2024 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 22: The Whisper In Darkness (2011)
22. CTHULHU’S COHORT: Wrap your tentacles around a “weird fiction” tale. Directed and produced by Sean Branney, Andrew Leman and David Robertson, this movie was distributed by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, a group of live action role players of The Call of Cthulhu role playing game. That game’s creator, Sandy Petersen, contributed money to complete the […]
2024 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 21: Disco Dancer (1982)
21. STAGEFRIGHTS: Musicals are hell to endure. Can I get a hell yeah!? In his childhood, Anil (Mithun Chakraborty) watched helplessly as a rich man named P.N. Oberoi (Om Shivpuri) beat his mother in the streets and then had numerous thugs slap him around. All Anil wanted to do was dance and sing. Now, he […]
2024 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 20: Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay (1971)
20. WITCH, PLEASE!: Watch a saucy spell caster do her damnedest. Be sure to check the Witch, Please! book for spelling errors… Anna (Michèle Perello) and Françoise (Mireille Saunin) are on a car vacation through France’s Auvergne when their car runs out of gas. Finding a barn to spend the night, they make love because […]
2024 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 19: Air Doll (2009)
19. VIDEO STORE DAY: This is the big one. Watch something physically rented or bought from an actual video store. If you live in a place that is unfortunate enough not to have one of these archival treasures then watch a movie with a video store scene in it at least. #vivaphysicalmedia Based on the […]
Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 18: Un Chien Andalou (1929)
18. THE EYES HAVE IT: Elect to watch one with an eye specific scene. See what I did there? Luis Buñuel pretty much invented cinematic surrealism. He said that when he filmed, he knew “exactly how each scene will be shot and what the final montage will be.” From this film to The Exterminating Angel, Belle de […]
2024 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 17: They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969)
17. DON’T BLAME THE NAME: Many great films have been poo-pooed because of dumb titles. It’s time to let go of your judgement and enjoy one of those. Based on the book by Horace McCoy (who worked as a bouncer at several dance marathons), this Sydney Pollack-directed film is great but I don’t think I […]
2024 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 16: Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires (2018)
16. INCREMENTAL BREAKDOWN: Stop-motion films are hard to make. Appreciate that mania today. Directed, written by and starring the voice of Mike Mort, this is the story of tough guy cop Chuck Steel, a man who lost his wife to the Yakuza. He drives Captain Jack Schitt (Mort) crazy with his ability to always blow […]
2024 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 15: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
15. YOU TOO, SHALL PASS: …If the gatekeeper permits. During the time between seasons 3 and 4 of their show, the Monty Python group decided to make a movie. Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones had never made a movie before, as And Now for Something Completely Different was a collection of sketches from the show. They got the […]
2024 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 14: Blood Quantum (2019)
14. HALLOWED GROUND: Made by an indigenous filmmaker or has featured indigenous cast members. Blood quantum is the measurement of the amount of “Indian blood” that people have and is used to determine Native American status and tribal citizenship. It’s calculated by dividing the combined degree of “Indian blood” of an individual’s parents in half. […]
2024 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 13: The Mummy’s Hand (1940)
13. ALL THINGS BEING SEQUEL: …As long as it isn’t a Part 1. Universal brought back Frankenstein’s Monster with 1939’s Son of Frankenstein, a movie that boasts a deranged Lionel Atwill as a police officer obsessed with his fake arm. It did so well that they reintroduced the Invisible Man a year later in The Invisible Man […]
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