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Bop Girl Goes Calypso (1957)
Go Bop Girl Go
I've wanted to see this movie for years. Youtube can sometimes be a goldmine for hard to find movies that arent going to be streaming anywhere. It's not a lost film, TCM played it in 2008, but I don't think it's easy to find.
Back in the 80's a circle of underground artists stumbled on a VHS copy and used to play it at parties acting out scenes like Rocky Horror. And you'll understand why if you ever watch: it definitely deserves a place in the sun on MST3K. It doesnt really fit the "so bad its good," category, its more of a "what did I just watch...?"
The plot is exactly what you can read in the movie description. But the plot isn't what makes it a bizarre little gem, it's the band The Goofers that you have to see, especially the number "I'm gonna rock n roll 'till I die." To really nail this point home they have dark circles around their eyes and lie in coffins - the Goofers were early emo rock pioneers, really. They also perform instruments on the trapeze or jumping on Pogo sticks which is funny but also kinda impressive. They'd probably win AGT if they were around today.
One thing to note though - the movie and the music might be hysterically bad but Judy Tyler - both as an actor and singer - is not. She's got some serious singing chops - she was in the starring role of the musical Pipe Dream (Life did a story on rising Broadway talent with Tyler on its cover as an up and coming star) and after this, Jail House Rock. She's likeable and charming and doesnt speak in that stilted faux-British mamner most actresses affected back then. And she's pretty darn adorable too.
Sadly, she was in only one thing after JHR, an episode of Perry Mason which aired 6 months after she was killed in a car accident along with her second husband. She was 24. Who knows, she could have become another Ann-Margret or Rita Moreno. She had the talent.
Char Man (2019)
What's that smell?
This movie is better than Ambien if you need an excellent natural remedy for insomnia. Instead of screaming you will be snoring in minutes.
Found footage films have to be inventive these days to try and be in the Blair Witch league. This film decided to try a bold different approach and goes out of its way to be as un - terrifying as possible.
Unless your idea of a nail-biting horror movie consists of three doofuses repeatedly filming themselves throwing a clown doll off a bridge (and taking ten minutes to look for it), walking around a house saying, "What's that smell? What bleeping stinks?" (It's the movie, guys. Ha.) and a few kids wearing dollar store Halloween masks standing around apathetically then by all means go for it.