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Oh I am so sorry to be out of town for this:

Director and producer Megan Griffiths may be one of the most respected names in the Seattle film community, but she also knows her way around some seriously trashy films—as evidenced by her legendary VHS movie watching parties. We invited Megan to bring her party to the big screen at the SIFF Film Center!

"Laser Mission" (1989) brings together the unbeatable team of Brandon Lee (mercenary) and Ernest Borgnine (Laser Master!) to take on bad guys from pretty much everywhere (Russia, Germany, Africa), all with the assistance of a buxom CIA agent in a VW van. With a muddled single-song rock soundtrack by David Knopfler (brother of the other guy).

The Barbarian Brothers, aka twin body builders David and Peter Paul, were given their first star vehicle with 1987's "The Barbarians." The film starts out as Conan X2, but then inexplicably turns into a dark ages surfer dude comedy (excellent!). No surprise, we guess, since the Barbarian Bros went on to explore full on comic hijinx in such straight to video classics as Double Trouble, and the truly unforgettable Twin Sitters.

It's an evening of debaucheries, testosterone, and unabashed bad-movie-love, and projected on our big screen with state of the art 2K digital projection - via used VHS tapes played through a shoddy old VCR. Only $7 for both films!