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Heat
(1972) [R]
Sylvia Miles is a star of yesteryear who puts in the odd stint on gameshows and TV movies. Joe Dallesandro is an unemployed one time child actor who moves into a shabby motel full of freaks and 279'ers where the landlady (Pat Ast) drops the rent on a quid pro quo basis. The star's wannabe lesbian... More
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Trash
(1970) [R]
Joe (Dallesandro) is a long-haired stud who's so strung out on heroin that he can't get aroused. Of course, he's also so high that he doesn't really care, even when an amorous young woman (Geri Miller) strips and go-go dances for him. In the quest for gear, he visits every quarter of The Village... More
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Lonesome Cowboys
(1968) [R]
In the wild wild west, Ramona Alvarez and her perpetually stoned nurse run into five gay cowboys. The seven members of the party desire a handsome male drifter, except for the transvestite sheriff, who can't be bothered about anything but his outfit. All hot & bothered at this point, the cowboys... More
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Desperate Living
(1977) [R]
A rich housewife murders her husband with the help of her overweight maid, and the two go on the run, ending up in Mortville, a town providing refuge for criminals. They shack up with a lesbian ex-wrestler and her murderess lover, before running into the tyrannical Queen Carlotta, ruler of... More
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Santa Sangre
(1989) [R]
Circus horrors cross over into the mundane world in this terrifying, psychedelic film from Alejandro Jodorowsky, the man who brought you the infamous El Topo. Fenix (Adan Jodorowsky, the director's son) is the son of a circus strongman (Guy Stockwell) and an aerialist (Blanca Guerra). One night,... More
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This Is Spinal Tap (2 Disc Set)
(1984) [M]
In 1982 legendary British heavy metal band Spinal Tap attempt an American comeback tour accompanied by a fan who is also a film-maker. The resulting documentary, interspersed with powerful performances of Tap's pivotal music and profound lyrics, candidly follows a rock group heading towards... More
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Reefer Madness / Cocaine Fiends
(1935) [MA]
Reefer Madness (1936):
A documentary/film designed to inform the public of the perils of smoking marijuana.(59 mins)
Cocaine Fiends (1935):
Another early exploitation film on the subject of drugs in America. Disaster results when a brother and sister are lured into the evils of cocaine.(74... More
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Twin Peaks (Pilot)
(1990) [M]
The body of a young girl (Laura Palmer) is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding... More
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The Man Who Fell To Earth
(1976) [R]
In Nicolas Roeg's sci-fi tale based on the novel by Walter Tevis, a humanoid alien from a dried-up husk of a planet falls to Earth in a spaceship--and later falls again metaphorically through alcohol abuse and the manipulations of a hostile culture. Arriving as a secret ambassador from a dying... More
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Escape From New York
(1981) [M]
Another John Carpenter cult classic, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK was one of the best entries in the once popular post-apocalyptic genre which included ROAD WARRIOR and THE TERMINATOR. In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been turned into the world's largest maximum security prison, a place where the... More
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Dark Star (Director's Cut)
(1974) [G]
John Carpenter's low-budget debut feature is a hilarious romp set in the deepest reaches of outer space. The haggard crew of the dilapidated Dark Star spaceship--Doolittle (Brian Narelle), Boiler (Cal Kuniholm), Pinback (Dan O'Bannon), and Talby (Dre Pahich)--is on an extended mission to seek out... More
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Carnival Of Souls
(1962) [PG]
Carnival of Souls has gained a strong cult reputation over recent years. Directed and produced by Harold “Herk” Harvey, it has an intriguing power, mixing ordinary people and everyday situations with the extraordinary and the supernatural. Made in Lawrence, Kansas in 1962, the film centres on... More
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Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams
(1981) [R]
Cheech and Chong house sit for a marijuana grower and rip off the crop. Stalked by keystone-style cops, Los Guys have a series of encounters with L.A. area characters even weirder than themselves. More
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The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (1981)
(1981) [G]
When the Earth is destroyed a Vogon Demolition Fleet to make way for a new hyperspace bypass, Arthur Dent joins his friend Ford Prefect (who turns out to be a researcher for an electronic reference guide called the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) for a galactic voyage on which they meet Zaphod... More
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Paris Is Burning
(1990)
