The Recommendation Thread

[steelba]

I haven't seen many underground horrors in comparison. I'd like to see some more of the better genre offerings. I've seen a few that were really weak efforts and wanna check some of the good works to help me get more into them.
Thus I need some recommendations for flicks, sooo...

[Slayer]

alright, well there are many different types of underground flicks to choose from. Straight up exploitation, sexploitation, forgotten movies, gore films, torture movies and just straight up nastyness.

Let me start by naming some staples of the genre:

The August Underground trilogy (great movies that arn't just the same thing over and over again. Each chapter of the trilogy has a story and atmosphere that differs from the others. Definitely a must see for people starting out in the genre)

Salo (a sort of sexploitation movie about 4 libertines who take 18 kids and put them through various torture; such as being sexually abused, feed shit, tortured and other acts of vileness. Must see for anyone who wants to see a true artistic view on the genre)

Aftermath/Genesis (nothing really to say about these films except that are vile and disgusting but yet you can't keep you eye of the beauty of them. It's shocking to see how well made a gore picture can be.)

Violent Shit trilogy (Shot on video, cheap, cheesy, extremely violent...what more needs to be said?)

I Spit on Your Grave (not really underground nowadays but definitely a very nasty little film. If you like rape and revenge movies then you'll love this one cause this is one of the greats.)

Thriller: A Cruel Picture (Another staple in the rape/revenge genre and an all around good movie. And hardcore sex is always a plus :D)


I know there is a shitload more but for someone who wants to test the waters these movies are all great watches. I'm sure Cata has alot more to add so stay tuned.

[Misfit]

i spit on your grave is a waste:thumbsdown:

[Get Some]

AU movies are solid in terms of fucked up shit, but besides that i wouldnt spend any money on any of them

[steelba]

August Underground and Thriiler:, sound good.

I've seen Aftermath :puke:
Also watched I Spit, Misfit is right about it...

[Slayer]

August Underground and Thriiler:, sound good.

I've seen Aftermath :puke:
Also watched I Spit, Misfit is right about it...
Give Genesis a view, it's one of the other movies that comes with the dvd of Aftermath. I know its one of Catas favorite films.

Definitely watch the AU movies and Thriller though.

[steelba]

Ok i'll try to check it Genesis. I might have seen it.
Will try to check out the other flicks next week. Hopefully they provide some shamless entertainment :D

[DevilsReject Fan]

anyone know of any stores that sell the AU?

[Get Some]

i dont think any stores will sell AU but u can definitely buy them online at toetagpictures.com or at ebay thats what i did

[Lucio Argento]

Nekromantik and Nekromantik 2
Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS
AU Trilogy
Last House on the Left
I Spit On Your Grave
Cannibal Holocaust
Cannibal Ferox
Aftermath/Genesis
Flower of Flesh and Blood
Mermaid in a Manhole
The Devil's Experiment
Cutting Moments

[Cataclysm]

The Devil's Experiments...Seriously? No offense but that movie is a goddamn joke. I hate the Guinea Pig movies, but I can see recommending Flesh and Blood but Devil's Experiments...The only thing "shocking" about that movie is its popularity.

[Lucio Argento]

Besides the girl's "acting," that movie is brutal.

[Metapher]

Thriller: A Cruel Picture (Another staple in the rape/revenge genre and an all around good movie. And hardcore sex is always a plus :D)


:thumbup: Swedens proudest moment along with Evil Ed.



I wanna recommend Revenge of Billy the Kid. A farmer fucks a goat, and Billy, the goat monster, is born.

[xxsic4slipknotxx]

These links could help you out with your decision or at least give you some possible movies you might wanna check out.

Exploitation Films

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploitation_films

Video Nasties (with complete list)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Nasty

[bedlam23]

I would highly recomend
August Underground (the first one is still by far the best faux snuff film out there)
The Redsin Tower
The Gateway Meat
Last House on Dead End Street (one of my favs)
Murder Set Pieces (uncut)
Fetus (coming soon from Morbid Vision Films)
Cutting Moments
Flower of Flesh and Blood
Gutterballs
Amicus Mortis

:thumbup:

[Metapher]

Sneaky sneaky, putting your on film on your list :bigthumbup:
Good choices, glad to see you like all Toetag Pictures flicks, and also Murder-Set-Pieces. I don't think MSP gets the love it deserves.

[Slayer]

I don't think MSP gets the love it deserves.

That because most people didnt get to see the uncut directors cut of the movie. They are stuck with the shittty, watered down rated R version. I was lucky enough to see the screener version which is even longer than the directors cut :D

[dead breed]

Can I buy MSP on ebay uncut? I was looking for it and I cant find it. Any help would be appreciated :bigthumbup:

[Joker]

Luther the Geek.
I love this movie,it has it all...gore,some real tense moments and kick ass quality nudity.

[Metapher]

That because most people didnt get to see the uncut directors cut of the movie. They are stuck with the shittty, watered down rated R version. I was lucky enough to see the screener version which is even longer than the directors cut :D

Is the screener the one that had the timer going at the top or something like that?

