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From: stets@stets.novalis.public.sub.org (Thomas Stets)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Can anyone name this movie?
Distribution: world
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 09:12:32 GMT
Organization: Just me.

alan@hal.larc.nasa.gov writes in article <Bs66Ap.8pK@news.larc.nasa.gov>:
>
>
> My wife begged me to ask the net if anyone out there can identify a
> movie she viewed when she was 10-12 years old (Julie is 29 now). I have
> hesitated due the the vagueness of the request, but here goes nothing.
>
> Julie can't remember if it was a movie or something like a Twilight Zone.
> The main point she recalls is it had children in it that shuffled their feet.
> If they tried to walk normal my picking up their feet, they could fly or float
> away. When she first told me about it I thought it was "Village of the Damned".
> She politely reminded me, as all wives do, that it had no flying/floating
> children it. Anyone else want to take a stab at it?

I don't know of any movie like that. But it reminds me of a SF-story
I've read not too long ago. It was part of a collection of stories
about an alien people whose planet was destroyed for some reason. They
got away in time but ended up ship-wrecked on earth. They looked like
humans, but had some special abilities, like beeing able to fly,
to read minds, to heal etc.
The story with the feed-shuffeling children plays in a village named
'Bendo'. The group of 'the poeple' living there was isolated after
the crash-landing. Their first encounter with humans was being hunted
and killed for their alien nature. So those who got away tried to hide
their difference. They never used their special abilities, denying them.
They punished their children when they used their forces. The children
were tought always to stay firmly on the ground, to the extend that
they were shuffeling their feet when they walked.

The story is by Zenna Henderson. The Book is 'Pilgrimage'.
There are more books and stories about 'The People',
all of them collected in 'The People Collection', published
by 'Corgi Books'.

I don't know if this helps, but perhaps it rises some more memories.


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From: boyajian@ruby.enet.dec.com (The Man from Another Place)
Subject: Re: Can anyone name this movie?
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 08:43:33 GMT

In article <Bs66Ap.8pK@news.larc.nasa.gov>, alan@hal.larc.nasa.gov (alan dare) writes...

} My wife begged me to ask the net if anyone out there can identify a 
} movie she viewed when she was 10-12 years old (Julie is 29 now).  [...]
} Julie can't remember if it was a movie or something like a Twilight Zone.
} The main point she recalls is it had children in it that shuffled their
} feet. If they tried to walk normal my picking up their feet, they could
} fly or float away. When she first told me about it I thought it was
} "Village of the Damned". She politely reminded me, as all wives do,
} that it had no flying/floating children it. Anyone else want to take a
} stab at it?

Wild-Ass Guess: A made-for-TV movie called THE PEOPLE which was first
broadcast in 1972. Ask your wife if she remembers if the movie had
William Shatner in it. If she says yes, then it's probably THE PEOPLE.

-- 

	"She's my radiation baby.
	 She's my teenage fallout girl."

--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, "The Mill", Maynard, MA)

    boyajian@ruby.enet.dec.com
From: bryan@wupost.wustl.edu (bryan o'connor)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Full Moon Video
Date: 29 Jul 1992 16:34:57 -0500
Organization: Washington University in Saint Louis, MO USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: wupost.wustl.edu

Recently my friends and I, in our endless quest to watch cheezy sci-fi,
horror films stumbled accross Full Moon Video.  The exec.producer of the
company said that they had 23 movies.  (100 by 2000, 77 to go, 23 done).

Can anyone help me finish this list?  Also, any information about the
company would be helpful... like, did any of these movies see the light
of a movie theatre?

Partial list
============
Puppet Master I, II, III
Subspecies
Meridian
Pit and the Pendulum
Doll Man
Trancers I, II
Seed People
Arcade
Demonic Toys
Crash and Burn
Shadowzone
Netherworld
From: psybm@lure.latrobe.edu.au
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: The Reflecting Skin
Date: 22 Jul 92 07:29:00 GMT
Organization: VAX Cluster, Computer Centre, La Trobe University


Has anyone seen a British film directed by Philip Ridley (1990)
called "The Reflecting Skin"?  I saw it on video the other day
and thought it was totally weird (and I've seen some *weird*
films in my day :-) but with possibly some interesting concepts.

