10 months ago • 1,970 views"L.A.'s deadliest street gang just declared war on the cops." This classic John Carpenter action movie is renowned for its black lead, groundbreaking and highly influential soundtrack, and the infamous... continue reading
posted by gwaan 1 decade 7 years 10 months ago • 2,361 views • 2:03King Henry solicits advice from 3 English traitors on how to punish traitors... then he calls them out. Kenneth Branagh is likely responsible for repopularizing Shakespeare for the big screen because... continue reading
posted by rosspruden 1 decade 7 years 10 months ago • 393 views(117min)'M' is the story of a child murderer, loose in 1930's Berlin. Police are at a loss to find the serial killer; the criminal underground mounts an effort in order to distance themselves from the... continue reading
posted by bamdrew 1 decade 7 years 10 months ago • 2,037 viewsThe film depicts a rape and murder through the widely differing accounts of four witnesses, including the perpetrator and, through a medium, the murder victim. Each story is mutually contradictory, leaving... continue reading
posted by pigeon 1 decade 7 years 10 months ago • 3,013 viewsPrincess Mononoke is a Japanese animated film by Hayao Miyazaki that was first released in Japan in 1997 and in the United States in 1999.Mononoke is the third most popular anime movie in Japan, next to... continue reading
posted by firefly 1 decade 7 years 10 months ago • 2,085 views