A classic 70s shocker isn't half as shocking as the globs of sugar in the popcorn.
We’re baaaaaaaaaack! It’s been a little over a month since we’ve been able to do a Nerdery Movie Night™️, and friends, after tonight, we only have 7 popcorn recipes to go. So let’s do this.
Dave: This film was described as a “cult classic” and gripping journey into a woman’s psyche. Instead, we got a woman dressed for a Pilgrim safari accompanied by her wet dishcloth of a husband, another man who sprayed his crops in summer in a velour track suit, and a woman who wonders why more people don’t play the lute recreationally. We’re supposed to believe the villagers hated the quartet because said villagers were vampires, but really - if that group of losers moved to your perfectly nice small town, you’d give them the cold shoulder and try to drink their blood, too. Wouldn’t you? (⭐️⭐️⭐️)
This popcorn was sweet. Oh my god, was it sweet and rich. And if left to sit for too long, it forms a giant crunchy mass in the bottom of the bowl. It’s probably similar to what’s happening to my arteries right now, since I kept eating it long after I should have stopped.. For all the calories though, you didn’t get any discernible flavor other than sugar. A hint of something - anything - might have put this popcorn in my not-horrible pile. Alas, it was addictive but not memorable or, you know, good. (⭐️⭐️)
Joe: What. The. Fuck. Was. That. Look, the 70s had some weird-assed cinema, but sometimes the weird was also downright terrifying (Alice, Sweet Alice, anyone?). Let’s Scare Jessica To Death isn’t just weird, it’s downright incomprehensible. With dialogue that sounds like it was written by 9 year olds on codeine, plot points that have no basis in reality (e.g., Jessica finds a mole in a graveyard and decides to keep it as a pet - EVEN THOUGH THE MOLE IS DEFINITELY A RAT), and acting so throughly stiff that corpses are looser, the film is phenomenally bad. It’s also compulsively watchable. I have no idea what to do with this shit. (⭐️⭐️)
Hey, kids! Do you like sugar? How ‘bout sugar with your sugar? And topped with sugar? Honestly, at one point, whilst pouring light corn syrup onto the marshmallow and granulated sugar, I thought, “Maybe this recipe is wrong.” But no. It isn’t. It is, however, almost impossible to eat after the first three handfuls. The folks at Food Network were probably like, “Let’s throw some Corn Flakes in at the last minute to temper the sweetness.” Too fucking late, ya bastards. My teeth are going to ache for the next three years. We didn’t finish the bowl - even thought I *halved* the recipe. Yup. (⭐️1/2)
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