/r/ObscureMedia

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A relaxed place to share and discuss lesser known media: silent films, vintage exploitation flicks, finely aged TV, PSAs and other oddities.

Welcome to r/ObscureMedia :)

A relaxed place to share and discuss lesser known media: silent films, vintage exploitation flicks, finely aged TV, PSAs and other oddities.

Posting Guidelines

  • This is a content based sub: we want the goods and nothing else will suffice. Links to blogs or review/digest videos/pages are not welcome.

  • No posts consisting of a single image.

  • Short clips/edits from content are not allowed: we want full and complete content. If you wish to highlight a portion of content in a post please use the YouTube timestamps option while still linking to the full content. An example can be found here.

  • Include the release year in the post title: if not known, an educated guess of the decade will suffice.
    Acceptable year labels:
    (1985) or (1980)s
    The year must only contain 4 digits inside parentheses () using any other format or not including a (year) will result in deletion.

  • Please search before posting: nobody enjoys obvious re-posts.

Promotion/Spam


  • No promotion/spam allowed: this isn't the place to promote your music video or short film.

  • No politics or the like, starting arguments or making political comments will result in an instant ban. This is not the place, move on

  • Two postings per user in a 24hr period

  • No recently created content: in order to discourage promotion, most content created within the past ~5 years will be removed. This includes upscaled and remastered versions of vintage material. Blatant Spamming of new content will result in a ban.

  • No "channel spam'': repeatedly linking to a Youtube/etc. channel is not allowed. Exceptions may be made for users who have uploaded multiple appropriate items to a non-monetized channel. Contact the mods if this applies to you.

Commenting Guidelines

  • Be nice!: if you post a rudely condescending/attacking/generally dick-ish comment you will be banned with no prior warning.

  • No arguing about what is obscure enough to be posted: this should be left to the domain of the upvote/downvote and the moderators.

  • No memes, image macros, or reaction gifs.

  • Any comment containing a "spoiler" must be formatted:
    [This is a spoiler sentence.](/spoiler)
    The result is:
    This is a spoiler sentence.


  • A more complete overview can be found here.

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2000-2009 2010-present

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7

Brutus - Cherry Orchard/The Liar (1995)

0 Comments
2025/01/18
19:33 UTC

66

A Family Feud spin-off, "Rock Feud" was an 'edgy' version of the original show, similar to "Rock & Roll Jeopardy!" on VH1 in (2001). Instead of families, two rock bands competed; hosted by comedian & future MADtv cast member Johnny A. Sanchez. 'Save Ferris' and 'Lit' were the bands in the pilot.

6 Comments
2025/01/18
13:25 UTC

4

Barry Richards on Groove In (1968)

0 Comments
2025/01/18
09:51 UTC

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Christian mass recorded on a cassette I found near a dumpster. Spanish. (2000)s

2 Comments
2025/01/18
02:58 UTC

5

UK Advert for Pillsbury (1970)'s

1 Comment
2025/01/18
02:24 UTC

9

Alien VS. Predator (Atari Jaguar 64) Commercial (1994)

1 Comment
2025/01/17
23:52 UTC

6

YY Monkey - Tomorrow (1993)

0 Comments
2025/01/17
21:35 UTC

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In Memory Of David Lynch: Industrial Symphony n° 1. David Lynch by Angelo Badalamenti, Julee Cruise Full Concert (1990)

8 Comments
2025/01/17
16:27 UTC

5

Bernard TV Series (2006)

0 Comments
2025/01/17
14:57 UTC

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Bimble's Bucket (1996) - Bimble is given a magical wish-granting bucket as a reward for a good deed, and now has to protect it from those who would steal it.

0 Comments
2025/01/17
12:40 UTC

85

A jocular, cynical Andy Partridge (of XTC) getting interviewed for MTV’s “120 Minutes” (1992)

Includes some bumpers and adverts. This was the year their 12th studio album “Nonsuch” was released.

