Odeon of Death
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"Films You Wish Existed." Occasional and frankly pointless side-hustle by writer and filmmaker @alicatterall.bsky.social
Young John the Baptist (2025)
Little Harry Pickles stars as Johnny Baptist Junior in this religiopolitical farce. When John-Bap attempts to show Elon Musk (Rami Malek) and Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) the error of their ways, they decapitate him and stick his head on a plate.
Little Harry Pickles stars as Johnny Baptist Junior in this religiopolitical farce. When John-Bap attempts to show Elon Musk (Rami Malek) and Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) the error of their ways, they decapitate him and stick his head on a plate.
February 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Young John the Baptist (2025)
Little Harry Pickles stars as Johnny Baptist Junior in this religiopolitical farce. When John-Bap attempts to show Elon Musk (Rami Malek) and Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) the error of their ways, they decapitate him and stick his head on a plate.
Little Harry Pickles stars as Johnny Baptist Junior in this religiopolitical farce. When John-Bap attempts to show Elon Musk (Rami Malek) and Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) the error of their ways, they decapitate him and stick his head on a plate.
The Body Politic (1998)
It begins with a casual conversation about pro-life. But within days, former Hollywood liberal James Woods begins to transform into a gigantic anus. Girlfriend Geena Davis looks on helplessly, in David Cronenberg's classic horror.
It begins with a casual conversation about pro-life. But within days, former Hollywood liberal James Woods begins to transform into a gigantic anus. Girlfriend Geena Davis looks on helplessly, in David Cronenberg's classic horror.
January 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Body Politic (1998)
It begins with a casual conversation about pro-life. But within days, former Hollywood liberal James Woods begins to transform into a gigantic anus. Girlfriend Geena Davis looks on helplessly, in David Cronenberg's classic horror.
It begins with a casual conversation about pro-life. But within days, former Hollywood liberal James Woods begins to transform into a gigantic anus. Girlfriend Geena Davis looks on helplessly, in David Cronenberg's classic horror.
Howling 9: The Howlennials (2016)
When Alice turns into a werewolf for the first time, she tries to get her BFF Zach to take selfies of them both. But at 60 per cent through his own transformation, Zach totally forgets how to use a smartphone, and just stares at it like an idiot.
When Alice turns into a werewolf for the first time, she tries to get her BFF Zach to take selfies of them both. But at 60 per cent through his own transformation, Zach totally forgets how to use a smartphone, and just stares at it like an idiot.
January 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Howling 9: The Howlennials (2016)
When Alice turns into a werewolf for the first time, she tries to get her BFF Zach to take selfies of them both. But at 60 per cent through his own transformation, Zach totally forgets how to use a smartphone, and just stares at it like an idiot.
When Alice turns into a werewolf for the first time, she tries to get her BFF Zach to take selfies of them both. But at 60 per cent through his own transformation, Zach totally forgets how to use a smartphone, and just stares at it like an idiot.
L'option Végétarienne (1972)
After 17-year-old Lily Chapeau gives up meat, she's disowned by her family, banished from her Provençal village, and forced to relinquish her citizenship, leading to drugs, destitution and a lengthy prison sentence, in Claude Chabrol's cautionary drama.
After 17-year-old Lily Chapeau gives up meat, she's disowned by her family, banished from her Provençal village, and forced to relinquish her citizenship, leading to drugs, destitution and a lengthy prison sentence, in Claude Chabrol's cautionary drama.
November 16, 2024 at 1:20 AM
L'option Végétarienne (1972)
After 17-year-old Lily Chapeau gives up meat, she's disowned by her family, banished from her Provençal village, and forced to relinquish her citizenship, leading to drugs, destitution and a lengthy prison sentence, in Claude Chabrol's cautionary drama.
After 17-year-old Lily Chapeau gives up meat, she's disowned by her family, banished from her Provençal village, and forced to relinquish her citizenship, leading to drugs, destitution and a lengthy prison sentence, in Claude Chabrol's cautionary drama.
Ringo (1969)
A grotesque watery apparition is haunting the nation's teens via accursed TV sets. Can anyone survive his reign of tentacled terror from a little hideaway beneath the waves? Tagline: "He'd let us in...knows where we've been...in his octopus's garden...in the shade."
A grotesque watery apparition is haunting the nation's teens via accursed TV sets. Can anyone survive his reign of tentacled terror from a little hideaway beneath the waves? Tagline: "He'd let us in...knows where we've been...in his octopus's garden...in the shade."
