Your favourite underrated movies no one saw

The Beast of Blood. Super scary sci-fi movie from very early 1970s.

Crazy concept it is a deserted island in ocean where ships get wrecked. The beast in island eats all your skin but somehow you live with blood and organs handing out.

Movie made it to VHS, but never DVD or streaming. Netflix back in 2000 had a single VHS copy when they did mail order.

You need a VCR and the tape to watch. Not many folks have seen it

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09/13/2022 22:54

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Reality Bites

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09/13/2022 23:03

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The Pledge
I have no idea why so few people saw it, it had a great cast with tons of name recognition. It was a little slow to start, but the last third or so was heart stopping drama. An ending that really sticks with you. Great reviews. But it totally bombed at the box office and very few people now remember it or have even heard of it.

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09/14/2022 12:57

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NP. Not sure if this was mentioned earlier in the thread, but: "The Prestige." It isn't at all an "unknown" movie, as it got some very good reviews at the time and stars Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman and Michael Caine, yet I feel like no one to whom I've ever mentioned it has seen it. It's a real mind-bender especially toward the end, and one has to pay attention, but it's fascinating and beautifully made. Period piece with rival magicians constantly competing and a tragic backstory between them that makes it a revenge tragedy. Plus: David Bowie as Nikola Tesla!

Totally different and utterly unknown: "Carter & June." Trashy on purpose, uneven in spots, very funny in spots, and violent. Low-rent cons doing the "one last heist" caper, so not super original, but it just hit me the right way The lead actor, Michael Raymond-James, I've never seen before, but he was believable and you root for him, and the villain (Tim Omundson, unrecognizable to anyone who knows his clean-cut "Psych" character) is elegantly horrible.

"Brassed Off" is an older movie about a brass band made up of miners. It's a UK tradition that collieries have brass bands that compete in huge band competitions. Ewan McGregor and plenty of "I know that Briitsh actor!" folks are in it and it's both sweet and tart. Takes place during some rough times for the mining industry. Hmm. These three movies couldn't be more different from each other. I feel like I've got whiplash.

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09/14/2022 19:39

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41 -- a time travel movie

13 Cloverfield Lane

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09/23/2022 09:34

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The Dish

An Australian comedy about the large radio dish that received and transmitted the first manned moon landing.