B-Movies and Agitprop as a Sleeping Aid.
There's something peculiar about me. Horror movies help me sleep. Metal albums help me sleep. Jello Biafra's politically charged spoken word albums help me sleep. I noticed this happen for the first time when I purchased a DVD for the horror movie The Oozing Skull . In the film, the brain of a dying tycoon is graphically transferred from his aged body into that of a super strong giant with a disfigured face. The first few times, I watched The Oozing Skull all the way through. Then one day, after a long day's work, I popped The Oozing Skull into my player, hopped on to my couch and prepared myself for some heart pounding fun. I watched the prologue scene with the dying man in his hospital bed as he made preparations for immortality. Then I watched the opening credits. The next thing I knew, I saw the caption "The End." What in the wha--? The next day, I tried watching it again. Again, the last thing I remember seeing before the closing card were the openin...