Love that movie. The X-Men movies still haven’t done a fight between people with Telekinetic ability or Telepaths, as good as the end of that movie. The city morphing around them. 😂 The first Scanners has a good one.
Got a sequel in 1978 too, Return from Witch Mountain. Also a 1982 TV broadcast film, and a 1995 remake, and another 2009 sequel. They drag the IP out for another try pretty regularly.
@@richmcgee434 yeah, I also saw 'Return to Witch Mountain' as a kid and tried out the 2009 remake when it was on TV a few years back; it looked like fun but I gave up after about 30 mins.
@@petergivenbless900 Yeah, sometimes it's best to leave nostalgic memories alone. Modern remakes rarely improve things IME, and even the originals may disappoint.
The production info on Wikipedia says it's one of the few feature films since in the silent movies days that was shot entirely in Chicago. The scenes in downtown of gun battles and high speed chases were all done illegally because Mayor Daley didn't want to encourage movies to be made in the city as he thought most of the ones at the time were negative and rebellious. Psychotronics is actually a real theory but a mostly obscure one. it did gain some interest in the '70s as mind control paranoia was particularly high.
Everything in this movie should have been ramped up A LOT! The use of his powers, the crazy camera work, the shots of him freaking out. These goofballs make a psychedelic freak out movie and leave out the psychedelic freak out! It's a given with so many craptastic movies that they never go far enough.
The move that gave its name to an entire genre of Psychotronic cult movies (harmonica sting!) And as for telekinetic movies, DC could get a bit of mileage out of Richard Burton in “The Medusa Touch” or Chevy Chase in “Modern Problems”…Don’t sneer at the latter, it’s one bizarre fever-nightmare. 😱
I watched this movie about two months ago. That harmonica sound made me grit my teeth every time it happened, and 99% of the soundtrack is that harmonica sting. That director listened to those two notes and said, "That's it! That's the soundtrack! And we're going to make damn sure we use it to get our money's worth!!" They use it a LOT! And I mean, a LOT!!! The other music that they made for this movie that they overuse is this 70's drum machine track. They use it pretty much non-stop for what has to be the final forty five minutes of the movie, which is basically one, really long, really slow, and really drawn out chase scene.
While not my favorite (you have a few: *Scanners (1981), Carrie (1976), Patrick, The Sender, The Medusa Touch),* but I would like to mention George Pal's *The Power (1968)* with George Hamilton. Now _that_ one is weird! It has a nice Ken Russelly climax. TCM played it once in HD.. looked fantastic.. never saw it since.
"That concludes your intro to Massage for the Dead!" 🤣 One underrated gem involving psychokinesis is Brian De Palma's THE FURY (1978), which I actually enjoyed far more than his earlier CARRIE and highly recommend!
It isn't telekinesis, but "The Lathe of Heaven" (in particular the zero-budget PBS version from 1980) is a nice mixture of mental powers, psychology, and sci-fi.
The director that did this movie, Jack M Sell, also did another movie called "Deadly Spygames" in 1989...it's the director's own vanity project. He's the ""hero"". Honestly, considering how popular "Psychotronic Man" is...I've always been a little surprised "Deadly Spygames" hasn't drawn much attention. Think Neil Breen combined with "Who Killed Capt. Alex" and the raw sex appeal of the male lead of "Get Even".... and you'll get the idea. It's on YT.
Psychotronic sounds more like an electronic device which attacks someone's brain. That would make a good film. Oh, never mind, that already exists in reality. The Soviets had developed one which uses microwaves which causes what is known as Havana Syndrome. I hope the film ended on an uplifting theme. Maybe he stops driving because his car has a flat tire. He gets out, looks at the flat, goes into the backseat and finds all of his liquor bottles were now empty and then flies into a rage. This time, he goes completely cross eyed. The next scene is a picture from outer space showing the Earth exploding. Then the ending lettering with Offenbach's "The Can Can Dance Song" playing flashes across the screen, "You Can Drive Away from What You See as Your Problems, but You Can't Escape from Yourself. The End. " Then a lot of disturbed, upset teenagers stumble out of the movie.
Now THAT would've made for a really boffo ending. Heck, it could've even partially redeemed this mediocre muddle of a movie. But Noooo---the creators didn't have the imagination or creativity; or maybe the scanty budget was already run out.
Recommended: The Outer Limits episode "The Man with the Power" (1963) starring Donald Pleasence. Good for some laughs: The Brain from Planet Arous (1958) with John Agar.
