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jafter

08-02-2005, 04:36 PM

There is going to be a documentary on this weekend about Midnight movies from the 70's and early 80's.  It is on the encore channel friday night a midnight.  I was wondering if anyone has seen it already.  Here is a quick description from IMDB. <h1>Plot Summary for Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (<a href="http://www.ronfez.net/Sections/Years/2005">2005</a>)</h1>Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream tells the hidden history of these landmark films, El Topo (1970), Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Harder They Come (1973), Pink Flamingos (1972), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and Eraserhead (1977). The documentary includes in-depth interviews with the directors, producers, writers and actors who were part of these low-budget, yet monumental productions, the exhibitors and distributors who played them, and the audiences who viewed them.What were some of your favorite midnight movies?

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torker

08-02-2005, 04:41 PM

aaah the memories...<img height="171" src="http://www.labproductions.com/news/authors/jon/kfm2.jpg" width="271" border="0" />Kentucky Fried Movie was my favorite.

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Alice S. Fuzzybutt

08-02-2005, 04:58 PM

I remember seeing Eraserhead at a midnight movie. 

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jafter

08-02-2005, 05:21 PM

I remember going to the skyline theaters at baileys crossroads to see Song Remains the Same, The Kids are Alright, Wizards, and Lord of the Rings.   Has anyone ever seen El Topo?  I have heard of it but have never seen it.  Looks very strange. 

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08-02-2005, 09:33 PM

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Dirtybird12

08-03-2005, 03:02 AM

Falls Church VA - RT 50/ Annandale Rd, There is a Chilis there.It used to be a movie theater. The Jefferson Theater.  On weekends at midnight,They would show kung fu movies from 11 - 4am or something. Hardcore Kung Fu movies. Not Hollywood BS. cool heads up Jafter, thanks

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08-03-2005, 03:06 AM

Saw Alien in first release as a midnight movie. watching the faces of the people leaving before us had some wondering whether to go in or not.Kentucky Fried Movie Boob Tube Rocky Horror Song Remains the Same Yessongs Woodstock Heavy Metalwere the staples at the place in Belmar that used to show midnight movies. Dont know what was better, all the smoke in the theatre, or hearing the beer bottles people snuck in roll down the floor.  

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FenixTX

08-03-2005, 12:47 PM

Midnight movies are the best

Dirtybird12

08-03-2005, 03:39 PM

I saw AC/DC let there be rock at Skyline at bailys -x-roads. I think I saw fast times there also. Scarface as well. 

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bobrobot

08-03-2005, 06:35 PM

The FIRST Midnite Movie ...<img title="pf" height="621" alt="pf" src="http://www.beyoglusinemasi.com.tr/afis/899.jpg" width="450" border="0" />& still the BEST !!!<img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/bobogolem/bobocosmicegg.jpg" border="0" />"The book above all others which should be forbidden is a catalogue of forbidden books"-Lichtenberg 

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WhistlePig

08-03-2005, 07:19 PM

I agree Bobo!! (and Female Trouble wasn't bad either!)

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jafter

08-03-2005, 08:12 PM

A couple of others that crossed my mind are The Warriors, Freaks, Pee Wees Big Adventure, Heavy Metal. 

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08-03-2005, 08:22 PM

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08-03-2005, 08:24 PM

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08-03-2005, 08:26 PM

[quote]quote:<hr color="cococo" align="left">marry me, W.P.<img title="W P Wedding" height="192" alt="W P Wedding" src="http://www.gawker.com/news/groundhog%20copy.jpg" width="150" border="0" />

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RadioLover

08-04-2005, 04:43 AM

Thanks for posting this Jafter, I can't wait to see it. My all time favorite is Eraserhead.

bobrobot

08-04-2005, 05:02 AM

quote: My all time favorite is Eraserhead.  Great film !!! (R.I.P. Jack Nance and Peter Ivers !)<img title="girl behind the radiator" height="283" alt="girl behind the radiator" src="http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images/000/376/137_eraserhead25.jpg" width="348" border="0" /> 

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bobrobot

08-04-2005, 08:19 AM

quote:    Has anyone ever seen El Topo?  I have heard of it but have never seen it.  Looks very strange.   El Topo is a surreal film, Jodorowsky is a Spanish surrealist, the film is excellent (and beautifully strange) and the soundtrack was the first  release from the Apple Records. Jodorowsky is one of my all time favorite directors. He is also very knowledgeable regarding the Tarot and has designed an excellent Tarot deck . He has also written several graphic novels !!! A real Rennaissance man!!!<img title="tarot" height="648" alt="tarot" src="http://www.tematika.com/tapas/sitio/402701g0.jpg" width="431" border="0" />   <img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/bobogolem/bobocosmicegg.jpg" border="0" />"The book above all others which should be forbidden is a catalogue of forbidden books"-Lichtenberg

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jafter

08-06-2005, 11:25 AM

Encore is going to show a different midnight movie every Friday night.  They had the documentary and then Refer Madness last night.  Next week will be Rocky Horror.  I am not sure what else they will be showing this month.  For some reason they are showing Rocky Horror 3 times on Friday night, but on the 26th they are having a marathon  Rocky Horror, Night of the Living Dead, Pink Flamingos, and The Harder they Come.  I was hoping they would show El Topo and Eraserhead also.

