{"id":44782,"date":"2019-03-22T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/heady-entertainment-smoke-between-screams-at-us-and-laughs-at-wacko\/"},"modified":"2019-03-22T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T14:00:00","slug":"heady-entertainment-smoke-between-screams-at-us-and-laughs-at-wacko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/heady-entertainment-smoke-between-screams-at-us-and-laughs-at-wacko\/","title":{"rendered":"Heady Entertainment: Smoke Between Screams at &#8220;Us&#8221; and Laughs at &#8220;Wacko&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back&nbsp;to Heady Entertainment, MERRY JANE&#8217;s weekly guide to just-released movies, books, and music \u2014 all fresh, dank, and THC-friendly. In specific, we choose our picks based on how they can enhance your combined consumption of cannabis and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Multiplexes are ablaze with <em>Us<\/em>, Jordan Peele\u2019s hair-raising follow-up to his righteous horror landmark <em>Get Out<\/em>. Netflix raises all manner of hair-metal hell with the M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce biopic, <em>The Dirt<\/em>, and busts guts by busting out Amy Schumer\u2019s stellar new stand-up hour, <em>Growing<\/em>. The skull-slamming crime flick <em>Dragged Across Concrete<\/em> debuts on Amazon and iTunes, too.<\/p>\n<p>Vintage cult faves arrive in the form of the psycho giallo horror <em>Strip Nude for Your Killer<\/em> and the slasher parody <em>Wacko<\/em>. Electrifying eclecticism dominates new music by way of fresh drops from Lil West, Tamaryn, and Ibibo Sound Machine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So let\u2019s get straight \u2014 but not \u201cstraight\u201d \u2014 to this week\u2019s fresh-rolled recommendations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hNCmb-4oXJA\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Us\u201d (2019)<br \/>\nDirector: Jordan Peele<br \/>\nCast: Lupita Nyong\u2019o, Winston Duke, Anna Diop<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>As one half of comedy duo Key and Peele, Jordan Peele was already a hemp-friendly hero when he literally shocked humanity in 2017 by writing and directing the instant horror classic, <em>Get Out<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After taking home a Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for that game-changer, Peele apparently decided he wasn\u2019t done terrifying tokers (along with everybody else) and now he\u2019s back with another fright fest \u2014 <em>Us<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lupita Nyong\u2019o stars as Adelaide Wilson, a loving wife and mother who brings her family to visit the beachfront home where she grew up. What should be an idyllic vacation turns into a heart-stopping mind fuck once sinister neighbors remove their masks and take on the appearance of the Wilsons themselves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So pack a pipe with the most paranoia-igniting strain you\u2019ve got, fire it up, and let <em>Us <\/em>push you to the point of horror at its most high.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Streaming<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SdOtvQkrNZY\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\n\u201cAmy Schumer: Growing\u201d (2019)<br \/>\nWatch It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81037077\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>Netflix<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the new stand-up special, <em>Amy Schumer: Growing<\/em>, the outspoken funnywoman is hugely pregnant and hilariously not happy that she hasn\u2019t been able to get high for the past few months as a result. In addition to the expected onslaught of killer wisecracks and pummeling punchlines, Amy also gets emotional talking about impending motherhood and how her husband, chef Chris Fischer, is on the autism spectrum. Light up and draw deep for Amy since she has to wait until that baby is born!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y_5fqDZCjQo\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\n\u201cThe Act\u201d: Season One<br \/>\nCast: Patricia Arquette, Joey King, AnnaSophia Robb<br \/>\nWatch It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/series\/the-act-8cc910fe-b59e-46a5-9966-16c4e0ed208d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>Hulu<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2017 HBO documentary <em>Mommy Dead and Dearest <\/em>brought to light the bizarre, literally sickening case of a mom with Munchausen syndrome by proxy who poisoned and injured her healthy daughter for decades for attention \u2014 until the daughter homicidally struck back. If you didn\u2019t watch it while high, you definitely needed to get high afterward.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now the same story gets a new treatment, and offers a new chance to experience it while inebriated, by way of <em>The Act<\/em>, Hulu\u2019s new dramatic anthology series based on true crime cases. Patricia Arquette stars as psycho mom Dee Dee Blanchard; Joey King plays the victim-turned-victimizer Gypsy Rose Blanchard, and the supporting cast includes Chloe Sevigny, AnnaSophia Robb, and Calum Worthy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vHZlxFuLSD8\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\n\u201cThe Dirt\u201d (2019)<br \/>\nDirector: Jeff Tremaine<br \/>\nCast: Machine Gun Kelly, Douglas Booth, Daniel Webber<br \/>\nWatch It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/80169469\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>Netflix<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Forget any previous concepts you ever had regarding the extremes of \u201csex, drugs, and rock \u2018n roll.