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-Okay. I'm Joe Bob Briggs,

and this is
our annual interruption

of Valentine's Day weekend,

and I want to just lay it out
right here at the beginning.

We are going
to the dark side.

We won't have any flowers
and chocolates on this show.

This is going to be
all about heartache

and the nasty things that happen
on February the 14th.

And let me tell you why.

Let's start with the statistics.

Starting tonight
and for the next four days,

Americans will spend
$13.29 billion

on Valentine's Day celebrations.

They will exchange 180 million
greeting cards.

Of those,
85% are bought by women.

They will purchase
196 million roses

that are produced
just for this weekend.

73% of those are bought by men.

So the percentage of women

who say they will end
a relationship

if they don't receive a gift on
Valentine's Day -- 53%.

34.6% of the population

will go to some sort
of Valentine's dinner.

Average cost to the consumer for
that -- $116.21.

That is per person nationwide.
Okay.

Now, let's look
at the other side of it.

14% of American women
order flowers for themselves

on Valentine's Day.

Suicide lines get a surge
on Valentine's Day,

but that's because
we're doing it wrong.

We have created this massive
stuffed teddy bear guilt day

that attacks people
who are thinking,

"Well, maybe I don't matter
to that other person."

And then we're creating
all kinds of ways

to remind them
that they don't matter.

You know, it's like going
to your high school prom alone,

but then getting laughed
at by the doorman after that.

You know, you didn't
get the flowers,

you didn't get the teddy bear.

You didn't go
to the right restaurant.

You know,
so if you didn't get a gift,

you must not be worth anything.

Is there any mystery as to why
we get depressive mood swings

around Valentine's Day?

Am I right, Darcy?

-I think everyone
should get a Valentine.

-I know you do that.

You send out a bunch
of Valentines

every year with your
blood on them, right?

You know, what was that about?

-It is fake blood.

It's a tribute
to "My Bloody Valentine."

-Okay, well, we are going to get
bloody tonight for both movies,

but we're also going to have
some experts in bloody horror

to take that trip with us

because our special guests
are the Boulet brothers.

-Yay!
-[Cheering]

Now, I got to ask you,
you are sort of a cosplay icon.

You are. You do these
elaborate cosplays every week.

But these ladies
that are guests tonight,

they're not just experts
on wardrobe

and makeup and special effects
and costuming.

They're sort of theatrical
wizards who can create all sorts

of living,
breathing fantasy worlds.

And they always have
some kind of horror element

in their shows.

That's why we love them.

-They're amazing.

-And would you say
they're special effects skills

are right up there with Savini
and Bottin and Nicotero

and Dick Smith
and Rick Baker and those guys?

-Very definitely, yeah.

-Who's the guy who invented all
the gross skin stuff?

Joe Blasco.

They go beyond Joe Blasco
in what they do,

plus they bring glamour
to the party, so.

And by the way, Yuki,
where is Yuki?

-I'm here.

-Yuki, this whole set
is tacky and gloomy.

What are we doing here?

You think the Boulet brothers
are going to, you know,

walk into this dump and just
plop down in lawn chairs?

We can't do this.
We need an entrance.

This is about glamour.
It's about style.

-All right. I can't do it.

Okay, think Academy Awards,
right? Oscar night.

-I got it.
-Okay.

[Laughter]

-I really think what we should
do in honor of the Boulets

is go back
to the original holiday

before the Catholics
took it over.

You know, the Feast
of Lupercalia in Rome.

You know, it was bloody
and violent.

It was this orgy
to ward off evil spirits

and make women fertile.

-I am there

-But the part of it you would
not like is animal sacrifice.

-No, I hate that one.
-All right.

Well, they would always
start off Lupercalia

by going to the cave den
of the she wolf,

which was called Lupercal,
and they would sacrifice a goat

because a goat is always
the symbol of sex.

And then they would take
the blood from the goat,

and they would smear it all over
the heads of two Lupercalian

priests who were completely
buck ass naked.

-Well, I like that part.

-And yeah, as a matter of fact,

many exposed buttocks
in the feast of Lupercalia

and penii.

Because listen to
this next part.

-Penii?

-Plural of penis because
they spoke Latin.

You know, so then they would
they would say prayers

to the God Lupercis,
who was the God of fertility,

because a whole lot of sex
is going to happen

during this festival.

Then they would remove
the blood with milk soaked wool.

I guess they got the wool
from the sacrificed goat,

and then they would have
a big feast,

and then they would take
the hide of the goat,

and they would cut these
long thongs out of the hide

and hand them out
to all the men.

And all the men would run buck
naked through the streets

near the Palatine Hill,
which was right smack

in the middle of Rome,
where the emperor lived,

and the men would chase
the women down

and whip them with the thongs.

-This is very kinky.

-Yeah, I know, that's how
you would show

which woman you liked.

You know, so you had
these sex maniacs

in the streets of Rome
doing BDSM

-He'd whip her with a thong?

-Yeah. Yuki!
-Alright.

-Yes?

-All right, we're going to need
a goat theme,

a goat hide thong
whipping theme,

and we all need to be naked
in the next segment.

-Okay, I got it.

-I don't think we can
be naked on Shudder.

And Yuki is from Japan.

I don't think flogging people
in the streets is something

that they know over there,
while they're naked, especially.

-We do that in Japan.
-See?

-All right.
-Naked goat thongs.

It's universal.

We're going to we're going back
to the origins

of Valentine's Day,
but here's the best part.

-Oh, I can't wait.

-All the women who have been
goat flogged put their names

in an urn, and the men draw
the names out of the urn,

and whoever gets matched up
that way, they have sex together

for the rest of the festival.

-Nothing could ever go wrong
with that system.

-I know. Yeah, it's like
a blind date swingers club.

So, see, all the great
traditions of Lupercalia

were twisted when Pope Gelasius
outlawed that holiday

in the year for 408

and replaced it with
St. Valentine's Day.

Saint Valentine was this priest
who was famous for marrying

young couples who were in love,

and that was defying an edict
of the emperor

for him to do that.

And so his head was cut off,

and he was thrown
in the River Tiber.

That's why he was a saint.
He lost his head for love.

-Is anybody actually
checking your history

before you say these things?

-Yes, it's all verifiable.

So anyway, Valentine's Day
didn't start becoming popular

until the 17th century
in Great Britain,

and it became customary to write
love letters on February 14th.

That's why we have all those
cards now that you send out,

because people ran out
of stuff to say.

It was just easier.

It was actually easier when
it was just a lottery system.

You know, men like that,
when it was like that.

Okay, our movie tonight is
"Black Roses."

One of those "rock and roll
is turning the youth of America

into demons" movies.

There are a lot of those,
actually.

That's a genuine sub genre.

And the reason we're showing it
is that the Boulet brothers

like it and I like it.

And so we thought it'd be a good
one thematically to talk about.

Plus great leather costumes
on the demonic band.

"Black Roses" came out in 1988
at the height of the power

of the PMRC, the Parents Music
Resource Center,

which was the organization
founded by Tipper Gore

and three other
Washington, D.C. wives of

powerful men in an effort
to censor music

to protect the children.

You know, you've heard me
talk about this before.

All censorship campaigns claim
to be "protecting children."

Have you heard
of the Filthy 15, Darcy?

-No, I don't think so.
-Okay. You're too young.

It was our version
of the video nasties,

like they had over
in Great Britain.

They listed 15 songs

that they considered
too raunchy for children.

They were especially
disapproving of Prince songs,

and their campaign resulted
in these little warning labels.

They still turn up from time
to time on physical media.

You know those
warning labels on CDs.

So anyway, the most famous
demon rock movie is

"Trick or Treat", of course,
which has Ozzy Osbourne in it.

And the interesting thing about
all these demonic rock movies

is that they basically accept
what Tipper Gore was saying,

that rock and roll is demonic,

it does result
in chaos and death.

The metal bands were especially
happy to hear that message.

Judas Priest's sales skyrocketed

because their song
"Eat Me Alive"

was made part of
the Filthy 15.

Plus AC/DC.
Their song was on the list.

"Let Me Put My Love Into You",
that song.

So the little censorship sticker

became a badge of honor
in the metal world.

So anyway, "Black Roses"
is about what happens

when a heavy metal band comes to
a little town in the Midwest

to try out its new show.

But after two concerts,
all the teenagers

start hitting their parents
over the head with ashtrays

and pushing the principal
out third story windows

and turning into bulldog
faced alligator skin monsters

with three stooges wigs
and really bad dental problems.

So finally, the high school
English teacher gets

a little bit suspicious because
of all the mini skirted students

trying to have devil sex
all over town.

And so he goes and he has a talk
with the lead singer,

whose name is...Damian!

And of course,
we all saw "The Omen",

and so we know
what Damian means it.

You know, it's little things
like that that give it away,

you know?

Things like everybody's head
turning into a skull during

the concerts and everything.

But we're talking some serious
carnage in this movie.

Not as good as "Trick or Treat."

You know, the other great
Tipper Gore nightmare movie,

but quite decent.

Okay, let's look at those
Drive-In totals

and get started here.

We have eight dead bodies,
six breasts,

heavy metal stampede,

flaming Batman toys,
cockroach lizard monster

that eats evil fathers
through the stereo speakers,

electric werewolf skeleton,
slime fetus with teeth,

bar stool through the heart,
gratuitous Lamborghinis,

gratuitous Walt Whitman,
principal fu, ashtray fu,

tennis racket fu.

Driving Academy Award
nominations for

Karen Planden, as the nice girl
that gets devil music

in her head and wants to
have sex with her teachers,

even though she uses
stunt breasts, for saying,

"I've brought you
a present -- myself."

Julie Adams of
"Creature From the Black Lagoon"

fame as the anti rock and roll
crusader who says,

"Disciples of the devil
are invading our town."

And she's right.

Carmine Appice,
drummer for Jimi Hendrix,

Rod Stewart, and Ozzy Osbourne,

who wrote some nice
satanic tunes for the flick.

Carla Ferrigno, married
Big Lou Ferrigno,

but in this movie, she's
the dippy yupster love interest

who thinks high school is full
of quote "inbred morons."

John Martin
is the English teacher

for trying to warn the town
about quote "bad kids,

bad music, bad news."

And Sal Viviano, who's usually
the "Star Spangled Banner"

singer for the New York Mets,
but in this movie, is the devil.

Three stars.
Joe Bob says check it out.

All right.
You excited about the Boulets?

-Mm-hmm.
-The Boulets are in the house!

-Yeah!
-You know, I wonder

if the Boulets have ever done
a Lupercalia party,

because the Boulets are known
for their hedonistic parties.

They started out as
event organizers,

you know, so you know
the most amusing thing

about when the pope
canceled Lupercalia,

they'd done Lupercalia
for a thousand years,

and the pope says,

"It's not Christian
to use lotteries."

[Laughter]

He didn't care about the orgy.

He didn't care about
the orgiastic flogging

or the random sex partners.

It was that you were
choosing them by lottery.

You know, that was pagan.

You know, he was horrified
that people were choosing

sex partners out of an urn.

That made him mad.

So from then on,
Christians were expected

to choose their own
random sex partners.

So, you know, a practice
that continues to this day

because we are, of course,
a Christian nation.

We require photos on Tinder.

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[Crowd cheering]

♪ It's just me ♪

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[Cheering]

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♪ Leave me alone ♪

♪ I'm on the defense ♪

♪ I'm not made of stone ♪

♪ Why doesn't it
ever make sense? ♪

♪ I'm sick of all
this indecision ♪

♪ You're messing with my mind ♪

♪ This ain't no false facade ♪

♪ And this ain't
no freak disguise ♪

♪ 'Cause I am for real ♪

♪ You don't know what I feel ♪

♪ My strength is in my will ♪

♪ I cannot wait ♪

♪ I won't be second rate ♪

♪ In for the kill ♪

♪ It's me against the world ♪

-♪ Me against the world ♪

-♪ It's me against the world ♪

-♪ Me against the world ♪

-♪ It's me against the world ♪

♪ Me against the world ♪

-♪ It's me against the world ♪

-♪ Me against the world ♪

-♪ Inside looking outside ♪

♪ Through a goldfish bowl ♪

-You! You there.

