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O me droogs! It has been years since the last Schlock Therapy night, my humble tribute to the worst and weirdest movies I can lay my hands on, but I am delighted to announce that Schlock Therapy lives...again! I have finally found two films that will baffle even the most hardened B-movie-phile. One week from Friday night, on April 29th, I will be screening two eighties-tastic features that will magically reproduce the experience of watching a VHS tape with a DVD player:
7:30PM: LADY TERMINATOR (1989)
In this gem from Indonesia, a spurned undersea goddess possesses the body of a beautiful skin diver, rises from the waters, and proceeds to rip off James Cameron's Terminator in every way possible, mostly with a machine gun. Amidst the corny attempts at iconic one-liners, the terrible dubbing, and the head-scratcher of a plot you'll see some of the most hilariously over-the-top shootouts ever committed to film. Also, she kills people by having sex with them, because otherwise you might not know she was a Lady Terminator. 18+ only for this one, due to nudity and general brain-melting awfulness.
9:30PM: ROCK AND ROLL HOTEL (1982)
This movie is special. As far as anybody knows, it was only screened twice. Despite being Judd Nelson's first film (yes, Judd Nelson of The Breakfast Club) and featuring Clarence Clemons (yes, Clarence Clemons of the E-Street Band), it does not appear on IMDB. It has no director credit -- no Alan Smithee, nothing. Production stalled suddenly midway through filming, and the crew departed Richmond, VA in the middle of the night, leaving a lot of unpaid bills behind, and uncertainty as to whether it was ever completed. It was, unfortunately, but it was never released on DVD or VHS, and was screened only once in NYC to satisfy contractual requirements; I only have a copy because my brother-in-law was one of the fellows who organized the second-ever screening in Richmond last year. Imagine a cross between The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a Duran Duran video, a low-budget production of Alice in Wonderland, and the saddest Scooby Doo episode you can imagine, and you'll have something close to Rock and Roll Hotel. You're welcome.
I will see about digging up some short features and/or trailers to play in the intermission, and if I can't get everyone to leave after the second feature the bonus features on tap are the 1976 conspiracy documentary OVERLORDS OF THE UFO and 1968's THE LOST CONTINENT, an enjoyable but seldom-seen mish-mash of stop-motion monsters and man-eating seaweed (not to be confused with 1951's Lost Continent, the black and white Cesar Romero dinosaur movie featured on MST3K). If we're sleepy, we'll save them for next time.
I'll have popcorn on tap, and am entertaining requests for additional snacks. REQEST SNAX!
Schlock Therapy will happen at 32 Montfern Ave. #2 in Brighton (the door is on the porch), easily accessible by the 64, 86, and 57 buses. RSVPs are nice but not necessary. Arrive any time after 7PM.
7:30PM: LADY TERMINATOR (1989)
In this gem from Indonesia, a spurned undersea goddess possesses the body of a beautiful skin diver, rises from the waters, and proceeds to rip off James Cameron's Terminator in every way possible, mostly with a machine gun. Amidst the corny attempts at iconic one-liners, the terrible dubbing, and the head-scratcher of a plot you'll see some of the most hilariously over-the-top shootouts ever committed to film. Also, she kills people by having sex with them, because otherwise you might not know she was a Lady Terminator. 18+ only for this one, due to nudity and general brain-melting awfulness.
9:30PM: ROCK AND ROLL HOTEL (1982)
This movie is special. As far as anybody knows, it was only screened twice. Despite being Judd Nelson's first film (yes, Judd Nelson of The Breakfast Club) and featuring Clarence Clemons (yes, Clarence Clemons of the E-Street Band), it does not appear on IMDB. It has no director credit -- no Alan Smithee, nothing. Production stalled suddenly midway through filming, and the crew departed Richmond, VA in the middle of the night, leaving a lot of unpaid bills behind, and uncertainty as to whether it was ever completed. It was, unfortunately, but it was never released on DVD or VHS, and was screened only once in NYC to satisfy contractual requirements; I only have a copy because my brother-in-law was one of the fellows who organized the second-ever screening in Richmond last year. Imagine a cross between The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a Duran Duran video, a low-budget production of Alice in Wonderland, and the saddest Scooby Doo episode you can imagine, and you'll have something close to Rock and Roll Hotel. You're welcome.
I will see about digging up some short features and/or trailers to play in the intermission, and if I can't get everyone to leave after the second feature the bonus features on tap are the 1976 conspiracy documentary OVERLORDS OF THE UFO and 1968's THE LOST CONTINENT, an enjoyable but seldom-seen mish-mash of stop-motion monsters and man-eating seaweed (not to be confused with 1951's Lost Continent, the black and white Cesar Romero dinosaur movie featured on MST3K). If we're sleepy, we'll save them for next time.
I'll have popcorn on tap, and am entertaining requests for additional snacks. REQEST SNAX!
Schlock Therapy will happen at 32 Montfern Ave. #2 in Brighton (the door is on the porch), easily accessible by the 64, 86, and 57 buses. RSVPs are nice but not necessary. Arrive any time after 7PM.
