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Movies with a high WTF-to-running-time ratio?

  • Movies with a high WTF-to-running-time ratio? I had a showing of Japenese psychadelic horror classic, http://www.criterion.com/films/27523-house last year and my audience ate it up. I'm hoping to repeat the experience this year. So, I'm searching for a movie that consistently churns out the "WTF"? Criteria:Language does not matter, as long as non-English has subtitles.Genre does not matter, but sci-fi/fantasy/horror is best.Somewhat obscure is best. The general audience is ages 18-25 at an anime con-like setting and I'd prefer this be something they likely have not seen.Exposition is fine, but once the movie ramps up, I'd like the WTF to be pretty constant. (For example, House is a bit slow the first 15 min or so, then it never really slows down with the crazy.)I am looking for "WTF am I watching, lolol" not "WTF, I am going to have nightmares". So, nothing like Eraserhead or Tokyo Gore Police.I'd like to keep things under an R rating.Movie must be entertaining on its own and NOT require MST3K-like bolstering to keep it amusing.Should be available on blue-ray/DVD via Amazon or another quick shipping source.Running time is ideally 80min - 2 hrs, but not very important.I'll be screening movies before I show them, FYI, so don't worry if your recollection of a reccomendation is imperfect.

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_%282006_film%29 (2006) does this pretty well, in a good way. It's visually amazing.

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092048/ is one of my favorite films, though it does have some nudity in once scene.

joshuaconner

Turkish Star Wars.

robocop is bleeding

Splice was surprisingly fucked up. Might not exactly be what you're looking for but it was pretty good. I could never have predicted any of what happened.

Strass

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267116/ - a genderbending rock 'n' roll zombie alien movie, starring Japan's answer to the Ramones. Or http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428662/, starring a squid who is also a wrestler. The same director also did "Executive Koala" and "Crab Goalkeeper", but Calamari Wrestler is the best.

Gortuk

I've always been particularly fond of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Dragon_80.000_V.

griphus

(Basically, if you're not interested in Eraserhead, you're definitely not interested in Tetsuo.)

griphus

Lazlo Hollyfeld

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000077VS5/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/ is an odd and amusing movie apparently based on a Czech folk tale about a childless couple who end up creating a baby from a log, who ends up with a voracious appetite. Surreal comic gore.

2N2222

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crank_(film), and its possibly even more lunatic sequel, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crank:_High_Voltage, are both films that are pretty much wall-to-wall "WTF am I watching lolol." Pretty solidly "R" movies, though.

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