Begotten (1989)

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Premise: It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships striking from a hidden base have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire!
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet.
Pursued by the Empire’s sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her starship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save her people and restore freedom to the galaxy…!
Under 90 minutes? Yes, and thank you.
Do they say the title? Nope, I mean, there’s no dialogue at all so of course there’s not a random character just going “begotten deez nuts” or something.

One sentence review:


Rating: So uh I mean, there’s definitely a story being told by this film and I’m sure if you are very smart you can tell what it is about, but to most of us mortals this is basically a movie that looks exactly like what black metal wants to sound like. I’ve watched this uhm motion picture quite a few times so please do not think I’m saying “it’s bad, friends” - not at all. Just really unsettling.
A simple way to improve it: replace all background sound with a song by Lesley GORE, Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows:

Trivia about the IMDb trivia:

The film was originally intended to be a theatrical stage production with interpretive dancing and a live orchestra. This idea was scrapped when E. Elias Mehrige realized the production would cost about $200,000.

I mean this might have been a bit too much, the thin line separating “this is really cool because i’m mentally 12 years old” from “okay you’re a tryhard” so good thing they didn’t go for that!