It involves a young boy growing up in the Iowa wheat/corn (I'm
not sure which) fields who finds witnesses a number of distressing
events.
It's too weird to go into further without printing spoilers. 

MINOR SPOILER

In my opinion, Kim's mother is quite correct in labelling Seth
a monster.


If anyone has seen it and has an opinion I would love to hear it.


Cathie.
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: schuck@fraser.sfu.ca (Bruce Jonathan Schuck)
Subject: Re: does this qualify as a "cult" movie
Reply-To: Bruce_Schuck@sfu.ca
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 19:34:15 GMT

derry@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (John Derry) writes:

>"A Boy And His Dog"   Don Johnson, ca 1974    Cult classic?

Definitely.

>It just happens to be one of my favorites.  Since I stumbled onto this  
>group, I thought I'd see if anyone's heard of it.

You bet.

This was a surprisingly faithful adaptation of Harlan Ellison's Novella
of the same name.

Of course, the dog stole the movie from Don.

Loved the ending. :)





Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: wildman@athena.mit.edu (Timothy Worsley)
Subject: Dario Argento
Reply-To: eprice@sql.sybase.com
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 05:48:01 GMT

In the Video Search of Miami catalog, there is mentioned a film called
PROBABILITY ZERO, a "Dario Argento war story".  What can the Argento
fans out there tell me about this?

Also, VSoM has PHENOMENA (released as CREEPERS in the US) in what they
claim is "uncut" form.  According to Maltin, CREEPERS is 82 min and
PHENOMENA is 110 min -- a considerable difference.  I'm almost
certainly going to order this one.

VSoM's version of DEEP RED (PROFUNDO ROSSO) is described as a "Euro
composite" (whatever that means) and runs 105 minutes, compared to the
US release of 98 minutes and the original which is 112 minutes...
According to a posting here a while back this version is really bad.

Has anyone heard of (or seen) CREEPERS 2?

Thanks for your help!

(And hopefully I'll get more info than I did with my Anita Mui
question a few weeks ago...  BTW, she was also in ROUGE and NYUE has a
video called `Anita Mui in Concert 87-88' if anyone cares...)

Ed Price              (not Tim Worsely) `The first Dichotian--Dgunder Brabz--
eprice@sql.sybase.com (not wildman@...)  on whom eternitization was performed,
                                         became immortal for only a year.'
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: pfeiffer@nmsu.edu (Joe Pfeiffer)
Subject: Re: Fans of really bad movies...
Organization: NMSU Computer Science
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 16:11:09 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.195608.13819@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> ken@batman.austin.ibm.com writes:

   Simply put, I'll watch anything.

   I've noticed there are a lot of others (in this group especially)
   that are the same way. People recommend "Sorority Babes in the
   Slimeball Bowl-o-Rama," or "Bloodsucking Pharoahs in Pittsburgh,"
   or Russ Meyer or Herschell Gordon Lewis films without hesitation.
   Sure, some "cult" movies are really great films - "Blade Runner,"
   "Terminator" (both films), etc. But we seem to watch some real
   stinkers - and enjoy them.

Well, I'll enjoy the ones that are just BAAD quite a bit, and some of
the parodies you mention. ``Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity'' was
great; so was ``Re-Animator.''  I do have a real problem with parodies
that misfire, though -- I found ``Sorority Babes'' pretty dull; same
with ``Amazon Women on the Moon.''  So I guess you'd say I have high
standards for my bad movies...

