This is a shot from what is probably Disney's strangest movie release, A Watcher in the Woods (John Hugh, 1980). If I remember correctly, Karen, the main character, and her friends are doing a seance in the woods during an eclipse when some horrifying space creatures take her into a portal. A few decades later, her friends figure it out, and she returns unaged, or in the alternate ending, she comes back with one of the space creatures and is portrayed by an older man with a blonde wig. Honestly, I don't really remember. It's an absolute fever dream of a film. The Lynch remake would be remarkable. I am mentioning it because there will be a solar eclipse today, and I am traveling to Western Pennsylvania to experience the totality.
It's 4:30 a.m., and I am leaving in a few hours to enter the gridlocked traffic of this Celestial Woodstock. I suddenly remembered that I made a playlist for the event, and I wanted to share it with everyone before I left in case you are having your own eclipse party! I think I tried to sequence it to reflect the nature of the event (sun songs, moon/eclipse songs, more sun songs).
Here is the playlist.
And if a grotesque space octopus has abducted your best friend, Karen, maybe get your seance gear together. You're running out of time!
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