7:46 Wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait… did the movie ACTUALLY use the maudlin “Bill Bixby walking off into the credits” theme from the ‘70s _Incredible Hulk_ TV show?!?! 🤣 Or was that a well-executed Dark Corners edit? 🤔
Brian De Palma's film of John Farris' "The Fury" is my favorite telekinetic film. It stars Kirk Douglas, but it's much more a showcase for the underrated Amy Irving, and John Cassavetes makes a truly hissable villain. Filled with incredible set pieces and a brilliant John Williams score, it's a fun, exciting, and satisfying film.
2:18 WHAT IS THIS BLANK VOID? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WAS IT PURPOSEFUL, OR THE CHAOS OF THE UNIVERSE? Googling 'Psychotronics', the first definition was literally 'denoting or relating to a genre of movies, typically with a science fiction, horror, or fantasy theme, that were made on a low budget or poorly received by critics'. This is not a joke. My favorite movie about telekinesis is probably the Chevy Chase comedy 'Modern Problems'. This is also not a joke. And finally, not related to the film, but how do you feel about Nicholas Cage playing Dracula in the upcoming Renfield movie?
Looks like they spent most of the budget on gas money. They didn't have even the brains to rip off CARRIE or SCANNERS. Psionics has always been a good idea for science fiction and horror films. There are two movies where they used Psionics well ( or at least being original ) the first is THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE where they used sparingly and the other was a movie series I wasn't expecting to see it ; FRIDAY THE 13TH VII : NEW BLOOD.
Yeah, you see we loved those big old boats.. er.. cars of the early 70s. Minimal seat belts, minimal safety stuff, huge engines, shitty brakes, and room galore.OOO-eee-ooh! And oh yeah.. gas was cheap then. You could pull up to the pump, have a guy pump it for you, and pay him with some change. Ah yeah, paradise.. although we didn't know it. And now.. ah Jeez, don't ask.
I've been suffering through this bout of recurring chronic bronchitis, so my current doctor placed me on this regimen of antibiotics. Now I haven't taken any antibiotics since I was a kid and the effects have been taking, well, a turn for the decidedly weird. I can feel the nuclear chemicals slipping around through my bloodstream and it's making my scalp crawl all over my head like a colony of marching worker ants. I've discovered the growth of a third eye on the back of my neck. Moreover I should shortly become totally proficient at bending small metal objects using only the power of my emerging supermind by Saturday morning, or Saturday afternoon at the latest. In any event I'll probably be needing a cape. And a mask as well.
@@mariakelly90210 IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE! AND THEY'RE NOT WORKING! AAAHHHHHH HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! JUICE ME! I'M A SHIVER BOY! BELIEVE IT OR DIE! I GOT SECRET NEEDLES IN MY POKEY GLOBES! DIG IT! PINS & NEEDLES! THE SHINY KIND! I'M RIDING A ZILLION HAPPY VOLTS! YEEEEEAH! HA! HA! HA! HA!....
@@TheRealNormanBatesBut a harmonica? I don't get it. Kindly explain. And FYI a harmonica is also called a "harp"---even though a harmonica doesn't have strings. But a harmonica is most definitely known as a harp among the blues cats & quite a few real rock 'n' rollers. And can you name any of the really great harp players? Well, there's "Little" Walter Jacobs. There's Sonny Boy Williamson. James Cotton. Paul Butterfield. Charlie Musselwhite. Yeah...there's quite a few of 'em. The greats.
He has a movie that's a total vanity project called "Deadly Spygames" Before the credits he's made himself out to be the best lover and spy, shown his ass on camera, and then into a Bond like credits where he sings the opening. The rest bounces from place to place for little reason. It says it's a Bond spoof but that's not why you're laughing.
4:36 "I'm not sure why O'Brien is here. (...) Why would he need a scientist?" - said the host of a cult film youtube channel with an in house scientist...
If you look closely on the floor during the beginning of the barber shop scene with Rocky & the mom with her son you can see the wires from the microphones Rocky & the mom are wearing. Don't trip!
Not telekinetics, but it reminds me of a bad film with drugs, Blueberry(2004) French film. The only good thing about it is that it has a rather good sequence depicting a psychedelic trip. It has been disfavorably compared to a 1970 film El Topo, which is rather good.
I don't think I've ever seen a movie where the main protagonist was a Barber... Warren Beatty made one where he was a hairdresser but I have never seen it.