I've got a court order
to shut you down.

We're going to close this show.

Are you insane, man?

Get him out of here.

-No. No!

No, no, no, no.

Let go! No!

-♪ 'Cause I am for real ♪

♪ You don't know what I feel ♪

♪ My strength is in my will ♪

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-Janey, I want you
to eat your breakfast.

I don't want you to just
to stir it around.

You can't go to school
on an empty stomach.

Good morning, Toona.

-Hi, Toona.

You're looking good.

What is that?

-It's my record cover.
-Black Roses?

-It's just a record cover.
-Oh, God.

-Oh, you're
just like your father.

Tony, get up.

You're going to be late
for school, you lazy bum.

-And I suppose my
mother works at

the Beverly Hills Polo club?

-Your mother loves waitressing.

She's been doing it ever
since you've been around.

-I'm well aware.

-Julie, look, Julie.

Now, what's that supposed
to mean, huh?

That I don't take good care
of your mom?

You know, I haven't heard
any complaints from her lately.

-"Evil.

Evil propels me.

And the reform
of evil propels me.

I stand indifferent."

Well, it's hard to believe
these words were written

by the same Walt Whitman
that talks about

the beauty and perfection
in a single blade of grass.

What did Whitman mean
when he said evil propels him?

Forum.

So, Whitman and evil.

Johnny?

-Evil?

-Yeah, Johnny, Evel Knievel.

[Laughter]

We're talking about
Whitman and evil.

Now Whitman says,
that "evil propels me."

Is he advocating evil,
is that what he's doing?

-Oh, yeah,
he's doing it alright.

I understand exactly
what he's doing.

-Well, what exactly is it
that you understand, Johnny?

-It's easy.

It's happening here in this town
with the Black Roses concerts.

Yeah.

Like here we got this whole town
filled with people

who claim to be good, right?

Who go to church every Sunday,
good God fearing people.

Good, good, good.
All this talk about good,

and so now here comes
the biggest thing to hit

Mill Basin ever,
and they try to stop it?

You call that good?

You see, they figure there must
be something evil

about the band
if we all like it.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

-That's what I think
Whitman was talking about.

They like evil, and they like
getting rid of evil.

They're, uh...

-Hypocrites.
-Hypocrites, right.

Only what they think is evil,
is evil.

You know, they call the shots
'cause they're the adults.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

-I think Whitman was talking
about Mill Basin.

[Laughter]

Yeah, he was a cool guy.

[Applause]

-Well, that's a very
interesting monologue, Johnny.

But I think you may have missed
the point of the poem, perhaps.

I think all Whitman
was trying to say,

though maybe in a back
asswards kind of way,

is that one should remain
open minded.

I don't think your parents
want to stop the concert

just to annoy you.

It's just that
they're afraid of change.

There's never been
a rock concert in this town.

They probably don't know
what to do with one.

-Well, we know
what to do with one.

Enjoy yourselves.

Have a good time for once.

They don't understand
what a great honor this is.

They didn't have to pick
Mill Basin

for their first concert.

They could have started their
tour anywhere in the country.

And this is the reception
they get.

-Well, it's your mom
trying to stop the concert.

-No committee is going
to stop concerts

from being
played in Mill Basin.

-Okay, now let's try to remember
what Whitman said, huh?

Let's keep an open mind.

Maybe the parents committee
is right.

-No, come on.
-Okay, maybe not. Maybe not.

[Bell rings]

-Okay, pages 40 to 52
in your anthologies tomorrow.

-[Groaning]
-Aw, that's right,

12 whole pages,
it's tough out there.

Oh, Julie, aren't you
going to class?

-Give it up.

-What do you mean?

-Oh, come on.

-So I like Julie,
so what's the big deal?

-No big deal.

But I'd say she's taken.

-Your own papers, now can I?

-I can't believe all the fuss
in the paper.

Have you heard anything
about these

Black Roses concerts,
son now?

A lot of the parents are raising
a big stink about it.

It's all they talked about
down at the shop today.

Janey's dad came in
for a haircut,

he was telling me
all about it.

-Sure, pop, I just bought myself
tickets to the first two shows.

-Are you sure you should go?

Everybody seems to feel
it's a bad idea.

-Janey's dad bought
her a ticket.

-Oh, he did, did he?

Well, I guess it's alright then.

-Right.

-We're a good people here
in Mill Basin.

We are a church going people,
and we are a law abiding people.

Our police don't have
to carry guns

like they do
in the big cities.

And our children grow up
to be fine young citizens

we can be proud of.

Because we have had
no corrupting influences

here to speak of.

Until now.

And now we find that disciples
of the devil

are invading our town,

and threatening to steel
our children away from us.

Yes, yes.

Their image.

Their image alone has become
a symbol of evil to our young.

Their satanic music
and subversive lyrics

threaten to undermine
the very fabric of our society.

Would you care to hear
some of their propaganda?

-Yes!
-Yes!

-You just listen to this,
and you tell me

if this isn't the work
of the devil himself.

"Tear down the walls of hell,
make room for lust to dwell,

carry in your hands a sword,

tear away the image
of the Lord."

[Grumbling]

What just a minute,
wait a minute, that's not all.

That is not all!

"Pull down society,
only then can we be free,

in the world alone to roam,
destroy your happy home."

[Shouting]

Now if that doesn't say it
as clearly as anything else...

-Now calm down.
Folks, just -- excuse me, Ellen.

Folks, just a minute.

Now we're talking
about music here.

Not revolution.

Now this group,
this Black Roses.

I'll be the first to admit,
some of their stuff

is a little antisocial.

But that's the very nature
of rock and roll, isn't it?

Trying to shake us up
a little bit?

It's the very nature of poetry,
too, isn't it, Mr. Moorehouse?

-[Chuckles]

Yes, uh...

Sometimes it seems so.

Yes, sir, Mr. Mayor.

-See, rock and roll
is about rebellion.

What about Elvis?

Little Richard? Chuck Berry?

Remember when they
first came out?

Didn't your parents squawk?

And what about the Beatles?

Now let's don't forget
the Beatles.

Martin, do you remember
when your boy grew his hair

long like Ringo Star?

They wanted to run that kid
out of town on a rail.

Now, was he evil simply
because he had long hair?

-No.
-No.

-Now are these Black Roses
any different?

-Yes, they are.

-Are you going to stop these
concerts, Mayor Farnsworth?

-Now, May, there's not a damn
thing that I can do about that.

The school board
approved the concerts.

-Is our good mayor trying to
tell us that we have to just

stand by and watch our children
be brainwashed?

-No.
-No.

-I can't believe I got you
to come out with me tonight.

-I had to get out
of the house tonight.

I appreciate the excuse.

-Thanks.

What's bugging you, anyway?

Is it your creep step-dad again?

Or, is it Mr. Moorehouse?

-What do you mean?

-Come on, everybody in school
knows that you and he are...

[whistles]

[Laughs]

-I don't believe this.
That's not true!

Mr. Moorehouse and I
happen to be friends.

Besides, he's just about
the only person in this town

that understands me.

Don't you know he's seeing
Priscilla Farnsworth?

-[Chuckles] The ice princess?

Oh, man.

So you're just going to moon
around after him,

when you could be
going out with me?

-Johnny.

I have too much on my mind
to be involved with you

or anyone else.

-Yeah, sure, I understand.

I mean,
I get down, too, sometimes.

What's there to look forward
to after graduation?

Working for my father?

Cutting frigging hair
for the rest of my life?

-Johnny.

-That's why I couldn't believe
that Black Roses

would play here.

I mean, they never played out
of the studio before,

and they picked Mill Basin
to open their tour?

It was like a sign

that things were getting
better around this hole.

If they even get to play here.

I mean, it's like every time
there's something

I really want,
somebody takes it away.

-Johnny.

-But tonight, I want to paint
this town red.

-Johnny, where are you going?

Johnny, what the hell
are you doing?

I said I was going to paint
this town red.

That's exactly what
I'm going to do.

-Johnny.
Johnny, get back here.

Johnny.

Johnny!

Would you answer me?
What are you doing?

You're going to get
in big trouble.

I don't want any part of this.

Johnny.

Johnny.

-Look, just stick around,
alright?

You don't have to help,
but just stand guard.

-Johnny.

Johnny, look,
someone's coming.

-Oh, shit.

Jules, run.

-Wait.

Johnny.

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-Yuki, do you realize how
humiliated we're going to be

when the Boulet brothers
get out here?

I said glamour,
not birthday party decorations

for a 6 year old girl.

-[Laughter]
-Anyway, so...

So the character of Johnny
is 28 years old.

That's Frank Dietz
jumping all over the road,

hanging off of street lamps,
being a little too literal

when he says, "I'm going
to paint this town red."

You know, I could swear
he's played Tulsa

in his high school
production of "Gypsy."

Remember the guy who dances
with Louise? Tulsa?

Darcy, you remember the guy who
dances with Louise in "Gypsy"?

-No.

-Okay, there's a famous scene
in "Gypsy"

where the best dancer
in the show

does this fantasy dance
with Louise,

and she falls in love with him,
but he doesn't know it.

It's actually an example
of what we're talking about on

"Heartbreak Trailer Park Night",
which is what we're doing here.

Also, Yuki, what is this?
What is this?

It's -- It looks awful.

-It's karaoke.

-You're trying to impress
the Boulet brothers

with a karaoke machine?

-It's cursed karaoke machine.

-All right. Let's just hope
they don't walk off.

Anyway, Frank Dietz,
who is wooing Julie in the scene

we just saw and ribbing her
about being hot for teacher,

he works for Shudder!

[Chuckles]

I think Frank's regular job
is animation artist for Disney,

but he's a writer on
"Creepshow."

And Frank is also famous
for his monster drawings.

Maybe Frank can tweet to us.

Darcy, see if you can
get Frank to give us a tweet.

Give us a clue.

Because one thing I never
understood about this movie is,

who is the star,
who's the main character?

Is it Johnny or Julie or
the English teacher

or Damian the Rock Demon?

It doesn't get any easier
to figure out

as the show progresses.

So anyway, here's the backdrop
to this movie.

I've talked about this before.

I talked about it
when we showed "Deathgasm."

But what happened
is that in 1984, Tipper Gore

bought a copy
of the "Purple Rain" album

for her 8-year-old daughter.

Who does that?

Who buys Prince for their
8-year-old daughter?

And the daughter asked her
about a reference

to masturbation in the song
"Darling Nikki."

Now, Tipper was, of course,
the wife of Senator Al Gore.

She compared notes
with Susan Baker,

the wife of Treasury Secretary
James Baker,

and Susan Baker had
her own story.

She had been shocked
when her 7-year-old daughter

went around the house quoting
the lyrics to "Like a Virgin."

So these women were
apparently easily shocked,

so they got two other Washington
wives to join up with them.

Pam Hower, wife of a millionaire
realtor named Raymond Hower,

and Sally Nevius, the wife of
Washington City Council Chairman

John Nevius,
and the four of them

formed the Parents Music
Resource Center

to demand that record companies
do a rating system

for records the same way
Hollywood does for movies.

So there would be
a sticker on every CD

that said "V for violence",

"O for Satanism."

Not sure why it was "O".
I think that means occult.

"D/A" for lyrics
about drugs and alcohol.

Can I just stop here
for a minute

and say if you're going
to include alcohol,

just go ahead
and put it on every record

that comes out of Nashville,
all right?

And we're really talking about
warning labels

on "Whiskey River"?

And then the last one
was "X" for sexual content.

So they put out a list of what
they called the Filthy 15.

The filthy 15 songs
that they wanted to alert

America to these disgusting,
brain destroying evil

being poured
into the ears of our youth.

And they had a lot of
metal bands on the list.

Black Sabbath, Def Leppard,
Motley Crue, Venom, Wasp.

But they also had Cyndi Lauper.

So anyway, it all came to a head
at a congressional hearing

in September 1985 called
the Porn Rock Hearing,

and the three artists
asked to speak on behalf

of the musicians were
Frank Zappa,

Dee Snider of Twisted Sister,
and John Denver.

So everybody pretty much knew
what Frank Zappa and Dee Snider

were going to say, but
John Denver was the wild card.