[verigar]

Ok...
Watch the movies by Ze Do Caixao
Everything by Lucio Fulci
Profondo Rosso,Cigarette Burns
If I remember anything else...

[Slayer]

This thread is now a sticky for anyone who wants to watch movies and become a fan of this genre.

[woodenheart]

Nekromantik....amazing bathtub scene.
Singapore Sling....black and white, pain, insanity and perversion.
Genesis....visually stimulating

[SpookyJ]

What about House by the Cemetery---It was pretty good

Canibal Holicaust
I Spit on your Grave (haven't seen that one in years)
The Guinea Pig films from Japan are pretty intense

My 2 cents

[woodenheart]

The Gateway Meat.....nice little UG film...wonderful to watch.

[Tawd The Meatcutter]

Slayer ain't talkin' shit- Salo and Aftermath- whew. Extreme to be sure. I have only one recommendation as I've not seen anyone else talk about this classic- It's called Combat Shock (also known as American Nightmares). Troma released this as Combat Shock, but don't let that keep you away from this one-of-a-kind low-budget descent into one man's private hell. This involves a traumatized Vietnam vet who lives w/his horrible wife and deformed baby in a total slum. The only weak point of this grueling film is the synthesizer score at times..other than that- prepare for one of the most horrendously true-life and hard to watch undergrounders of all time. It's older-'bout 15-18 yrs old by now, but FIND THIS BITCH.

[xxsic4slipknotxx]

Everyone see The Children, it's available to stream and there are probably torrents available. Cool little exploitative British horror flick. :rockin:

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/movies/thechildren.php

[bitchslicer]

i would also recomend
august underground trilogy [the second one is the best in my opinon]
salo 120 days of sodom
combat shock
nekromantik
thriller

and ill add

scrapbook
nails
visions of suffering
possesion [with sam neil]
slaughtered vomit dolls
naked blood
philosophy of a knife
men behind the sun

[woodenheart]

i would also recomend

salo 120 days of sodom
combat shock







visions of suffering
possesion [with sam neil]


philosophy of a knife


These are the ones I haven't seen. Scrapbook you say..I didn't like it at all. Was disapointed with the main character...I really want Salo and Philosophy...I will obtain these eventually..glad to see another UG fan amoung us..

[Get Some]

Mark of the Devil if your interested in seeing what they did to "witches" back in the day

[bitchslicer]

ive just thought of some more

bad boy bubby
entrails of a virgin
guts of a beauty
dr lamb
theres a secret in my soup
ebola syndrome
mu zan e

[bitchslicer]

anybody got anymore to recommend ive seen nearly all of the ones on this thread and ill need a fix soon :mrpervert:

[doda]

I'm glad I found this thread there are some I hadn't heard of before, I love these type of movies as well.

[Nightmares]

I recommend this :finger3:

[muppetguy]

What about Carver........Or Grotesque ?


Any more recent suggestions guys ?

[Remote Control]

How about 'Schramm', also by Jörg Buttgereit the director of the Nekromantik films??
964 Pinocchio (Japanese weirdo movie, I hated it)
Jungfrau am Abgrund (German, but I also hated this, guess there's a limit of my love for underground horror stuff)

[woodenheart]

Calvaire

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407621/

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/uhm/attachment.php?attachmentid=8713

Calvaire is a 2004 Belgian psychological horror film directed by Fabrice Du Welz.

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[chrsnck]

I would reccomend Gutterballs and Hanger - a pimp tries to abort one of his ho's pregnancy with a wire hanger killing the ho but the mutilated fetus survives and is dubbed Hanger by one of her jons. Pretty sick movie

Bad Biology is another one that I found well done and interesting but I dont think it would be on par with any of the other movies listed on here.

[Scorpio]

for naughtiness the august underground films pack a punch, as does
A Serbian Film, switchblade romance, cannibal holocaust, guinea pig, nekromantik 1 (2 was manure), snuff 101,

i always recommend the newer horrors from small outfits from europe and asia.......also australia is starting to churn a few out too; including wolf creek and the new cool teen horror the loved ones which i just bought on blu ray.........

[Splatter-Thrash]

Bloodpigs. It does get a bit lackluster at times, but the last 25 minutes will have any gore maniac drooling uncontrollably.
Fantacide

[Belcebu]

I am a huge fan of Paulin and have all of his films. He truly does the because of his love of the genre and the people that watch this kind of film. On that note I must admit that I was a bit disappointed with BloodPigs, not the movie itself or its concept (which I think is great), but the fact that the transfer is so jumpy I honestly could not watch the whole thing in one sitting because my head was hurting so bad!

[prim0011]

The girl next door store.I couldnt watch it, had to turn it off.Not sure if it underground movies or what.

[Matty]

Girl next door? :hmmm:

[C.H.U.D.]

Calamity of Snakes
Centipede Horror

...both old Asian films with real animals (IE: no rubber snakes & centipedes).

[KING]

Centipede Horror is a pretty cool movie. I'll look into Calamity of Snakes, cheers!