An unblinking behind the scenes story of fashion obsessed New Yorkers who created "voguing" and drag balls , and turned these raucous celebrations into a powerful expression pf personal pride. The world within a world is instantly familiar, filled with ambitions, desires and yearnings that... More
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Freakouts And Flashbacks
(1975) [M]
'An education in hallucination'. In the midst of the turbulent late 60s, only one thing was clear, and that was that the enemy were rampaging hippies and acid heads. This carefully culled collection of shorts, all produced during the height of LSD hysteria, hilariously reveal extreme paranoia... More
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Pump Up The Volume
(1990) [M]
Mark is an intelligent but shy teenager who has just moved to Arizona from the East Coast. His parents give him a short-wave radio so he can talk to his pals, but instead he sets up shop as pirate deejay Hard Harry, who becomes a hero to his peers while inspiring the wrath of the local high... More
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Invaders From Mars
(1953) [PG]
One night, a small boy, David MacLean (Jimmy Hunt), sees a flying saucer land near his home. His scientist father (Leif Erickson) goes to investigate; when he returns, there is an unusual mark on the back of his neck and he behaves in a different, cold and hostile manner. Gradually, David... More
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The Fearless Vampire Killers
(1967) [PG]
The Fearless Vampire Killers is a clever comedy-horror directed by and starring Roman Polanski. An expert on bats, Professor Abronsius (Jack MacGowran) and his dim-witted assistant, Alfred (Roman Polanski), travel to Transylvania to find and destroy vampires, where Alfred falls for the vampire's... More
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The Raven
(1963) [PG]
In this tongue-in-cheek movie inspired by Poe's poem, Dr. Craven is the son of a great sorcerer (now dead) who was once himself quite skilled at that profession, but has since abandoned it. One evening, a cowardly fool of a magician named Bedlo comes to Craven for help- the evil Scarabus has... More
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Wayne's World
(1992) [PG]
Wayne is still living at home. He has a world class collection of name tags from jobs he's tried, but he does have his own public access TV show. A local station decides to hire him and his sidekick, Garth, to do their show professionally and Wayne & Garth find that it is no longer the same.... More
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Fly, The (1958)
(1958) [M]
Scientist Andre Delambre becomes obsessed with his latest creation, a matter transporter. He has varying degrees of success with it. He eventually decides to use a human subject, himself, with tragic consequences. During the transference, his atoms become merged with a fly, which was accidentally... More
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Return Of The Fly
(1959) [M]
Fifteen years after his father's experiments with matter transmission fail, Philippe Delambre (Brett Halsey) and his uncle François (Vincent Price) attempt to create a matter transmission device on their own. However, their experiments have disastrous results, turning Philippe into a horrible... More
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Mondo Cane
(1962) [R]
This shockumentary caused a stir when it was released in 1962 -- no one had seen anything quite like it before. But audiences need not have worried, this low-brow, disconnected series of clips on "savages" and "barbarians" (usually dark-skinned) who pierce their skin or their noses and do not... More
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Mondo Cane 2
(1964) [R]
Despite its exploitive nature, the 1963 Italian "shockumentary" Mondo Cane yielded a few images of great beauty while dredging through the more extreme and outrageous eccentricities of the world. It also produced the hit song "More". Mondo Cane Part 2 offers little more but sensationalism; even... More
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Take The Money And Run
(1969) [PG]
Woody Allen sends up criminals and gangster movies in his first comic masterpiece as writer, director and star. This is vintage Woody Allen and with his trademark visual gags and inspired one-liners, this hilarious comedy established him as a major force in filmmaking. Psychologically unfit for... More
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A Fistful Of Dollars
(1964) [R]
The first of the 'spaghetti westerns', a Fistful of Dollars was an instant cult hit. It also launched the film careers of Italian Writer-Director Sergio Leone, and a little known American television actor named Clint Eastwood. As the lean, cold-eyed corbra-quick gunfighter - Clint became the... More
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For A Few Dollars More
(1965) [M]
This pulse-pounding follow-up to Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars brings back Clint Eastwood as the serape-clad, cigar-chewing Man With No Name. Engaged in an ongoing battle with bounty hunter Col. Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef), the Man joins forces with his enemy to capture homicidal... More
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