Ernie Fosselius

For years, people have been making home movies, many times using pop culture properties that they may not own, but love. In recent years, these types of projects have come to be known as "fanfilms". Backyard Blockbusters looks at the history and influence of the fanfilm genre, as well as the copyright and fair use problems these films create, featuring highlights from and interviews with the creators of many popular films.

From the makers of Hardware Wars comes an all puppet remake of Plan 9 From Outer Space.

This documentary pays tribute to the contributions and importance of the title watering hole in the creation of the psychedelic dancehalls that littered the West during the late '60s and helped launch such super groups as The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and The Quicksilver Messenger Service. The Red Dog Saloon had its genesis in 1964 when a group of free-thinking, LSD-enhanced Northern California students and young folks had a party and began thinking about starting up a saloon that would evoke the old West. They decided to build their saloon in Virginia City, Nevada, a once prosperous town that was by then nearly empty. The ambience of the saloon blended Old West sensibilities with modern psychedelia, go-go girls and plenty of illegal drugs. The film is comprised of interviews with surviving founders, actual archival footage, and even a performance of some of the musicians who appeared there.

Um diretor ambicioso, porém problemático, se esforça ao máximo para realizar o seu sonho, apesar da falta de apoio.

Beverly Stuphin é o mais puro retrato da mãe adorável, carinhosa e perfeita. Seu marido o dentista Eugene, seus filhos Misty e Chip completam a cena de uma feliz família de classe média, que se choca ao saber que uma de suas vizinhas está recebendo telefonemas obscenos. O que eles não imaginam é que a 'querida e doce' mamãe tem uma forma pouco convencional de cuidar dos assuntos familiares... Ela mata todos aqueles que se atrevem a cruzar seus caminhos... E, conforme as supostas ameaças à felicidade de sua família acontecem, aumenta a contagem de corpos que aparecem na vizinhança, e a polícia se aproxima de descobrir a verdade, ameaçando esse retrato e a felicidade da família perfeita.

Ao longo de 16 horas, em fevereiro de 1987, um homem confronta o ciúme e a raiva enquanto um caso de amor vacila. O fotojornalista Mel Hurley volta para casa, em San Francisco, na véspera de seu aniversário, esperando que sua amante, Carmen, o encontre no aeroporto e diga se ela será exclusivamente dele. Ela não está lá, ela quer mais tempo. Quase 20 anos atrás, ele fotografou a guerra civil em Biafra, querendo contar uma história que salvasse pessoas. Ele agora equipara essa guerra com sua luta pessoal: suas fotos podem salvar esse relacionamento? Ele vai até Carmen para falar com ela; primeiro ele age como um tolo, então eles parecem se conectar. Mas, ele pode controlar seu ciúme e não forçar as coisas com ela?

O imperador está supervisionando a construção de uma nova Estrela da Morte. Enquanto isso Luke Skywalker liberta Han Solo e a Princesa Leia das mãos de Jaba. Luke só se tornará um cavaleiro jedi quando destruir Darth Vader, que ainda pretende atraí-lo para o lado sombrio da Força.

This spoof of 'Apocalypse Now' has health inspector Will Dullard travelling by car "uptown" with two friends to have a meeting with a certain Mertz, the owner of a meat processing shop, to "investigate with extreme prejudice."

This spoof of 'Apocalypse Now' has health inspector Will Dullard travelling by car "uptown" with two friends to have a meeting with a certain Mertz, the owner of a meat processing shop, to "investigate with extreme prejudice."

This spoof of 'Apocalypse Now' has health inspector Will Dullard travelling by car "uptown" with two friends to have a meeting with a certain Mertz, the owner of a meat processing shop, to "investigate with extreme prejudice."

This spoof of 'Apocalypse Now' has health inspector Will Dullard travelling by car "uptown" with two friends to have a meeting with a certain Mertz, the owner of a meat processing shop, to "investigate with extreme prejudice."

This spoof of 'Apocalypse Now' has health inspector Will Dullard travelling by car "uptown" with two friends to have a meeting with a certain Mertz, the owner of a meat processing shop, to "investigate with extreme prejudice."

Hardware Wars (1978) is a short film parody of the classic science fiction film Star Wars. The thirteen-minute film, which premiered in theatres only seven months after Star Wars, consisted of little more than inside jokes and visual puns that heavily depended upon audience familiarity with the original. The theme song is Richard Wagner's famous "Ride of the Valkyries". The tagline was "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll kiss three bucks goodbye."

Hardware Wars (1978) is a short film parody of the classic science fiction film Star Wars. The thirteen-minute film, which premiered in theatres only seven months after Star Wars, consisted of little more than inside jokes and visual puns that heavily depended upon audience familiarity with the original. The theme song is Richard Wagner's famous "Ride of the Valkyries". The tagline was "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll kiss three bucks goodbye."

Hardware Wars (1978) is a short film parody of the classic science fiction film Star Wars. The thirteen-minute film, which premiered in theatres only seven months after Star Wars, consisted of little more than inside jokes and visual puns that heavily depended upon audience familiarity with the original. The theme song is Richard Wagner's famous "Ride of the Valkyries". The tagline was "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll kiss three bucks goodbye."