Like Fine Summer Wine

Mondo Boys & Nisalda Gonzalez - Find Me in the Fall (scene)

The Mortuary Collection soundtrack, 2020

 

2020 might have been annus horriblis to many, but this blogger looks upon it with fondness. It's notable because I was actively encouraged to watch movies all day everyday by the science boffins while folks were losing their shit having to stay home - that's a luxury I wish I had right now!

The entertainment industry took a major hit, but there were a few gems here and there. Among them was Ryan Spindell's horror anthology The Mortuary Collection; boasting Clancy Brown's most memorable performance since he played Private (formely Sgt.) Zim in Starship Troopers (1997). Avoiding all spoilers, a cool scene from The Mortuary Collection is a sixties era college party featuring the song Find Me in the Fall by Mondo Boys & Nisalda Gonzalez. Incidentally, the song made it onto my Year by Ear post.

Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood - Summer Wine

Nancy in London album, 1966

 

Find Me in the Fall sounds an awful lot like Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood's Summer Wine. Rip off or homage, I'm not complaining since I enjoy them both. Considering the film's trailer also features a choon obviously reminiscent of Nancy Sinatra's most famous song, I kind of respect its audacity, regardless. It also has me hoping for more retro themed genre films to stylistically go beyond the eighties, which has been milked to death in appeasing Gen X and early millennial film geeks.