\u201d <em>The Dirt<\/em>, Netflix\u2019s highly anticipated (in every sense) adaptation of the legendary 2001 memoir about superhumanly decadent \u201980s hair metal superstars M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce, blasts apart even the most outrageous expectations and delivers a get-wasted good-time movie for the ages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Perfectly cast, especially with rapper Machine Gun Kelly as Cr\u00fce mastermind Nikki Sixx, and dynamically directed by <em>Jackass<\/em> helmer Jeff Tremaine, <em>The Dirt<\/em> is pure blazing entertainment that goes to eleven \u2014 and then just keeps on going!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2p5pdWyyZoc\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\n\u201cDragged Across Concrete\u201d (2019)<br \/>\nDirector: S. Craig Zahler<br \/>\nCast: Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Don Johnson<br \/>\nWatch It: Amazon, iTunes, On Demand<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Writer-director S. Craig Zahler has established himself as contemporary cult cinema\u2019s most brutal purveyor of two-fisted entertainment, making a deep, bloody impact with the Kurt Russell horror-western <em>Bone Tomahawk<\/em> (2015) and the Vince Vaughn prison epic <em>Brawl in Cell Block 99<\/em> (2017).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With <em>Dragged Across Concrete<\/em>, Zahler sets out to splatter the limits of the buddy cop formula, casting Vaughn and Mel Gibson as strong arm detectives who get booted from the force and have to find other means to make a living \u2014 while maximizing their street smarts and savage tactics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let loose in the criminal underworld, the two anti-heroes go berserk, and <em>Dragged Across Concrete<\/em> explodes into a gory, outrageous exercise in over-the-top outlaw insanity. It only makes sense, then, to watch it while ingesting substances that, in some backward places, still remain illegal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WlSXDaRR2bw\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\n\u201cThe OA\u201d: Season 2<br \/>\nCast: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Paz Vega, Riz Ahmed<br \/>\nWatch It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/80169469\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>Netflix<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After ending its initial run all the way back in 2013, the sci-fi\/mystery series <em>The OA<\/em> has continued to intrigue viewers and stir debate to the point that Netflix has surprised many by suddenly revealing an entire new season \u2014 and endless new potential questions to ponder over while puffing away to the action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Brit Marling stars as Prairie, an otherworldly-seeming woman who made it through a near death experience (NDE) that may have tipped her off to the secrets of the universe. After being teamed with other NDE survivors, Prairie used powers she didn\u2019t know she had to improve humanity\u2014and then she may have transported to another planet, ascended to a higher plane of reality, or collapsed into total madness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Season 2 of <em>The OA<\/em> reveals the truth straightaway (or does it?) and then continues to spin a saga of mind-melting intricacy that goes well with marijuana accompaniment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cult-Classic Reissues<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z5z-92poqic\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\n\u201cStrip Nude for Your Killer\u201d (1975)<br \/>\nDirector: Andrea Bianchi<br \/>\nCast: Edwige Fenech, Nino Castelnuovo, Femi Benussi<br \/>\nGet It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/mvdb2b.com\/s\/StripNudeForYourKiller\/AV188\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>MVD<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Italian horror genre known as <em>giallo <\/em>typically follows masked killers as they gorily slaughter victims with high style, while dedicated sleuths, amateur or otherwise, set to catch them \u2014 also with high style.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Giallo films launched psychedelic fright maestros on the order of Dario Argento (<em>Suspiria<\/em>), Lucio Fulci (<em>Zombie<\/em>), and Andrea Bianchi (<em>Burial Ground<\/em>), the last of whom bolted for the genre\u2019s screaming peak of perversion with <em>Strip Nude for Your Killer <\/em>\u2014 a shocker whose entertaining excesses are as subtle as its title.<\/p>\n<p>European glamour model Edwige Fenech stars as a photographer working for a Milanese fashion house when a murderer in a motorcycle helmet takes to massacring the industry\u2019s top talent. An explosion of sleaze ensues, with Edwige pursuing the assailant amidst a whirlwind of kink, corruption, blow-up sex dolls, and completely over-the-top on-camera carnage. Be sure to have a lot of smokable green on hand as you watch the screen repeatedly go red.