November 16, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Ringo (1969)
A grotesque watery apparition is haunting the nation's teens via accursed TV sets. Can anyone survive his reign of tentacled terror from a little hideaway beneath the waves? Tagline: "He'd let us in...knows where we've been...in his octopus's garden...in the shade."
A grotesque watery apparition is haunting the nation's teens via accursed TV sets. Can anyone survive his reign of tentacled terror from a little hideaway beneath the waves? Tagline: "He'd let us in...knows where we've been...in his octopus's garden...in the shade."
Lager, Loot & Lads' Mags (1997)
Nick Moran and Damon Albarn pull off a brewery heist, in this refreshingly authentic working-class crime caper from Sebastian Edward Fitzalan-Knightly III, the 19th Earl of Rothermere.
Nick Moran and Damon Albarn pull off a brewery heist, in this refreshingly authentic working-class crime caper from Sebastian Edward Fitzalan-Knightly III, the 19th Earl of Rothermere.
November 16, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Lager, Loot & Lads' Mags (1997)
Nick Moran and Damon Albarn pull off a brewery heist, in this refreshingly authentic working-class crime caper from Sebastian Edward Fitzalan-Knightly III, the 19th Earl of Rothermere.
Nick Moran and Damon Albarn pull off a brewery heist, in this refreshingly authentic working-class crime caper from Sebastian Edward Fitzalan-Knightly III, the 19th Earl of Rothermere.
The Dolls (1966)
Tom Courtenay, Sarah Miles and Beryl Reid star in this wooden supernatural thriller about a group of King's Road swingers turned into murderous ventriloquist dummies by an evil sorcerer. Spawned the single "Gottle of Gear" by Twiggy.
Tom Courtenay, Sarah Miles and Beryl Reid star in this wooden supernatural thriller about a group of King's Road swingers turned into murderous ventriloquist dummies by an evil sorcerer. Spawned the single "Gottle of Gear" by Twiggy.
November 16, 2024 at 12:57 AM
The Dolls (1966)
Tom Courtenay, Sarah Miles and Beryl Reid star in this wooden supernatural thriller about a group of King's Road swingers turned into murderous ventriloquist dummies by an evil sorcerer. Spawned the single "Gottle of Gear" by Twiggy.
Tom Courtenay, Sarah Miles and Beryl Reid star in this wooden supernatural thriller about a group of King's Road swingers turned into murderous ventriloquist dummies by an evil sorcerer. Spawned the single "Gottle of Gear" by Twiggy.
Phone Book (1966)
17-hour Andy Warhol short of Lou Reed meticulously leafing through the New York phone directory and passing catty remarks on every entry therein.
17-hour Andy Warhol short of Lou Reed meticulously leafing through the New York phone directory and passing catty remarks on every entry therein.
November 16, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Phone Book (1966)
17-hour Andy Warhol short of Lou Reed meticulously leafing through the New York phone directory and passing catty remarks on every entry therein.
17-hour Andy Warhol short of Lou Reed meticulously leafing through the New York phone directory and passing catty remarks on every entry therein.
The Realistically Middle-Aged Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)
Indy's back - but is his back up to it? Never mind rope-bridges, it's a trial just getting out of an armchair without muttering "oof!" "Ha ha, you always farting, Doctor Jones!" says Short Round.
Indy's back - but is his back up to it? Never mind rope-bridges, it's a trial just getting out of an armchair without muttering "oof!" "Ha ha, you always farting, Doctor Jones!" says Short Round.
November 16, 2024 at 12:50 AM
The Realistically Middle-Aged Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)
Indy's back - but is his back up to it? Never mind rope-bridges, it's a trial just getting out of an armchair without muttering "oof!" "Ha ha, you always farting, Doctor Jones!" says Short Round.
Indy's back - but is his back up to it? Never mind rope-bridges, it's a trial just getting out of an armchair without muttering "oof!" "Ha ha, you always farting, Doctor Jones!" says Short Round.
Rhubarb Crumble (1975)
Mike Leigh drama in which sunny social worker Shirley Curtain joins her friend Digory for pudding in Islington. While Digory is largely unresponsive, letting his spoon rest in the mostly uneaten crumble, Shirley tries to chivvy him up with a jolly song about whales.
Mike Leigh drama in which sunny social worker Shirley Curtain joins her friend Digory for pudding in Islington. While Digory is largely unresponsive, letting his spoon rest in the mostly uneaten crumble, Shirley tries to chivvy him up with a jolly song about whales.
