Weird Menace

Remember that science-fiction flick, Weird Menace? The one set in the 34^th century, with its mutant Zongans, cyber ladies, and warring spaceships that look like old Mountain Dew bottles? You saw it at the mall, maybe absent-mindedly hit record on your VCR when it popped up on cable…Well, you can toss that videotape, because there’s a deluxe Blu-Ray edition, with a bonus audio feature, in which faded but feisty star Barbie Moran reunites with her old pal, director Toner Low. As they watch the film together, they give a juicy behind-the-scenes look at this loopy cult classic. The result is an absurdly funny and poignant meditation on art, legacy, and our ambivalence about the life choices that define us.