Hunting lost films

Obsessing over lost sci-fi movie from the early 90s called 'Simulacrum'. U should be too.

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'Simulacrum' movie poster from the early 90s

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Cult cinema's biggest secret ??

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i get what youre trying to do, but ai isnt the way to go. learn actual photo aging/multimedia editing. scrolling through and seeing the psuedo-vintage film stuff is cool, but the random ai stills completely kill it. if you were actually looking for a lost film why would you try to generate stills from it with ai? it ruins the immersion, and thats beyond the fact that ai is fading rapidly in popularity and tends to leave a bad taste in peoples mouth. i think this unfiction project could be super cool - but definitely drop the ai.

Agree. Will be staying away from generated AI. This is about turning back the clock - older methods often work best

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out of character, but do you see this as being more arg or goncharov?

I think it could be a combination, more of a hybrid. There's more to come :-)

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hey, you need to tag your posts as unreality. there are people on here who suffer from psychosis and yet others who have trouble determining the difference between an ARG/fiction like yours and nonfiction.

#thumbsup #goodidea

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Lost movie - lost producer?

I searched my uni's online archive for anything related to the 'Simularcum' movie (unfinished? lost? bootlegs?). Jackpot. This is why it was never properly released.

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The mystery of the 'lost' 90s sci-fi Simulacrum movie continues. What's the Disney connection?

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Terminator meets Twin Peaks

I love the concept, 'Terminator meets Twin Peaks' (from the #Simulacrum cover) so I put this teaser together (by way of 'Under The Skin')

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Real 90s sci-fi, or the next Goncharov?

I bought this movie on ebay, but the VHS tape inside is a different film. The movie on the cover sounds really cool: "Terminator meets Twin Peaks". But the description on the back cover is in Turkish, I think (!) Does 'Simulacrum' actually exist? It's weird dystopian sci-fi with two female leads, and would have been made in the late-80s/early-90s.

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This AI-generated 'film still' is giving Victorian era aesthetic: a child discovers a steampunk robot. Very 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'.

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I like this AI generated 'film still' from an imagined sci-fi movie. It's giving me early-60s, low-budget vibes, with recycled sets and high key lighting. Like one of those 60s Doctor Who movies.

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Article in 'Film Threat' mag from the early 90s. We're either looking at a cool movie which went into production but never released, or Goncharov 2

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Apparently this was a part-animatronic prop made for the movie 'Simulacrum,' which never finished production. Pretty cool. Difficult to tell the scale in relation to the pair of legs in the background. It was an arachnid droid with syringes for legs. It could walk on these syringes and also inject people with mind bending drugs.

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Might be a daft question, but have you tried reaching out to the actors/director listed in the article yet? They're the most likely to have an idea about what happened to it, and to other leads. Sometimes it's as easy as reaching out to them on social media, even.

Hi. Thanks. Good point. I shall see who has social media. I was hoping to find something a bit more solid. I did reach out to Pinewood, the studios - I thought they might have some record, but nothing yet.

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I was sent this image of an original teaser poster for 'Simulacrum,' circa 1992. The movie was never properly released and is kinda lost. I have been told the film is in the public domain, if a copy can ever be found, or at least a script...

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I'll be back... in 25 years

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The lost film from the early-90s, 'Simulacrum,' has a messed up tagline: "Terminator 2 meets Twin Peaks". I had a go at some Dall-e art using variations on that prompt. This was the one that seemed to most capture David Lynch + James Cameron.