366 Weird Movies

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Entries Tagged ‘Teenagers’

CAPSULE: NOWHERE (1997)

DIRECTED BY:  Greg Araki
FEATURING: James Duval, Rachel True
PLOT:  Shallow L.A. teenagers take drugs and have kinky sex all day in preparation for

the party of the year, while a rubber alien reptile occasionally stalks and abducts them.
WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST:  As an attempt at a contemporary update of Repo Man by way of Clueless, [...]

8. DONNIE DARKO (2001)

Gretchen: “You’re weird.”
Donnie: “Sorry.”
Gretchen: “No, it was a compliment.”

(Theatrical Cut)

(Director’s Cut)
DIRECTED BY: Richard Kelly
FEATURING: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnel, Patrick Swayze, Drew Barrymore, Kathryn Ross
PLOT:  Troubled teen Donnie sees visions of a six foot tall demonic bunny rabbit named Frank, who demands that commits acts of vandalism in a sleepy suburban town in 1988.  Donnie narrowly [...]