Simulated Obscenity

The cult-movie world lost one of its sickest minds when Peter Jackson ascended to respectability. Long before directing the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Jackson helmed this shocking trifecta: 1987's Bad Taste, in which aliens harvest humans for fast food; 1992's Dead Alive, which piles up more guts than any movie in the splatter-obsessed zombie genre; and 1989's Meet the Feebles, which not only graphically depicts projectile vomiting, machine-gun massacres, heroin use and "nasal sex" but also forever tarnishes childhood memories by using adorable Muppet-like puppets to do the deeds. Team America: World Police revived X-rated, broadly satirical puppetry in 2004, but it lacked Meet the Feebles' aggressive misanthropy and seedy underworld aesthetic. Witness the imaginative depravity on the big screen tonight at midnight when Meet the Feebles screens at Liberty Hall (644 Massachusetts in Lawrence, 785-749-1972). At 11:30 p.m., local opening act Felt Show performs in-person puppet naughtiness. Tickets cost $4. Liberty Hall
Fri., Feb. 15, 11:30 p.m., 2008