He was kind of the artist that
Tipper Gore would love, right?

So he goes last, and all the
censors are thinking, well,

at least one singer
is going to be on our side.

And the first words out of
John Denver's mouth are,

"I compare this
to Nazi book burnings."

And so everyone went, "Yeah!"

But here's what people
don't remember.

Tipper Gore won!

All the protests resulted
in the parental advisory

sticker on CDs,
and as a result of that,

a lot of stores
would not sell a record

that had a sticker on him, and
that included Wal-Mart, K-Mart,

the Camelot chain, JCPenney,
and many others.

They just didn't
want to mess with it.

And the only bands
that really benefited

from it were metal bands
because they wanted to be

identified with
satanic influences,

and they didn't care
whether they were in Wal-Mart.

And so all those
heavy metal songs

were virtually unknown
to the general public in 1984.

So you could say Tipper Gore
launched the heyday

of heavy metal and movies

like this one
that we're watching tonight.

All right.

You know what?

We're talking about censorship
and alternative stuff

and metal and horror.

Let's just bring out
the experts.

Ladies and gentlemen,
here to help us

through the thicket of issues
brought up by "Black Roses",

the Boulet brothers!

[Gong clangs]

♪♪

♪♪

Wow.

You girls are hot in many ways.

But right now, your show
"Dragula" is really hot.

You just finish
your fourth season.

You've moved everything
to Shudder, which is great.

I wanted to ask you
several things,

but first of all, this movie
we're watching is about art

that can turn you
into a bloodthirsty,

sex obsessed demon.

So I'm going to guess you ladies
would be in favor of that.

-Well, it's our specialty,
after all.

-But it's also about
a notorious period

in American history
when very powerful people

tried to censor music and other
forms of self-expression.

And you ladies must have
had experience yourselves

with cancel culture.

-Yes.

-And, I mean, tell me what has
been your experience with that?

-Our origins are a nightlife.

We started throwing parties
a long time ago,

and we kind of create
these fantasy environments.

And, you know,
definitely the city

is not always happy
with those sort of parties.

You know, they're very like
sexually freeing

and encouraging of people
that sort of

like let their inner demons out,

much like the movie
we're watching.

Maybe not to kill each other,
but, you know.

-Yeah.
-Yeah, to have a little bit

of sexual freedom.

And so, yeah,
we ran into trouble

with being censored a lot,

I think, by the city
when we were doing parties.

-Okay.
-Yeah.

-Well, the other thing
I'm interested in

is we've had great special
effects artists on this show.

We had Tom Savini.

We've talked about
practical effects versus CGI,

but you ladies and all
the contestants on "Dragula"

take practical effects
and special effects makeup

to a level that's really
never conceived of

in the average horror movie.

So, I mean, where did you learn
to do this stuff?

-Oh, it's all
about the theatrics,

and I think that's a lot for
other drag artists, as well.

So you're on stage,
and you're doing --

you're really doing theater.

And so for a lot of drag
artists, that love of horror,

too, it's a natural extension
of like all the makeup

we do to make ourselves
look vampy or impressively gory

or whatever, that whole school
of makeup artistry

is just another way to, like,
pour yourself into.

So learning special effects
and bringing that to the stage

as a horror fan
is kind of a natural marriage.

-Well, what's impressive is
that Tom Savini,

he just has to set it up
for one shot.

-Oh, yeah.
-And you have to set it up

so that it's done over
a long period of time

on a stage with people
like 10 feet away.

-And often over
and over and over.

If you go on a tour,
that's a gag

that you'll be doing night
after night after night.

-Yeah, so you can't
destroy it after one act.

It has to be able to be
put back together

and re-presented like
30 nights in a row.

-Wow.

It's interesting to me that you
guys started as party organizers

because first of all,
live theater itself,

which is your field,
or performance art,

is kind of the most evanescent
of art forms

because after the show is over,
it's gone, it's a memory.

You know, so I can imagine
hundreds of looks

that you've created
and hundreds of set pieces

and hundreds of moments that are
probably vivid in your memories.

And yet, if you were not
part of the L.A. club scene

in those years, you don't know
that that existed.

So do you ever have sadness
over the fact

that you did not film
those things?

-I think sometimes sadness, yes.

But I'll tell you,
on the other side of the coin,

there's an absolute like

just there's an absolute feeling
of like, thank God

we didn't have all the social
media and the cameras.

And I want to forget half of it.

-Yeah, because, you know,
we were like,

you know, we were sort of like
learning our trade, too, right?

So we were sort of learning
how do you do makeup,

how do you perform,
and all that,

and it's best that someone
didn't document

that in the beginning.

-Okay. All right.

Well, I have many, many more
probing questions.

I want you guys to stick around
for all the breaks tonight.

But first, we're going to go
back to "Black Roses."

You're fans
of this movie, right?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Yeah, I think as much
as you can be.

Like, "Black Roses" is like when
he went to the the movie store

and you didn't find the one
that you were looking for

and you didn't even
find your backup

or even the third runner up,
then you get "Black Roses."

-Okay, if you can't get
"Trick or Treat",

you got "Black Roses."
-Yeah.

-And while we're watching
the next segment,

we're going to do karaoke.

You know, unfortunately,
we can't pay $20,000 per song

for the karaoke,
so we'll just have to report

back to you people at home about
what the performances were like.

And we're going to
do heartache songs.

So I'm going to
kick it off with

"Nothing Compares To You",
Sinead O'Connor.

-Oh, nice.
-And then Yuki is going to sing

the Miley Cyrus song
"Wrecking Ball."

So come on, it'll be fun,
right, Darcy?

-It's going to be interesting.

-Okay. All right,
back to the movie.

One of the lyrics that
Tipper Gore was upset about

was the part of "Eat Me Alive"
involving oral sex at gunpoint.

But you girls would just make
that into a floor show, right?

-Oh, yeah. That's the highlight
of the show.

-All right.
-Some people pay big money

for that kind of treatment.

-I love your slogan --
"Drag, filth, horror, glamour."

You have come
to the right place, girls.

-Yes.
-We feel right at home.

-Yeah, we do.

[Static crackles]

-Forum.

Forum.

John Pratt.

What is Emerson's message
in "Self Reliance"?

-Um, "Self Reliance" means...

Um, just what it says,
you can only rely on yourself.

I mean, if you let others
do things for you,

nothing will ever get done.

Believe in yourself.
Have confidence.

Take the bull by the horns.

-Take the bull by the horns,
huh?

Well, you'd know about
throwing the bull, wouldn't you?

[Laughter]

What about taking the law
into your own hands?

-The law is alright, but
sometimes it's too tough on you.

-Too tough.

In fact it's real confining,
isn't it?

I mean, if you want to steel
someone's car, it'll stop you.

Deface or pollute
the environment,

and you'll find your self up
against stiff penalties.

Yeah.

It's real confining, alright.

Mr. Moorehouse.

-Yes, Tina?

-What's this have to do
with Emerson?

-Well, more than you think,
Tina.

More than you'd think.

[Bell rings]

Well, okay, have a nice day.

-See you later, Mr. Moorehouse.

-Take care, Jeff.

-Mr. Moorehouse.

My mother left my father
because he was afraid

to take a chance on anything.

I'm not going to let
that happen to me.

-Julie.

-Johnny, can I talk to you,
please?

-What about?
-About last night.

-Oooh.
-Ooh.

-About last night.
-Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!

-Come on.

What's up?

-He knows.
He just told me he knows.

But he's not going to tell.

-Why not?
-I don't know why not.

He said you were going through
a hard time or something.

-Oh, yeah, that's pretty funny.

-That's not fair, Johnny.

He could have you arrested,
you know.

-Oh, right.
And get you in trouble, too?

No way.

-Johnny, what are you doing?

Are you coming or what?

-Wait, I'll come with you.

[Indistinct chatter]

-Thank you.

-Looks like this
is the place to be.

Brats here of all ages.

-Where's Priscilla?

-I think she's waiting
for the Kingston Trio.

-[Laughs]

[Cheers and applause]

-I'd like to sing a song
about my home.

♪♪

-Well?

-It's not what
I expected at all.

♪♪

♪♪

-♪ My home town ♪

♪ Is a page that's turned ♪

♪ Way deep down ♪

♪ Where a fire's burning ♪

♪ Know ♪

♪ I'm an ordinary man ♪

♪ Who dreams ♪

♪ Of the stars ♪

♪ We're on our way
to paradise ♪

♪ Right in the ♪

-Well, I've seen enough.

I don't expect any trouble
here tonight.

But I better take my leave
of these parents of paranoia.

Ellen, are you satisfied?

-Well, they are awfully loud,

but the children do seem
to be enjoying themselves.

I don't suppose there's
any real harm to them.

-Well, you know, every
generation had their own music.

Remember the Lindy Hop?

-Oh, Mayor, don't embarrass me.

-[Chuckles]

I need a drink.
You want to join me?

-Yeah.

-Listen, I don't know
about you folks,

but I have to get up
early in the morning.

-♪ What's wrong ♪

♪ In my life? ♪

♪ We're on our way
to paradise ♪

♪ Right in the heat
our hearts are making ♪

♪ Breaking through the ice ♪

♪ We're on our way ♪

♪ Our time is getting nearer ♪

-Matt, you coming or what?

-Yeah.
-♪ Clearer ♪

[Song changes]

♪♪

[Cheering]

♪♪

♪♪

♪ The time is right
to come together ♪

♪ We're gonna rock
this town tonight ♪

♪ I've got the thunder ♪

♪ You've got the lightning ♪

♪ We've got the power
to win the fight ♪

♪ We are the rulers
of tomorrow ♪

♪ Shout out the message
loud and clear ♪

♪ It's a rock invasion ♪

♪ It's a rock invasion ♪

♪ We're coming down ♪

♪ To rock your town ♪

-Alright, who wants
to open the discussion?

Janey?

Johnny?

What do you think
Emerson's getting at here?

Johnny?

Julie?

What did Emerson mean
by the Red Slayer?

-Emerson?

-Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Well, guess we've done a lot
of talking

about literature in this class,
but maybe not enough about life.

You see, it's not enough
to just read Whitman

and Emerson
from your anthologies.

You have to use what you read.

Apply it to your lives
and make it work for you.

-Well, how is Whitman
going to help me decide

what to do for a living?

[Laughter]

No, no, I'm not kidding.

Because if he could help,
I'd really be happy,

because I have no idea.

-Well, Tony the aim of
literature isn't to tell

what to do with your life,

it's to tell you
how to live it wisely.

-Oh, yeah.
What would Mr. Whitman think

of what you've done
with your life?

-[Chuckles]

Well, no, that's good.

What would Whitman think
of what I've done with my life?

Well, I guess -- I guess
he'd judge me by

how successful I am
at teaching.

I'm not very successful
right now, but...

Hey, you kids can judge
that better than I can.

[Bell rings]

Hey, get some sleep tonight,
will you, please?

Hey, stranger, how'd you like
the Black Roses show?

-It was wonderful.

I'm going again tonight.

-Really? Did you win the lottery
or something?

-They liked us so much,

they gave us tickets
to all the shows.

-They gave free tickets
to all the kids?

-All their fans, yeah.

[Indistinct shouting]

-What's the matter
with you today?

Sit down.

I got to tell you, Matt,
this is the first time

I've had a teacher in here
complaining that his kids

didn't get upset
over a homework assignment.

You know, you've got me worried.

-It's not my lessons, Sam.
It's my kids.

I mean, last week, all they
could think about was midterms.

Now it's Black Roses.

-You too, I might add.

You've been exposed
to a taste of rebellion.

It's only natural
they're going to remain

temporary under it's spell.

You know, as soon as these
Burnt Roses leave town,

they'll be back to normal
in no time.

Believe me.

And if you don't believe me,
why don't you go over,

right now,
and talk to this Fabian guy.

-Fabian? [Laughs]

-Yeah, and once you see
that he's just another ordinary

working stiff,
you're going to see that

you've been overreacting.

Yeah. Now, would you please
make your move?

[Indistinct chatter]

-Miss your album, now.
-You mother.

-Fight, fight, fight.

-Son of a bitch.

