How To Get . . . Revenge [1989]

[Cross-posted on the Bad Movie Night Facebook page.]

So we started the evening by watching some bad audition videos (after the joy of "You Could Go To 5 or 6 Stores" Adam had a hunger for more) but two of them seemed a bit too fake to be enjoyable. One called "casting audition for soft drink commerical" was pretty good and seemed real if you've got a few minutes but nothing could top the video from last week.

Our main feature for our first quarantine Bad Movie Night with all members calling in was "How To Get . . . Revenge," a curious entry from our favorite Occult Demon Cassette. Before the video starts, it mentions that it is a humorous piece for mature customers, but what makes it so curious is that so much of it is dead serious. There are a few moments that feel like intentional comedy, like when they show a stereotypical 80s nerd getting heckled by a stereotypical 80s biker, but so much of it feels like a completely genuine instructional guide. Linda Blair hosts and has guests who specialize in car revenge, phone revenge, mail revenge, and home revenge. A lot of the advice is pretty expected, and some would be a lot harder to pull off in 2020, but it's all delivered in a pretty straight forward way that ends up being kind of tragically funny The most startling comment was, "If your mark is a minority, try calling immigration services," but there were plenty of things discussed that would definitely get you arrested, like writing out a fake death certificate and breaking and entering. One of the best moments was when a guy starts his story with, "I got fired for no god damn reason. . ." and then details how he got revenge, thus proving that his firing was definitely likely to be justifiable. 

It was a great and very strange watch all around and only about 45 minutes.

Spoon Rating: 8