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openA team infiltrates a haunted house and dies Film
Sort of like Ghostbusters but with more people, they go into a house and meet doppelgangers of themselves that kill the original members and then wear yellow rainjackets. One guy gets stabbed in the face with a knife, another guy who looks like Rick Moranis gets attacked by a guy with a glowing leg.
openA purple alien tries to save a girl from an evil purple alien and dies Film
Ann evil purple alien is chasing a girl up and down some stairs and a good purple alien tries to stop him but dies and his head ends up in the evil purple alien's chest cavity, causing the girl to scream
openA videotape about military moving. Film
My dad used to be in the coast guard, and to deal with the constant moves, my parents bought me a video tape about kids who had to do many military moves and how they dealt with it. There was a kid named Eli, a black kid who played piano, a girl who said she liked "bagels on Sunday and the moon in [her] window, and other kids. There was a lot of singing too. Anyone know it?
Edited by Loopytires55openHorror movie with a water logged nun Film
I vaguely remember a horror movie I saw in childhood. It was about a group of young adults in an abandoned setting, perhaps a hospital, asylum, or jail. They individually encountered scary things, but I specifically remember a scene with a nun in what may have been a communal shower hanging upside down? I seem to remember her face appearing to be extremely bloated.
openSubmerged Town Brings Forth Haunted Children Film
This is a film from somewhere between the '80's and the 2000's: an abandoned town is flooded to create a lake or reservoir, but some children were trapped in houses before the town was fully evacuated. They drowned in the flooding and the mystery of these haunting children is eventually solved in the film. This is not 'What Lies Below." American film.
openWhat was this tv series/film called? Film
I was very young when I saw this but I've been trying to find it for a long time.
I think it may have been a british crime series/TV Movie but I'm not sure at all. I remember that it was at night and a man was hanging from a cable or something and you see him get electrocuted. I then remember people going to look at him or investigate the death or something and it's daytime. I remember seeing him still hanging there and his body all burnt.
I think it may have been over railway lines but I don't know.
Ring a bell?
openUnknown SciFi Adventure Movie, Aliens Abduct Child Film
I've been trying to remember the name of this movie... for years.
I saw it in the late 1990s/early 2000s, possibly as a TV movie or a TV show pilot, on broadcast TV in the USA. It was a scifi adventure, with a spaceship. It starts out on a planet that is not Earth, with mostly humans, but included several different alien species coexisting.
Here's what I remember about the characters: -main character is blonde or brown-haired man. -a tough, dark-haired woman -a child (I think a girl; it may have been the main character's daughter) -scary, hairless, humanoid aliens with pale white faces (they also wore robes)
One of the first scenes is the main character arriving at a trading post on the planet, featuring an open sky with a few tents. This is where the main character and the woman meet. They later leave the planet together in a ship for a voyage or a mission. I don't remember the main plot, but I remember the subplot. The kid is abducted by a group of scary aliens on the planet. She was special, and they were using her for her mind or messing with her memories somehow.They helded her underground, in a cave. Their leader or god may have been trying to meld with her or use her for some purpose. I only remember it being a scary scene, watching it as a child. Anyways, the adults rescue her at the end. Any ideas?
openDocumentary about frogs with a scary witch Film
This would have been about fifteen years ago (damn, weird to think about!) A documentary movie or episode of a TV show that was talking about frogs and maybe also toads. It was on VHS. It was something that could have been shown in a school classroom - I saw it at a nature summer camp. The only part I really remember was that the narrator said at one point that frogs (and maybe toads) sometimes get a bad reputation because they are associated with the occult and witches. The screen showed a woman dressed up like a witch screeching cackles at the audience, outside at night with a full moon (I think). It was live action. Does anyone happen to know what documentary or series this was?
openThriller or war film involving mercy kill of injured soldiers? Film
This may have been a tv show but I think it's more likely a film, all I remember is one scene, I think it's a flashback- The main character recounts murdering a tent full of injured comrades, at least one of which is missing both arms, then I think he tries to shoot himself but the gun is empty.
That's all I remember and it's bugging the heck out of me, if anyone can help then thank you!
openA scene from the end of a movie or TV show Film
I remember catching the end of this on TV as a kid. It was a colour movie or show, but I remember it looking rather old. It was a long shot of a party/ball scene in a hall building with a fountain in the centre. The strangest part was the old Citroen van hanging from the ceiling with a stream of water shooting from its radiator into the fountain. I have no idea what this was and I would like to find out. I should note that there is a possibility this was something my young mind had dreamed up, but if anyone can confirm that this is from a show/film that exists I would be extremely grateful.
openWalking along piano pathway Film
I am very unfamiliar with this particular TV show, I assume it's about a late 90s early 2000s to 2005s kids cartoon. I remember one particular scene when the characters were walking along a pathway which was made up of piano keys. The pathway had a curve in it, but I think the keys were all different colours and the walls were made up of some other material. Another scene was when they were on the piano key pathway still and was walking towards an intersection, and took the exit walking away from the camera. I don't know any description of the characters, I am guessing there could be 2-4 of them, human shaped figures.
