Diagnosis: Death

Heath Franklin's Chopper - The (s)Hitlist

2013 · ★ 6

Australia's Most Wanted comedian Chopper is fizzing at the bumhole to be back in on the road, and this time, he's brought a big pad of paper with your name on it.Some people have a shopping list. Some have a To-Do list. Chopper has a Shitlist. It's like Santa's naughty and nice list; but with more sack, and no one is getting toys.Restaurant serves your dinner cold. Put it on the Shitlist. The word ‘chillax’. Shitlist. Friend stabbed you. Shitlist. Just saw a romantic comedy you didn’t like... well maybe put yourself on the shitlist for that one, what did you expect? From the Ten Commandments to the Top 40 charts, history is littered with lists, but nobody's done a list like Chopper because sometimes when you get angry, you have to get organised.Think of it as like a bucket list for things that can get f**ked. Everybody has a shitlist. What’s on yours? Submit your entry to The Shitlist now by tweeting #Choppersshitlist and be part of the show Easily the best list since Schindler's.

Deathgasm

2015 · ★ 6.2

Two teenage boys unwittingly summon an ancient evil entity known as The Blind One by delving into black magic while trying to escape their mundane lives.

Melanie Bracewell: Forget Me Not

2024 · ★ 4.8

Filmed at the Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne 2023.

Washed Up

When a grieving widow's message in a bottle is discovered closer to home than intended, the author is unexpectedly confronted by its contents.

Edwin: My Life As A Koont

2013 · ★ 4

Edwin Rouper is a man born with a serious neurological condition called Koontz-syndrome, an illness which makes him irritating.

The Legend of Baron To'a

2020 · ★ 6.8

‘The Legend of Baron To’a’ tells the story of Fritz, a Tongan entrepreneur who returns to his old neighbourhood and inadvertently causes the theft of his late father’s valued pro wrestling title belt by some ruthless gangsters led by ‘man-mountain’ Tahu. When negotiation and diplomacy fail to get it back, he is forced to embrace his father’s legacy to reclaim the title.

The Weed Eaters

2026 · ★ 5.5

When a group of friends accidentally commits murder after smoking abandoned marijuana in remote New Zealand, the drug's cannibalistic side effects force them to keep smoking to devour the evidence, triggering a paranoid struggle for survival as their food supply dwindles.

Notes from a Fish

2025 · ★ 5

An aspiring novelist on the verge of a publishing breakthrough loses his unconventional muse, a tropical fish, sending him and an unstable fisheries officer on a series of bizarre misadventures in search of the fish rumoured to hold mysterious, almost magical powers.

The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls

2009 · ★ 4.8

Fun, disarming and musically provocative, the Topp Twins are New Zealand's finest lesbian country and western singers and the country's greatest export since rack of lamb and the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.

Chicken

1996 · ★ 5.7

On the premise that his albums will sell better if he is dead, an aging pop-singer fakes his own death. True enough, the money rolls in, but no one can get their hands on it because of the seven year waiting period before a missing person can be declared legally dead. However, a crazed animal rights terrorist, who knows he isn't dead, is trying to kill him, because of the singer's advertisements for fried chicken restaurants. Eventually, it turns out that the singer's manager is paying the terrorist to kill him.

Black Sheep

2006 · ★ 5.8

After a childhood prank by his brother Angus causes Henry to develop a phobia of sheep, he must step up to the onslaught of a genetically-mutated man-eating flock with the help of his friend and a young environmentalist.

Bonjour Timothy

1995 · ★ 7.7

Timothy and his family is expecting a French-Canadian male exchange student, that turns out to be an attractive girl, to which Timothy proceeds to make a fool of himself, trying to impress. When Michelle becomes ill from drinking spiked punch at a party, Timothy notices a tattoo while helping her to bed. He foolishly tells a friend about the tattoo, who proceeds to tell the whole school, which does not go down well with Michelle.