It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

I've read many reviews and their reasoning as to why The Ghastly Love of Johnny X is a bad movie. First of all, I have to ask, at what point does this film try and take itself seriously, and if and when it does, what is the motivation behind it? This question should be asked and answered before a dismissive judgment be made on this film. I feel as if I need to defend this film because I see what can only be described to my eyes as "sheep mentality" in regards to this film. The bottom line is that this movie works on what it set out to do. As far as I am concerned, this film wanted to look good (check). This film wanted to be an atmospheric and campy Comedy Sci-Fi Musical(check, and this film wanted to tell a morality tale without getting too heavy handed (CHECK!) In the process, if one decides they can not relax enough to sit back and make an honest effort to stop picking things apart and to truly just let the movie transport you to the world it has set out to create (successfully), then it is simply not a movie for the spectator. And not every thing is for every body. Fair enough. No need to take a sprinkle on the experience, just move on. Maybe I am blind, but I cannot see anything that would be considered offensive here. Quite the opposite, actually. But to condemn this film for "trying to be this film, or that film", is just dumb. At no point did I find myself wanting to throw rice at the screen or sing along. I simply enjoyed a lighthearted musical Sci-Fi that not only entertained me and put me into a mood that 99% of modern films never can, but also saw a film that had enough balls to agitate the gravel enough to keep the viewing experience from being Disney without crossing the line into Argento or Corman.Thank you, film makers! Thank you for using a beautiful collection of lenses to capture this great film, thank you for using a deep, nicely contrasted black and white look and thank you for taking it on the chin when you took this project out into this ungrateful climate of supposed film lovers. It didn't aim to be Gone With The Wind, so WHY does it have to be Gone With The Wind? It didn't aim to be The Rocky Horror Picture Show, so why is it being compared to The Rocky Horror Picture Show?Now that's what I call "REAR PROJECTION"!"The Ghastly Love of Johnny X" IS a modern day Classic and like many Classics, it will take time for most people to "get it".It's not the best movie ever made, not by a long shot. It simply is a great movie that does what it says. The title is not misleading. It is a simple, goofy, beautifully shot, corny, campy sci fi musical morality tale action picture that is meditative at the same time it takes getting there.

Ripe to bursting with a gloriously kooky, vibrant, and unbridled vigor and creativity, this wonderfully offbeat and imaginative tale of brooding intergalactic bad boy Johnny X (a delightfully puckish performance by Will Keenan) and his band of merry juvenile delinquents comes complete with a terrific femme fatale named Bliss (smoothly essayed with saucy aplomb by slinky marvel De Anna Joy Brooks), a fancy piece of alien technology that can resurrect the dead, several snazzy song and dance numbers, a loving affection for 50's kitsch that never degenerates into smug and smirking low camp, loads of zingy hepcat slang ("Let's scramble"), an uproarious sense of off the wall humor, and even a few moments of surprisingly touching pathos amid all the jaw-dropping lunacy. Director/co-writer Paul Bunnell brings a splendidly idiosyncratic sensibility that mixes elements of so many different genres into a remarkably cohesive and entertaining whole that's both unclassifiable and irresistible in equal measure. Moreover, it's acted with tremendous zest by a top-rate cast, with particularly praiseworthy work from Creed Bratton as groovy undead rock singer Mickey O'Flynn, Reggie Bannister as sleazy and shameless rock'n'roll music promoter King Clayton, Les Williams as square nice guy soda jerk Chip, Jed Rowen as angry lackey Sluggo, and Kate Maberly as fawning groupie Dandi Conners. Popping up in neat bits are Paul Williams as smarmy talk show host Cousin Quilty and Kevin McCarthy in his final film role as the stern The Grand Inquisitor. Crisply shot in gorgeous black and white by Francisco Bulgarelli, further galvanized by Ego Plum's robust'n'rollicking score, and done with a winning feeling of pure heart and sweet sincerity, it's a stone gas that's eminently deserving of cult classic status.

This is a unique kind of a movie, no question there. The genre is more or less unclassifiable.Let's get to the point. For all the ways I wanted this movie to be great, it's so-so at best. It's disorganized and inconsistent.But the movie has one high point: De Anna Joy Brooks. She plays "Bliss", a member of the Ghastly Gang from another world, sent to earth as punishment or perhaps redemption. Brooks literally steals the movie with one song and dance routine, "These Lips That Never Lie." She is positively dripping with personality and suave. I wish I could say that about the rest of the cast, but De Anna is the only one who's clearly overqualified for this movie.Overall, I'd say skip this movie. But don't miss De Anna's dance number, perhaps on YouTube, etc. I've watched it a dozen times and never tire of it.

This movie is plain "Horrible". I have never seen such a bunch of flamboyant, Pansy acting grown men flopping around the big screen as I did here. The storyline made NO sense, the characters sang about just "anything" whimsical and the acting was exaggerated. TO AN EXTREME.Watching this movie reminded me of a director trying TOO hard to bring back a silly, immature time of his youth with no sensibility and an irresponsible approach at cinema of the past.Lets take a look at the casting!! It's like he got them from a list of his top 10 favorite movies when he was a kid, negligent at the fact whether they fit the role properly or not. S T U P I D .Is a movie that was filmed in Black & White supposedly an art sensation? Think again. This Car crash of a flick ( and supposed worst investment laugh riot within the industry) rivals Plan 9 from outer space.It should be categorized as a "Disaster movie" instead of a musical for OBVIOUS REASONS!