Schlock Around the Clock
Tomorrow, Saturday April 5
Brattle Theatre
10:00 pm and going for 14 hours strong!
$20/$15 for students and Brattle members
The Brattle Theatre has decided to make Schlock Around the Clock, a marathon full of movies that not even MSTK 3000 would touch, an annual event. Last year's lineup was pretty impressive, but this year the Brattle team seems intent on outdoing themselves. Here's the lineup and Bostonist's take on each, based on a scientific sleaze meter and cheese meter:
Poor White Trash (1957)
This is not to be confused with the recent Poor White Trash with Jamie Pressly and Sean Young. Instead, this flick was called Bayou and then repackaged. Peter Graves stars in a city vs. Cajun country showdown. The ad campaign declared the movie to be so shocking that "armed policemen will be on hand at all times."
Sleaze Factor: High
Cheese Factor: Medium
Spice World (1997)
The prefab pop princesses were big enough to earn their own vehicle with some real actors, like Hugh Laurie. Looks like "House" has something to live down.
Sleaze Factor: Low
Cheese Factor: High
The Big Bird Cage (1972)
Jack Hill, director of Switchblade Sisters? Check. Pam Grier? Check. Women in prison? Check. The sleaze factor for this is off the charts.
Sleaze Factor: Skyrocketing
Cheese Factor: Low
Image from the Brattle Theatre's website. There's plenty more movies listed--such as the inexplicable "Manitou," in which a spirit bursts from a tumor growing on a woman's back and another treat from shlock master K. Gordon Murray.
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