3 More Movies About Raves Worth Watching
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Without a doubt my previous post, the top 10 rave movies of all time, was quite the success. Although it doesn’t teach you how to DJ or cover DJ equipment, people still really enjoy reading and discovered what I believed to be the best rave movies.
After some feedback, I think it’s time to cover a few more rave movies worth your time. I’ll say this up front, some of these aren’t the best but they’re still entertaining.
Hollywood does a hit and miss job representing a lot of cultures, rave movies are no exception to this rule (think Jaws, and then think Jaws 3D).
Okay, enough rambling, let’s get on with the list.
1. Party Monster
Party Monster stars Seth Green and Macaulay Culkin, you know those guys from Home Alone and Austin Powers?
The basis of the movie is that Macauly Culkin’s character, Michael Alig, travels to New York City and runs into Seth Green’s character, James St. James, where he teaches him all about how to be fabulous.
Well, the movie gets weird really really fast. Everything starts to go into a trippy, tranny lovefest where both the characters run around to clubs and parties.
I don’t want to spoil the movie but it gets to the point where some really heavy stuff happens between the characters, everything goes wonky. Oh, and lot’s more cross dressing.
This movie, the first time, was pretty horrid but then it became genius. It’s a bit like Rocky Horror, it has this cult vibe to it. I definitely recommend checking it out.
You can buy Party Monster here.
2. The 51st State aka Formula 51
Formula 51 stars none other than snake killing, mushroom cloud laying Samuel L. Jackson as Elmo McElroy – a master chemist (who’s Scottish).
Elmo creates a new super drug, POS 51, which 51 times as potent as ecstacy, opiates, amphetamines and cocaine. Because Elmo is working for none other than Meatloaf, err I mean The Lizard, he’s commissioned to make the drug for the crime syndicate.
Sam Jackson, as you’d expect, said “F@CK THAT” and bolted, taking the formula with him.
The rave aspect comes in as he decides to do a test run on a club, which is a great scene as lazers, music and people go absolutely crazy.
This movie is pretty bad ass, I’d say grab it up immediately.
You can buy Formula 51 here.
3. A Midsummer Night’s Rave
A Midsummer Night’s Rave is a modern take on A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream – at a rave.
The movie is just too poppy for me, it has a lot of decent scenes in it but every one of the characters are vapid and annoying. It’s worth watching if you want to see raves depicted in movies.
I’d say definitely rent this one instead, you’ll get a kick out of it.
You can buy A Midsummer Night’s Rave here.
Only 3? WTF?
Yeah, I only went with 3 on this one because most of the other movies that deal with raves are more about electronic music, gear and the innovators – which I plan to post about soon enough 
Hopefully this covered the last of the movies about raves. This now totals up 13 rave movies you should check out, that should fill up some time.
Okay, so what did I miss this time?
P.S. I added affiliate links for Amazon up there. If you end up buying them (I assumed you’ll just download em heh) I’ll get a commission which allows me to hold contests and other crazy shit – yeah!
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