HEY, you said you didn't mention submitters names anymore!! Frauds!! Liars!! Randy scouse gits!! (I don't know what that means but it sounds cockney-cool)
0:11 is that Chicago? Looks like the Wrigley building there. And a police officer in the other scene makes a comment about how he drives like a Chicago taxi driver, but still not sure. Dark Corners doesn't mention it. If it that's awesome! lol. I do my own low budget indie films in the Chicago area.
A bit surprised you didn't mention the link to Weldon's books and magazine. Also, unless you edited it in, this movie straight-up ripped off the "Walking Away" theme from the 70s TV version of The Hulk.
You want another Pschokenedic Movie to review? How about my favorite: George Pal's produced ''THE POWER'' from 1969, staring George Hamilton, Susanne Plechete, and Michel Rennie.
Dark City is a great telekinetic movie, very moody, very enjoyable.
Love that movie.
The X-Men movies still haven’t done a fight between people with Telekinetic ability or Telepaths, as good as the end of that movie. The city morphing around them. 😂
The first Scanners has a good one.
You know, this movie could use some more driving. How else are we supposed to know how Rocky gets from place to place?
@@OneOfThoseTypes Sounds very foreboding.
It's a shame he doesn't have the power of teleportation.
One of the earliest films I remember seeing as a kid was the original Disney 'Escape to Witch Mountain' which featured a pair of telekinetic kids.
Me too. That was literally one of the first movies I ever saw in a theater.
Got a sequel in 1978 too, Return from Witch Mountain. Also a 1982 TV broadcast film, and a 1995 remake, and another 2009 sequel. They drag the IP out for another try pretty regularly.
@@richmcgee434 yeah, I also saw 'Return to Witch Mountain' as a kid and tried out the 2009 remake when it was on TV a few years back; it looked like fun but I gave up after about 30 mins.
@@petergivenbless900 Yeah, sometimes it's best to leave nostalgic memories alone. Modern remakes rarely improve things IME, and even the originals may disappoint.
Driving worked so well for 'Manos: The Hands of Fate". So much to see.
The production info on Wikipedia says it's one of the few feature films since in the silent movies days that was shot entirely in Chicago. The scenes in downtown of gun battles and high speed chases were all done illegally because Mayor Daley didn't want to encourage movies to be made in the city as he thought most of the ones at the time were negative and rebellious. Psychotronics is actually a real theory but a mostly obscure one. it did gain some interest in the '70s as mind control paranoia was particularly high.
That's actually the best part. Some of those scene really do work very well.
I could spot Chicago by those accents
David Cronenberg took
Psychotronics to another level
with SCANNERS (1981).
Dark Corners should check ✔️
That one.
Ok that's what I thought, because 0:11 looks like that's the Wrigley building and looks like they're on the mag mile by the Chicago river there to.
I just wanted you to know that I gave you a hi-five during the video when you and I said "..and don't call me Shirley" in unison! Good job!
Rifftrax did this movie, that was my first exposure to this obscure film. My favorite movie with telekenesis would have to be Scanners.
That movie always makes me think of baked beans...
Everything in this movie should have been ramped up A LOT! The use of his powers, the crazy camera work, the shots of him freaking out. These goofballs make a psychedelic freak out movie and leave out the psychedelic freak out! It's a given with so many craptastic movies that they never go far enough.
The Medusa Touch (1979) a homicide writer use telekinetic powers to cause more and more catastrophe, even on his deathbed.
The move that gave its name to an entire genre of Psychotronic cult movies (harmonica sting!)
And as for telekinetic movies, DC could get a bit of mileage out of Richard Burton in “The Medusa Touch” or Chevy Chase in “Modern Problems”…Don’t sneer at the latter, it’s one bizarre fever-nightmare. 😱
I would love to see that last one!
"Modern Problems" Classic 80s film.
Good call!
@@Enevan1968 you should. It's a touch slow to get going, but then it's a wild trip.
THE MEDUSA TOUCH! Yeah!
The Medusa Touch (1978) is a great, personal favorite.
The Last Jedi was quite the telekinetic movie. When I saw it it seemed to lift several people off of their seats and out of the theater.
You - you.....ISTAPHOBE!!
@@varanid9 Istaphobe was Constantinople.
@@raymondtillotson6985 that was in Jerkey, wasn't it?
@@varanid9 Honestly, I remember it from Tiny Toon Adventures.
The title alone is perhaps the inspiration for the Psychotronic Film Guide which discusses movies like this.