[Indistinct shouting]

-Throw him, throw him,
throw him.

-Why did you guys
come to Mill Basin, anyway?

-Are you kidding?

Why did you decide
to move to Mill Basin, man?

Mill Basin is like a test case,
you know.

They figured on starting us out
in a small town

since we'd never played
out of the studio before.

Well, once before actually,
but that didn't work out.

Anyway, that's why we decided
to lay down four shows.

We figured we'd work out
the kinks for the act.

The way I see it,
couple of more weeks,

we'll be ready to score
some big time gigs.

If the parents group
doesn't run us out of town.

-Yeah, you heard
about that, huh?

-Oh, yeah.

That's, uh, we expect that.

It's kind of the nature
of the rock and roll beast.

Our music gets misunderstood
all the time.

People thinking it's, uh,
pretty antisocial, you know?

But they're wrong.

If people would just listen
to our music,

they'd see we have a humanistic
message for the kids.

You know, social and
environmental concerns.

That kind of stuff.

You heard us play.

-Yeah, well, like I said,

I just caught the beginning
of it, that's all.

-Oh, well.

Then you can see for yourself.

I bet they'll be no parents
protesting tonight.

-No, no, they've all backed off.

-See?

They had their preconceived
opinions about us,

and once they checked it out
for themselves,

they saw it was all hot air.

-I guess so.
-Hey, Damian, come on.

We got to work out
the first set.

-Yeah, you got me, man.

Hey, listen, come
to the show tonight,

and if you change your mind
about rock and roll,

I'll put you in touch
with my agent.

-You'd be great.
-[Chuckles]

-I'll see you tonight.

-Really, I can't.

-Oh, I know, another date
with the mayor's daughter?

Guy's got to move up
in the world.

-Where are in the hell are you
getting this stuff from?

-Are you kidding?

You're a famous guy.

Known your soul
a long time, man.

Well, anyway I must be taking
a lot of time

out of your teaching schedule.

Like expanding those
little minds and all.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, you take care
-Yeah, see you.

-Nice meeting you.

Julie, aren't you supposed
to be in class?

-Could ask you the same thing.

-Well, uh...

♪♪

♪♪

-♪ Leave me alone ♪

-Hey, Stunard.

-What?

-Go help your mother
with the dishes.

-♪ I'm not made of stone ♪

♪ Why doesn't that
ever make sense? ♪

-What's this?
-What?

-This.
-An earring, pop.

-An earring?

Only two kinds of men
wear earrings.

Pirates and faggots.

I don't see no ship
in our driveway.

-♪ And this ain't
no freak disguise ♪

-Hey, bafangool.

Turn this music off.

[Music stops]

-♪ Know what I feel ♪

♪ My strength is in my will ♪

♪ I cannot wait ♪

[Music stops]

♪ It's second rate ♪

♪ In for the kill ♪

♪ It's me against the world ♪

♪ Me against the world ♪

♪ It's me against the world ♪

♪ Me against the world ♪

♪ It's me against the world ♪

♪ Me against the world ♪

What the hell?

[Distorted voice talking]

What the fuck?!

[Screeches]

[Screeches]

[Screeches]

[Screeches]

-[Groans]

[Grunting]

[Belches]

[Static crackles]

-Vincent Pastore being
devoured by a slime monster

that oozes up out
of the actual vinyl

while the record is playing

and then gets sucked into
the speaker in his acting debut,

the performance that no doubt
got him hired

as "Big Pussy" on
"The Sopranos."

You know, how much do y'all like
extremely cheesy horror effects?

-I think in this case,
I loved it.

Like, that was my favorite
part of the movie.

This is my favorite part
of the movie, I should say.

And I think if there had been
more of that throughout,

I would have liked
the movie better.

-Really?
-Yeah. You agree?

-I mean, I'm a little split
on it, to be honest.

When I saw that, I was like,

"What the hell is
going on here?"

Like, seriously,
are they really doing this?

But, you know,
it's so stupid and fun.

I really enjoyed him
dying, too, by the way,

because he gave me
one of the best lines

I think of the movie,
which was that whole thing

about, like, "There's
two types of guys

that wear an earring,
a pirate and a faggot,

and I don't see any ships
in the driveway."

And I was like,
"This guy's got to go."

[Laughter]

-Perfect 80s nostalgia.

-Well, one thing I love
about the fantasies you create

on "Dragula"
is that you don't do camp.

You don't do horror humor.

You're serious as a heart
attack, and you're always trying

to go to that really
uncomfortable place

where the audience might have
to cover their eyes, right?

-Yeah, it's something with
season three that

we really wanted to lean into
because a lot of times people

see drag artists and they think,

"Oh, it's funny, we're going to
laugh, this is the clownery."

And a lot of times, it is.

But we sort of, our style
doesn't necessarily lend itself

to that all the time.

And so we're like,
"Let's scare them this season,

let's actually not
let there be a punch line."

So when we really
kill someone,

you're left feeling
uncomfortable.

And that was sort of our goal,

to sort of present drag
in a different way.

-Yeah, because it's usually
assumed that if something

has drag in the name,
it's going to be campy.

-Exactly.
-Yeah, which is fun and fine.

And we've done campy segments

on some of
the earlier seasons, too.

But when we beat Violencia
with the hammer

and then, you know,
dissolved her body in acid,

there was no punch line,
it wasn't funny.

-Right.
-That was the first one

that I think was sort of,

you know, it was the opener
for season three,

and it was the first time we
sort of didn't put a punch line.

So it was like --

-It was so brilliant, too,
at the premiere

because they were ready
for a like a campy,

you know, like what's
going to happen next?

And there was an audible, like,

you know, she's running
from the sound in the streets.

I don't know
if you recall the scene,

but she turns around and just
face right into a hammer,

and someone in the audience
was like, "Oh!"

And I was like, "Yes!"
Like, mission accomplished.

-Yeah, exactly.

And then we melted her in acid.
Really sent the message home.

-Well, a lot of people
are curious about you two.

Where did you meet?
Or how did you meet?

Are you New Yorkers?

I know you did some things
in New York,

or were you always out
on the West Coast?

-We met in New York.

So yeah, we learned
a lot of our dirty tricks

from living in New York
for years.

And just like what it meant

to be a part of like
subversive nightlife

and that whole culture,
and after we met,

we kind of went cross country
together and landed in L.A.,

and that's where
we've been ever since.

-Okay. Well, Clive Barker
has talked a lot

about getting a lot of his
inspiration for "Hellraiser"

from those S&M clubs that were
on 10th Avenue in New York.

The ones that disappeared,
I think it was Giuliani

who got rid of them.

Now, did all that scene
just move out to L.A.?

Because it seems like --
it seems to me like you ladies

took the New York '90s and
turned it into the L.A. teens

and took that whole club scene
to the West Coast.

-I mean, our energy
was definitely part of it.

There was like a mass exodus
out of New York

in like mid to late '90s.

We were a part of that,
and it was surprising

to see so many people that we
knew in New York

kind of pop up in L.A.

And then the first event
we threw was kind of

like a pansexual fetish party

that we did every week
for years.

And it really -- it gave
Los Angeles

something that it didn't have.

Everything was so segregated
when we got to L.A.,

so we definitely brought some of
our New York sensibility west.

-Okay, well, all right, now
you're among friends here.

-Okay.
-I think our audiences

probably overlap quite a bit.

-So be honest.
-Okay.

-What's the most outrageous
thing that you ever witnessed

in a hardcore club?

-I would say that the tea --
Well, that too.

But that teacup story from --

-You've got to discuss which
on the top 10 list.

-Well, there's one.
I'll tell the one story.

So we used to do like
a hot ass contest

at our event at Miss Kitty's.

And so we were the hosts, so we
see people get up on stage,

and then they pull their pants
down and whatever.

So they're facing us,

so we can't see
what's behind them, you know?

So they kind of bend over and
shake their ass and whatever.

-These are patrons.
-Yeah, yeah.

-Men, women, whatever.

Like, everyone we get
in this contest.

Well, they bent over,
and the crowd

like horrified gasps,
and I'm like, "Oh, my God."

Like, we can't see behind us, so
we don't know what's happening.

-Yeah, the butts are facing
the crowd so that,

you know, the competitor's faces
are facing us.

We're like, "What the hell --
Like, what are they seeing?"

-It was like a gasp,
and I was like,

You know, we didn't know.
We just kept doing the contest.

Someone won, you know,
because we asked the audience,

"Who do you think should win?"
And they voted this person.

Well, so then when we close
the curtain, we found out,

I guess they had like a fetish
like S&M like spreader thing...

-In their butt.
-...in their butt.

-So you could see like
right through to their dinner.

[Laughter]

-Did they win?
-They did win.

-That was the winner?
-That was the winner.

-Exactly.
-Little John Waters

like filth there,
but there's the teacup story.

-Yeah, there's
a teacup story, too.

I was working in New York.

I was a student, and I worked
at this club, and they did,

like, I forget how they did.

They'd give everybody
a bunch of fake money

when they came into the club,
and then people would just be

inspired to do outrageous acts
through the night.

And if your act was outrageous
enough, you'd just collect

the money that you were given
at the door

from various patrons.

So this one person, he got out,
like, had a whole thing,

like put out a blanket
and gave everybody teacups,

and you're like, "Oh, like,
where is this going?"

And he had done like
some kind of enema before,

and he like,
squatted over everybody's cup

and just kind of
like filled their cups,

and then filled his own
and like drank it.

And I was like, "Wow, I've never
seen any anything this sick."

-You asked for it,
and there it is.

-All right, well,
I know Darcy always goes to

your Halloween ball.

Do you still do
the Halloween ball?

-Oh, yeah.
-In L.A.?

How do you have time to do
the Halloween ball?

-We come alive.

Like, we like to say we drain
the souls of everyone around us

a little bit every October to
just keep us going

to the next year.

So, this year
will be our 20th anniversary.

-Oh, wow.

How awesome is
the Halloween ball, Darcy?

-It's amazing.
-Yeah. Okay.

All right. We're going to
go back to the movie now.

Did you notice how first
Damian comes out

as a Michael Bolton type

in a Don Johnson suit
singing power ballads?

And then after
the parents leave,

it's off with the pastel and on
with the leather and spandex

and permed mullets
and shaggy chest.

But the music
is only slightly wilder.

You know, it's like, "We are
the rulers of tomorrow."

You know,
"It's a rock invasion."

Who says, "It's a rock
invasion," you know?

So these are supposed to be
the minions of Satan.

Does Satan hire feature writers
from USA Today

to write his song?

So anyway, let's move
this party along.

So back to the movie.

Oh, and we still have more
karaoke to come,

and, Dracmorda, that was a great
rendition of "I Miss You"

by Blink 182, very emo.

-So good.
-We loved it.

[Laughter]

[Static crackles]

Amadeus.

[Classical music plays]

Damian, Damian, Damian,
Damian, Damian,

Damian, Damian, Damian, Damian,

Damian, Damian, Damian,
Damian, Damian, Damian.

Damian, Damian, Damian, Damian,
Damian, Damian, Damian, Damian,

Damian, Damian, Damian...

[Cheering]

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

-♪ Day by the day,
the stories the same ♪

♪ We fight the faithless ♪

♪ We know their names ♪

♪ We go to work
when the sun goes down ♪

♪ We won't stop
until we take this town ♪

♪ Turn up the power ♪

♪ Turn up the lights ♪

♪ We're on a mission
and we'll rock all night ♪

♪ You want it louder ♪

♪ I can see ♪

♪ I'm gonna take you
to the top with me ♪

-We are!

-♪ Soldiers of the night ♪

-Fight!

♪ Soldiers of the night ♪

[Clattering]

-Ah, son of a bitch.

[Engine starts, revs]

[Siren wailing]

-♪ You want a taste
of danger tonight ♪

♪ I got my eyes on the road ♪

♪ I won't be cool
on the trigger baby ♪

♪ So you'll have time
to reload ♪

[Engine revs]

♪ My sites are set ♪

♪ My aim is true ♪

♪ There's only one chance
left for you ♪

♪ Dance on fire ♪

♪ Shadows slip in the night ♪

♪ Dance on fire ♪

♪ Till the break of day light ♪

♪ Dance on fire ♪

♪ Nothing to see ♪

♪ Dance on fire ♪

[Doorbell rings]

-Matt.

