Tag Archives: avant garde

Army of Darkness

IMDB Rating: 7.50
37549 votes

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In this sequel to the Evil Dead films, a discount-store employee ("Name's Ash. Housewares.") is time-warped to a medieval castle beset by monstrous forces. Initially mistaken for an enemy, he is soon revealed as the prophecised savior who can quest for the Necronomicon, a book which can dispel the evil. Unfortunately, he screws up the magic words while collecting the tome, and releases an army of skeletons, led by his own Deadite counterpart. What follows is a thrilling, yet tongue-in-cheek battle between Ash's 20th Century tactics and the minions of darkness.
Actors
AshBruce Campbell
SheilaEmbeth Davidtz
Lord ArthurMarcus Gilbert
Also posted in 1992, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror | Comments (0)

The Evil Dead

IMDB Rating: 7.50
27427 votes

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Five friends go up to a cabin in the woods where they find unspeakable evil lurking in the forest. They find the Necronomicon and the taped translation of the text. Once the tape is played, the evil is released. One by one, the teens become deadly zombies. With only one remaining, it is up to him to survive the night and battle the evil dead.
Actors
Ashley 'Ash' J. WilliamsBruce Campbell
CherylEllen Sandweiss
ScottyRichard DeManincor
Also posted in 1981, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Gummo

IMDB Rating: 5.70
5175 votes

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Solomon and Tummler are two teenagers killing time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community in the 1970s.
Actors
SolomonJacob Reynolds
TummlerNick Sutton
Girl in CarLara Tosh
Also posted in 1997, Drama | Comments (0)

Donnie Darko

IMDB Rating: 8.30
103769 votes

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Donnie Darko gets along badly with his family, with his teachers and with his classmates; but he does manage to find a sympathetic friend in Gretchen, who agrees to date him; and he has a compassionate psychiatrist, who discovers hypnosis is the means to unlock hidden secrets. His other companion may not be a true ally. Donnie has a friend named Frank, who is either a large purple bunny, or man in a large purple bunny costume. Either way, Donnie is the only one who can see him. When an engine falls off a plane and destroys his room, Donnie is not there. Both the event, and Donnie's escape, seem to have been caused by supernatural events. Donnie's mental illness, if such it is, may never allow him to find out for sure.
Actors
Drew Barrymore
Jena Malone
Donnie DarkoJake Gyllenhaal
Also posted in 2001, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Big Lebowski

IMDB Rating: 8.10
84631 votes

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When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude.
Actors
Jeffrey Lebowski - The DudeJeff Bridges
Walter SobchakJohn Goodman
Maude LebowskiJulianne Moore
Also posted in 1998, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating, Mystery | Comments (0)

Dracula

IMDB Rating: 7.10
31400 votes

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This version of Dracula is closely based on Bram Stoker's classic novel of the same name. A young lawyer (Jonathan Harker) is assigned to a gloomy village in the mists of eastern Europe. He is captured and imprisoned by the undead vampire Dracula, who travels to London, inspired by a photograph of Harker's betrothed, Mina Murray. In Britain, Dracula begins a reign of seduction and terror, draining the life from Mina's closest friend, Lucy Westenra. Lucy's friends gather together to try to drive Dracula away.
Actors
DraculaGary Oldman
Mina Murray/ElisabetaWinona Ryder
Professor Abraham Van HelsingAnthony Hopkins
Also posted in 1992, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror, Romance, Thriller | Comments (0)

Evil Dead II

IMDB Rating: 7.70
18441 votes

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Ash - the sole survivor of the original 'Evil Dead' - returns with his girlfriend Linda to the remote cabin in the woods. He discovers a tape recorder that a professor had used to record incantations from the Necronomicon XMortis - the Book of the Dead. When he turns it on, the recording releases a dark, sinister force from the woods. It turns Linda into a zombie, her soul possessed by some hideous demon, and then tries to do the same to Ash. Other people come to help Ash, but one by one they are taken over by the Evil Dead force that also possesses Linda, the Professor, and the Professor's wife...and they try to make sure Ash is...Dead by Dawn!
Actors
Ashley 'Ash' J. WilliamsBruce Campbell
Annie KnowbySarah Berry
JakeDan Hicks
Also posted in 1987, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Horror | Comments (0)