I watched this movie about two months ago. That harmonica sound made me grit my teeth every time it happened, and 99% of the soundtrack is that harmonica sting. That director listened to those two notes and said, "That's it! That's the soundtrack! And we're going to make damn sure we use it to get our money's worth!!" They use it a LOT! And I mean, a LOT!!! The other music that they made for this movie that they overuse is this 70's drum machine track. They use it pretty much non-stop for what has to be the final forty five minutes of the movie, which is basically one, really long, really slow, and really drawn out chase scene.
Good job inserting yourself into that phone call, Robin!
While not my favorite (you have a few: *Scanners (1981), Carrie (1976), Patrick, The Sender, The Medusa Touch),* but I would like to mention George Pal's *The Power (1968)* with George Hamilton. Now _that_ one is weird! It has a nice Ken Russelly climax. TCM played it once in HD.. looked fantastic.. never saw it since.
My favorites of the Telekinetic/pathic genre; the ones that come to mind...The Power (1968) , The Fury (1978), Carrie (1976) and...Scanners (1981)
The title is great and super sharp sideburns on the protagonist/
"Jaunty Hat Division" 😄
Favourite Telekinetic film? Scanners, of course.
"That concludes your intro to Massage for the Dead!" 🤣 One underrated gem involving psychokinesis is Brian De Palma's THE FURY (1978), which I actually enjoyed far more than his earlier CARRIE and highly recommend!
It isn't telekinesis, but "The Lathe of Heaven" (in particular the zero-budget PBS version from 1980) is a nice mixture of mental powers, psychology, and sci-fi.
The director that did this movie, Jack M Sell, also did another movie called "Deadly Spygames" in 1989...it's the director's own vanity project. He's the ""hero"".
Honestly, considering how popular "Psychotronic Man" is...I've always been a little surprised "Deadly Spygames" hasn't drawn much attention. Think Neil Breen combined with "Who Killed Capt. Alex" and the raw sex appeal of the male lead of "Get Even".... and you'll get the idea. It's on YT.
The original Disney "Escape to Witch Mountain." I adored that movie as a kid!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! Will always be my fave!!
Which also features Harmonica music.
Sequel Return From Witch Mountain came out in 1978, the same year as The Cat From Outer Space, which also featured quite a lot of TK and telepathy.
It also might have been good if John Carpenter had directed it and starred Tom Atkins with script by Tom Mankiewicz
Akira is a pretty good movie with a telekinesis sub plot.
The RiffTrax for this film is Hilarious.
Some good old-fashioned late-1970s weirdness.
The Psychotronic Man: a movie about driving...... Oh yes and there is a drunk barber who has the deadly and involuntary telekinetic powers
The sheer amount of driving! His gas bill couldn't have been good
Psychotronic sounds more like an electronic device which attacks someone's brain. That would make a good film. Oh, never mind, that already exists in reality. The Soviets had developed one which uses microwaves which causes what is known as Havana Syndrome.
I hope the film ended on an uplifting theme. Maybe he stops driving because his car has a flat tire. He gets out, looks at the flat, goes into the backseat and finds all of his liquor bottles were now empty and then flies into a rage. This time, he goes completely cross eyed. The next scene is a picture from outer space showing the Earth exploding. Then the ending lettering with Offenbach's "The Can Can Dance Song" playing flashes across the screen, "You Can Drive Away from What You See as Your Problems, but You Can't Escape from Yourself. The End. " Then a lot of disturbed, upset teenagers stumble out of the movie.
Now THAT would've made for a really boffo ending. Heck, it could've even partially redeemed this mediocre muddle of a movie. But Noooo---the creators didn't have the imagination or creativity; or maybe the scanty budget was already run out.
It also sounds like it would be a good name for a company that specializes in electronics that can be remotely-controlled by the user's mind.
Recommended: The Outer Limits episode "The Man with the Power" (1963) starring Donald Pleasence.
Good for some laughs: The Brain from Planet Arous (1958) with John Agar.
I really liked ‘The Sender’ as a telekinetic movie from the early 1980s. Haven’t seen it since though, so don’t know if it holds up today.
7:46 Wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait… did the movie ACTUALLY use the maudlin “Bill Bixby walking off into the credits” theme from the ‘70s _Incredible Hulk_ TV show?!?! 🤣 Or was that a well-executed Dark Corners edit? 🤔
I think the host was robin the Incredible Hulk.