November 16, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Rhubarb Crumble (1975)
Mike Leigh drama in which sunny social worker Shirley Curtain joins her friend Digory for pudding in Islington. While Digory is largely unresponsive, letting his spoon rest in the mostly uneaten crumble, Shirley tries to chivvy him up with a jolly song about whales.
Mike Leigh drama in which sunny social worker Shirley Curtain joins her friend Digory for pudding in Islington. While Digory is largely unresponsive, letting his spoon rest in the mostly uneaten crumble, Shirley tries to chivvy him up with a jolly song about whales.
Cry of the Bungle (1981)
A group of hill walkers in Wales are forced to flee for their lives after accidentally disturbing a colony of wild Bungli, in this cult classic from Joe Dante.
A group of hill walkers in Wales are forced to flee for their lives after accidentally disturbing a colony of wild Bungli, in this cult classic from Joe Dante.
November 16, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Cry of the Bungle (1981)
A group of hill walkers in Wales are forced to flee for their lives after accidentally disturbing a colony of wild Bungli, in this cult classic from Joe Dante.
A group of hill walkers in Wales are forced to flee for their lives after accidentally disturbing a colony of wild Bungli, in this cult classic from Joe Dante.
Banter (1939)
How the repartee flies between off-on news reporters Cary Grant and Lauren Bacall in Howard Hawks' classic screwball comedy! Bacall's hilariously acid tongue has Grant deftly parrying her verbal blows, before locking himself in the office bog for a quick hate-wank.
How the repartee flies between off-on news reporters Cary Grant and Lauren Bacall in Howard Hawks' classic screwball comedy! Bacall's hilariously acid tongue has Grant deftly parrying her verbal blows, before locking himself in the office bog for a quick hate-wank.
November 16, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Banter (1939)
How the repartee flies between off-on news reporters Cary Grant and Lauren Bacall in Howard Hawks' classic screwball comedy! Bacall's hilariously acid tongue has Grant deftly parrying her verbal blows, before locking himself in the office bog for a quick hate-wank.
How the repartee flies between off-on news reporters Cary Grant and Lauren Bacall in Howard Hawks' classic screwball comedy! Bacall's hilariously acid tongue has Grant deftly parrying her verbal blows, before locking himself in the office bog for a quick hate-wank.
Ringpiece (1969)
James Bond must face down an old foe after Nurse Agatha (Diana Rigg) plans to infect the entire west with threadworm. 007 leaps into action, armed with Q's prosthetic anus.
James Bond must face down an old foe after Nurse Agatha (Diana Rigg) plans to infect the entire west with threadworm. 007 leaps into action, armed with Q's prosthetic anus.
November 16, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Ringpiece (1969)
James Bond must face down an old foe after Nurse Agatha (Diana Rigg) plans to infect the entire west with threadworm. 007 leaps into action, armed with Q's prosthetic anus.
James Bond must face down an old foe after Nurse Agatha (Diana Rigg) plans to infect the entire west with threadworm. 007 leaps into action, armed with Q's prosthetic anus.
Chewbacca in Africa (1979)
Chewie tackles ivory traders while escorting the lady Shabazz, in this sequel to A Wookie in Harlem. Isaac Hayes' Grammy-winning soundtrack spawned the single, "Beast Love."
Chewie tackles ivory traders while escorting the lady Shabazz, in this sequel to A Wookie in Harlem. Isaac Hayes' Grammy-winning soundtrack spawned the single, "Beast Love."
November 16, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Chewbacca in Africa (1979)
Chewie tackles ivory traders while escorting the lady Shabazz, in this sequel to A Wookie in Harlem. Isaac Hayes' Grammy-winning soundtrack spawned the single, "Beast Love."
Chewie tackles ivory traders while escorting the lady Shabazz, in this sequel to A Wookie in Harlem. Isaac Hayes' Grammy-winning soundtrack spawned the single, "Beast Love."
A Wookie in Harlem (1978)
Chewbacca takes on a drug cartel, in this much-sampled Blaxploitation crossover. Referenced by the Wu-Tang Clan in 1993's Yo Dawg ("Ghost gettin vexed / breakin all hex / wild like Chewie in Lex"), while Ice-T has called it his all-time favourite movie.
Chewbacca takes on a drug cartel, in this much-sampled Blaxploitation crossover. Referenced by the Wu-Tang Clan in 1993's Yo Dawg ("Ghost gettin vexed / breakin all hex / wild like Chewie in Lex"), while Ice-T has called it his all-time favourite movie.
