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Take an outrageous ride through this wild world of exploitation films with this thoroughly entertaining documentary, HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS – THE GODFATHER OF GORE! Featuring cult director John Waters, Drive-In Movie Critic Joe Bob Briggs, Herschell Gordon Lewis himself and a “cast of thousands,” you’ll witness the innocent bare-naked era of Nudie-Cuties before Lewis schocked the world with “Blood Feast,” the first ever gore film!

Before the advent of modern-day pornography, a vast and rapidly-paced world of smut peddling was the norm, complete with its own secret history. This documentary reveals the untold story of American cinema's gloriously sordid cinematic past. Starting in the 1920s, expert exploiteer David F. Friedman and Henenlotter navigate us through more than five salacious decades of skin flicks. It's the true story of dirty movies, traced in elegant detail from the bizarre locations where these nudie shorts were screened to the ongoing legal battles fought by their promoters. And of course there are the stories of the innovators themselves, people who often risked their own security and livelihood to make these films, believing in some way that what they were doing wasn't a 'bad' thing - and that it could rake in some dough.

Light your black candles and start the chant! Culled from 16mm prints found in Something Weird’s attic, SMUT WITHOUT SMUT: SATANIC HORROR NITE is an exclusive feature-length mixtape curated by the Lucifer-worshipping maniacs at the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA). Best viewed during the witching hour at a haunted drive-in, this mixtape features “Smut Without Smut” versions of six Satan-themed features, as well as trailers, commercials, and ephemera from the vaults. WATCH! Demon killers wearing makeup in the style of the band KISS! SEE! Sacrificial rites performed on kitchen tables! OBSERVE! Credits like “Co-starring Raquel Belch!” Dreamy, outrageous, and filled with naked people wearing velvet capes, SMUT WITHOUT SMUT: SATANIC HORROR NITE is a spicy treat for those souls who are brave enough to jump into the fire.

Trailers of such movies like Sex Wish, My Fair Baby, Count The Ways, Frankie & Johnnie Were Lovers and more.

In the 1990s, Something Weird Video gifted humankind with HEY FOLKS! IT'S INTERMISSION TIME—a series of six magical VHS compilations that preserved vintage movie and drive-in ads. HEY FOLKS! IT'S THE INTERMISSION TIME MIXTAPE! (an exclusive feature-length mixtape from the AGFA team) is a loving tribute to those cathode-tube-fueled days.

A far-out trip through two hours of psychedelic clips from 1960's hippie flicks.

It’s a movie & music memorial celebrating the patron saint of weird! Get ready for a Rock ‘n’ Roll rumble! Thrill-Hungry, always Reckless and Willing! The Gangs and Go-Go Girls Who Go TOO FAR! Mad Doctors! Mayhem! Girl-Crazed Monsters & Goofy Gorilllas! Can You Take It?! We DARE You To Sit Thru It All!

Two hours of sheer joy! Thirsty? We’ve got ads for Toddy Chocolate Flavored Drink and more! Hungry? You’ll be hypnotized by our selection of burgers, hot dogs, pizza, popcorn, candy and ice cream that anxiously await you at the concession stand!