Keep in mind I am remembering from over 10 years ago, I'm 17 now.
openLooking for old religious animal based cartoon. Film
I had a video in the 1990's with a religious style cartoon on it. It starts off in a jungle where a group of animals talk about this new baby being born and that he's important. They then decide that if the humans are travelling to bring this child a gift, then the animals should do so as well. The lion considered himself the king of the jungle and was very vain and arrogant about it, while the robin who brought the news of the child's birth kept getting annoyed at the lion's attitude. Eventually the pair decide they should be the ones to bring a gift and set off, meeting up with a tortoise and I think a beaver and all travelling together following the star to bring a gift to baby Jesus. Along the way they help one another when there's trouble, mainly for the lion who eventually changes his attitude and becomes nicer, and when they find the child they realise they haven't brought a gift, only for the robin to then sing a sweet song for everyone to hear.
I can't remember the robin's song, but there's a song the lion sings close to the beginning of the cartoon in the jungle that I know a verse of:
I'm numero uno the greatest and the best I'm numero uno and I lead all the rest for I am the strongest and I am the smartest and I believe the most handsome and I believe the loudest
I've tried typing the lyrics into google but nothing shows up and I've typed in just about every combination I can think of but I haven't found even a single image that leads me to finding out this cartoon's name.
Help!
Edited by loverofeeveeopenCharacter pulls a smoking tag off of a light bulb Film
I think this was from a live-action film, but it may have been from a live-action TV series. It's been bugging me all morning.
A character is in someone else's home, and notices smoke rising from a lamp. They go over to the lamp and look down through the top of the lampshade, to see that there is a sales tag attached to it, resting on top of the bulb and smoking from the heat. They reach in to pick the tag off of the light bulb.
openwhat scene was this from? Film
I think this was The Mighty or Simon Birch. Some mean boys hit a boy who is walking around in clutches causing him to lose his balance. I think it was basketball and it happened in a school. The gym teacher asked who did it and the bullies blamed it on another student. That student and the disabled boy become friends. Was this scene from either mentioned film, or another film? Please help, please.
openPossible Educational film Film
I have a friend on Facebook who's trying to find out about an old film she watched as a kid. She knows that the VHS tape came in a baby blue box. There was a white skin, brown hair, bearded guy who would play the guitar. There was also a blonde lady, and a few others. The tape had various parts, but in one particular part that she can vividly remember was that there was a veggies/fruit song where ladies with a basket looking thing full of fruit on their heads would come out dancing and more fruits and veggies would also move around, as well as some plants.
openanimated film (cartoon) from the 90s/early 2000 Film
The protagonist is a girl, she rides a motorbike. She has a dog (puppy, light brown fur) with some special powers, maybe time travel. Her dog also has a moon on its forehead. At a certain point she goes to some place in Asia I think, maybe Malaysia? There was a lot of green lol, a tiger was probably involved. There's also a male character. Sorry for being ambiguous but it's all I can remember.
Edited by MelodicLemurineopenDrama airing between 2005-2008 Film
Detective drama i think. More likely a TV show than a movie. I remember the end scene was the main guy comes home and either finds wife/girlfriend dead or he's looking through old evidence photos of dead woman. He's crying and the music that's playing is Breath Me by Sia. I think a black man is also a main character, maybe his detective partner. I'd really like to watch this show, just don't remember the name.
openTrying to find a scene Film
Okay, I'm trying to locate a scene I thought was in the television version of the original Halloween, but I watched a compilation of the television scenes, and it didn't seem to be included. I'm wondering if it might be a flashback from another Halloween movie, or if I might be thinking of another series entirely:
In the scene the people at the sanitarium search Michael's room after he broke out, and find the word "Sister" written on the wall, either behind a picture or behind the wallpaper.
Does this ring a bell?
openA horror film about some kind of monster... Film
It was about a woman and a man that is constantly being pursued by a monster. I forgot most of it but the final part was: The woman got separated, while the man seemingly escaped, but it's actually the monster who just happened to peek through his eyeholes. Any ideas?

It reminded me of Sneakers in the way this team was infiltrating this place, but then everything goes wrong as this cult leader starts getting his face peeled off by lasers and this monster they were trying to stop shows up in the last scene and bursts out of a nest four times with a "The End?" caption.