midnight pulp film festival

For the most part, Midnight Pulp consists of psychotronic films that Jim Reed would have gladly shown on his Wednesday nights at Sentient Bean.

I do miss those social events!

I'm glad Comcast granted me free passage on this channel this week.

That was definitely a nice change of pace from the norm!

I'm not saying all of my choices would ever be worth a second viewing...

but it was an interesting film festival.

As before, I watched an even dozen and have listed them in order.

Do notice the lurid posters for these movies - they're great! 

(smile!)

"The Endless Summer" (1966)
Interesting documentary of two surfers traveling in search of warm water 
and warm air and waves.

The search led them from Monterey, CA, to several countries in Africa,

then to Australia and New Zealand before hitting Hawaii.

Gorgeous views of the water!

-------------------------------
"Aquarium For Your Home: Saltwater Reef" (2008)
Literally, a salt water tank to watch for an hour.

(smile!)

-------------------------------
"The Little Shop Of Horrors" (1960)
The movie, not the musical.

This was presented as the case study by two detectives of the many
deaths around Mushnik's flower store.
Nice touch: Jack Nicholson as the masochistic dental patient.

"Hundreds Of Beavers" (2022)
imagine if Beavis thought he was Wiley Coyote in a show 
where he had to fight people dressed up as rabbits or fish or
beavers to get his apple cider still restored -

yeah, pretty stupid.
I'm so glad I didn't go to this when it was in Pooler.

---------------------------
"Big Hair, Long Lashes" (2017)
Soft porn documentary showcasing 7 college-age girls working out of a

and doing lots of butt shots and leg extensions while in lingerie.

Seriously.

I should let the physicist know about this one.

(smile!)

-------------------------------
"Ghost Squad" (2015)
Three seventh grade boys (Charlie, Alex, and Nick) have to 
spend the night in a haunted house or get beat up
What is the ghost?
A dog left behind a hundred years ago.
Nice to see Kevin Nealon as the cool dad!

"The Lost World" (1925)

Whoa - a silent movie!!!
Prof. Challenger claims to have lost his colleague to dinosaurs -
reporter Malone gets the newspaper to fund the "rescue" mission 
in return for the scoop, should the dinosaurs be real.
Pretty cool movie!

---------------------------------------
"Bob Sideburns News" (1970)
17-minute Short!!! 
Part of a larger episode of The Firesign Theatre troupe, just focused

on the news anchor with the long hair and cool sideburns, but with

skits by other members.

I had a boyfriend in Okinawa, from Ohio, who'd come there from Germany

where Firesign Theatre was very big still.

He - Michael Young - had several of their albums.

--------------------------------------
"Christmas Song" (2012)
Hallmark meets "Pitch Perfect" in this tale of two music teachers
forced to compete in a contest when their schools are merged -

yeah, there's that ugly word again.
Natasha Henstridge and Gabriel Hogan are the teachers -
pretty good!

"Convoy" (1978)
Kris Kristofferson as 'Rubber Duck', a trucker hauling a load across 
AZ when he runs afoul of the sheriff (Ernest Borgnine).
He ends up with a trail of other truckers and even buses coming along into

NM and into a conflict with a politician in an election year.

Ali MacGraw as camera buff hitching a ride and a story.

Good to see a buff and nearly nude Kris again in this oldie!

----------------------------------------------
"Sex And Buttered Popcorn" (1989)
Ned Beatty hosts this documentary about sexploitation films from
the 1920's to the 1950's, mostly produced by Dan Sonney and Dave 
Friedman - so much nudity, female AND male!!! Also taboo topics
like child marriage and drugs - the producers acknowledged the films

were all about making money!

-----------------------------------
"The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow" (1999)
Fellow comes to a small town bar looking for stories for his book,
gets told of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman -
very true to original by Washington Irving.