An aspiring musician/janitor named Alabama (Christopher Brooks) stumbles upon the possessions of magician Carter the Great in the basement of a San Francisco club. Looking to return the items to his relatives, he ends up smoking some ashes (!) and coming in contact with the ghost in the afterlife. Naturally, this means he starts his own hippie magic show and soon is wowing the world with Carter's old tricks. But turns out his management is hellbent on world domination via TV waves. Oh, and they are also vampires for no specific reason. Writer-director Fredric Hobbs also gave the world Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973) so it is no surprise this is an odd one. I swear I had to listen to the opening monologue three times to make sense of it (something about Nazi doctors who made robots visiting Carter in India where he found a super rare hashish). I'd say the first hour or so is "normal" but then things just get bonkers. Hobbs was apparently heavily involved in the art world in San Francisco and he makes sure to wedge in one of his works (a ghastly repurposed dune buggy he deemed an "energy sculpture" is Alabama's ride when he becomes famous). It is all very...strange. This came out on Elvira's Thriller Video label back in the day and I'm kind of shocked no specialty disc label hasn't jumped on putting it out.
Review of Alabama's Ghost