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WhistlePig

08-06-2005, 10:56 PM

Eraserhead is a classic. And the documentary "You don't know Jack" about Jack Nance, the star of Eraserhead is great. He died a strange, questionable death. I'd love to see Eraserhead in a theater again.

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high fly

08-07-2005, 01:54 AM

quote: <img src="http://www.critcononline.com/images/last%20house%20on%20the%20left%20poster.jpg" border="0" />  Nice pull, Whistle.I can still remember the radio commercials to this one.They had a group of people saying in a gregorian chantlike monotone, "It's only a movie, it's only a movie, it's only a movie..." 

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08-07-2005, 02:02 AM

I 'member back in the day when every damned weekend night I'd come stumbling in and try to catch something on the cable, "Nightflight" would always be showing this movie called "Country Man," and since it was in Jamaica, I kept waiting for them to show some pot smoking or something, but alls I got was the guy in the movie wearing only this thong-looking thing, running through the countryside... They did show one flick late at night I really dug, and that was, "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, Together Again," that was very funny.The cat would turn into a coke fiend, and one cool scene was when he banged this chick in the produce section of the supermarket.... I remember one night, after watching "Gimme Shelter" on one channel, as soon as it went off I started going around the dial and not only came across "Zebriskie Point," but it was at the place in the movie where they were playing, "You Got the Silver."That was cool.       

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08-07-2005, 02:32 AM

Refer Madness I know this isn't a midnight movie, (in the sense of going to the theatre) but every time they show the recent musical version/parody I LOVE it!!! <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404364/" target="_self">Reefer Madness the Musical</a>This movie is on my list of "Watch It Every Time It Comes On Movies".

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09-18-2005, 04:00 PM

torker

09-18-2005, 04:27 PM

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curtoid

09-19-2005, 05:14 PM

Mom took me to see Rocky Horror when I was a freshman in High School, still not sure what that was all about. By the time I was in 12th grade, every Friday and Saturday night I was either seeing a midnight movie, or I said I was seeing a midnight movie. Back in the mid 80s, three places in the DC area played Rocky Horror (Alexandria, Fair Oaks and the Key Theatre in Georgetown) - two of them also played other movies, like Dawn of the Dead, Liquid Sky, The Wall, Heavy Metal and others. Rocky Horror was maybe the most fun at the Key Theatre - they opened the theatre up an hour or so before the movie and blasted music, and everyone just danced. There was pot and booze everywhere, and kids just making out in the corners. It was so bizarre (drinking was still 18 in the District). When I came back home from college, the Key no longer played it - a riot had broken out, supposedly. A few years ago when the Key closed for good, they did do one last weekend of playing Rocky Horror, and so many of the kids (now grown) showed up. Very cool.

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WhiteHonkyDevil

10-04-2005, 09:36 AM

I used to drive 80 miles every saturday night to see Rocky Horror,
as the only places in Michigan to show the damned thing only show it
once or twice a year (State Theater in Ann Arbor, and Penn Theater in
Plymouth...I was also in both of the audience participation casts about
7 years ago) 
 Other than that, a few years back, a
theater near me ran a Faces of Death marathon at midnight for a week.
Now, I know they're definately not your typical "midnight movie"...but
they were shown at midnight. 


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iscream22

11-17-2005, 10:14 AM

Hey!  What about John Waters "Desperate Living"?Eraserhead, Last House, Scorpio Rising attack of the killer tomatoes, blue sunshine, Flaming Creatures, and Reefer Madness rock too!!

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curtoid

11-17-2005, 10:26 AM

quote: Hey!  What about John Waters "Desperate Living"?Eraserhead, Last House, Scorpio Rising attack of the killer tomatoes, blue sunshine, Flaming Creatures, and Reefer Madness rock too!!http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/5091/12a.jpg Reefer Madness and all of those anti-drug movies from that era are a blast - I've only seen Eraserhead once, on Halloween (David Lynch actually made that as a student when he was at the American Film Institute, and for awhile they owned part - if not all - of the film - or maybe it was that they owned the only print, or negative - something convoluted).Desperate Living is great; maybe my favorite of John Waters pre-Polyester films, even though Divine isn't in it. Mink Stole is a riot in that one. Her rant at the neighbor kids at the beginning is classic - and Edith Massey is a joy and should have been in more films before she died. Also, the music is pretty cool too (how's that for a not to subtle set up...) 

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WhistlePig

11-18-2005, 06:42 PM

[quote]quote:<hr color="cococo" align="left">Hey!  What about John Waters "Desperate Living"?Eraserhead, Last House, Scorpio Rising attack of the killer tomatoes, blue sunshine, Flaming Creatures, and Reefer Madness rock too!!

Did you read page one? Eraserhead was mentioned several times. And Last house.

Any early John Waters movie is great as a midnight movie.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is so cheesy it's fantastic. Same with Dark Star--one of my favorites.

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bobrobot

11-19-2005, 06:12 AM

quote: (how's that for a not to subtle set up...)  HA HA HA...shhh... 

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East Side Dave

11-19-2005, 08:50 AM

Does Harry Potter count as a midnight movie? 'Cause that's when I saw it on Friday.................Excelsior!

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