TURBO KID – Midnights This Weekend at The Hi-Pointe

“This is my gnome stick!”

TURBO KID screens midnights this Friday and Saturday Night (September 18th and 19th) at newly-refurbished The Hi-Pointe Theater (1005 McCausland Ave, St. Louis) as part of Destroy the Brain’s monthly Late Night Grindhouse

Destroy the Brain’s Late Night Grindhouse series usually features cult and horror classics from the ‘70s and ‘80s but around once a year, a new movie makes its premiere at the monthly midnight show. This weekend, the Late Night Grindhouse pick is TURBO KID, which I have not seen but is described like this: “In a post-apocalyptic future, The Kid, a young solitary scavenger obsessed with comic books must face his fears and become a reluctant hero when he meets a mysterious girl named Apple. Despite their efforts to keep to themselves, Zeus, the sadistic and self-proclaimed leader of the Wasteland, plagues The Kid and Apple. Armed with little more than blind faith and an ancient turbocharged weapon,The Kid learns of justice and friendship and embarks on an incredible journey to rid the Wasteland of evil and save the girl of his dreams.” I have seen T IS FOR TURBO, the 5-minute short that the feature is based on, and if the feature captures half the insanity of the blood-drenched short, The Late Night Grindhouse crowd is in for a wild, gory treat.

Watch the short T IS FOR TURBO here:

So far, the critics have been impressed with TURBO KID:

Blake Goble of Consequence of Sound wrote:

“TURBO KID captures the wildly discordant dreams of any budding movie lover when they were 10, creating one of the funniest works of sandbox cinema made to date. Turbo Kid is here to play, and he’s loads of fun.”

Emma Simmonds at The List says TURBO KID is:

“Lovingly assembled, fist-pumping fun – a treat for big kids who like their triumph-over-adversity drenched in buckets of blood.”

Linda Barnard at The Toronto Star says:

“With nods to Mad Max and a fun synth soundtrack, TURBO KID packs plenty of retro affection and loopy fun”

Don’t miss TURBO KID when it screens this weekend (September 18th and 19th) at The Hi-Pointe Theater (1005 McCausland Ave) as part of Destroy the Brain’s monthly Late Night Grindhouse midnight series.

Admission is $7 – Beer & Wine is served until 12:45am

The Hi-Pointe’s site can be found HERE

http://hi-pointetheatre.com/

The Destroy The Brain.com site can be found HERE

http://www.destroythebrain.com/