Nice of you to call first.

-I'm sorry, Priscilla.
I'm here to see your father.

Is he in?

-No.

No, he's not here.

Did you and Daddy have a date?

-Come off it, Priscilla.

I am not in the mood.

I need to talk to someone.

-Oh, yeah. What about me?

-You wouldn't be interested.
-And what makes you think that?

-Because it's about my students.

And when have you ever been
the slightest bit

interested in my students?

-I'm always interested
in your little students.

And their little books,
and their little essays,

oh, and especially
your little teacher's pet.

-You leave Julie out of this.

-Oh, so you knew exactly
who I meant.

-Priscilla, I -- [Scoffs]

What's the use.
I'm just wasting my time anyway.

-No, you're wasting my time.

Do you know why
I went out with you?

Because when I met you, I said,
"There's a guy

that's going to do something
with his life."

I didn't think it was going
to be teaching a bunch of

inbred morons the alphabet.

-You know, sometimes I find
myself thinking like you.

Thinking that maybe I have
wasted my life,

settled for less.

But then I see those
little students of mine,

and I realize that I have
made a difference.

-Oh, come on, Matt.
-Shut up, Priscilla.

And maybe by your standards,
I am a disappointment,

but at least I make an attempt.

And that's a hell of a lot
better than a life

that means nothing.

Yeah. Yeah, you're right.

I came here to see your father,
and you got me going off on some

tangent defending why
I became a teacher.

I'm going home.

Or maybe to a bar.

Yeah.

Which ever I pass first.

-Fine! Do it, Matt.

-Priss?

-Yes, Daddy?

-Who's down there with you?

-Nobody.

-Good night, Sonny.

-Later, man.

-Was that you, Johnny?

-♪ My home town ♪

♪ Is a page that's turned ♪

♪ Way deep down ♪

♪ Where a fire's burning ♪

[Static crackles]

-[Sighs]

[Cheers and applause]

-God, that really was
a beautiful

"Ain't Nobody" from Chaka Khan.

I didn't know
you had it in your house.

-Yeah, well, you know,

I'm getting into
the spirit tonight.

So you get a lot of sex
when your demon possessed.

"Black Roses" was directed
by John Fasano,

who made not just one
but two movies

about demonic metal music.

The other one is called
"Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare",

and it's about a hair metal band

facing off against
the Prince of Darkness.

So kind of the opposite
of this movie.

But he was in his 20s
when he made these movies,

and he made another cult
curiosity called "The Jitters."

And let us not forget
"Zombie Nightmare"

starring Adam West, which was
even cheaper than this movie.

So Fasano would go on
to make a lot of money

as a script doctor.

He wrote "Another 48 Hrs.",
and he did script doctor work on

"Die Hard With a Vengeance",
"Tombstone",

"Judge Dredd," wrote
a whole bunch of TV movies,

but you will appreciate this.

He was a famous
Halloween mask designer.

He had over
100 original designs.

He worked in latex, vinyl,
plastic,

and his masks were sold
at Party City, Target,

Wal-Mart, and the pinnacle
of mask merchandising.

Spencer's Gifts.

-Wow.
-So he made it.

-He really made it.

-Where did Spender's go
when all the malls died?

You know, is that still around?

Anyway, John Fasano died young.

He died in 2014, just age 52.

So, Swanthula, Dracmorda,
one of the things that gives

your series "Dragula" such soul
is that a lot of your

contestants are facing inner
demons and other obstacles,

and many have had
very tough lives.

And you're like the parents
who kind of tell them,

"Don't focus on what you don't
have, empower yourself.

Stop caring about
other people's opinions."

And so you have these moments
in the show of epiphany,

where the performers
find themselves,

you know,
face their true selves.

And I don't think I'm being
too corny when I say that.

But what I wanted
to ask you is,

what, in your opinion,
is the connection between --

because we deal with this
all the time here --

between horror
and being a misfit?

Because we call our fans and
our little family here mutants.

You call yours uglies.

-Yeah.
-Love that.

-And because a lot of them
seek refuge in horror,

they've found
something in horror

that they were not getting from
their family or their school

or their circle of friends
or their community.

So what is that something?
What is that connection?

-I think, for queer people,
they sort of saw the way

that monsters were presented
in horror movies

and they related to that, right?

So you have like Frankenstein,
who now there's a village

of people chasing after him with
a torch, you know what I mean?

They actually have like
a good side to them.

But the appearance
of Frankenstein

scared the villagers, you know?

And I think that where people
relate to that sort of thing,

the monster,
or the vampire, right?

Like a lot of times,
there's like kind of

queer undertones
to vampire movies,

and I think that that
just relates to --

that queer people
relate to that subtext.

-Yeah, I think villains and
monsters are kind of reflections

of what society fears
or just doesn't like.

And that's where like
the queer coding comes in

and how you can relate
to the monster

or the villain more than you can
the "normal people"

in the movie.

And I think any outcast
can relate to that.

That's such a narrative.
Anybody can relate to that.

So unless you're like one of
the one percent or the people

that have everything -- you're
beautiful, you have money,

and you're privileged
and all those kind of things,

there are so many people that
are not that, like way more.

So I think those are
the people that relate to

kind of the outcast nature
of like horror

and, you know,
the pretty girls die

or the jock gets beheaded,
and you love those moments.

-And is it partly also that if
your parents hated these movies,

that it makes you love them
all the more?

Because I talked to a movie
executive one time

who told me he would go
seek refuge in 42nd Street

back in the day when it was,
you know,

all of the forbidden movies
and nice people didn't go there,

but he would go there, and then
he was surprised to find

that people like us
actually worship these movies.

-You know?
-Oh, yeah, totally.

-I think there was something
appealing about that, too.

Like people that feel outcast
sort of resonate

toward outcast movies.

You know, they thought like,
"Oh, this is for me,

this speaks to me, and that this
movie is outcast like I am."

I mean, I feel like at least it
definitely was like in the '80s

and '90s, you know?

Nowadays, I think it's kind of
cool to like horror.

-That's true.
It's become mainstream.

-For sure.

-All right. All right.
Well, Mill Basin is in chaos.

People are being
beaten, attacked.

There are riots in the streets,

all because Black Roses
did the song

"We Won't Stop
Until We Take This Town."

Their most brutal lyric yet.

-Yeah.
-Let's go back to the movie.

You know, it's weird that
they made these movies to attack

Tipper Gore,
but then almost all the plots

just reinforce
what Tipper Gore was saying.

They call this sub genre
"metal-sploitation",

and "Trick or Treat"
is the most beloved one,

but also "The Gate",
"Monster Dog",

"Hard Rock Zombies",
"Rocktober Blood",

"Shock 'Em Dead", "Darkness",
"Dream Maniac",

"Heavy Metal Massacre",
"Death Metal Zombie."

There are about 25 of these,

and they all have
the same elements of the theme

"Yes, music does turn you
into a monster."

So I don't imagine these movies
were entered into evidence

at any congressional hearings.

-Probably not.

-Also, Damian is not that
creepy to me.

-You know, that's --
-No.

-Do you agree?

-Especially with all
the different wigs.

-I'm like, "This is a queen."

Like, he shows up
with the big, crazy hair.

Then when, you know,
Matt goes to see him

in the auditorium
like between shows,

he's got like the little kind of
version of his hair.

And then by the end,
he's just scalping himself,

and he's totally bald.

I'm like "What is happening?"

-Yeah, he that was his big
move to shock everyone.

He's like...

You're like, "Big deal."

Like, we do that every day.

-That's Sal Viviano.

He's was a Chicago actor
who came to New York in 1984

to star in
"The Three Musketeers"

on Broadway.

And then almost his whole career
has been on the Broadway stage.

So that's why you never
saw him in film,

except in these
John Fasano movies.

He also starred in
"The Jitters",

that other one that I mentioned,

but he was nominated
for a Helen Hayes Award,

not for "The Jitters",
but for something

I guess Helen Hayes-ish
on stage, I guess.

But I think the reason I don't
quite believe him as the devil

is that he does have that
musical comedy style, you know?

You can't be the devil
after somebody spots

you leaving by the stage door
of "Kiss Me, Kate."

[Laughter]

-I'm like, this narrative of him
as one of the Three Musketeers

makes so much more sense
in my world.

-Definitely.
-You know,

than the conduit of Satan,
not buying it.

-All right, let's do
some heartbreak show tunes

on the karaoke machine.

I'll do "Rose's Turn."
That's a regret song, right?

Somebody will do
"Music of the Night."

You know, Darcy, you do
"Music of the Night", okay?

-Alright.

-Swanthula,
"Don't Rain On My Parade",

from "Funny Girl."

Dracmorda, "If I Loved You"
from "Carousel."

-If I knew the song
from "Carousel."

-Well, you know.

[Laughter]

-Okay.

[Static crackles]

-So this is the mighty Batman?

I never thought
you'd be so mighty.

Let's see how
mighty you really are.

Wha!

Why don't you go swim
the fire, Aquaman!

♪ Protecting your past life,
sentencing you to the grave ♪

-Jason, you still up?

Son, it's 11:00.

School night.

Your mother would ring my neck

if she knew you were
still up at this time.

What -- what are you doing?

How could you do this?

How could you do that
to your toys?

-They were the bad guys.

-The bad guys?

Come on, son, off to bed.

Go to sleep.
Come on.

You're going to get me
in trouble.

-Hi.
-Hey, Mr. Miller.

-Girls, how was the concert?
-It was excellent.

-Oh, yeah?
-Where's Mrs. Miller?

-Oh, Thursday night bridge.

She'll be out until
about 1:00 or 2:00.

-That's right, we have
Daddy all to ourselves.

How about we can entertain
Tina for a while?

-I'm locked out of my house

until my parents get back
from this party they went to.

-Oh, I don't know, Janey.
It's a school night tonight.

-Oh, please, Mr. Miller.

I have no place else to go.

-Come on, dad.

-Yeah, well, I guess
we could play gin.

-Sure, dad, why not.
Why should mom have all the fun.

-Hey? Okay.

-♪ You wanted power ♪

♪ As you can see ♪

♪ I'm gonna take you
to the top with me ♪

♪ Soldiers of the night ♪

♪ Fight ♪

♪ Soldiers of the night ♪

-Where have you been?

I told you not
to go out tonight.

Did you and go and see that show
again after I told you not to?

[Engine stops]

-[Laughs]

-[Sighs]

-Ha, gin!

-Nice hand, Mr. Miller.

-That's it for me, I'm wasted.

-Good night, Pop.
-Janey?

-Don't worry Mr. M. I'm not
going to wimp out on you.

Let's play a few more hands.

-No, Tina.
-See you at school, Tina.

-See ya later.

-Tina, we should
really call your home.

Your parents must be home
by now.

-They won't be home for hours.

-Oh, sweetheart,
it's getting late.

-Are you ready to deal?

-Huh?

-Let's raise the stakes then.

-Tina.

-We can play strip gin.

-Strip gin?

-I'm sure you know the rules.

-Oh, well, yes, actually I do.

-Okay, you deal, and I'll open.

-♪ Take it off ♪
-♪ Take it off ♪

-♪ Take it all off ♪
-♪ Take it off ♪

♪ Take it all because
I like it ♪

-♪ Take it off ♪
-♪ Take it off ♪

-♪ Take it all off ♪
-♪ Take it off ♪

-Son?

Couldn't sleep, son?

How was that concert tonight?

What's the matter, son?

-I love you, dad.

[Gunshots]

-So Mr. M., what do you have?

-Oh, Tina.

Gin.

-I guess you win the prize then.

-Oh, gosh.

-Let's play.

-Tina.

Oh, Tina.

Oh, oh.

[Indistinct chatter]

-Well, I hope you're starting
to get a feel for what

the American transcendentalist
writers are all about.

-Why do we have to study
all these dead writers?

I mean, there's
a poet alive today

who writes rings around 'em.

Damian.

[Clamoring]

I'm tired of living in the past.

I'm living now.

