Incredibly Strange Film Show: Ray Denis Steckler

[palitoy]

Unfortunately, Part 1 is blocked for some reason. I'm a fan of this guy, i even have stuff like the "Lemon Grove Kids" and "Rat Phink a Boo Boo" somewhere.

His film making is not unlike three cord "garage rock" in that it probably inspired hundreds of people to do their own productions.

[Allie Fox]

Ah! Rat Pfink a Boo Boo. The original "The Room."

[palitoy]

Ah! Rat Pfink a Boo Boo. The original "The Room."

Unlike the Room, Steckler never shied from the fact that it was sloppy. Wiseau wants everyone to believe he's a genius.

[Godzilla]

Steckler is a classic.

[cjefferys]

Man, first time I saw Rat Pfink a Boo Boo I lost it! And Lemon Grove Kids is just, just...I have no words. I always wished I had a chance to visit the video store in Vegas that he used to own.

[palitoy]

In '91, I tracked down a copy of Rat Phink at a Blockbuster just above Dundas and Bay. Made my girlfriend wait in the card (i double parked and she got flack) and then we watched the movie. She dumped me a couple of days later...

[El Hombre Nuclear]

In checking his Wikipedia entry, I noted that he also produced a 1972 film named "Sexual Satanic Awareness" and sometimes used the pseudonym "Sven Hellstrom".

It's possible that he was actually a misunderstood avant-garde Dadaist. Or maybe not.

[Godzilla]

Steckler movies were like finding gold back in the day.

[cjefferys]

In '91, I tracked down a copy of Rat Phink at a Blockbuster just above Dundas and Bay. Made my girlfriend wait in the card (i double parked and she got flack) and then we watched the movie. She dumped me a couple of days later...

No connection between the two events, I'm sure.