In my late teens and 20s Something Weird Video occupied a huge spot right in the front of my brain. I watched a ton of their releases and poured over every catalog as they came out. I forced friends and roommates to watch objectively terrible movies (that I still love) like “Thar She Blows” and “Mantis in Lace” and I’d put on their Twisted Sex compilations during parties. As much as I love them, I’m a poser compared to some of the hopeless cases that I’ve met in online forums. What are their lives like? Who has time to see that many volumes of Bucky Beaver’s Big Bust Loops??? Still, I feel like I’ve been steeped in their catalog long…

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69 EsSINtials from Something Weird Video
In my late teens and 20s Something Weird Video occupied a huge spot right in the front of my brain. I watched a ton of their releases and poured over every catalog as they came out. I forced friends and roommates to watch objectively terrible movies (that I still love) like “Thar She Blows” and “Mantis in Lace” and I’d put on their Twisted Sex compilations during parties. As much as I love them, I’m a poser compared to some of the hopeless cases that I’ve met in online forums. What are their lives like? Who has time to see that many volumes of Bucky Beaver’s Big Bust Loops??? Still, I feel like I’ve been steeped in their catalog long enough to act as a sommelier of Something Weird. This isn’t the 69 BEST SWV movies, it isn’t my 69 FAVORITE SWV movies, my goal was to highlight 69 of the MOST SWV movies. Is Teaserama better than Eyes Without a Face? Of course not! But what list of SWV essentials couldn’t include one of those old strip tease classics? Why isn’t Carnival of Souls on the list? Because it doesn't have Rene Bond in it, that’s why! Besides, EVERY gray market video distributor put out well loved public domain movies like Carnival of Souls, Night Tide and Night of the Living Dead. I also didn’t want to load the list down with more than two or three movies from prolific SWV auteurs like Doris Wishman or Herschell Gordon Lewis; I tried to put in a little bit of everything that SWV was known for. Feel free to argue in the comments and keep your eyes peeled for a zine coming soon!
My SWV lists:
Bucky Beaver’s Dragon Art Theatre
Something Weird’s Golden Oldies
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