The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2012)
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2012)
DVDRip | MKV | 718 x 360 | x264 @ 1906 Kbps | 106 min | 1,90 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps + Commentary track | Subs: English
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
DVDRip | MKV | 718 x 360 | x264 @ 1906 Kbps | 106 min | 1,90 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps + Commentary track | Subs: English
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
A truly mad concoction, blending 1950s juvenile delinquents, sci-fi melodrama, song-and-dance, and a touch of horror, everything in just the right combination to create an engaging big screen spectacle! This curious and curiously entertaining story involves one Jonathan Xavier and his devoted misfit gang who, incidentally, have been exiled to Earth from the far reaches of outer space. Johnny's former girlfriend Bliss has left him and stolen his Resurrection Suit, a cosmic, mind-bending uniform that gives the owner power over others. Along the way, there will be several highly stylized musical numbers, lots of genuinely humorous dialogue, and a wacky plot-twist or two, all beautifully captured on the very last of Kodak's black-and-white Plus-X film stock.
I had first head about Johnny X a couple of years ago and had been wanting to see it, as I have been a fan of Will Keenan since TERROR FIRMER. I didn't know too much about the movie going in other than it was a sci-fi, and it was supposed to be the last movie ever, ever, shot on real black and white FILM. Not digital, but true film stock, lots of little pictures in a row, film. I had been meaning to look it up but had kind of forgotten about it until I actually came across it at my local library - which, I have to say, has an awesome taste in movie selections - and immediately grabbed it. Popping it in, we are treated with Kevin McCarthy (aka The Bad Guy from UHF…) sentencing Will Keenan to a horrible punishment for his crimes… Earth! *this is not a spoiler, this is the first minute of the film* I was also super excited to see that JX starred Reggie PHANTASM Banister and Creed THE OFFICE Bratton in juicy roles as well. Overall this is a really fun homage to 50's sci-fi that gets just about everything right, from the costumes to the cars to the sets to the songs. It updates a few things here and there (mostly the effects), but keeps that camp feel that makes watching old films so much fun. If you "got" and enjoyed THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA, JX will be right up your alley. If you like watching MST3K, but sometimes more for the 50's movies themselves, you'll love this. Highly recommended.
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The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2012)
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- Audio Commentary with Director Paul Bunnell, Composer Ego Plum, and Actress De Anna Joy Brooks
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