November 16, 2024 at 12:17 AM
A Wookie in Harlem (1978)
Chewbacca takes on a drug cartel, in this much-sampled Blaxploitation crossover. Referenced by the Wu-Tang Clan in 1993's Yo Dawg ("Ghost gettin vexed / breakin all hex / wild like Chewie in Lex"), while Ice-T has called it his all-time favourite movie.
Chewbacca takes on a drug cartel, in this much-sampled Blaxploitation crossover. Referenced by the Wu-Tang Clan in 1993's Yo Dawg ("Ghost gettin vexed / breakin all hex / wild like Chewie in Lex"), while Ice-T has called it his all-time favourite movie.
John Thaw and Dennis Waterman in The Sweeney (1976)
"We're the Sweeney, son, and we haven't had any Whiskas. Now, put your knickers on and make us a bowl of tuna chunks in jelly."
"We're the Sweeney, son, and we haven't had any Whiskas. Now, put your knickers on and make us a bowl of tuna chunks in jelly."
November 16, 2024 at 12:13 AM
John Thaw and Dennis Waterman in The Sweeney (1976)
"We're the Sweeney, son, and we haven't had any Whiskas. Now, put your knickers on and make us a bowl of tuna chunks in jelly."
"We're the Sweeney, son, and we haven't had any Whiskas. Now, put your knickers on and make us a bowl of tuna chunks in jelly."
Joy Division in Summer Holiday (1980)
Hooky, Bernie, Stevie and Ian pile into a customised double decker and head for the Unknown Pleasure Beach in this joyful youth musical. While Hooky has a punchup with a chip shop owner, Ian befriends a seaside donkey, and sings his Top 10 hit 'Shattered Mule.'
Hooky, Bernie, Stevie and Ian pile into a customised double decker and head for the Unknown Pleasure Beach in this joyful youth musical. While Hooky has a punchup with a chip shop owner, Ian befriends a seaside donkey, and sings his Top 10 hit 'Shattered Mule.'
November 16, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Joy Division in Summer Holiday (1980)
Hooky, Bernie, Stevie and Ian pile into a customised double decker and head for the Unknown Pleasure Beach in this joyful youth musical. While Hooky has a punchup with a chip shop owner, Ian befriends a seaside donkey, and sings his Top 10 hit 'Shattered Mule.'
Hooky, Bernie, Stevie and Ian pile into a customised double decker and head for the Unknown Pleasure Beach in this joyful youth musical. While Hooky has a punchup with a chip shop owner, Ian befriends a seaside donkey, and sings his Top 10 hit 'Shattered Mule.'
The Dying of the Light (2009)
A chimp drives a dodgem into a swimming pool. Mrs Thatcher eats a puffin. A housewife watches two flies copulate on a table before swatting them at moment of climax with a rolled-up Telegraph. A profound study of media manipulation from Adam Curtis.
A chimp drives a dodgem into a swimming pool. Mrs Thatcher eats a puffin. A housewife watches two flies copulate on a table before swatting them at moment of climax with a rolled-up Telegraph. A profound study of media manipulation from Adam Curtis.
November 16, 2024 at 12:08 AM
The Dying of the Light (2009)
A chimp drives a dodgem into a swimming pool. Mrs Thatcher eats a puffin. A housewife watches two flies copulate on a table before swatting them at moment of climax with a rolled-up Telegraph. A profound study of media manipulation from Adam Curtis.
A chimp drives a dodgem into a swimming pool. Mrs Thatcher eats a puffin. A housewife watches two flies copulate on a table before swatting them at moment of climax with a rolled-up Telegraph. A profound study of media manipulation from Adam Curtis.
Hamble's Track Suit (1981)
Glenda Jackson plays the serial killer with a penchant for synthetic fabrics, in this thriller adapted from the chilling picture book by Ian McEwan.
Glenda Jackson plays the serial killer with a penchant for synthetic fabrics, in this thriller adapted from the chilling picture book by Ian McEwan.
November 16, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Hamble's Track Suit (1981)
Glenda Jackson plays the serial killer with a penchant for synthetic fabrics, in this thriller adapted from the chilling picture book by Ian McEwan.
Glenda Jackson plays the serial killer with a penchant for synthetic fabrics, in this thriller adapted from the chilling picture book by Ian McEwan.
Back to the Future 19 (2015)
Marty McFly travels back one minute to the past to add an extra half-teaspoon of sugar to his tea, because it just sort of needed it tbh.
Marty McFly travels back one minute to the past to add an extra half-teaspoon of sugar to his tea, because it just sort of needed it tbh.
November 15, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Back to the Future 19 (2015)
Marty McFly travels back one minute to the past to add an extra half-teaspoon of sugar to his tea, because it just sort of needed it tbh.
