FREAK FILMS: THE NEW APOCALYPSE

How can I describe The New Apocalypse: Mankind’s Last Exodus? Picture if you will a three-videotape-long ‘80s music video with music directed by Satan (if Satan were the fifth member of ABBA) and starring every user of psychotropic drugs who ever stalked Kraftwerk. Juhan Af Grann, the Satanic Dancing Queen himself, heads his own UFO cult somewhere in Sweden, the Land of Chocolate, Watches and Feathered Hair. He dumped an extraordinary amount of cash into this shlockumentary that undeniably "proves" his belief (a meld of the Book of Revelations and Leonard Nimoy’s In Search Of...) by interviewing every nutter he could rent for $20 and splicing in footage of all the ‘80s supermodels who didn’t make it into Duran Duran videos, government officials utilizing important zoom functions on cheap photo editing software and, of course, Grann himself wearing wrap-around shades and lipstick. What does it all mean? I’ve repeatedly viewed this boxed set since I purchased it at Used Kids two years ago for a fiver, and I managed to make more sense out of watching Eraserhead in my youth 17 times in a row (once backwards) while tripping on acid. However, I do recommend viewing this video collection, especially if you know where to get some really good acid. A freakier film you may not find-- but if you do, email me at cornelius@tlchicken.com and let me know.