-Joe.
From: s1070422@giaec.cc.monash.edu.au (Damien Binding)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Blade Runner
Date: 30 Jul 92 02:55:35 GMT
Organization: Monash University College Gippsland, Churchill, 3842, Australia

>I don't think that I read it wrong, but you are right, the box says nothing
>about 'Director's Cut' or letterboxing, just that it is the 10'th anniversery
>edition.  The interesting thing is that the new box states that the running
>time is now 117 minutes, 1 minute shorter than all video cassette or laserdisc
>copies. Anybody know what the difference is?

In your conversation you refer to "letterboxing". I have heard this term a
number of times but l am unsure of it's proper meaning. Can anyone help me?
From: gonzalez@clam.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Batman Returns - forgettable
Date: 30 Jul 92 14:31:08 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


I finally got around to seeing Batman Returns (we had a baby
recently, you see) -- anyone still interested in discussing
its merits?

Most important is the fact that Catwoman NEVER landed on her
feet - how un-cat-like.

In general, I found the movie very forgettable.  It consisted
of long stretches of bleak cinematography broken up by
occasional special effects.  The rare instances of dialog and
character development were good, but much too few and far-
between to make for a memorable film.

It kind of reminded me of "The Cook, The Thief..." in that it
was heavy on dark cinematography and violence, but lacking in
anything interesting to relate to.  I don't think that inserting
violence into an art film is especially innovative -- I'd much
rather see a good slasher...

-Ralph
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From: M Maxwell
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Name this film
Date: 23 Jul 1992 22:14:10 GMT
Organization: UC San Diego
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: irpsws80.ucsd.edu

In article <1992Jul23.194216.5919@sei.cmu.edu> sw@sei.cmu.edu (Shelley Woosley)
writes:
>
>Neil (and all others)
>
>I posted a while ago that the name is OVER THE EDGE.  Either my computer isn't
>working right and it was never posted or everyone missed it.
>
>
>Shell
>
'Sfunny.  I could have sworn it was OVER THE TOP.
-------------------
Matt Maxwell
mmaxwell@ucsd.edu

Hey you kids!  Don't touch that, it's ART! 

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From: dlangend@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Darryl M Langenderfer)
Subject: Re: Batman Returns - forgettable
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 12:11:34 GMT

Though this may be wrong and it's definately not a direct quote, I think
the Penguin said something to the sound of 'why do people always bring
tomatoes to a speech?'

              --D.
From: cuscd@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Charles Dey)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: T1 vs. T2
Date: 21 Jul 92 20:32:14 GMT
Organization: Educational Computing Network

Since we're talking about a possible T3, what would be kinda neat would
be a prequel to T1, like how they got to destroying SkyNet maybe end the
film with Reese being sent to the past.  Something to think about.

Crim'

"The Truth is a Virus" ... Happy Harry Hard-On , Pump up the Volume
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
From: aj137@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (David Jeffries)
Subject: Living Venus
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 04:09:48 GMT


Well I bought one of JB Briggs tapes last weekend, the film was "Living Venus."
My life is changed.

The film is HG Lewis' attempt to tell the story of Hugh Heffner but as Joe Bob
explains in the opening "but he just changed everything."  The Hugh character
cons people into doing things for him to advance the magazine, then eventually
gives up and everything falls apart.  Everyone ends up hating him.  There's
a statue of Venus that appears throughout the whole film that at the ene
(oh oh--spoiler) falls and breaks.  Joe Bob claims to have the original that 
he reconstructed, but he'll sell it for fifty bucks.  Also the Hugh character
dresses cool and drinks a lot of martini's.

I also watched a Something Weird release of One Shocking Moment, another great
sixties film.  I like the Joe Bob tapes a little better because of him 
and his commentary.  

Oh, how was my life changed you ask?  I now chase girls who wear bullet bras
around backyard pools, dress in swank suits, and drink a lot of martinis.
Plus some highballs.

Anyone else out there dig this kind of schlock?

