DAILY CALL SHEET: JUNE 21, 2023

 

Woodchipper Massacre (1988) After his debut Cannibal Campout proved to be a surprise video store hit, auteur Jon McBride decided to up his budget to $400 (for real) and make this... film? Actually, this prototype for Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is more like a homemade version of an 80's family sitcom, except one in which there's no laugh track and the kids end up chucking a couple of unsavory relatives into landscaping machinery. Most will find this atrocious, but for those who rented their fair share of amateur shot-on-video flicks back in the day, it's unexplainably watchable.

TIL: Speaking of working with wood, there's a good chance Jesus wasn't actually a carpenter by today's definition. It turns out the Greek word for carpenter used in reference to the Lord is more correctly translated as “craftsman” or “artisan,” and applies to a carver of wood, stone, or whatever else the job calls for. So, Jesus could have made furniture as popularly imagined, but likely crafted non-wood items as well. This might explain why He knew what kind of stones a builder would reject or choose as a cornerstone.

Funny Book Philosophy: Journey Into Unknown Worlds 016 (1953) Oddly theologically correct. Since angels are pure spirit, they are not subject to bodily change over time. Because they can't change, their choices are definitive and irrevocable. That means once Satan chose evil, he could never again choose to do something good.