Film & Video, Rare, Independent, Unreleased, Out of Print, Experimental, Tokyo Shock, Italian Horror, Film Noir, Spaghetti Western, American Classic, Gay/Lesbian, Cult, Camp Classic, Hong Kong Action, Foreign Classic, Mod, Documentary, etc.
..
..
..
..
Music
Anna Karina, Paul Jones, ABBA, Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg.
Movies
Usama Alshaibi, Robert Altman, John and Lem Amaro, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Kenneth Anger, Antonioni, Jacques Becker, Ingmar Bergman, Bernardo Bertolucci, Bertrand Blier, Walerian Borowczyk, Stan Brakhage, John Cassavetes, Claude Chabrol, Charlie Chaplin, Shirley Clarke, Jean Cocteau, Shaun Costello, David Cronenberg, Joe D' Amato, Robert Downey Sr., Shawn Durr, R.W. Fassbinder, Abel Ferrara, Marco Ferreri, Jess Franco, John Frankenheimer, William Friedkin, Lucio Fulci, Kinji Fukasuku, Samuel Fuller, Godard, Peter Greenaway, Hal Hartley, Todd Haynes, Werner Herzog, Alfred Hitchcock, Kon Ichikawa, Jon Jost, Buster Keaton, George and Mike Kuchar, Kyoshi Kurosawa , Akira Kurosawa, Takashi Miike, Jon Moritsugu, Errol Morris, Jean Renoir, Bill Viola, Billy Wilder, Ozu, Pasolini, Truffuat, Guy Maddin, Jan Svankmajer, Seijun Suzuki, Tood Verow, Damon Packard, Tony Richardson, Dennis Hopper, Nicholas Ray, William Klein, Peter Watkins, Wong Kar-Wai, Kim Ki-Duk, Peter Weir, Glauber Rocha, Nicholas Roeg, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Frank Perry, Tom Palazzolo, Russ Meyer, Radley Metzger, Chuck Vincent, Armand Weston, Paul Morrisey, Paul Verhoeven, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Shaw Brothers, Roman Polanski, Sam Peckinpah, Bill L. Norton, Richard Fleischer, etc.
Television
Fridays, Kids in the Hall, Monty Python, Dave Chappelle, The Office, Bo' Selecta, Vermilion Pleasure Night, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Mission Hill, Seinfeld, Reno 911, Twin Peaks, Six Feet Under, The Twilight Zone, Starsky and Hutch, Kojak, The Prisoner, The Richard Pryor Show, The Avengers, The Saint, League of Gentlemen, Coupling, Good Times, Arrested Developement, Strangers With Candy, Oh! Mikey, but mainly TV movies such as Mousey, Death Stalk, Special Bulletien, Born Innocent, Bad Ronald, So Ask Alice, The Girl Most Likely To, Mad Death, Sweet Hostage, The Boy Who Drank Too Much, Helter Skelter, Are You Alone in the House, & Sybil.
Books
Godard on Godard. Cassavetes on Cassavetes.
Heroes
Peter Watkins, Fredrick Wiseman, Diane Arbus, Robert Downey Sr.
Odd Obsession Movies is located in Wicker Park / Bucktown - 1822 N. Milwaukee Ave., in between North and Armitage, right off the Damon or Western Blue Line Stops.
***********************************************************
My Movies are cooler than yours. It's true. Odd Obsession rents and sells rare and hard-to-find movies on dvd and video. Movies you had no idea even existed, or stuff you've been looking for forever. Anyone who's been here will tell you it's the best video store in the city if you actually take cinema seriously.
Odd Obsession's unique collection of 10,000+ titles feature a ridiculous selection of indy, foreign, rare, classics, experimental, cult fare, and so on. Featuring almost every Criterion title, New Asian cinema, oddities in documentary, Film Noir, French New Wave, cool television programs you've never seen, 60's to 80's Exploitation, EuroTrash Sex Flicks, newer and classic foreign titles from all around the world, and so on.
Memberships are free.
Rentals are $3/3 nights or $4/wk.
Deals on Monday & Tuesday:
3 movies/3 nights/$6 or 3 movies/1wk/$8.
Located at 1822 N. Milwaukee Ave., 2 blocks north of North/Damen intersection, 1 block south of Western/Armitage. Convenient to all neighborhoods, off the Western or Damen Blue line stops.
Who I'd like to meet: Those interested in good film & video, etc. in the Chicago area.
