Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia tosses the spotlight on the cool, cult classic, The Ghastly Love of Johnny X!
This 2012 epic, directed/produced by Paul (That Little Monster) Bunnell, who cowrote with Steve Bingen, Mark D. Murphy and George Wagner, is a musical, JD, sci-fi, horror extravaganza, which combines Teenagers from Outer Space, The Wild One, Psycho Beach Party and Grease, and like Tim Burton's heartfelt bio-pic, Ed Wood, uses black-and-white photography (filtered through glorious Ghastlyscope) to tell its impassioned tale.
The titular character is an exiled, alien greaser (the leader of a biker gang called the Ghastly Ones), played with steely stoicism by Will (Tromeo and Juliet) Keenan. It appears that our anti-hero possessed a resurrection suit that holds the ability to jolt life into Johnny's dad, the defunct rock 'n roll legend, Mickey O'Flynn, played by Creed (The Office) Bratton. However, the bulk of the suit remains with Johnny's vivacious ex-girlfriend, De Anna Joy Brooks' Bliss, who's on the lam with wholesome soda jerk, Les Williams' Chip. Can Johnny X regain the precious garment in time for a highly publicized, O'Flynn concert, but moreover, how will he make amends with his long-lost love?
The prime, supporting cast makes the movie's impetuous ingredients bounce with further fluidity (all abetted by Ego [Ernest] Plum's catchy compositions) and consists of Reggie (Phantasm I-IV) Bannister's shrewd promoter, King Clayton; Jed Rowan's pugnacious Sluggo; Heather Provost's side-kicking Lily Raquel; Kate (Boogeyman 3) Maberly's avid groupie, Dandi Conners; Kevin (Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956/78) McCarthy's Grand Inquisitor; and iconic singer/songwriter Paul (Phantom of the Paradise/Battle for the Planet of the Apes) Williams' eminent, talk-show host, Cousin Quilty.
As a humorous, hosting wraparound, Mr. Lobo helps guest-starring Bunnell, a professed extraterrestrial, get hitched at Shankweiler's Drive-in during a screening of his film (with a peculiar, Kongarella catch, no less), or else he'll face intergalactic deportation. During this raucous ride, Mr. Lobo shares spaced-out trailers and commercials, graced by appearances from the lovely Claudia Bunnell and Nicole M. King's always supportive and cheerful Sally the Zombie Cheerleader.
As a prodigious bonus to the Cinema Insomnia hijinks, this special-edition release contains an extra disc featuring Johnny X utterly unedited. Wow! And for further embellishment, the Blu-ray comes with a heap of special features, audio commentaries and Easter Eggs, plus handmade, Ghastlyscope, "prop" glasses, just like those worn in the episode.
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