Movies from Chuck Palahniuk

Citizen Kane

Newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Chuck Palahniuk
Writer, Screenwriter
As in movies, the only parts that matter are the beginning and the end. Consider the long slog through the middle of Citizen Kane. How often have you fast-forwarded to get to Susan Alexander's aria nearer the end? If the beginning and end are strong we'll forgive the boring stretch between.
Movies from Chuck Palahniuk

Starry Eyes

A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune.
Chuck Palahniuk
Writer, Screenwriter
Looking for a horror movie to watch this weekend? Try STARRY EYES. Brutal, gory, sexy, funny. You’ll love it!
Movies from Chuck Palahniuk

The Witch

In 1630s New England, William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness, exiled from their settlement when William defies the local church. When their newborn son vanishes and crops mysteriously fail, the family turns on one another.
Chuck Palahniuk
Writer, Screenwriter
Seen any good tv or movies lately? I like The Witch.
Movies from Chuck Palahniuk

Sunset Boulevard

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Chuck Palahniuk
Writer, Screenwriter
Everybody ends up dead or insane-slash-arrested. Nancy Olson is dismissed to wed Jack Webb — the real off-screen horror ending. Every performance is outlandish, as big as anything on any Mexican soap opera. The dead monkey. Buster Keaton. The fun never ends. The best noir comedy, ever.
Movies from Chuck Palahniuk

Session 9

Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
Chuck Palahniuk
Writer, Screenwriter
Again, everybody dies. That is such the best, most-great formula for a true masterpiece film. A classic film should leave you thinking, “How in the hell did this idea ever get financing?” The director, Brad Anderson, does more with his small budget than most movies do with huge, fat mountains of cash. The moment the credits start to roll, I want to watch the whole story over again.
Movies from Chuck Palahniuk

The Exorcist

12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to her last hope: Father Damien Karras, a troubled priest who is struggling with his own faith.
Chuck Palahniuk
Writer, Screenwriter
Here it is, plausible proof that David Fincher was raised as a Catholic.
Movies from Chuck Palahniuk

The Poseidon Adventure

When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
Chuck Palahniuk
Writer, Screenwriter
I could watch Gene Hackman die over and over. Of course, Charlton Heston self destructs in Earthquake as does Jennifer Jones in The Towering Inferno, but Hackman sets the standard for disaster movie self sacrifice.
Movies from Chuck Palahniuk

The Hunger

Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life, but John, her companion for centuries, suddenly discovers that he is getting old minute by minute, so he looks for Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging, and asks her for help.
Chuck Palahniuk
Writer, Screenwriter
With Bauhaus music, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon and Catherine Deneuve, movies don’t get any better.
Movies from Chuck Palahniuk

Se7en

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.
Chuck Palahniuk
Writer, Screenwriter
It’s death-by-cop, but nobody plays a better crack-pot religious martyr than Kevin Spacey. And nobody kills them better than Finch.
Movies from Chuck Palahniuk

30 Days of Night

This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.
Chuck Palahniuk
Writer, Screenwriter
If you can’t beat ’em join ’em, even if them is dead.
Movies from Chuck Palahniuk

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.
Chuck Palahniuk
Writer, Screenwriter
Red Buttons dies wonderfully to the calliope strains of ‘California, Here I Come,’ and with a little help they shoot Jane Fonda. This counts as my all-time favorite date flick.
Movies from Chuck Palahniuk

The Game

In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
Chuck Palahniuk
Writer, Screenwriter
Another protagonist leaping into the abyss care of Fincher.
Movies from Chuck Palahniuk

Alien³

After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.
Chuck Palahniuk
Writer, Screenwriter
Nobody does feel-good martyrdom better than director David Fincher.
Movies from Chuck Palahniuk

Heathers

A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.
Chuck Palahniuk
Writer, Screenwriter
“Here’s more proof that all the reviewers can be wrong at the same time. As Christian Slater explodes himself, lighting Winona Ryder’s cigarette, who can forget the line, “Now that you’re dead, what are you going to do with your life?” Just that one line is better than all of The English Patient.
Movies from Chuck Palahniuk

Harold and Maude

The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.
Chuck Palahniuk
Writer, Screenwriter
Movie reviewers hated this story when it was first released. Those critics are now dead and rotted meat while this film lives on… a coincidence? Dismiss this one at your own peril.