I was wondering the same thing.🤔
"Aww, I fell on my juicebox..."! You kill me
Brian De Palma's film of John Farris' "The Fury" is my favorite telekinetic film. It stars Kirk Douglas, but it's much more a showcase for the underrated Amy Irving, and John Cassavetes makes a truly hissable villain. Filled with incredible set pieces and a brilliant John Williams score, it's a fun, exciting, and satisfying film.
Hmmmm...would "Scanners" count? Admittedly I'd pay good money to watch Michael Ironside read the phone book - but I remember really liking that one.
Most of the men in that film look like they smell of coffee, sweat and cigarette smoke.
I appreciate the subtitles, especially during the credits/most important driving scene. Well, first important driving scene.
The movie The Car had less car scenes.
This guy drives as much as Cliff Booth in Once Upon a Time In Hollywood.
2:18 WHAT IS THIS BLANK VOID? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WAS IT PURPOSEFUL, OR THE CHAOS OF THE UNIVERSE?
Googling 'Psychotronics', the first definition was literally 'denoting or relating to a genre of movies, typically with a science fiction, horror, or fantasy theme, that were made on a low budget or poorly received by critics'. This is not a joke.
My favorite movie about telekinesis is probably the Chevy Chase comedy 'Modern Problems'. This is also not a joke.
And finally, not related to the film, but how do you feel about Nicholas Cage playing Dracula in the upcoming Renfield movie?
Fave Telekenetic film - Brian De Palma's CARRIE is the only one i can think of.
Was that the Incredible Hulk end credits music at 7:46 ?
Yes... but we added it.
2:18 You left the camera on as you teleported in.
Favorite Telekinetic movie is Brian De Palma 1978 The Fury
2:18 Bathroom break
"Like twelve hours a day?" Best line in the video.
Gonna say it, Stephen King's Fire Starter. The original, of course.
In spite of what movies like Psychotronic taught me growing up the police do not consider vague plot devices valid evidence. Nor do actual professors.
I'd love it, if my morning commute was only 6 minutes.
Looks like they spent most of the budget on gas money. They didn't have even the brains to rip off CARRIE or SCANNERS.
Psionics has always been a good idea for science fiction and horror films. There are two movies where they used Psionics well ( or at least being original ) the first is THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE where they used sparingly and the other was a movie series I wasn't expecting to see it ; FRIDAY THE 13TH VII : NEW BLOOD.
Ha!
Jaunty hat division indeed!
Great work as ever.
That phone call hahahahshahaha, these are the reasons that keepme glued.
One of the first, and a really enjoyable one, was The Fury.
Favourite telekinetic movies? Carrie, The Fury... Did you expect anything else?
"Surely you must have some idea..." Thank you Robin!
I love the Thumbnail!!!🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, you see we loved those big old boats.. er.. cars of the early 70s. Minimal seat belts, minimal safety stuff, huge engines, shitty brakes, and room galore.OOO-eee-ooh! And oh yeah.. gas was cheap then. You could pull up to the pump, have a guy pump it for you, and pay him with some change. Ah yeah, paradise.. although we didn't know it. And now.. ah Jeez, don't ask.
"Ah Jeez" indeed.
Looks like dukes of hazard for sci fi fans
everyone knows micheal ironside exploding a head rules over all
I've been suffering through this bout of recurring chronic bronchitis, so my current doctor placed me on this regimen of antibiotics. Now I haven't taken any antibiotics since I was a kid and the effects have been taking, well, a turn for the decidedly weird. I can feel the nuclear chemicals slipping around through my bloodstream and it's making my scalp crawl all over my head like a colony of marching worker ants. I've discovered the growth of a third eye on the back of my neck. Moreover I should shortly become totally proficient at bending small metal objects using only the power of my emerging supermind by Saturday morning, or Saturday afternoon at the latest.
In any event I'll probably be needing a cape. And a mask as well.
what about a harmonica?
I suggest that you invest in some anti-psychotics.
@@mariakelly90210 IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE! AND THEY'RE NOT WORKING! AAAHHHHHH HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! JUICE ME! I'M A SHIVER BOY! BELIEVE IT OR DIE! I GOT SECRET NEEDLES IN MY POKEY GLOBES! DIG IT! PINS & NEEDLES! THE SHINY KIND! I'M RIDING A ZILLION HAPPY VOLTS! YEEEEEAH! HA! HA! HA! HA!....
