The joys of obscure, schlocky movies

[Sarah]

Today, I was ill and so watched three movies in a row, in the following order:  Dead Heist, Dead Mary, Immortal.  To my surprise, I enjoyed all three.  Dead Mary was my least favorite, but it was at least a slightly different take on a fairly hackneyed theme.  Dead Heist was good clean fun, if silly as all get-out and far, far better than I thought it would be.  And Immortal was very handsome plus slightly weird, always a nice combo.

The odd thing is that I just happened to have recorded them all last night, knowing next to nothing about them, except that they seemed horrory/science fictiony.  Who knew I'd be in precisely the right condition today to watch all three in one sitting? 

It's a funny old life, innit?

NB:  It occurs to me that part of my enjoyment of these movies almost certainly was due to my weakened state.  I tend to be oddly willing to enjoy things when I'm not well.  Thus, if you decide to watch any of these, I recommend that you wait till you're ailing.

[jamesp]

I've spent many afternoons doing that this summer. The best movie I was unfamiliar with that I watched was The Swimmer (1968). It's based on the John Cheever short story and starred Burt Lancaster. I'd recommend it to anybody who can find the DVD (it's out of print).

[scotttsss]

I know what you mean, there are movies which seem only to turn up on TV at the right time, it's true.  I too saw The Swimmer on tv as a teen and was surprised by its strange depth.  (...no pun etc...  meh...felt I had to mention it though...)   Downhill Racer with Robert Redford was another movie which was seemingly boring but ultimately amazing, and is one of my favorites, which I saw on American Movie Classics back in 1994 or so.  And speaking to Sarah's point, when I was sick as a kid, I saw The Creeping Flesh and The Gorgon, two Hammer movies, which were both haunting as a sick person at the time, and though I remember them as such, I don't really want to see them again "normal" because I don't think they'd hold up, "normal"..  anyway feel better Sarah!