Page 1 of Films that you heard of in school but never saw until leaving....

I was thinking the other day about how many films were a legend in your school that you thought you`d never see and my thoughts on the ones I have now seen......especially those that were a bit of a letdown. A couple I can think of are:

American Werewolf in London - this was my ultimate "wishlist" film for years and the one that I really still can`t fault...recently bought the 2 disk "special edition" in the Virgin sale - top notch.

Evil Dead - another one I love although I must admit that I thought it was sh*te when I was younger (about 17). I bought the nice presentation box version a little while ago and I can`t stop watching it after the pub :D

...and now the rotters:

Emmanuelle - just cack!

Porkys - good-ish film but nothing on the "pornfest" I was led to believe it was going to be!

...and I can`t think of any more at the moment (I`ll probably think of a load as soon as I hit Submit!) so let`s hear your good`uns and bad`uns...oh, and let`s not slip into a row over who`s right about what films just yet eh? :D :p :D


Rob

For me it was films like Texas Chainsaw Massacre (saw for the first time a year ago and my god its awful!) and Exorcist (finally saw it in the cinema about 4 years ago and was very impressed) which I wanted to see but never did.

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Animal Farm

Not the George Orwell version. Actually, I`ve still not seen it and don`t intend to.

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I knew there would be another one that I forgot about! Animal farm - I`ve still only seen a couple of clips - this is one that probably deserves it`s "legend" title!


Rob

I saw animal farm while at school and it was disgusting - although at the time I can remember sitting eating pizza with my mates while watching it, these daysI could not stand to have it in the house. I feel sorry for the animals now - those women were boilers.


...ain`t no thing.. like a chicken wing...

Animal Farm has to the most notorious film i remember from school. It was one of those films that all your mates had seen and you hadnt. I was 14 or 15 when i first saw and thought it was hilarious. I;m 22 and the thought of it now makes me heave.

The only other one i can think of is Scum which i didnt see until a year or so ago. All they ever did was go on about how that scene would never happen to them because the would back them in the balls and other s*** like that.

Bryan

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Animal Farm ???!??!?!?!!!???

Sorry. I had to go over to the IMDb and check nobody had snuck out a scary version I`d never heard of. Animal Farm (1954) Dir. John Halas and Joy Batchelor. Based on the book by George Orwell. Pigs take over a farm as a model of communism but before long you can`t tell swine from human. That Animal Farm?

Are you sure you don`t mean Animal House?

J Mark Oates

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For me it was "Alien". After some of the 15 year olds managed to get into an "18" rated cinema (due to the fact that they looked a lot older) I wanted to see this after they had described the `alien from the stomach` scene.

Got my wish when I turned 18 and the school hired Alien for the 6 formers. The girlies screaming on that scene was eventful - especially as the boys replayed it again as it was unbelievable.

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Are you sure you don`t mean Animal House?
No, we definitely mean Animal Farm. It`s a legendary porno, involving humans and erm.. animals. I don`t expect it to be on imdb.com by the way. :D

I`ve heard about the notorious chicken scene by the way; is it real or actually a myth?

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for me it was the ones which were all banned, ie. texas chainsaw massacre, the exorcist, i spit on your grave and a clockwork orange