Outer Pit and the Space Pendulem (1981)

From the DVD: "Dan Freed and Bob Nebel's Greatest Movie Hits 1979-1985"

"Outer Pit" is representative of our "Star Wars" phase. This film became the centerpiece of our "P.M. Magazine" segment since it was our latest at the time.

Filmed on Danny's silent Bell and Howell Super 8mm camera. After the "P.M." segment ran, Danny went to Dodd Camera and had the film soundstriped. We went to the South Euclid library and checked out a few LPs and dubbed in the sound.

The "blood" was indeed ketchup. As the pendulem swings down and catches me, notice how it gets stuck on the dried up "blood." I was on an ironing board as the pendulem came swinging at me.

For the costumes, Glenn and I wore Danny's mother's bodysuits. The aliens (Rick Kornspan, Dave Polster) wore pantyhose over their heads and wrapped themselves up in blankets.

Starring Bob Nebel, Glenn Baskin, Dave Polster, Rick Kornspan

Written, Produced and Directed by Dan Freed

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[bobnebel]

Our sound work was done on a two-track Bell and Howell projector. It was probably the most work we ever did on a sound-striped film.

[ssherrel]

I'm sorry, was that set made of cheese. Actually I loved this little gem. A spaceship made of a rabbit ear antennae....class.

[bobnebel]

Thank you. Most of the set is tin foil and cloth. The pendulem is a cardboard/tin foil cutout.

[JasperGriffin92]

Ha ha, this is brilliant. I recently acquired a Bell & Howell wind up camera for about 10 dollars at a flea market. It still works, however, I don't yet have a film cartridge for it. Anyway, funny as hell. I'm curious, what did you dub the sound on?