[Students chanting "Damian"]

-Alright.

I want you to write
an in class essay

comparing the use of metaphor...

[Students chanting "Damian"]

I said I want you to write --

[Students chanting "Damian"]

[Telephone rings]

-I got it.

Hello.

-Neal?

There's something going on
in this town,

and you got to help me stop it.

-You sound like a hysterical
Mrs. Miller.

-Well, if I was Mrs. Miller,
I would be hysterical

because Mr. Miller is dead.

-Dead?

Herb Miller's dead?

I just, uh, just saw him at the
town meeting the other night.

Bad ticker?

-No, bad kids, bad music.

Bad news, Neal.

-Don't go off the deep end here.

-Where in the hell have
you been?

Tony Ames' mother is dead, too.

A hit and run accident.

Only, Neal, I don't think
it was an accident.

-Look, I know it is a lot of bad
news for one day in Mill Basin.

-Look, Neal, you have to come
with me to that concert tonight.

Now I can't explain it.

I think they're doing
something to the kids.

Controlling their minds.

I -- I can feel it, Neal.

-Matt, you go to the concert.

And if you still feel
as strongly about it tomorrow,

come on over and we'll
do something about it.

But, I've got to agree
with Priss.

She just thinks you're carrying
this concerned teacher thing

a bit too far.

It's like it's become
an obsession.

-For Christ sakes!

-I know you'll feel better if
you and Priss get back together.

I know you've had a little spat.

-This has nothing to do
with Priscilla.

-Drop by tomorrow, and I'll help
you break the ice with Priss.

Okay?

-Neal!

-It's a date, bye.

-Neal!

-I was sorry to hear
about you father, Janey.

What did he die of?

-Heart attack.

Mother found him dead
in the den this morning.

About 3:00 a.m., when she
got home from bridge club.

She felt terrible.

-Well, I can imagine.

-She lost.

-Now, Janey, it's only natural
that we try

to suppress our grief
when a parent dies.

Unless we allow that
grief process a chance

to run it's normal course,

it can come back in destructive
ways later on in life.

You're far better off getting
everything out in the open now.

As painful as that maybe.

-I guess you're right.

What do you suggest?

-Do I suggest?

Well, uh, you could,
you let your true feelings,

your true feelings, just
let them come to the surface.

Don't -- don't be afraid.

Don't try to suppress anything,
you know.

How did your father's death
make you feel?

Can you describe it?

-Makes me feel like screaming.

I'd like to open a window and
scream at the top of my lungs.

May I?

-Yes.

That's a very good
constructive suggestion, Janey.

And it's a good start.

Let's let you scream.

You know, I think it might
do you a lot of good.

You know, I often thought of
using screaming in my therapy,

in my work.

-[Growling]

-[Screams]

-Great scream.

[Laughs]

[Static crackles]

-Mill Basin is in chaos,
guidance counselors

are being tossed
out of windows,

moms being run down
by their demon seed,

sexed up teens shooting
daddy in the head.

Worst of all, young children
burning up their Batman

in Aquaman action figures.

Mill Basin is actually
the town of Dundas, Ontario.

We were in the era
of Canadian tax shelter flicks,

so everybody
moved up to Canada.

And the death and destruction
in "Black Roses"

is nothing compared to the death
and destruction scenarios

concocted by our guests,
Swanthula and Dracmorda,

the Boulet brothers.

And in fact, Drac,

I think you announced
to the competitors

at one point,
"This competition is not safe."

-Yeah.
-You tell them that in advance.

-Yes, yes.

And we tell them many times
when we first cast them.

I mean, literally,
we try to convince them

not to take the casting.

So they have to go through
this whole audition process

and put in a casting video.

And we literally try
to encourage them not to do it

because the last thing we want
is for someone to get there

and feel like they're being
forced to do something

they don't want to do.
-Or like duped in any way.

We're like, "It's not easy.
It's not comfortable.

You will do things that will
make you very unhappy."

And you know,
the rewards are great,

but that's only for a few.

Everyone else dies.

-So it's the same principle
as Navy SEAL training.

At any point, you can just ring
the bell and they let you leave.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

-So you try to get people to
leave so that you have

the hardcore at the end.

-Yeah, the show's based
off of our career and our drag,

right, so all the things
that we make them do

are things that we've
either done in stage shows

or we've done
just for fun on the side.

So yeah, you know, we came up
in a very nontraditional way.

Like, we didn't start off doing,
like lip sync to pop songs

and like tips and all that.

We would go to like,
you know, heavy metal venues

and put on live performances.

Or we would go to like
Wasteland Weekend.

And just really intense,
different places.

-Like apocalypse parties

and punk shows and stuff
like that.

-Stuff you don't usually see
drag at, and we would do shows

that were like, you know,
let's pierce ourselves

or get tattooed
or like crazy things like that.

So we kind of want
to bring them up

and the kind of drag
that we got brought up in.

-Okay, well, it's
the only show I know of where

you have to look good,

you have to know
how to do special effects,

you have to
do performance art,

you have to be comfortable
in the horror world,

and you have to do
disgusting things

that are normally only seen on
"Fear Factor" or "Survivor"

or some show like that.

So what was the hardest thing
for your contestants to do

of all the things we've done?

-I think the flesh pierce.

We did a Cenobite challenge
at the opening of season two,

and it was kind of
design your own Cenobite

through the kind of kaleidoscope
of your own drag.

So turn your drag
into a Cenobite.

And the ones that were up for
extermination, as we call it,

the ones who performed the
lowest had to be body pierced

with like
these huge gage needles.

It was really intense.

-Now, I will say,
they weren't super huge.

We didn't expect them
to do super huge needles,

but they wanted to outdo
the other ones.

So they were asking like,
"Do bigger needles."

So it looks really gruesome
on the show.

-And it was.
-It was gruesome.

But a lot of people
do those kind of piercings

and suspensions just as part
of their performance art.

-Yeah, like jumping
out of planes, eating spiders.

You know, we took them
out to the desert,

to this big party
that we hosted for many years.

And they have like
this geodesic dome. It's huge.

Like, the roof of it
is like 30 feet tall,

and you get strapped
in very Mad Max,

and you have like these like,
you know, pugil sticks

or whatever they call them,
and they pull you back,

and they launch you,
and they just like

kick each others' ass.
It was amazing.

-Wow, what made the physical
challenges important to you

in addition to
the performance art part?

-Well, it's fun to just watch
drag queens do crazy shit.

-[Laughter]
-I mean, that's number one.

But number two is like,
life is hard and, like,

everything gets candy coated,
you know, like what you see

that might be from
the queer space on TV

or even other drag shows
or whatever.

It's very candy coated,
very palatable,

and very presented
in a friendly way.

But that is not the reality.

Like, the world has gotten
better, but it isn't that great.

And queer people
and just fringe people

and just weirdos and outcasts
get mistreated by the masses,

and we want to make sure
that they're toughened up

you know, whether they win
the show or lose the show.

That's just our little lesson.

-Well, I think it's also
about facing your fear, right?

Because a lot of times,
these performers will be

sort of locked in
a certain space in their

home city where they perform
or they have other issues

going on that
are holding them back.

And when they're at home,
they can avoid all their issues

and just do their drag
and perform and whatever.

When we bring them to the show,
they sort of have to get

on stage and the spotlight
comes on them.

And there's no excuses.

Like, you have to face yourself
there in that moment.

You can't blame it
on other performers,

or you can't blame it on the bar

that you're performing
or whatever.

It's all on you.

And I think facing your fear
and overcoming those fears

and seeing that you can conquer
these challenges empowers them.

-So it is like
military combat training.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

This is our Navy SEAL
drill sergeant outfit.

-For drag queens,

-So originally,
"Dragula" was a monthly party...

-Yeah.
-...at a bar called

Faultline in L.A.

Did you do this
physical stuff there?

Did you make people do the --

-Different versions of it.

Like, they would have to perform
out of trash cans,

and we did like
a mud wrestling party.

We gave the audience like eggs
and tomatoes and bread

and like fed
the competitors scripts

where they had to say all this
politically incorrect stuff

so that everyone would
be like, "Boo!"

And like pelt them with food.

-Which was amazing.
-It was so fun.

-I mean, yeah, the energy at
those parties was just so --

it was like a rock show,
it really was.

It was just like, you know,
there was a lot of times

like there was like
a thrill kill song

where they chant like,
"kill, kill, kill,"

and like the whole crowd
would be chanting it

while these drag queens are like
getting food thrown at them.

-It was amazing.
-Yeah.

-One thing you can say about
any contestant on "Dragula"

is they're not afraid of pain.

-Yes.
-There's always pain

involved, right?

-I mean, probably at least
once a season.

-Yeah.
-Or maybe more.

You know, we're not
sitting there like,

"Oh, let's design
the most painful torture."

You know, it varies.

-Okay,
-Yeah, but pain is part of it.

-Well, before we go
back to the movie,

I wanted to mention
Julie Adams,

who's in this movie, who plays
the moral crusader, Mrs. Miller.

We weren't able to properly
honor Julie at the time of

her death, but I knew Julie.

I met Julie at a horror con
about 15 years ago.

And of course, everybody knows
her as the girl who swims

with the monster in

"Creature From
the Black Lagoon."

But what they don't know
is that besides

being the sweetest person
in the world,

she was a completely
self-made actress.

She grew up in a small town
in Arkansas

during the depression,
in an alcoholic household

that didn't much care
about her.

And she kind of clawed
her way to Hollywood

by winning
the Miss Little Rock Pageant

and somehow used that
to make her way to California.

And then she took speech
and drama classes,

mostly to lose her
really heavy Arkansas accent.

And then she worked
as a secretary,

and she took any role
on the side that she could get.

And she made a lot
of poverty row westerns,

even though she was
a very elegant woman

and she was not
the Annie Oakley type at all.

But she made it work for her.

And one time she did
six movies in five weeks

at the Ray Corrigan ranch
in Chatsworth, California.

-Wow.
-Wow.

-But, anyway, she finally
got noticed by Universal,

and they made her
their stock romantic lead

all through the '50s.

She starred
opposite Rock Hudson.

She made five films
with Rock Hudson,

Tyrone Power, Glenn Ford,
Van Heflin.

She was in an Elvis movie.

She worked with Glenn Ford,
John Wayne,

but always as the pretty girl.

She was always stereotyped,
which she was --

she was fine with that.

She worked with
whatever they gave her.

And after her Universal
contract expired,

she transitioned to TV,

and she worked on virtually
every episodic show that exists

until she finally retired
from acting at age 84.

And then she died
very recently at age 92,

and she had her body in interred
back in Malvern, Arkansas,

under her real name,
which was Betty May.

So she had every card
stacked against her

and she still triumphed.

Okay, back to the movie.

And you ladies are creating
Julia Adams scenarios

every time your show is on,
because I'm sure

it's very inspirational
to people who feel

that they have no access
and no hope.

-Yeah, or they they're not seen.

What they what they see
on television or in movies,

they don't see themselves
reflected very much.

So when we go
to public appearances

or, you know, conventions
or whatever it is,

we get a lot of that.

Just your show brought me
out of a depression

or it gave me
so much inspiration.

And I loved seeing this.
Or I loved seeing that.

And it made me want to do my own
art, and stuff like that,

which those are like our
favorite experiences.

-That's great. Okay.

Sorry to get serious,
but actually the character

I don't understand in this movie

is Carla Ferrigno
as Priscilla.

You know, we have that whole
sequence where Priscilla,

the mayor's daughter,
and the English teacher,

are fighting over their breakup,
which doesn't --

it looks like
a tacked on character.

Like somebody said,

"Hey, wouldn't it be great
to have Lou Ferrigno's wife

in the movie?"

Who wouldn't?
I mean, who wouldn't want that?

-Yeah.

[Static crackles]

-Oh, Julie.

I thought I'd find you here.

What are you reading?

Oh it's nothing,

Just an article I'm writing.
That's all.

I hardly get
to see you anymore.

What are you talking about.

I just saw you in class today.

Are you feeling okay?

I mean you, you just don't seem
to be quite yourself lately.

I don't know what you mean.

I couldn't be more myself.

Um...

You're still going to
the concert tonight?

