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post #1 of 11
2/7/04 at 4:13pm
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I've never posted one of these threads because I'm pretty good at remembering a movie that I have seen.

But anyway this movie had to do with some town (dry climate) where some mad scientist working for a government organization contaminates the local water supply. People start kicking the bucket. But some guy is smart enough to realize what is going on and I remember he uses a pretty cool shotgun to kick ass.

This movie was released during the early 80s from what I recall.

Any suggestions? I was thinking it was "The Crazies" by George Romero. But that wasn't it.
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post #2 of 11
2/7/04 at 6:50pm
The only other flicks that spring to my mind are STRANGE BEHAVIOR and BLUE SUNSHINE. Maybe.
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post #3 of 11
2/8/04 at 2:41pm
naw....not Blue Sunshine


from reading the title, I first thought it was Cabin Fever



but I just woke up......so....brain....not......work....well



need. BEER!!!!!!
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post #4 of 11
2/8/04 at 2:53pm
OH OH, I know this one, it used to play on EVERY damn movie I rented, damn my memory!
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post #5 of 11
2/8/04 at 3:09pm
I'm pretty certain the movie you're looking for is NIGHTMARE AT NOON starring Bo Hopkins and George Kennedy.

Scientists poison the water supply of a small town, turning the residents into homicidal maniacs who kill each other and anybody who passes through.

NIGHTMARE AT NOON

That reminds me, I bought the DVD of this awhile back and have yet to watch it. Maybe I should go ahead and do so? Could make for some good review fodder.
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post #6 of 11
2/8/04 at 3:16pm
The movie I was thinking of was Live Wire, I don't think it's the same movie.
Full plot
"A couple of senators have been killed and the FBI is stumped, cause the could not locate a detonator in the debris. Danny O'Neill the FBI's top explosive is on the case. But his life is in a bit of a turmoil--he and his wife are separated cause of the death of their daughter, which Danny could have prevented, and she is working for Senator Traveres and there is a hint that there relationship is more than professional, which infuriated him to the point that he assaulted Traveres. And now Danny has to report to him in regards to the bombings. Danny discovers that there is a link to Traveres and the other senators who were killed and is afraid that his wife might get hurt in the crossfire, if he is the next target but unfortunately he is so on the edge that no one believes him. And he might have a lead on how they are doing it when one of them is caught and during his trial the judge exploded after taking a glass of water."
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post #7 of 11
2/8/04 at 4:15pm
At first I thought it was that little gem called IT'S IN THE WATER but the posters above are probably right ...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116661/

In the small southern town of Azalea Springs, the country club set still rules. Here, being a member of "The League" is a must, big hair is still favored by the ladies who lunch, and only hair-dressers and interior designers are supposed to be gay. The addition of an AIDS facility in Azalea Springs has The League unsettled. And the announcement that their charity work will include contact with "those people" leaves them stunned. But the real frenzy begins with a drunken comment regarding the local drinking water. Rumor has it that the water is contaminated with something that actually "turns" people gay. Mix in Brother Daniel's "Homo-No-Mo" meetings, the local newspaper, and a group of rabid homophobic picketers, and you've got a recipe for panic. Heads reel. Women weep. Mothers, hide your children! In the midst of it all, we find Alex Stratton, a young woman dealing with a distant husband, an overbearing mother, and the tedium of meaningless society chatter and endless shoe critics. Going against her husband's and her mother's wishes, Alex accepts a job at the Hospice where she is reacquainted with Grace Miller, her best friend from high school who has returned to Azalea Springs after a nasty divorce. It is here that Alex falls out of 'grace' with society when the two are caught kissing in the Hospice supply room. Mark Anderson works at the local newspaper his father owns and regularly attends Brother Daniel's Turn-or-Burn meetings. As the rumor about the water and the protesters get plenty of front page coverage, Mark finds himself becoming involved with Tomas, a Latin house painter who mistakes the ex-gay meeting for an A.A. meeting. The events that unravel as a result of these two love affairs bear witness to what happens when hysteria and homophobia take control of their lives.
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post #8 of 11
2/8/04 at 11:28pm
Thread Starter 
Foy's got it right. I'm going to have to rent this one again.

Thanks guys.

Lots of stories involving contaminated water.

Edit: IMDB has the date wrong. It's 1988 not 1990
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post #9 of 11
2/9/04 at 1:31am
Foy's encyclopedic knowledge of bad movies is both useful and unnerving.
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post #10 of 11
2/9/04 at 1:49am
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Foy's encyclopedic knowledge of bad movies is both useful and unnerving.
True. But in this case it was just dumb luck that I had picked up the DVD of this movie really cheap a few months back.
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post #11 of 11
2/9/04 at 8:43am
Any movie with Brion James as "The Albino" requires at least one viewing.
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