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The Ghastly Love of Johnny X

The Ghastly Love of Johnny X

They Sing! They Dance! They're Juvenile Delinquents from Outer Space!

NR 2012 · 106 min · ★ 6.3 · Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Science Fiction

A truly mad concoction, blending 1950s juvenile delinquents, sci-fi melodrama, song-and-dance, and a touch of horror, everything in just the right combination to create an engaging big screen spectacle! This curious and curiously entertaining story involves one Jonathan Xavier and his devoted misfit gang who, incidentally, have been exiled to Earth from the far reaches of outer space. Johnny's former girlfriend Bliss has left him and stolen his Resurrection Suit, a cosmic, mind-bending uniform that gives the owner power over others. Along the way, there will be several highly stylized musical numbers, lots of genuinely humorous dialogue, and a wacky plot-twist or two, all beautifully captured on the very last of Kodak's black-and-white Plus-X film stock.

Directed by Paul Bunnell · Written by Paul Bunnell

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