Organized Chaos

“The Kentucky Fried Movie” was released shortly after I was born, but I didn’t watch it until I was in college. That alone tells you how this movie was able to find an audience more than 20 years after its release.

The John Landis directed film features several classic Jim Abrahams and David Zucker comedy skits. Most of them are tasteless, but funny in their own ways. No one is safe in this movie, as they are equal opportunity offenders.

The movie ends with a parody of Enter The Dragon. There’s one scene where the master is doling out punishment and a defiant man curses and says there’s nothing he can do to harm him. Then he’s told he’ll be taken to Detroit, which is the ultimate punishment.

Oh, poor Detroit.

There’s plenty of foul language and nudity to go around in “The Kentucky Fried Movie.” A little of both never hurt anyone.

Youtube video clip after the jump.

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There are treasures everywhere. You just have to find them.

To this point, I’ve come up with yet another new semi-regular entry on my blog, Hidden Movie Gems. These blogs will detail some of my favorite movies that are off the beaten path, including some you may not be familar with.

The first Hidden Movie Gem is “They Live.”

“They Live” is a 1988 cult classic directed by the great John Carpenter. It stars professional wrestler Roddy Piper as a downtrodden construction worker who happens upon a box of sunglasses, and these are no ordinary sunglasses, mind you.

Piper’s character, appropriately named Nada, as if he means nothing and has nothing to live for, can see aliens pretending to be humans when he puts on the glasses. He also opens up a world of sumbliminal messaging, where the aliens are attempting to take over the world.

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