-- 
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MERZBOW/MOBY/NEW ORDER/HAFLER TRIO/LAIBACH/SPEEDY J/ANDRE MARROU
"You give funky love, funky love."------Cathy Dennis
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From: andyh@cimage.com (Andy Hore)
Subject: Alex Cox
Organization: Cimage Corp, Ann Arbor, MI
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 17:50:44 GMT

Just a quick note. If we are discussing the Alex Cox who did Repo Man
then I think he is the same guy who presents a series of cult moview
on BBC2 on a Sunday night, over in the UK. Somebody correct me if I'm
wrong.... as I'm sure they will.

    He does not actually have anything to do with them, as far as
directing goes, although he may have something to do with selecting
them (he seams to think they are all important cult movies, for one
reason or another, and on the whole I did agree with him).

Andy
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From: PETERC@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Peter Correnty)
Subject: Re: Nekromantik
Organization: Yale University
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 09:30:03 EDT

In article <gsparaco.51@cardinal.sc107.wesleyan.edu>
gsparaco@cardinal.sc107.wesleyan.edu writes:
 
>
>In article <1992Jul28.152711.14757@panix.com> fnord@panix.com (Cliff Heller) writes:
>
>>Has anyone seen this film by the German director Joerg Buttgereit?
>
>>It's quite a show.  Kind of a "Gore as Art" kind of thing.  Very very
>>offensive and disgusting.
>
>>The most annoying thing was that whoever did the subtitles for the American
>>video had their heads firmly imbedded in their asses.  The titles are very
>>very small, and it is as if they were strategically placed on the screen
>>against white scenery in as many places as possible so as to be completely
>>unreadable.
>
>>This is a must see, but not after eating a large meal.
>
>>There is a sequel as well that I have not yet seen.
>
The new video version has clearer subtitles.  NEKROMANTIK 2 is a little
too slow in places, but still very graphic.  I liked DER TODESKING
better than NEK 2 ... about seven gory suicides.  JB continues to link
sex and death.
 
Pete.
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From: tmcfarla@fraser.sfu.ca (Tara McFarlane)
Subject: decoder
Keywords: decoder
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 16:48:44 GMT

awhile back someone told me about what sounded like a great movie. it was
called decoder. the premise is that someone clues into the fact that muzak is 
being used for mind control and therefore sets out to liberate everyone by
altering the muzak code so that kmart, etc., starts piping industrial music
for their customers' listening pleasure. or something like that. has anyone
seen this movie, and is it worthwhile viewing?
From: tfisher@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Tom Fisher)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Batman Returns - forgettable
Date: 30 Jul 92 16:32:12 GMT
Organization: Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems, Purdue University

From article <Jul.30.10.31.08.1992.6871@clam.rutgers.edu>, by gonzalez@clam.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez):
> 
> I finally got around to seeing Batman Returns (we had a baby
> recently, you see) -- anyone still interested in discussing
> its merits?
> 
> Most important is the fact that Catwoman NEVER landed on her
> feet - how un-cat-like.
> 
> In general, I found the movie very forgettable.  It consisted
> of long stretches of bleak cinematography broken up by
> occasional special effects.  The rare instances of dialog and
> character development were good, but much too few and far-
> between to make for a memorable film.
>
I pretty much agree.  Also, the Penguin character didn't
offer much to work with (compared to that of the Joker in the
earlier film).  This should not be construed in any way as a
criticism of Danny DeVito - I think he did a marvelous job with
what he had to work with.

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From: derry@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (John Derry)
Subject: TITLE WANTED
Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 17:32:19 GMT



NAME OF MOVIE NEEDED

Dialog:  "That's one maloogah and four loogahs", or words to that
effect.

ciao
From: laurelp+@pitt.edu (Laurel A Povazan)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Night of the living dead
Date: 23 Jul 92 20:59:05 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

In article <1992Jul23.060315.2504@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> s1070422@giaec.cc.monash.edu.au (Damien Binding) writes:
>    Also for fans there is a NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD cxomic adaption which is
>done very well. Four issues at around US$4.95 and a NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
>PRELUDE showing the satilite blowing up and how the half eaten body got there
>and how the girl got bitten and the boy and girl got into the house etc. It is
>very well done.

