When I was in grade-eight I went to the Red Rock Theater on Charleston...                          ...by myself and bought a ticket for Rescuers Down Under  with the full intention of walking into the theatre showing Total Recall .  I won't tell you that this film changed my life, but there was a practical effect costume of a woman with three boobs .  Okay.  It changed my life. Thank you, John Carpenter.   This led to finding David Cronenberg which led to a near obsession with splatter-fest horror flicks.  I can’t count the number of times I’ve watched the whole Troma catalog  up to 1999.  Buckets of blood, check!  Gratuitous violence, check!  Terribly beautiful practical effects and costumes, check!  Playing for $2 at midnight, check!  The Night Birds, wrote a great song about this:                                    Lyrics , if you’re interested. And, if you want to see what it’s like to play your heart out to a bunch of punks who are too cool to be a part of the art, watch th...
 
 
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