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Schlock Therapy 2: Friday, Sept. 5
Aug. 25th, 2008 01:52 amFellow Bostonians: on September 5th (a week from Friday), we'll be hosting the second *mumble*ial B-movie showing at our home in fabulous downtown Brighton! The program:
7:00 - ZOMBIE LAKE (aka Le Lac des Morts Vivants)
Ah, the zombie movie: a genre that thrives in a low-budget environment. It's almost impossible to screw one up. Nevertheless, French director Jean Rollin managed it! Zombies are fine; making them Nazi zombies can be forgiven; but these are Nazi Zombies with a Heart (and Incidentally with Green Makeup That Washes Off in the Titular — And I Do Mean Titular — Lake). Thrill to the red tempera paint, the gratuitous skinnydipping, the lake whose depth miraculously changes from eight inches to ten feet depending on the shot, the bad dubbing, and the head-scratchable use of a knockoff Smurf theme!
8:30 - short features TBD
9:00 - Cinematic Titanic's WASP WOMAN
This is the third offering from the Titans (MST3K alums Joel, Trace, Mary Jo, J. Elvis, and Frank), and the consensus from the 'tubes (and from yours truly) is that they've hit their stride. What happens when you use royal jelly from a queen wasp instead of a queen bee in your cosmetics? Nothing! Wasps don't make royal jelly! But that didn't stop Roger Corman (who was certainly truly for sure not trying to rip off "The Fly") from squeezing this one out in a week and a half. The cosmetic turns out to be a magical youth enhancer, stripping theage makeup years away from Susan Cabot and, miraculously, turning an aging guinea pig into a strapping young mouse. Does it all go wrong? Do you have to ask?
RSVPs are welcome, but not necessary. Riffing is encouraged. Groaning is inevitable. Snacks will be provided, in colors not found in nature, and if you want to arrive earlier to order food you're quite welcome. Note that we do have one small cat, if that's an issue, though she will probably not come anywhere near the alarming people.
For directions, see here. If you're coming from Camberville, the 64 bus from Central and the 86 from Harvard Square both get you here in about 25 minutes. (The 86 estimate includes ten minutes of walking.)
7:00 - ZOMBIE LAKE (aka Le Lac des Morts Vivants)
Ah, the zombie movie: a genre that thrives in a low-budget environment. It's almost impossible to screw one up. Nevertheless, French director Jean Rollin managed it! Zombies are fine; making them Nazi zombies can be forgiven; but these are Nazi Zombies with a Heart (and Incidentally with Green Makeup That Washes Off in the Titular — And I Do Mean Titular — Lake). Thrill to the red tempera paint, the gratuitous skinnydipping, the lake whose depth miraculously changes from eight inches to ten feet depending on the shot, the bad dubbing, and the head-scratchable use of a knockoff Smurf theme!
8:30 - short features TBD
9:00 - Cinematic Titanic's WASP WOMAN
This is the third offering from the Titans (MST3K alums Joel, Trace, Mary Jo, J. Elvis, and Frank), and the consensus from the 'tubes (and from yours truly) is that they've hit their stride. What happens when you use royal jelly from a queen wasp instead of a queen bee in your cosmetics? Nothing! Wasps don't make royal jelly! But that didn't stop Roger Corman (who was certainly truly for sure not trying to rip off "The Fly") from squeezing this one out in a week and a half. The cosmetic turns out to be a magical youth enhancer, stripping the
RSVPs are welcome, but not necessary. Riffing is encouraged. Groaning is inevitable. Snacks will be provided, in colors not found in nature, and if you want to arrive earlier to order food you're quite welcome. Note that we do have one small cat, if that's an issue, though she will probably not come anywhere near the alarming people.
For directions, see here. If you're coming from Camberville, the 64 bus from Central and the 86 from Harvard Square both get you here in about 25 minutes. (The 86 estimate includes ten minutes of walking.)