12 Comments
2025/01/17
03:58 UTC

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Sugli Sugli Bane Bane (1973) Something About Bananas And Green Sauce

0 Comments
2025/01/17
03:03 UTC

10

(1958) Mike Hammer

1 Comment
2025/01/17
01:27 UTC

24

Syndicated commercial for Twins (1993)

2 Comments
2025/01/16
23:57 UTC

11

F.J. McMahon - Early Blue (1969)

1 Comment
2025/01/16
23:31 UTC

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Ilha do Ermal (2002) News report about the Portuguese metal festival, featuring a segment on Nickelback's rock throwing incident

0 Comments
2025/01/16
18:58 UTC

16

Luscious Jackson - Joe's Blue Plate Special Interview (2000)

0 Comments
2025/01/16
12:07 UTC

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Le Faim (1974) - Canadian avant garde animation

I very much enjoyed this Canadian animation. Funny and bizarre in equal measures.

12 Comments
2025/01/16
10:56 UTC

75

Christoph Waltz singing on "Am Dam Des", (1977)

6 Comments
2025/01/16
03:08 UTC

9

Interesting Animation (2000)s

I randomly found this animation while mindlessly searching youtube, it looks very obscure to me. To be honest it gives me a an Lost Media vibes

0 Comments
2025/01/15
21:48 UTC

36

Circus World - Haines City (1977)

3 Comments
2025/01/15
15:02 UTC

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Payne's Gray - Kadath Decoded (1995) [I say this is an underrated gem and a must for any prog metal or concept album fans]

1 Comment
2025/01/15
01:11 UTC

11

P. T. D. - Teenage Rampage (1980)s

0 Comments
2025/01/15
01:06 UTC

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Jimi HENDRIX - Interview in Dallas (1969)

0 Comments
2025/01/14
20:49 UTC

47

Vintage found 1968 Labatt's 50 beer summer beach commercial (1968)

3 Comments
2025/01/14
16:07 UTC

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Mini documentary of David Bowie in The Elephant Man stage production (1980)

David Bowie performs as Joseph Merrick in in the stage production of The Elephant Man on Broadway at the Booth Theatre in NYC which began on September 23, 1980 and ran for three sold out months. The way he contorts his body and strains his voice is amazing. Sold-out performances ran six nights a week, with two additional matinees on Wednesday and Sunday. Reportedly Mark David Chapman, who assassinated John Lennon had been to see The Elephant Man two nights before the committing the murder, and had photographed Bowie afterwards at the stage door. He bragged to his girlfriend that he could have killed either Lennon or Bowie. When police searched Chapman's hotel room, they found a program from The Elephant Man with Bowie's named circled in black ink, along with the Polaroid photo “I was second on his list,” Bowie said in 2010. “Chapman had a front-row ticket to The Elephant Man the next night. John and Yoko were supposed to sit front-row for that show too. So the night after John was killed there were three empty seats in the front row. I can't tell you how difficult it was to go on. I almost didn't make it through the performance.”

Here’s a shorter with better quality/sound of the shown footage: https://youtu.be/vaxyFZg0Xes?si=xQhsWwGv90-mhI6n

7 Comments
2025/01/14
16:06 UTC

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Showcase Productions - Psychedelic Sounds (1970) (roughly): It's always fascinating when library music attempts to get 'hip". To hear how seasoned studio musicians interpret the 'heavy' sounds of the youth. To illustrate this, I joined 6 wild tracks from a collection of these records. Trip out!

2 Comments
2025/01/14
02:54 UTC

4

Picturebox - Acacia Cottage (2002)

0 Comments
2025/01/14
00:10 UTC

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The Technics World DJ Mixing Championship Finals (1987)-Disco Mix Club-International DJ Convention.Held at Royal Albert Hall,London.A VHS tape of a DJ competition.

2 Comments
2025/01/13
20:33 UTC

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Heavy Metal Memories 80s -(Weird Paul) KROCK 107 radio station music pittsburgh (2015)

13 Comments
2025/01/13
04:15 UTC

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