On Pop Culture Happy Hour, we discuss many films, but surely not all of them. For a variety of reasons, various types of movies are overlooked, but we’re here to offer them a chance to shine. Today, we’re proposing YouTube movies that we thought you should see.
Key Points
Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)
directed by The Chiodo Brothers
An alien spacecraft that resembles a circus tent crashes in a field next to a small village, heralding the arrival of bizarre, red-nosed, balloon-twisting psychos who intend to wipe out humanity by converting humans into cotton candy! Fortunately, the town’s teenagers make the decision to rebel and teach the cosmic jerks a lesson. These clowns, however, are no klutzes; they transform popcorn, peanuts, and caramel corn into comical yet lethal weapons of mayhem and death.
The Scarecrow (1920)
directed by Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline
In the movie, Roberts and Buster Keaton portray rival farmhands vying for the affection of the farmer’s daughter (Sybil Seely). He chases around brick walls, jumps through windows, and falls into a hay thresher, ripping off most of his clothing as he flees a dog he thinks is rabid. In an adjacent field, he feels compelled to take a scarecrow’s clothing. He then stumbles into a kneeling posture while he ties his shoes, giving Sybil the impression that he is about to pop the question. Joe and the farmer (played by Joe, Buster’s father) pursue them as they take off on a motorbike. They marry on the sped-up motorcycle and splash into a creek, where they are proclaimed man and woman, picking up a clergyman in the process.
Bernie (2011)
directed by Richard Linklater
American biographical dark comedy crime film that Linklater and Skip Hollandsworth wrote and directed.
Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey all appear in the movie.
It is based on Hollandsworth’s “Midnight in the Garden of East Texas,” an article that appeared in Texas Monthly in January 1998.
It focuses on the 1996 murder of 81-year-old millionaire Marjorie Nugent (MacLaine) in Carthage, Texas, by her 39-year-old companion, Bernhardt “Bernie” Tiede (Black). Despite this, the film is still so well-liked in the neighborhood that the district attorney had to ask for a different court location to prevent a biassed jury.
The Kid (1921)
directed by Charlie Chaplin
The Kid, one of Charlie Chaplin’s best works and his first feature-length picture, depicts the tale of an abandoned boy and the life he creates with The Little Tramp. Chaplin overcame strong studio resistance to make a film that was more serious than his earlier efforts. The Kid, on the other hand, contains just as much slapstick humour as his earlier works, but in a bigger, more dramatic setting.
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
directed by George A. Romero
The type of terror created by George A. Romero was one that left scars, greatly disturbed viewers, and gave them nightmares.
