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So finally, Basement Fest 2022, the second edition of our B-Fest replacement (probably a stand alone next year, though), began. Many of the Jabootu crew were there: our hosts Paul (who actually sprung the old Ken's World of Awful Movies site on me back in prehistoric times, and thus led directly to Jabootu) and…

OK, we ran through B-Fest 2021 (attended, again, only by the Chads). Today we finish up Julie and Tim Fest. Then it's on to the second annual Basement Fest. I suspect that most of us will return to B-Fest next year, and that Basement Fest will also continue. Who knows, maybe Julie and Tim…

In a fitting moment, we followed James Cameron's first movie with Peter Jackson's first movie. It's insane to think that the guy who made the extremely aptly named Bad Taste for like $100 later directed the Lord of the Rings trilogy, a work that at present looks like it might be the last great…

Following The Vampire Happening we decamped for a luxuriant breakfast at Walker Bros. Then back to the mines. Next up was Sextette. I'll forgo making Mae West our subject today, but it was a near call. After that it was gory camp with James Cameron's directorial debut (mostly), Pirahna II The Spawning. It's really…

My old friend Jeff, who like the Rev came in for a whole week (although again, the Rev attended the actual B-Fest this same weekend), oddly contributed 1971's The Vampire Happening. I assume he found this on Amazon Prime, because this is an obscure one. It's a German vampire comedy (uh uh) that basically…

You know you've picked a wrong  path in life when you're watching Zardoz with a crowd for like the 6th time in your life. I don't know what we did to piss off Julie and Tim, but between Heartbeeps and Zardox..yikes. After that we again returned to Things Shown Before at B-Fest and watched…

So Friday's Watch Party, which was typically delightful, featured The Slime People. It's a slog, written, directed and starring Robert Hutton, for the first hour, livened only when they hide out in a real butcher shop and we get to see what meat cost back in the day. Less than now, in case your…

After Samson vs the Vampire Women we watched Voyage of the Rock Aliens with Pia Zadora. It's one of those goofy, free from everything and the kitchen sink sort of affairs, and I don't remember anything about it. Think of a 90 minutes '80s music video and you're basically there. There might have been…

So..Chad and Chad (the Rev) attended real B-Fest. The rest of us had decided to do another "Basement Fest" the following weekend. However, Paul and Holly (old friends of mine and our hosts, as their house boasts a fabulous screening room with huge leather recliners) got a request from Julie and Tim. Holly and…