Verhoeven Effect

We dive into the weird world of Red State. A violent far right church is kidnapping and killing people they believe to be sinners out of a sort of family tradition.  Act 1        12:07 Act 2        18:49 Act 3        49:41 Director - Kevin Smith Cinematographer - David Klein Written by - &...

We dive into the weird world of Crimson Tide. A violent Cold War heats up as a Russian Civil War creates nuclear tension and an American Submarine operating on it's last known orders has it's own civil war as to whether fire off its nuclear weapons or not. Act 1        13:33 Act 2        53:05 Act 3     &nbsp...

We dive into the weird world of Cherry 2000. A violent future where Anaheim is a futuristic town of sexless yuppies but the surrounding wasteland is a wonderment of adventurous suicide. A boring office worker breaks his sex robot and needs a new chassis from out in the wastelands.  Act 1        11:34 Act 2        35:52 Act...

We dive into the weird world of Mother Night. A violent Nazi propagandist is actually an American spy, who in the aftermath of the war is haunted by the regret that his cover propaganda did more harm than the good the information he gave to the allies did to stop Germany. Act 1        12:33 Act 2        19:30 Act 3   &...

We dive into the weird world of The First Power. A violent satanic serial killer is murdering people and carving pentagrams in them, then a psychic tips off a detective who captures the killer and is executed by the state only to come back as a possessive spirit.  Act 1        12:30 Act 2        35:16 Act 3   &nbs...

We dive into the weird world of The Hidden. A violent entity takes over everyday people and uses them as a vessel to drive fast cars, rob banks, and kill people in order to satisfy its nature, meanwhile a strange FBI agent and the best LA detective are on its trail of destruction.  Act 1:        11:59 Act 2:        34:00 Ac...

We dive into the weird world of Election. A violent high school election is the backdrop to a victimized overachiever bending people to her will, an ethics teacher who loses his ethics, and a delightful idiot who will probably do well in life.  Act 1        18:32 Act 2       37:24 Act 3        ...

We dive into the weird world of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. A violent science experiment sends Buckaroo Banzai, an eclectic polymath, through a mountain and into the 8th Dimension where evil aliens have been imprisoned by less evil aliens.  Act 1        9:40 Act 2        25:15 Act 3  &nb...

We dive into the weird world of Amadeus. A violent competition among composers as Mozart tries to create masterpieces and Salieri plots his demise.  Act 1        11:38 Act 2        35:13 Act 3        1:04:48 Director - Milos Forman Cinematographer - Miroslav Ondrícek Written by -  Pet...

We dive into the weird world of Drive. A violent crime drama about a nearly silent getaway driver who gets in over his head when he tries to have a normal life.  Act 1        11:49 Act 2        42:49 Act 3        1:09:32 Director - Nicolas Winding Refn Cinematographer - Newton Thomas Sigel...

We dive into the weird world of Nemesis. A dark violent future where an ambiguous information system is about to take over the worlds information while Cyborg duplicates in the LAPD plan on replacing all of humanity.  Act 1        16:29 Act 2       46:26 Act 3       1:15:41 Director - Albert Pyun Ci...

We dive into the weird world of Romeo + Juliet. A violent and spastic world finds two young lovers caught between waring houses. Act 1        12:00 Act 2        43:55 Act 3        58:18 Director - Baz Luhrmann Cinematographer - Donald McAlpine Written by -  Craig Pearce & Baz Luhrmann...

We dive into the weird world of Event Horizon. A violent future where an experimental deep space vessel returns after being thought lost, only to bring chaos back with it.  Act 1        21:57 Act 2       53:33 Act 3       1:23:46 Director - Paul W.S. Anderson Cinematographer - Adrian Biddle Written...

We dive into the weird world of Legend. A violent Darkness lays in wait to prey on the innocence of a young couple who will unwillingly betray the Light of unicorns and end all light in the world.  Director - Ridley Scott Cinematographer - Alex Thomson Written by -  William Hjortsberg Cast - Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkQwksqlwVZdj7o7y1IfWag T-shirts...

We dive into the weird world of Threads, a violent walkthrough of a nuclear apocalypse in Great Britain. Act 1        12:34 Act 2       41:24 Act 3       56:13 Director - Mick Jackson Cinematographer - Andrew Dunn and Paul Morris Written by -  Barry Hines Cast - Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David...

We dive into the weird world of Miracle Mile, a violent phone call received in error causes a nuclear panic in the midnight hours in downtown LA. Act 1        12:50 Act 2       43:45 Act 3       1:05:56 Director - Steve De Jarnatt Cinematographer - Theo van de Sande Written by -  Steve De Jarnatt Ca...

We dive into the weird world of WarGames. A violent simulation of Thermonuclear Warfare creeps into real life as the supercomputer W.O.P.R. plays a game with young rouge hacker David.  Act 1        13:00 Act 2       29:28 Act 3       1:27:37 Director - John Badham Cinematographer - William A. Fraker...

We dive into the weird world of Sphere. A violent bottom of the sea mystery where a crashed future spaceship has been found, which contains an even more mysterious sphere, which in turn manifests the subconscious of those who go inside the sphere. Act 1        6:49 Act 2       19:26 Act 3       49:17 Dir...

We dive into the weird world of Hellraiser. A violent psycho sexual bored Frank solves a puzzle box to unlock a meeting with forth dimensional sex demon's and angels who grant wishes with horrific consequences.  Act 1         5:57 Act 2        17:34 Act 3        28:25 Director - Clive...

We dive into the weird world of The Exorcist. A violent demon possesses the daughter of a famous actress, as a skeptical psychiatrist Catholic priest, and an Archeologist priest attempt an exorcism after all available science has been exhausted. Act 1         12:27 Act 2        36:49 Act 3      &nbs...

We dive into the weird world of Slap Shot. A violent hockey comedy about the crumbling of middle America in the late 70's.  Act 1         6:01 Act 2        48:22 Act 3        1:19:42 Director - George Roy Hill Cinematographer - Victor J. Kemper Written by - Nancy Dowd Cast - Paul Newm...

We dive into the weird world of Constantine. A violent struggle between evil and, a bored and reluctant anti hero in John Constantine.  Act 1        13:53 Act 2       43:04 Act 3        1:26:32 Director - Francis Lawrence Cinematographer - Philippe Rousselot Written by - (Screenplay) Kevin Brod...

We dive into the weird world of In Time. A violent future where people are eternally 25 years old, and all money is now transacted as time, so if you go broke you die. Act 1:         10:49         Act 2:        28:32 Act 3:        50:03 Director - Andrew...

We dive into the weird world of The Empty Man. A spiritual getaway turns violent and triggers an elder god to bring about the consolidation of reality into pure thought and emptiness.   Act 1:        8:00 Act 2:       20:11 Act 3:       52:21 Director - David Prior Written by - David Prior (based on...

We dive into the weird world of Last Action Hero. A violent genre bending action movie satire where a fatherless child gets magically exploded into an action movie where it becomes a buddy cop movie with his favorite action star, but as his fictional character Jack Slater. Act 1:        14:29 Act 2:        40:45 Act 3:  &nb...