Marty McFly travels back one minute to the past to add an extra half-teaspoon of sugar to his tea, because it just sort of needed it tbh.
Please Don't Sing Anymore (1947)
Googie Withers thinks she has the voice of a freshly hatched angel, yet to everyone else sounds like a cement mixer full of kazoos. Events kick off after she serenades a packed tram with a tone deaf La Vie En Rose, in this unlistenable melodrama.
Googie Withers thinks she has the voice of a freshly hatched angel, yet to everyone else sounds like a cement mixer full of kazoos. Events kick off after she serenades a packed tram with a tone deaf La Vie En Rose, in this unlistenable melodrama.
November 15, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Please Don't Sing Anymore (1947)
Googie Withers thinks she has the voice of a freshly hatched angel, yet to everyone else sounds like a cement mixer full of kazoos. Events kick off after she serenades a packed tram with a tone deaf La Vie En Rose, in this unlistenable melodrama.
Googie Withers thinks she has the voice of a freshly hatched angel, yet to everyone else sounds like a cement mixer full of kazoos. Events kick off after she serenades a packed tram with a tone deaf La Vie En Rose, in this unlistenable melodrama.
Back to the Future 20 (2019)
Marty McFly travels three-and-a-half hours into the future to skip the adverts, while watching an old episode of the Inbetweeners on All 4.
Marty McFly travels three-and-a-half hours into the future to skip the adverts, while watching an old episode of the Inbetweeners on All 4.
November 15, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Back to the Future 20 (2019)
Marty McFly travels three-and-a-half hours into the future to skip the adverts, while watching an old episode of the Inbetweeners on All 4.
Marty McFly travels three-and-a-half hours into the future to skip the adverts, while watching an old episode of the Inbetweeners on All 4.
Long Red Tunnel (2019)
A group of traffic wardens go mad and plaster one another with tickets after entering a long red tunnel, in Gaspar Noé's latest provocation. At some point the camera turns upside down, while someone bangs on a dustbin lid and screams the word "Breakfast."
A group of traffic wardens go mad and plaster one another with tickets after entering a long red tunnel, in Gaspar Noé's latest provocation. At some point the camera turns upside down, while someone bangs on a dustbin lid and screams the word "Breakfast."
November 15, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Long Red Tunnel (2019)
A group of traffic wardens go mad and plaster one another with tickets after entering a long red tunnel, in Gaspar Noé's latest provocation. At some point the camera turns upside down, while someone bangs on a dustbin lid and screams the word "Breakfast."
A group of traffic wardens go mad and plaster one another with tickets after entering a long red tunnel, in Gaspar Noé's latest provocation. At some point the camera turns upside down, while someone bangs on a dustbin lid and screams the word "Breakfast."
Fingerings (1997)
Top flautist David Balthazar (Jeremy Irons) has surgery to replace his penis with a flute. But questions are asked when his mistress gives birth to a piccolo, in David Cronenberg's shattering drama of bourgeois alienation.
Top flautist David Balthazar (Jeremy Irons) has surgery to replace his penis with a flute. But questions are asked when his mistress gives birth to a piccolo, in David Cronenberg's shattering drama of bourgeois alienation.
November 15, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Fingerings (1997)
Top flautist David Balthazar (Jeremy Irons) has surgery to replace his penis with a flute. But questions are asked when his mistress gives birth to a piccolo, in David Cronenberg's shattering drama of bourgeois alienation.
Top flautist David Balthazar (Jeremy Irons) has surgery to replace his penis with a flute. But questions are asked when his mistress gives birth to a piccolo, in David Cronenberg's shattering drama of bourgeois alienation.
Frangipane (2001)
The tale of a young French waitress who devotes her life to bringing happiness to others. Every single one of your boyfriends will hate this film; the first in a steady chain of micro-resentments that will ultimately cause your relationship to wither and die.
The tale of a young French waitress who devotes her life to bringing happiness to others. Every single one of your boyfriends will hate this film; the first in a steady chain of micro-resentments that will ultimately cause your relationship to wither and die.
November 15, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Frangipane (2001)
The tale of a young French waitress who devotes her life to bringing happiness to others. Every single one of your boyfriends will hate this film; the first in a steady chain of micro-resentments that will ultimately cause your relationship to wither and die.
The tale of a young French waitress who devotes her life to bringing happiness to others. Every single one of your boyfriends will hate this film; the first in a steady chain of micro-resentments that will ultimately cause your relationship to wither and die.