I had many such movies. The most obscureamong them probably being “The child who wanted to be a Bear”, a Franco-Danishanimationn film which doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page in English. (It was already DVD and not tape tho)
Zoobilee fucking Zoo…
- I am not from anywhere near North America.
Top Secret! dubbed in Galician.
Jawbreaker and the brave little toaster
Brave Little Toaster was a staple. Wonder if it has anything to do with my constant desire to repair anything I can instead of throwing it away…
Everyone I’ve ever known close to my age who was shown that movie at least one time as a kid said that it gave them nightmares, and I have to agree with them. It’s a pretty fucked up movie to show to kids.
Short Circuit and Flight of the Navigator. Had them both on one tape and I’d sit down and watch it all in one sitting.
Just in case you needed reminding how good Flight of the Navigator was:
My brother and I loved this movie so much and must’ve watched it 100 times.
Add Batteries Not Included to the list and that’s me.
The thief and the cobbler!
Have no fear, have no fear! ZigZig the Grand Visir is here!
That whole movie is an utter fever dream spectacular.
My friend Garrett Gilchrist has spent years restoring it, doing cut after cut, trying to get it as good as he can. He’s not being paid, it’s a labor of love.
I believe his most recent was Mark 5 from last year:
Puff the Magic Dragon
It’s like a fever dream, but we definitely had it on VHS
we had See Spot Run (23% on rotten tomatoes) but it got taped over by another movie “accidentally” when I was 7 and I haven’t seen it since…
having read the plot on Wikipedia, it features a lot more references to testicles than I remember
I’ve never heard of this movie but based on your comment I’m guessing it’s about checking yourself for testicular cancer?
it’s about a drug sniffer dog who bites off the balls of a mafia boss, runs away from witness protection, and gets adopted by a mailman.
It’s definitely a stupid antics movie: at one point, a woman gets farted on by a zebra whilst holding a lit match
The old Asterix movies for me. The racism makes them hard to watch now that I’m grown up.
What nomous said. Mostly the depiction of Blacks, Arabs, Asians etc.
I’ve not watched them since I was a kid, where/in what way were they racist?
They have some pretty outdated stereotypes/caricatures. Definitely a product of it’s time and some parts haven’t aged well.
Surf ninjas. It was the best kind of b movie fever dream.
And it was recorded off the tv so you had to fast forward through commercials about clap-on clap-off lights
And the beginning of films were cut off. Big Trouble in Little China starts at the poker table for me-- I never realized Jack Burton (😍) had a monologue at the start.
My dad would pause the recording when commercials started and resumed recording when the commercials ended. It was funny when he was 15 sec late on both accounts lol.
The Swan Princess. It haunts me.
I believe it’s also partially responsible for my young and lifelong rebellion against someone complimenting my appearance. Fine. You find me nice to look at. That’s a hill a beans. What else.
I’ll buy that for a dollar.
Mmmm such great memorable lines!
- Murphy, it’s you.
- Can you fly, Bobby?
- You’re dead…we killed you!
- You’re move, creep.
- Dead or alive, you are coming with me.
- Na na na na na na na… NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (BOOM!)
My parents made me a VHS tape with like 9 movies on it and I would watch it constantly. I was a sickly child, so I was stuck in bed a lot. That tape was great.
He hath the legendary E800 VHS tape!
Or, like, an E180 and a VCR with impressive LP modes, maybe?
Yo I have no idea. I was born in '97. I just knew how to put tapes in and play them
I’ll join in on the obscure movies that defined my childhood and teen years…
Texas Across the River, Warriors of the Wind (horrible cut and dub of Nauiscaa of the Valley of the Wind), Sea Prince and Fire Child (we rented the tape so much that eventually they sold it to us because we were also the last ones to rent it), Anime version of The Little Mermaid, animated Hobbit and Return of the King, Fairies, Mio and the Land of Far Away
… That’s all of the obscure ones I can think of at the moment.