@@TheRealNormanBatesBut a harmonica? I don't get it. Kindly explain. And FYI a harmonica is also called a "harp"---even though a harmonica doesn't have strings. But a harmonica is most definitely known as a harp among the blues cats & quite a few real rock 'n' rollers. And can you name any of the really great harp players? Well, there's "Little" Walter Jacobs. There's Sonny Boy Williamson. James Cotton. Paul Butterfield. Charlie Musselwhite. Yeah...there's quite a few of 'em. The greats.
The Medusa Touch.
Rocky's face seemed familiar to me some how. Maybe he's related to William Murderface Murderface Murderface.
Will you be reviewing "Skinamarink?" I saw it this weekend and am forever changed from the experience.
A tale of spine tingling horror, brought to you by the Ford Motor Company.
I think Something Strange is my favorite movie like that. It’s almost like where Stephen King got the idea for The Dead Zone.
The cops have been called for less in real life.
2:17 - 2:19 Trippy ride man.
He has a movie that's a total vanity project called "Deadly Spygames"
Before the credits he's made himself out to be the best lover and spy, shown his ass on camera, and then into a Bond like credits where he sings the opening.
The rest bounces from place to place for little reason.
It says it's a Bond spoof but that's not why you're laughing.
I love the jaunty hat division 😂
4:36 "I'm not sure why O'Brien is here. (...) Why would he need a scientist?" - said the host of a cult film youtube channel with an in house scientist...
This is based on a true story, and as a sufferer of psychotrosis myself, I can confirm its details.
If you're talking telekinetic movies Rubber has to get a mention.
I love that movie! It's a weird premise but work some how.
THIS movie should have been called ‘Drive’
If you look closely on the floor during the beginning of the barber shop scene with Rocky & the mom with her son you can see the wires from the microphones Rocky & the mom are wearing. Don't trip!
OK, I will make an experiment...
PSYCHOTRONIC ENERGY!
Damned harmonica! It didn't worWEEEEEEEEWOOOOOOO!!!
Not telekinetics, but it reminds me of a bad film with drugs, Blueberry(2004) French film. The only good thing about it is that it has a rather good sequence depicting a psychedelic trip. It has been disfavorably compared to a 1970 film El Topo, which is rather good.
So I guess he had some of the same type of powers they had on the Chronicle.
The Fury is always a fun telekinetic movie...
They shot all the telekinesis parts of the film, then noticed they had an hour and thirty minutes to fill.
I don't think I've ever seen a movie where the main protagonist was a Barber...
Warren Beatty made one where he was a hairdresser but I have never seen it.
The best telekinesis film has to be Carrie. Followed by The Fury - the first time I saw a man explode!
The FIRST time? How many exploding people have you seen?
What in the name of The Amazing Argoman did I just watch?
“Jaunty hat department”
HEY, you said you didn't mention submitters names anymore!! Frauds!! Liars!! Randy scouse gits!! (I don't know what that means but it sounds cockney-cool)
0:11 is that Chicago? Looks like the Wrigley building there. And a police officer in the other scene makes a comment about how he drives like a Chicago taxi driver, but still not sure. Dark Corners doesn't mention it. If it that's awesome! lol. I do my own low budget indie films in the Chicago area.
It is indeed. The whole film was shot there.
"Carrie", the original version.
I had a car like his. A 1974 Pontiac Grand Ville. It was terrible but not that terrible.
Well how about that. I used to drive a 1973 Pontiac Ventura. It was a good car...that is, until it wasn't.
He's nothing less than an American Odysseus
This has a bit of a Cronenbergian vibe, like it's a precursor of Scanners.
One Dark Night (1982)
Big "The Jar" vibes on this one.
You should have included the bar scene...just for the song the band was playing. Everything wrong about the 70's in one scene. 😂
4:35 Looks like they converted a high school into a medical research facility.
I think it's supposed to be a college.
A bit surprised you didn't mention the link to Weldon's books and magazine. Also, unless you edited it in, this movie straight-up ripped off the "Walking Away" theme from the 70s TV version of The Hulk.
You want another Pschokenedic Movie to review? How about my favorite: George Pal's produced ''THE POWER'' from 1969, staring George Hamilton, Susanne Plechete, and Michel Rennie.
Favourite psycho/Telekinetic movie... Am I allowed to say 'Trancers'?
So...that's why General Motors killed off the Pontiac division ?
What was that ending?!?
i think Push starring Chris Evans is a pretty good telekinetic movie
I've seen The Jar. And your review of The Jar. And I still don't know what the hell anyone is talking about with that.