-Of course.
-With Johnny?

-Of course not.

Johnny means nothing to me.

-Well, then what's
the attraction?

I mean to the concert.

I mean, how do you go back night
after night

and listen to
the same old songs, huh?

-But that's what so great
about it, it's never the same.

Every night, I find something
different in Damian's music.

Something really personal.

I don't know, it's like his
music was meant just for me.

-Really?

Yeah, I find
that hard to believe.

-I'm disappointed in you,
Mathew.

You must have read
"Leaves of Grass" 100 times.

And why?

Because you always find
something new.

-Yeah.

Julie, I just don't think
it's a good idea.

I mean, you've worked very,
very hard this term,

and now all of a sudden,
you're neglecting your studies,

you're staying out late,

and I don't want you to screw up
your chances at a scholarship.

-Ah, who cares?

-I care.

I care, Julie.

I mean, I like you.

You're a nice girl.

-Liking isn't good enough
anymore, Matt.

I need something more from you.

And I know why you
pull away from me.

It's her.

-You don't know what
you're talking about.

There's no one in my life
right now but myself.

And that's more than
I can handle.

Julie? What --

[Crowd chanting "Rose, Rose"]

-You are the Black Roses.

The flowers of evil.

You have been chosen to smite
the soil with the sword of pain.

-Roses, roses, roses.

-We are one with things
that prey

and one with what we kill.

-Roses, roses, roses, roses,
roses, roses, roses.

Victim, and I,

and thou, are one.

[Cheering]

Let's make blood sing.

[Laughs evilly]

-Demanded medicine to ease
stomach upsets

among the hostages.

The Dusseldorf high court
has found...

-Whoa, is that you?

Why don't you sit down
and watch some TV.

There's not much on but, uh...

-Where's my mother?

-Well, she's out
supporting her little family.

-Used to be even smaller.

-Yeah, well, that was back
in the stone age.

Mmm, you really do know
how to take care

of your old step dad,
don't you?

-Yes, I do.

-Don't stop now.

[Grunts]

[Grunting]

-What a nightmare.

Oh, no.

10:00.

I missed the concert.

Julie.

Julie?

Julie!

Oh, Mrs. Sullivan I'm sorry.

I was looking for --
are you alright?

-I was waiting for the police.

-The police, why?
What's happened?

-Well...

-Mrs. Sullivan, what's wrong?

-My husband -- I came home
from work,

and there's blood
all over the place.

I...I...

-Where is Julie?

Where's Julie, Mrs. Sullivan?

-I don't know where Julie is.

I pray to God
nothing's happened to her.

-I'll find her, okay?

[Engine starts]

[Children shouting]

-Oh, you're one of Matt's
little students.

Oh, teacher's pet.

[Screams]

[Children shouting]

-Neal?

Priscilla?

Damn.

[Telephone ringing]

Julie?

-Matt, it's me.

-Neal, what is it?

-Something happened.

There's been an accident.

Her car caught on fire.

She's dead.

Her car caught on fire.

And, uh, my little girl is dead.

-Priscilla?

[Knock on door]

[Doorbell rings]

[Knocking]

-Julie.

-Mathew.

I've brought you a present.

-What kind of present, Julie?

-Myself.

You know I've always loved you.

Julie, you're just a kid.

You don't mean that.
I'm like a father to you.

Julie, no.
Now, this isn't right.

-But, Mathew.

-Ah!

What are you doing?

Julie, what is wrong with you?

-But, Mathew, I've taken
care of everything.

There's nothing left to stop us
from always being together.

-Julie, no.

Julie, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

What in the hell
is going on here?

Oh.

-[Growls]

[Growls]

[Screeches]

[Screeching]

[Roars]

[Roars]

[Screeching]

[Screeching]

[Snarling]

[Screeching]

[Screeching]

Fuck.

[Static crackles]

-Oh, fuck indeed.

It's got to be discouraging
for a dedicated school teacher

when your star student
slits the throat

of your ex-girlfriend,
tries to go down on you,

then turns into a demon
with giant teeth

and a glowing purple claw

that has to be eviscerated
with a kitchen stool

through the gizzards, you know.

Sure, it happens, but weren't
the Title IX programs

supposed to get rid
of those kinds of disparities

in the schools?

So anyway, that actress
is Karen Planden as Julie.

And you have just witnessed
her entire career.

This is her only film.

John Martin, as the teacher,
on the other hand,

would go on to an extensive
career in soaps,

including "Days of Our Lives",
"The Young and the Restless",

"One Life to Live."

So Swanthula and Dracmorda,
you probably didn't hear

my intro to the movie
because you weren't here yet,

but I was talking about
the original Valentine's Day,

when Romans would run naked
through the streets,

flagging one another
with goat hide whips,

and then they would choose
random sex partners

out of an urn.

But I feel that
you're bringing the spirit

of the feast of Lupercalia,

if not the exact ritual, back
to society with your work.

-I'm totally into that.
-Me too.

-I really love that.
-Proud to do it.

-Happy to do it.

-All right,
and your goal in "Dragula"

is to create the world's most
amazing super monster, right?

-Mm-hmm.
-And to do that,

you use all the things we love
here at "The Last Drive-In" --

classic horror, vintage science
fiction, punk rock, wrestling.

Darcy is the wrestling expert.

-Hell yeah.

[Laughter]

-But you're more about
'80s wrestling, right?

-Yeah, definitely inspired
by our GLOW girls, yeah.

-Okay.

What's the main difference
between '80s wrestling

and today wrestling?

-It was more offensive
in the '80s.

-They were more willing to be
politically incorrect.

-Yeah, I think so.

-That's how you got the crowd
riled up is you had

a very politically incorrect
villain.

-For sure, and they play it on
everything --

sexism, like politics.

-Nothing was sacred.
-Yeah.

-All right.

Well, the Boulet Brothers,
"Dragula Resurrection"

has been on Shudder
for a while now,

because you had the special
in the plague year,

and then you had
the season four,

and I think you've created
two new forms of art.

First of all,
a new kind of drag

that doesn't really
have much to do

with our traditional notions
of drag.

And secondly,
a new kind of reality show.

Because, I mean, how much
do you coach the competitors

on the behind
the scenes stuff in "Dragula"?

-For like the reality portion?

-The stuff that at their homes
or when they're interacting

with one another?

-That? None.

-Yeah, we really don't do that.

-We do encourage them
to speak their mind.

You know, we will say,

"Hey, make sure
you talk about this

that you're going through
or whatever."

But it's things that they told
us they wanted to talk about.

And then the camera comes on,
and they'll get nervous.

So we'll remind them of what
you know, what they wanted

to talk about, but we don't
seed them anything or try to

push on something.

Whatever they're inspired
by in the moment,

that's what we want
to see on camera.

-So if they're obnoxious,

they're choosing
to be obnoxious.

-Yeah.
-If they don't like

another person, they really
don't like the other person.

If they like another person,
they really like that person.

-Yeah, yeah.
All that stuff is very natural.

We don't over-produce
their characters in any way.

-So it's not "Real Housewives
of New Jersey."

-No, although we love "The Real
Housewives of New Jersey."

But the show creates
a pressure cooker, too.

You know, there's so much,
there's artistic challenge,

but there's always
that looming threat

of what you might have to do
if you don't perform well.

And then it's like
all your natural feelings.

Like, I like this bitch
or I don't or whatever.

So we're lucky. I feel like
We've we cast very well.

We love our cast. They become
kind of part of our family.

But we put them
in this pressure cooker,

and they just like, go off.

-Yeah, well, it comes
across as very heartfelt

to the point that, you know,
they all want the prize so badly

that there's a real sadness

every time somebody
gets eliminated.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

You know,
I don't even want to say --

I want to say we are taking
a form of drag.

Maybe amplifying it
and really spinning it more

into the horror space,
but it's been there.

This like transgressive
like punk drag

has been there since drag
has been there I think.

It's just been sort of
like forgotten and unsung.

So we want to take
that and like,

bring it forward
and put it in the spotlight.

And I think that's where
you get some of that fever

to be seen and to win

because there traditionally
aren't very many outlets

for those type of artists.

-Right, they're not celebrated.
-They're not celebrated at all.

So we've created a platform
that takes those things

that people are outcasts for
and turns it into

their superpower,
and we celebrate them for that.

-Well, what makes me
feel a little bit better

when I watch those moments is,
you know, I hope the losers

are still helped by the show
in their careers

when they go back home.

-Oh. yeah, totally.
No, they are.

-I don't think winning the show
necessarily means

you're going to make
the most money

or you're the most popular,
because a lot of times,

you know, fan favorites
will go home early,

but they'll go on to have
a big career afterwards.

Like, they'll get booked
at nightclubs to perform

and get other things going on.

So it's not always necessarily
the winner that wins the most.

-Okay.
-Yeah.

-Well, I hope you have 197
more seasons if you want

to do it for that long.
-Thank you.

-And thank you for being here.

This has been wonderful
to have you.

-Thank you.
It's an honor to be here.

-Oh, it's such a pleasure.

We'd come and hang out
with you again anytime.

-All right.
Well, you can come anytime.

Okay, the only thing left
to figure out in "Black Roses"

is how the courageous teacher
is going to defeat

Damian and the mind control
Black Roses band.

But we know we can do it.

And you know how we know?

They had that scene where
he went to the library.

-Where one goes when they need
to learn to fight

the Dark Prince, right?

-And he read books
about witchcraft and magic,

and he Googled that fucker,
you know.

So...
-All you need.

-Okay, now for the thrilling
conclusion to "Black Roses."

And the Black Roses band,

by the way, Carmine Appice
is the drummer,

and he pulled together
those musicians.

Carmine Appice has drummed
for Rod Stewart,

Ted Nugent, Vanilla Fudge.

Does anybody remember
Vanilla Fudge?

-You lost me at Vanilla Fudge.
-Vanilla Fudge.

Vocals are Marcie Free
of King Kobra.

Chuck Wright of Quiet Riot
is on bass.

And Mick Sweda of Bulletboys
is on guitar.

And the soundtrack
is a collector's item

because of all
the metal bands on it,

including Lizzy Borden,
Bang Tango,

and, oddly enough, Tempest,
the Christian Celtic rockers.

You know, so turn up the power,
turn up the lights.

We're on a mission,
and we rock all night.

You know,
those are the lyrics

that will turn you
into a satanic maniac.

So never, never recite
those words. Ever.

Oh, my god, I'm changing.
I recited "Drag Swan"!

Help me!

[Static crackles]

-Thanks, man.

[Horn honks, dog barks]

[Cheering]

-Adorn me, my flowers.

My children of evil.

Worship your master.

The Black Roses will rise.

Stay with me my children.

-Damian, Damian, Damian, Damian,

-Adorn me, my flowers.

My children of evil.

Worship your master.

The Black Roses will rise.

Stay with me my children.

Yes.

My soldiers of evil.

Soldiers of death.

Stay with me.

Worship your master.

Worship your master.

Evil.

The flowers will ignite
the flame of death.

Soldiers of death.

No mercy shall be shown.

You are my soldiers.

Yes.

My soldiers of evil.

Soldiers of death.

Stay with me.

Worship your master.

Adorn me, my flowers.

My children of evil.

Worship your master.

The Black Roses will rise.

Stay with me my children.

Yes.

My soldiers of evil.

Soldiers of death.

Stay with me.

Worship your master.

-Damian, Damian, Damian, Damian.

Worship your master.

-Damian, Damian, Damian, Damian.

Get that man!

-Johnny, Johnny.

-Give him to me!

[Indistinct shouting]

Fight, fight, fight, fight,
fight, fight, fight,

fight, fight, fight, fight,
fight, fight.

[Crowd quiets]

-Oh, you're good, Matt.

Real good.

I'll give you that.

Best I ever come across.

-What'd you do with me kids,
you son of a bitch?

-Your kids?

You had your chance.

Now they're mine.

[Laughs]

-What in the hell?

-Yes.

Hell.

[Laughs]

-Fight, fight, fight, fight,
fight, fight, fight.

Fight, fight, fight, fight,
fight, fight, fight.

