Pete reviews Brainscan (1994), a 1990s film about a video game that possesses the user over a dial-up connection, while wishing he was watching Brainstorm, Brain Dead, or Brain Damage.
(This movie was recommended for review by KB. Suggest a weird movie of your own here.)
In this episode of Weird View Crew, Pete reviews 1975’s “The Astrologer.” No, not that “The Astrologer” from 1975, the other one. Wait, it’s both of them? And they both suck? How weird…
Pete addresses the hypothetical question: can a formula 80s slasher movie be weird, with the right twist? Forget Michael Myers, your new worst nightmare is a ten-year-old!
In The Item, the chick, the fat guy, the mustache guy, and Dan Clark pick up a mysterious briefcase in a scenario that was intended to evoke Pulp Fiction as made by Frank Henenlotter. The result, instead, is a 2.7 IMDb rating. Pete soldiers on gamely, with some herbal assistance.
(This movie was nominated for review by Val Santos. Suggest a weird movie of your own here.)
A pitch-black, campy comedy about murder for hire in which the victims include babies and puppies, starring cult icons Carroll Baker and Susan Tyrrell. Directed by one Jed Johnson (Warhol’s lover at the time). Before John Waters, there was Andy Warhol. Pete thinks this one is deserving of Apocrypha status.
(This movie was nominated for review by Christian McLaughlin of Westgate Gallery, who called this “astonishingly ahead-of-its-time 1977 black comedy” his “#1 choice” for the list, but also warned “it’s almost impossible to see a decent & uncut print.” Suggest a weird movie of your own here.)
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