I'd really like to find the NOTLD comics and the Romero book about "Dawn of
the Dead" et al.! Can anyone give me info?
			Laurel
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						 in the dark that isn't
						 there in the light---
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From: Eric T. Jue <etjue@lbl.gov>
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: HEATHERS
Date: 29 Jul 1992 18:53:14 GMT
Organization: LBL
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In article <UBNAREHO.92Jul28190955@queen.mcs.Drexel.edu> Brian S.
Narehood, ubnareho@mcs.Drexel.edu writes:
>    What I would like to know is:
>        are there any ftp sites that I can get gif's from
>      this movie.

I don't know of any, but I have an original movie press-kit that has some
great photos that I may be able to digitize.  Any suggestions?
From: amberle@athena.mit.edu (Amberle S Ferrian)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Fans of really bad movies...
Date: 27 Jul 92 00:28:30 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

In article <24JUL199204024624@zeus.tamu.edu> ess3791@zeus.tamu.edu (Storm) writes:
>In article <1992Jul22.195608.13819@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>,
>ken@netmail.austin.ibm.com writes...
>> 
>>I am curious - how many others will watch just about anything put
>>before them? That's doesn't mean it's not O.K. to laugh, or make
>>fun of the film, but I will watch just about any grade Z movie
>>and *enjoy* it somehow. Do others do this?
>
>Yes, although the amount of time since I've slept is directly proportional to
>the amount of these movies that I end up watching.
>
>-Storm

For my friends and I at least, the amount of enjoyment gleaned from these Z
grade movies is directly proportional to the amount of ethanol consumed 
before/during/after a "bad movie fest".
--
 amberle		    "I want so much more than they've got planned..."
<amberle@epx.cis.umn.edu>		Belle		
<amberle@athena.mit.edu>		  Walt Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
From: kachun@astro.as.arizona.edu (Ka Chun Yu)
Newsgroups: alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Batman Returns - forgettable
Date: 30 Jul 92 21:53:51 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

In article <1992Jul30.163212.14918@CERIS.Purdue.EDU> tfisher@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Tom Fisher) writes:
>From article <Jul.30.10.31.08.1992.6871@clam.rutgers.edu>, by gonzalez@clam.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez):
>> 
>> I finally got around to seeing Batman Returns (we had a baby
>> recently, you see) -- anyone still interested in discussing
>> its merits?
>> 
>> Most important is the fact that Catwoman NEVER landed on her
>> feet - how un-cat-like.
>> 
>> In general, I found the movie very forgettable.  It consisted
>> of long stretches of bleak cinematography broken up by
>> occasional special effects.  The rare instances of dialog and
>> character development were good, but much too few and far-
>> between to make for a memorable film.
>>
>I pretty much agree.  Also, the Penguin character didn't
>offer much to work with (compared to that of the Joker in the
>earlier film).  This should not be construed in any way as a
>criticism of Danny DeVito - I think he did a marvelous job with
>what he had to work with.
>

The Bruce Wayne-Selina Kyle relationship had its moments, but the film
was spoiled completely by the mess it made of itself in the second half.
For me, it fell apart after the Ice Princess (or whatever her name was)
was pushed off the edge of the building.  First the Penguin appears on
the rooftop, then he disappears as the police appear (rather quickly) to
try and capture Batman.  Then there's the requisite chase scene involving
who knows how many police cars.  (Where were the police during the clown
assaults on Gotham's citizens?)  From then on the movie was a jumbled
mess where one couldn't figure out how a character got into a scene nor
really why he/she was there.

And where did the audience listening to Penguin's mayoral candidacy speech
get all those fruits and vegetables?

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>Phone (317) 494-6616          |  it can't be helped."   -   F. Perls


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