The Peanut Butter
Solution, directed by Michael Rubbo
This forgotten favorite comes from an intersection of place
and time that we hold very close to our hearts: Cananda in the 1980s. ThePeanut Butter Solution is essentially a ghost story. Michael, an odd young boy, is
frightened half to death after seeing something terrifying in a derelict
apartment. Though he is not able
to remember what he saw, his body reacts in an unusual way: he loses all of his
hair. After trying to cope with
his sudden baldness, he is visited by a pair of elderly specters, who give him
a recipe for a concoction that will restore his hair, the most important
ingredient of which is peanut butter, though they warn him not to add too
much. Michael does not heed their
advice, which causes his hair to grow uncontrollably. After a convoluted series of events, Michael is kidnapped by
a demented art teacher, who is hellbent on harvesting Michael’s luxurious locks to
make bristles for paint brushes.
The film blends comedy, action, and light horror, and is
laden with cancer metaphors (which is most likely lost on younger viewers).
Stream PART ONE of the film here.
Stream PART ONE of the film here.
You blog was funny and entertaining. You mentioned some of the most random movies, but it was really great to read.
ReplyDeleteSo I have only heard of one of these movies...Parent Trap Hawaiian Honeymoon. All of these others I have never heard of in my life. It's a good thing, I am now curious to watch some of these. Great blog and insight to the movies.
ReplyDeleteLove the off-the-beaten path style, including the old picture background of the family drive-in and the tongue-in-cheek "I Can't Believe You've Never Seen It!" title. You could almost do a whole blog on forgotten '80s Canadian flicks. I think that's what I love the most about this blog. Aesthetically, I always love white text against a black background, even though some are diametrically opposed. Please continue this blog!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea for a blog. And honestly, I've never even heard of these movies before, so there's that. Thanks for opening up my eyes to classics I was just never exposed to! Excellent writing as well, overall nice work!
ReplyDeleteI can't quite tell if your being serious about these movies being any good, but that just might be me. I still enjoy the fact that you took these pretty much unheard of movies and are giving them some love. Would've loved some sarcastic jokes, unless this whole thing is sarcastic. Then my mind would be blown.
ReplyDeleteI can definitely see the allusion to cancer, but I think it's appropriate given the target audience is probably very young. I hope things turn out great for Michael. I have a similar problem too: my hair grows faster than I think it should.
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