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      The Ghastly Love of Johnny X

      2012 1 hr. 46 min. Comedy Fantasy Musical Sci-Fi List
      Reviews 68% 100+ Ratings Audience Score Jonathan and his gang are exiled to Earth, and his Resurrection Suit is stolen by his ex-girlfriend. Read More Read Less

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      Benjamin P A movie that doesn't take itself too seriously. A very well put together movie and I enjoyed it..... Will not be to everybody's taste but is ok if you just give it a go Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/26/23 Full Review Audience Member I love it when independent filmmakers do something beyond quirky comedies, dramas, or horror...when someone works for 10 years to make a 50s sci-fi B-movie inspired musical about alien juvenile delinquents who come to earth with a resurrection suit that spurts electricity and brings the dead back to life...hell I'm in. The movie isn't perfect, it has some flaws in it's execution, but it can be fun and it very different then most anything out there, from either Hollywood or Independent filmmakers. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member The film is really fun and looks amazing! Great performances, especially from De Anna Joy Brooks. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a great 1950s B-Movie homage/parody. The plot holes are absolutely intentional, as is the sometimes goofy, cliche ridden dialogue. The musical bits are Grease meets Rocky Horror show tunes, not intended to be authentic to the mid century period this picture is (may be?) set in. The visual quality is warm and striking (shot on actual film) and the winks and tongue in cheek nudges are endearing. A great, fun, '50s/60s/'70s B-Movie mash up that fans of John Waters, Ed Wood, Screamin' Lord Sutch,The Cramps and Roger Corman should love. I know that I do! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Alien juvenile delinquents are exiled to earth, where they scheme to control a "resurrection suit" that can bring a recently deceased rock and roll star back from the dead. In black and white with musical numbers. The hepcat influences here are so cool you root for the movie to work, but the incoherent script, flat musical numbers and lame attempts at comedy lead to nowheresville. Still, there are a few campy kicks along the way, including "The Office"'s Creed Bratton as an unlikely rock idol. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member The hook for The Ghastly Love of Johnny X lies in its similarities or attempted similarities with the sci-fi horrror bizarre vision of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. However, lacking in sexual charge and being way more campy than rebelliously unique, Bunnell's film ends up feeling more like a mild John Waters production, full of style but of little relevance, substance or originality. Eventually, this films ends up being tiring in its shallow ways instead of exciting and fun. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Daniel M. Gold New York Times "Ghastly Love" tries to work the same campy vibe as "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" but learns how hard that is to pull off. Rated: 2.5/5 Apr 28, 2013 Full Review Bernard Boo Way Too Indie What makes this film work is the passion Paul Bunnell injects into it; he obviously loves and is a connoisseur of the genres he pays homage to. Rated: 7.9/10 Apr 15, 2019 Full Review Scott Weinberg TheHorrorShow An affectionate and consistently amusing homage to a whole bunch of movies that probably shouldn't go together. Aug 22, 2015 Full Review Brandon Judell CultureCatch Nothing here makes much sense or strives to. What's worse (or better) is that any scene with more than three lines of dialogue will have you craving a copy of 'Jane Eyre' to reconstitute your brain cells. Jun 26, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Jonathan and his gang are exiled to Earth, and his Resurrection Suit is stolen by his ex-girlfriend.
      Director
      Paul Bunnell
      Executive Producer
      Mark Willoughby, Kristina West
      Screenwriter
      Paul Bunnell, Steve Bingen, Mark D. Murphy, George Wagner
      Genre
      Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Dec 16, 2013
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $2.4K