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Night of the Fools

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Night of the Fools Night of the Fools One of my favorite films of all time is the iconic Plan 9 from Outer Space.  I also get a big kick out of filmmakers who explore or use that theme in their films.  One of my favorites is the strange film 'Night of the Fools' by director Ace Fronton.  Really awkward and inept film making on all fronts which means in a weird sort of way, a perfect friend to the Ed Wood collection.  Night of the fools is an homage to the ed wood gang as they meet over dinner, drink themselves into a stupor and Ed Wood wanders off into the woods along to meet aliens and his future destiny as the world's worst filmmaker. The film looks like it was put together by a small town theater company with no money for props, costumes, or any production values.  Large master shots with the actors awkwardly delivering their lines.  The average film fan probably won't love this film, but for us fans of 'so bad its good' cinema, definitely wor

Elvis and his UFO connection

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Elvis and his UFO connection Elvis and his UFO connection Long a pop culture joke of Elvis connected to UFO's in song and lore, it turns out that Elvis actually does have a strong UFO connection.  Although raised as an only child, Elvis's twin was stillborn 30 minutes before he was delivered.   That event haunted Elvis, and led to the King of rock and roll having an extensive collection of paranormal, occult, and UFO books  which traveled with the King wherever he went, much to the chagrin of Col Tom Parker.  A well circulated story was Elvis met strange aliens when he was a boy and showed him a man in a white suit which sounds like the iconic white jump suit of legend. If aliens and 'UFO's' are manifestations of the ultraterrestrials ala John Keel, it would make sense that they would have a vested interest in Elvis Presley.   His embrace of black music, and shocking sexual innuendo would light the fuse for rock and roll, racial culture awareness, politics