Fight, fight, fight,
fight, fight, fight, fight,

fight, fight, fight, fight,
fight, fight,

fight, fight, fight,
fight, fight, fight, fight.

Fight, fight, fight, fight,
fight, fight, fight.

Fight, fight, fight,
fight, fight, fight, fight.

-[Roars]

[Cheering]

-Fight, fight, fight,
fight, fight, fight.

-[Roars]

[Growling]

[Cheering]

[Roars]

[Crowd chanting "Fight, fight"]

[Demon roars]

[Roaring]

-Show's over.

[Cheering]

[Screeching]

[Screeching]

[All shouting]

[Alarm ringing]

[Coughing, siren wailing]

Let's get the kids out of there.
Let it burn.

Milt, Mickey!

Forget everything else,
try to save the kids.

[Coughing]

-[Roaring]

[Siren wailing]

-What do you mean?
Where's my father?

Where's my father?

-Jesus Christ,
you were right all along.

The coroner just told me

that Priss was killed before
the car ever caught on fire.

I've been a God damn fool.

-Oh, God!

Ah, motherfucker!

[Screaming]

Oh, fuck!

You son of a bitch!

-Stay down, stay down.

-This is a nightmare.

-Let's hope we wake up from it.

-[Roaring]

[Alarm ringing]

[Indistinct talking on
television]

-In entertainment,
Black Roses --

-Neal, turn that up.

-They return to the stage
after a six month hiatus.

The big news for
the teen crowd tonight.

Popular heavy metal band
Black Roses

came to New York today
on a five-day concert swing

before taking their show
to Britain early next week.

The popular group has sold
Madison Square Garden

for every single night
in the first week of August.

And a record breaking
half million fans are

expected to attend.

The band's controversial
lead singer Damian told News 87,

"It's always been my dream
to play Madison Square Garden.

I knew I could count on
New Yorkers for their support."

And that concludes
tonight entertainment update.

See you tomorrow.

Evil.

[Evil laughter]

♪♪

♪♪

♪ I'm a ♪

♪ Bad boy by my birth right ♪

♪ I look good,
I'm locked in tonight ♪

♪ Got a ♪

♪ Chip on my shoulder
as big as my hair ♪

♪ I got your girl ♪

♪ She's in my bed ♪

♪ I'm loud, crude,
and really rude ♪

♪ People say I got
an attitude ♪

♪ So I'll make it plain ♪

♪ Better know my name ♪

♪ Coming at you
like a hurricane ♪

♪ I'm the king ♪

♪ King of Kool ♪

♪ It's a dirty job
that I gotta do ♪

♪ I'm the King ♪

♪ King of Kool ♪

♪ I'm living proof
that's it's the truth ♪

♪ I'm the King ♪

♪ It's such a strange
uneasy feeling ♪

♪ Got no place to go ♪

♪ Feeling down ♪

♪ My feet stop kicking ♪

♪ I think it's time to go ♪

♪ Start to walking down
my favorite main street ♪

♪ Everybody's acting so cool ♪

♪ I tell you something, baby ♪

♪ Just what I see ♪

♪ There's too many disease ♪

♪ I'm a stranger ♪

♪ Oh, I think it's time ♪

♪ I've got to blow this town ♪

♪ We're down to the city ♪

♪ That's where I got to be ♪

♪ I'm a stranger ♪

♪ Oh, I think it's time
I've got to blow this town ♪

[Static crackles]

-All that research
on the occult

that Mr. Moorehouse
did in the library

led him to the perfect antidote
to Demon Rock --

road flares and gasoline

purchased at the local
Texaco station.

And once he goes
on the attack,

Damian transforms into
the bald bubble gum dinosaur

pus-faced lizard monster
that he really is.

But his Godzilla-like power walk

is no match
for bass drum mallets.

[Laughter]

No sequel?

What do you think, Darcy?

The Black Roses band is still
playing at the end of the movie.

No sequel?

-I think that whole censorship
controversy is kind of over

at this point.

-Really?
-I think so.

-Yuki, can you get rid
of this karaoke machine?

You know, I really never want
to see this thing again.

-No.

-Why not?

-It is cursed.

-[Sighs]

[Laughter]

-Yuki, you did do a good job on

"How Can You Mend
a Broken Heart?"

I closed my eyes. and I thought
that was Al Green singing.

-Karaoke is from Japan.

-We know that, Yuki. Okay.

We're halfway through
"Heartbreak Trailer Park",

our annual Valentine's special.

And, Darcy, you don't strike me
as a hearts, flowers,

chocolates go out
for romantic dinner,

Valentine, girl.

-Mnh-mnh. Absolutely not.

-What do you like
to do on Valentine's Day?

-Horror and sex.

[Laughter]

-Oh, okay.

"My Bloody Valentine"
and then some aardvarking.

-Yeah, baby.

-I remember you were so upset
when I did a show in Austin

and they had me introduce
"My Bloody Valentine",

and it was not Valentine's Day.

-Yes! You said only watch
that movie in February.

-You're big on holidays.

-I live for holidays.

-And coordinating the movies
with holidays.

I know that any time
we do a holiday show,

I can just call you up and say,

"What's the best
Arbor Day movie?"

And you will know the answer.

-I'm going to go
with "The Guardian."

-See, that's what I mean.
Like what?

-It's like a nanny
who feeds babies to trees

and is becoming a tree,
and it seems appropriate.

-So you really do know
all the Arbor Day movies.

-I mean, any movie where
people go into the woods

and don't come out
would work really.

-Well, that's hundreds
of movies.

-Yeah, we should do
an Arbor Day special.

-All right, well,
I'll consider it.

But do we have any mailbag?

-Yep.

-Oh, wait.
"Guardians of the Galaxy."

-What?

-Well, Groot sacrifices himself
to save the rest of the team.

He's a humanoid tree.

-You're like a walking,
talking Google search.

-What, because I've heard of the
highest grossing movie of 2014.

-Thank you, Darcy.

[Laughter]

All right.

All right.

This is what --

-Sorry.
Yes, we have some mailbag.

This is one of the letters
handed to you at

Joe Bob's Drive-In Jamboree
last summer at the

Mahoning Drive-In in
Pennsylvania

-Okay, so I've already
read this?

I think I have read this.

-You have, but I thought it was
really appropriate for tonight.

The Boulet brothers are all
about empowerment,

and that's what
this letter is about.

It's from Candy "The Final Girl"
Allison in Brownsburg, Indiana.

-Okay.

"Joe Bob, 24 years ago,
when I was a girl of 18,

I was and I still am completely
obsessed with horror

and living on the wit
and trivia on 'Monster Vision.'

You helped me in a way
that family, friends

and even doctors couldn't.

I was very ill and couldn't step
one foot outside of my house,

not even the front porch.

I had no idea
what was wrong with me.

Only watching horror
and 'Monster Vision' calmed me.

In an age when everyone had home
computers and Internet, 1997,

I handwrote letters
into the show.

My family was very poor,
and having cable was a luxury,

so I assumed my letters
would get lost in the shuffle.

Lo and behold, you wrote
back to me by hand twice!

It was enough
to get me to step outside.

A feat no one
could get me to do.

And they tried it just
so I could go to the mailbox.

I can't thank you enough
for the time,

consideration, and inspiration.

Once I was able to step outside
and break my agoraphobia,

I kept going and got better.

As a growing horror personality
myself in the community,

as the hostess creator of

"The House That Screams"
horror podcast,

I've never forgotten
how such an acorn of hope

can bring forth a mighty oak.

Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.

I've waited 24 years
to tell you this.

It's an honor."

She was right there
in front of me.

She could have said this.
I remember her now.

-You're intimidating.

-"Love, Candy, The Final Girl,
Allison, Brownsburg, Indiana."

And I remember her because
we took a picture together.

But the thing I remember

about getting letters
in the actual mail,

and I still do get
a few of those,

is that people
always took more care

about really explaining
what they wanted to discuss.

Because I get e-mails
that are so incoherent

that I'm not really sure what
the person is talking about.

I think because people
don't check their typing

before they hit send.

So anyway, Candy,
good luck with the podcast,

and apparently you had
a full recovery

because anybody who was at that
jamboree has no fear of people.

That place was jammed
to the gills.

I got sensory overload
from that experience.

-Dude, you were hallucinating.

-I was hallucinating!

You know, you get to a certain
point of exhaustion

where reality starts to blur.

You weren't holding up
so well yourself.

-I mean --
-I definitely hit the wall.

-People would come up
to me and say,

"My favorite movie is
'Halloween'."

And I would say, "Halloween,
I haven't heard of that movie."

I mean, really,
I was brain dead.

I was just --
nothing was working.

-You kind of were, but it all
worked out for the best.

-Yeah. I didn't need
that part of my brain.

Okay, coming up next on

"Joe Bob's Heartbreak
Trailer Park"

is the classic "Frankenhooker",

made by the legendary
Frank Henenlotter,

who also made "Basket Case"
and "Brain Damage."

And have we shown three
Frank Henenlotter films

on this show?

-I do believe we have.
-All right.

Well, we love Frank,
and Frank is here

along with James Lorinz,
star of the movie.

And I know this is
one of your favorites.

-I love it.

-And I can just imagine
the cosplay.

Are you going whole hog
on this?

-Dude.
-Hogzilla! Hogzilla! Hogzilla!

-Going full Hogzilla on
this one, baby.

[Laughter]

-Okay. Whole Hogzilla.
-Whoo!

Thanks, guys.

In the meantime, this is
Joe Bob Briggs reminding you

to never kick a fresh turd
on a hot day,

and the drive-in will never die.

[Laughter]

-We good?

-I know you're waiting
for the joke.

You want me to tell a joke,
don't you?

-I thought maybe we could
skip it because it's a holiday.

-So the local United Way
office realizes

that they've never received
any donations

from the town's
most successful lawyer.

-You like lawyer jokes?
-We'll see.

-So the United Way person
calls up the lawyer

and says,
"Our research indicates

that you have a yearly
income of $2 million,

but you don't give
a single penny to charity.

Wouldn't you like to give back
to the community in some way?"

And the lawyer says,

"Well, did your research
also show that my mother

is dying after a long illness
and she has medical bills

that are several times
her annual income?"

United Way guy goes,
"Oh, no, I'm sorry.

No, I didn't know that."

And the lawyer says, "Or that my
brother is a disabled veteran

and he's blind
and confined to a wheelchair"?

The United Way guy
starts apologized,

but the lawyer interrupts him
again, he says,

"Or the my sister's husband
died in a traffic accident,

and she's now penniless
with three children to raise"?

United Way guy feels terrible,
and he says, "I had no idea."

And the lawyer says, "So if I
didn't give any money to them,

why should I give any to you?"

[Laughter]

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♪ Gas up, get with it ♪

♪ Your love I'm winning ♪

♪ Feels good, Saturday night ♪

♪ Got snacks, cold beverage ♪

♪ This is just
the beginning ♪

♪ Come closer now,
I swear I won't bite ♪

♪ But you know I'm lying ♪

♪ Turn the radio dial to 8-6-9 ♪

♪ Tap into the powerline ♪

♪ You're my bloody valentine ♪

♪ So let's get in the back,
seats reclined ♪

♪ Apples, peaches, pumpkin pie ♪

♪ Beep beep, backseat
at the drive in ♪

♪ Hop in, and we're gonna sin ♪

♪ The radio's fine,
the movie won't mind ♪

♪ You and me, baby,
private time ♪

♪ Beep beep, back seat,
at the drive in ♪

♪ Hop in, and we're gonna sin ♪

♪ Stick shift drive in love ♪

♪ Stick shift drive in love ♪

♪ Guitar ♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪ Beep beep, back seat,
at the drive in ♪

♪ Hop in, and we're gonna sin ♪

♪ Beep beep, back seat,
at the drive in ♪

♪ Hop in, and we're gonna sin ♪

♪ Beep beep, back seat,
at the drive in ♪

♪ Hop in, and we're gonna sin ♪

♪ The radio's fine,
the movie won't mind ♪

♪ You and me, baby,
private time ♪

♪ Beep beep, back seat,
at the drive in ♪

♪ Hop in, and we're gonna sin ♪

♪ Stick shift drive in love ♪

♪ Stick shift drive in love ♪

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