I think the fact this made it to Blu-ray may be more interesting than the movie itself.
The events of Mind, Body & Soul are a bit of a head scratcher.
Ginger Lynn Allen's new boyfriend takes her to a satanic cult ritual which is busted up by the police, but she's somehow the only person taken into custody while the other 30 members evade arrest by running out the front door with very little urgency. While not being charged withβ¦
"It's a delightful scene. You four ladies will massacre 300 Asiatics."
Paul Bartel is just ripping in this Dante-(co)directed, Corman-produced send up of B-Movie production life in a film that throws just about every fucking thing at the wall and most of it sticks. You have zero idea what to expect from one scene to the next but you accept it and even welcome it.
Sleaze, sci-fi, action, and horror are all covered, plus Corman unsurprisingly loans some of hisβ¦
I
WAS
NOT
READY.
You look at the poster and just assume this is a kids' movie, yeah?
And I guess it really is, just with some homophobia, sexual harassment in the workplace, substance abuse, talk of getting tubes tied, a scene that might imply accidental sodomy (or maybe I'm projecting), a shot of a bloody dog that's been hit by a car, and no music (I don't call Alvin's crooning 'music', rather it's just a lovely serenade to theβ¦
Two days ago, an alcohol-fueled movie discussion with my wife led to a pact to watch (initial viewing for me, not her) Drop Dead Fred: A kids' movie in which the leads call the mom a bitch, make fun of her musty vag, and joke about eating her dead body and shitting it out on the dining room table.
I don't think this could get made today.
Phoebe's hair game is on fire.