[Necromancer]

The girl next door store.I couldnt watch it, had to turn it off.Not sure if it underground movies or what.


No it's not Underground, but I'm positive it's an independant film. I have to find it in my collection to be sure

[fizgig]

WOW! what a great thread. seen many of the above movies mentioned but im gonna check out a few which i havnt. was the dead next door mentioned? cant remember? i thought the word underground was just for movies with zero budget but judging by the lists thats not quite the case. not seen aftermath or genesis but i will now in the next couple of days. soz for ranting the other day by the way ...... i gave someone a copy of deep red and when he returned it said it was shit and said the scream films were better! i nearly flipped my lid! glad i found this thread.

[Necromancer]

Hopefully you killed the bastard for saying Deep Red is shit

[fizgig]

i was close! seriously close! told him to fuck a goat and removed him from my horror home before i acted out a scene from scream of his warped mind. thing was, came on here and ranted about horror direction to a guy whos hero is wes craven. didnt mean too lol gotta go and find aftermath now. sounds wicked! -

[BurnetRhoades]

...

I Spit on Your Grave (not really underground nowadays but definitely a very nasty little film. If you like rape and revenge movies then you'll love this one cause this is one of the greats.)

Thriller: A Cruel Picture (Another staple in the rape/revenge genre and an all around good movie. And hardcore sex is always a plus :D)


I know there is a shitload more but for someone who wants to test the waters these movies are all great watches. I'm sure Cata has alot more to add so stay tuned.

I'd suggest Ms.45 over I Spit On Your Grave. I found it far better filmmaking in the rape/revenge subgenre: http://stagevu.com/video/sqhceflbbwpm

Checking out your Thriller suggestion here: http://stagevu.com/video/dvnugledzwnn

[Necromancer]

Well at least someone appreciates Ms 45. Many find it very slow paced if not boring. I myself like both films equally

[BurnetRhoades]

Well at least someone appreciates Ms 45. Many find it very slow paced if not boring. I myself like both films equally

I often find deliberately paced films refreshing. I'd wanted to see this one for years after seeing the clips in Terror in the Aisles and wasn't disappointed. I was, however, more than a little wigged out the first time I watched it because my ex fiancee is a dead ringer for Zoe in that film.

Deliberate is a word I'd use to describe most Abel Ferrara movies that I've seen.

[Bad Horse]

May have already been mentioned. But have you checked out Joe D'amato at all? If you like 70s and 80s he's got some good stuff. 'Buio Omega' and 'Antropophagus' are some ones i like

[woodenheart]

May have already been mentioned. But have you checked out Joe D'amato at all? If you like 70s and 80s he's got some good stuff. 'Buio Omega' and 'Antropophagus' are some ones i like

I love Buio Omega. That Iris was fuckin mental. How about the dismemberment scene....:dream: beautiful stuff :thumbup:

Antropophagus was good aswell. The pregnant woman scene was ok but the hype I read I thought it would have been much gorier. :shrugs: Still very good. :yes:

[BurnetRhoades]

May have already been mentioned. But have you checked out Joe D'amato at all? If you like 70s and 80s he's got some good stuff. 'Buio Omega' and 'Antropophagus' are some ones i like

I'll have to check these out. I've wanted to see Anthropophagus since watching Lampyman01's reviews of the whole "video nasties" phenomenon, on youtube. If you haven't checked out his channel, give it a shot. Even shitty movies sound pretty interesting when reviewed with an accent.

I am somewhat familiar with D'Amato though. I have several of his films in my Black Emmanuelle volumes one and two boxsets :2thumbs:

[Splat]

'Buio Omega' and 'Antropophagus'

Love to pick up Anthro once I start Web buying. Been hearing about Buio Omego so that as well.

[Bad Horse]

I love Buio Omega. That Iris was fuckin mental. How about the dismemberment scene....:dream: beautiful stuff :thumbup:

Antropophagus was good aswell. The pregnant woman scene was ok but the hype I read I thought it would have been much gorier. :shrugs: Still very good. :yes:


:thumbup: agree with every single word you said.

(Buio) Also love the embalming scene and the sound effects were awesome and pretty much the whole movie. It takes a few minutes to get going, but once the gore starts it mostly keeps going til the end. which is all i ask really.

And yes on Antro, it was built up so much to me that the first time i watched it ended up being just ok. but then after a few more views i really started to like it

[BurnetRhoades]

ANTHRO @ stagevu.com (http://stagevu.com/video/yuawlntmtwnk)

[Magic Box Studios]

I'll have to check out Buio Omega. I bought Anthropophagus on a whim and I could take it or leave it. There were a lot of dead scenes where things drug on too long, which is to be expected of a film that came out in that time. But other than that, there were a lot of really solid scenes. The more I think about it, the more I remember enjoying several awesome effects in that flick, but I'm still left with a feeling of "meh." :shrugs:

[Splat]

Thanks for sharing guys :thumbup: I am making a Christmas prezzie list of UG flicks to get this year. Have a few mentioned but so much more I need before I can be happy.