Contact email: brian@oddobsession.com to join the mailing list and keep up to date on special screenings, guests, & events, not to mention obscure film reviews and recommendations.
*Brian, Ignatius, Kalvin, and Joe all take part in writings for this page. One, Two, or all of us can be found at Odd Obsession Movies for those interested in talking more in depth, etc.
DROPPING BY TO SAY THANX FOR BEING A FRIEND OF CRISS KARVER AND THE LUNACY MACHINE. ALSO, WANTED TO WISH YOU A FABULOUS DARK AND TWISTED WEEK!!!
HERE IS A PREVIEW FOR THE UPCOMING STORY 'OUIJA' WHICH IS ONE OF MANY TWISTED RHYMES INSIDE THE NEW LUNACY MACHINE.
OUIJA
Is there someone there? Is there someone there? Come talk to us tonight. We’re asking for the dead to speak, It’s only us . . .my wife and me. Come tell us how you died.
The oracle moved about the board A figure-eight reply. The oracle started slowing down, then stopped . . . above the Y.
Tell us more, tell us more, what brought you here to me? Tell us how you died tonight. Tell us when you died tonight. Tell us what brings you here tonight. Keep spelling it for me.
The figure eight continues and around the board it moves. It’s slowing down, it’s slowing down. Come, spirit, talk to me right now, Tell us tonight, because we want to know . . Then the oracle stopped on the letter O.
You’re coming in so very clear, Now tell us why you’re roaming here, on this dark and stormy night. Speak to me, speak to me, Travel through this board to me. Tell us why you sleep tonight beneath your resting tomb. Speak to me, speak to me, speak to me now. Then the oracle stopped on the U.
Y-O-U, Y-O-U, this isn’t making sense. You spelled out, YOU is this what you meant to do? Then the oracle stopped on YES.
*COME BY AND VISIT ME AND PREVIEW SOME OTHER STORIES FROM THE LUNACY MACHINE, TWISTED TALES OF UNFORTUNATE TIMES 'R' in my blog section SEE YA!! -CRISS KARVER
Hi! Just wanted to make sure all my friends know that my new erotic horror novel THE 13TH is now in stores everywhere! I hope you'll check out this debauched and demonic horror ride!
There's even a website devoted just to the book, with an interactive map of the places and characters at www.the13th-horror.com.
Edward Lee called THE 13TH "A double-barreled shotgun blast of macabre entertainment -- an expert amalgamation of grotesquerie, eroticism, mystery, and pitch-black occult horror that no fan of the genre can miss."
And Gary A. Braunbeck said, "John Everson's The 13th is the first out-and-out horror novel in a long while to actually scare the **** out of me while reading it. It's stylish, extremely well-written, filled with richly-drawn characterizations, and boasts a labyrinthine plot worthy of Umberto Eco. Trust me -- this one will fry your nerves and break your heart."
By eis4artist at 2009-10-08The Nineteen Hundred & One Presents: Art of the Dead Dark & Erotic Art Gallery Reception & Celebration Friday, November 6 & Saturday, November 7, 2009 1901 W. Belmont Ave. (entrance on Wolcott), Chicago 8pm-11:30pm 21+ Artwork by: Maya Sinstress Jennifer Anne Buckley Fernando Castel Alan Rehbein Volium & Vine Lady Helene's Flames ~E~ FRIDAY: DJ Tiger Lilly Live Music by Mark Bose Hot Performances byt Miss Kay & Lady Freya Fashions by "SoRokin' Wear" SATURDAY: DJ Lolly Gagger Live Music by Circuit Bender Fashion Show by Devoid & Deveil Sex Ed by "Kitty's Play Dates"
Get Ready To channel Your inner Geek; Flesh Tones Burlesque and SpyderMonkey Films have teamed up to bring you the ultimate in geek-gasms. This Saturday at the Viaduct theater - See that which only Capt. Kirk has seen before; Green alien Tah Tahs. So come out and support us; we will be raising funds for a feature film. And having a blast while doing so get on out. Saturday the 19th of Sept At the Viaduct.
Video documentation of a performance piece by my friend Nate Kassel who rode around on his bike slapping high-fives to people who were attempting to hail taxi cabs in the streets of NYC. Enjoy!
..
.jpg)
..
..
..
Hi! Just wanted to make sure all my friends know that my new erotic horror novel 