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qtAr1t2J1P8\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\n\u201cWacko\u201d (1982)<br \/>\nDirector: Greydon Clark<br \/>\nCast: Joe Don Baker, Stella Stevens, Andrew Dice Clay<br \/>\nGet It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/vinegarsyndrome.com\/shop\/wacko-slipcover\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>Vinegar Syndrome<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As early-1980s slasher horror peaked in the initial wake of the <em>Halloween<\/em> and <em>Friday the 13th<\/em> franchises, a number of big-screen parodies arrived to send up the genre. <em>Wacko <\/em>was always one of the funniest examples and now, thanks to the preservationists at Vinegar Syndrome, you can try not to cough out your bong hit due to laughter in the miracle of high-definition Blu-ray.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the very definition of a comedy that\u2019s so stupid it\u2019s dope, <em>Wacko<\/em> boasts a pumpkin-headed killer whose weapon of choice is a lawnmower, \u201970s movie tough guy Joe Don Baker starring as a mess of a detective you have to hope is stoned, and the on-screen debut of Andrew Dice Clay\u2019s \u201cDiceman\u201d persona, who here is named \u201cTony Schlongini.\u201d In all, <em>Wacko<\/em> is utterly worthy of your finest wacky tobacco.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Music&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qGoDbhnFnSM\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\n\u201cDoko Mien\u201d <br \/>\nBy Ibibo Sound Machine<br \/>\nGet It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mergerecords.com\/doko-mien\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>Merge Records<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The glorious sonic experiences unleashed by contemporary electronic afro-funk overlords Ibibo Sound Machine both propel and guide the listener through joy and mourning, bliss and panic, life and what lies beyond. To deem it a trip is to perhaps downplay the journey, but the invocation of all things psychedelic is eminently appropriate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On<em> Doko Mien<\/em>, Sound Machine vocalist Eno Williams emotes randomly in English and the Nigerian language Ibibo, while the instrumentalists similarly combine ideas and influences from all over the globe. The sound is both elemental and technological \u2014 a perfect jumping off point for your brain to open wide for proper hallucinogenic enhancement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9UU1n4RPsD8\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\n\u201cDreaming the Dark\u201d <br \/>\nBy Tamaryn<br \/>\nGet It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/tamaryn.bandcamp.com\/album\/dreaming-the-dark\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>Bandcamp<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tamaryn\u2019s new album \u2014 which <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/tamaryn-emerges-from-the-dark-an-interview-with-the-pop-virtuoso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>MERRY JANE discussed with the artist<\/u><\/a> in an interview earlier this week \u2014 may be titled <em>Dreaming the Dark<\/em>, but the swirling, ethereal, transcendent notions and emotions conjured by this inherently mystical singer-songwriter actually dream in every color, shade, and tone that\u2019s ever been imagined\u2026 And more than a few that leap to life for the first time right here. Soaring vocals, left-field percussion, profound grooves, and inner-space exploration all make <em>Dreaming in the Dark<\/em> a journey of infinitely weed-worthy wonders.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t80rcfd4fic\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\n\u201cVex Part 1\u201d <br \/>\nBy Lil West<br \/>\nGet It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/vex-part-1\/1455533811?app=music\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>iTunes<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With <em>Vex Part 1<\/em>, Lil West fires on all cylinders, blasting out a seven-track EP that jumps genres, mixes inventive beats with deft melodies, and shoots for the heart with honest, open lyrics while never skimping on impressive rhyme schemes. The single, \u201cNo L\u2019s,\u201d featuring Yung Bans, is as dope a place as any to light up and start listening \u2014 and it\u2019s all hella dope.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Mike McPadden on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikemcbeardo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em>Twitter<\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiplexes are ablaze with &#8220;Us,&#8221; Jordan Peele\u2019s hair-raising new feature, while Netflix raises all manner of hair-metal hell with the M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce biopic, &#8220;The Dirt.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3035],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Heady Entertainment: Smoke Between Screams at &quot;Us&quot; 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