Grindhouse
Joysticks
There’s something going on at the local video arcade – something totally insane, outrageously hilarious, very sexy and thoroughly entertaining: the hit film Joysticks! Will a local businessman (Joe Don Baker) succeed in shutting down this “den of juvenile delinquency” or will saner heads, faster fingers and shiny quarters prevail? Will leather-clad King Vidiot (Jon Gries) and his troupe of high-tech video addicts ever be satiated? Legendary exploitation filmmaker Greydon Clark distills everything great about the 80s (punks, nerds, valley girls, wild fashion, and Pac-Man) into one video game-fueled, late-night partyblast. Featuring extensive use of classic machines (Galaxian, Pole Position, Super Pac-Man, Satan’s Hollow), an all-time-great theme song and an epic battle against parental disapproval, this is a film for people totally into fun!
- Director
- Greydon Clark
- Writer
- Written by Al Gomez & Mickey Epps and Curtis Burch
- Starring
- Scott McGinnis, Leif Green, Corinne Bohrer, Jon Gries, Joe Don Baker
- Year
- 1983
- Rated
- R
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 88 minutes
Zapped!
When a high school science nerd inadvertently gives himself telekinetic powers, hilarity ensues. Tiger Beat heartthrobs Scott Baio and Willie Aames get up to trouble in a teen sex comedy staple that was a massive home video hit. Scatman Crothers and Heather Thomas are memorable in supporting roles, while Los Feliz’s John Marshall High School serves as the film’s fictional Ralph Waldo Emerson High.
- Director
- Robert J. Rosenthal
- Writer
- Written by Bruce Rubin & Robert J. Rosenthal
- Starring
- Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Robert Mandan, Felice Schachter, Scatman Crothers, Heather Thomas, Corinne Bohrer
- Year
- 1982
- Rated
- R
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 98 minutes