Ravenous (1999)

Dir. Antonia Bird

Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential), Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting) and David Arquette (Scream) must fight brutal elements of the Sierra Nevada wilderness -- as well as their own murderous instincts -- when the inhabitants of an isolated military outpost have go up against a marauding band of cannibals in a deadly struggle for survival.

Young Frankenstein (1974)

Dir. Mel Brooks

Shot in glorious black and white, writer-director Mel Brooks' finest work both parodies and salutes the 1930s Frankenstein movies. Co-writer Gene Wilder soars as mad scientist Frederich Frankenstein ("Fronkensteen!" he insists), with hilarious support from Marty Feldman as Igor, Peter Boyle as the monster, Teri Garr, and the late, great Madeline Kahn.

Superstar (1999)

Dir. Bruce McCulloch

Reprising her popular "Saturday Night Live" role as Irish-Catholic schoolgirl and proto-nerd Mary Katherine Gallagher, Molly Shannon is a comic delight. Deemed the ugly duckling of her high school, Mary Katherine resolves to attain her twin dream: become a "superstar" at a school talent show and kiss the class stud, Sky Corrigan (Will Ferrell). With the Lord Jesus and her wheelchair-bound grandmother as inspirations, how can she miss?

The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (L'Uccello dalle piume di cristallo) (1970)

Dir. Dario Argento

Witnessing a brutal attack on a woman but unable to help her, Sam (Tony Musante), an American traveling in Rome, soon finds himself the target of an elusive killer. The deeper Sam delves into the mystery, the more at risk he becomes. This highly stylized thriller marks the directorial debut of horror master Dario Argento (Suspiria, Opera), who would later become known as the Italian Alfred Hitchcock.

Grindhouse (2007)

Dir. Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino

Two directors with a huge cult following -- Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino -- roll out a horror double bill that pays homage to grind house cinema, complete with an intermission screening fake trailers. Freddy Rodriguez, Rose McGowan, Marley Shelton, the Black Eyed Peas' Stacy Ferguson and Josh Brolin co-star in Rodriguez's Project Terror. Tarantino's Death Proof features Rosario Dawson, Mickey Rourke, Danny Trejo and Naveen Andrews.

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Dir. Joel Coen

The writing-directing Coen brothers serve up their signature brand of offbeat comedy here. L.A. slacker "The Dude" (Jeff Bridges) suffers the indignity of having the favorite rug in his house peed upon by two thugs. (They've mistaken him for a millionaire whose wife owes on some bad bets.) From there, the plot contorts more than a rubberized freak at a circus sideshow. But it's all good fun.

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

Dir. Russ Meyer

Film critic Roger Ebert penned the screenplay for this Russ Meyer classic, which isn't so much a sequel to the original (based on the Jacqueline Susann novel) as an ebulliently vulgar remake. Chronicling the adventures of a trio of female rockers who find their way from the heartland to Hollywood, the film features all the Meyer staples: bountiful breasts, lesbian love scenes and drug-fueled descents into murder and madness.

Deep Red (Profondo rosso) (1975)

Dir. Dario Argento

Deep Red stars David Hemmings as Marcus Daly, a jazz pianist who witnesses the murder of his neighbor, a psychic who had read the mind of her murderer. Marcus soon teams up with a resourceful reporter (Daria Nicolodi), and the two set out to track down the killer.

Kite (1998)

Dir. Yasuomi Umetsu

College student by day, vigilante by night, Sawa protects the innocent and mercilessly kills criminals in this intense Japanese anime. Sawa's parents were murdered when she was young, and she was adopted by policeman Akai, who teaches Sawa to kill and assigns her to dangerous missions. Friend and fellow mercenary Oburi convinces Sawa that the two should leave Akai and stop killing, but escaping won't be easy.

March Update

March Total = 15

2007 Total = 46

Stats:
Rent - 9
Own - 5
Theater - 1
TV - 0
Other - 0
First Viewing - 13