Something Weird Video (SWV)

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

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

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

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

Rescued and restored 16mm gems from a neglected genre: the classroom drug scare film. From doped-up drag-racers to spiders on speed, the best of the bunch are collected and presented.

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

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

Even more snack bar and concession stand intermissions mixed with clock countdowns, local ads and coming attraction cards from the 1950s, 60s & 70s just the way you like them! We’re serving up B-B-Q beef, delicious pizza, popcorn, sno-cones - the works!

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

A mixed bag of wonderful intermissions, shorts, spook shows, teasers, local ads, public service announcements, and holiday promotions from the patriotic 1940s through the psychedelic 1970s! Some intermissions are the World War II sing-a-longs and war bond promotions - true American artifacts!

There was a time when movie theaters were somewhere to spend the afternoon or a whole night. With the ads on this volume, theater owners lured us in with Christmas, New Year’s Eve and Mother's and Father’s Day promotions. There are also more locally produced ads and concession stand come-ons.

Wild, whacky, nostalgic intermission shorts from drive-in theatre double-bills, from the 50s, 60s and 70s! Back in the day, between the features audiences were shown short films to keep them occupied. Scores of shorts about treats at the snack bar, and lots of weird commercials!

In a Go Go Lounge several men sit around tables while the big breasted women dance around them.

A 48-minute collection of ghost show promotional clips

This is a video compilation of trailers from Grindhouse, horror based movies between 1950's and 70's. Includes to many - The Terrornauts, The Vampire and the Ballerina, The Devil's hand, Carnival of blood and some many, many more.