by Judson Cade Pedigo

My parents kept me on a pretty short leash movie-wise growing up. Everything needed to be previewed and approved before it got to me. That doesn’t mean that I missed out, it just means that I had my own personal MPAA ready to edit each cinematic excursion through the magic of remote. When you’re young you are at the mercy of your parent’s taste in pop culture but luckily for me my folks had a pretty eclectic taste in movies. Jim Henson, Terry Gilliam, and John Carpenter were all regulars in my household. I still have Little Shop of Horrors finger puppets I made back in the 3rd grade. In cub scouts we made Thanksgiving placemats illustrating what we were thankful for and I drew Roger Rabbit. During vacation bible school we designed memory boxes and I decorated mine with Gizmo and Stripe. Movies definitely had an impact on me growing up. I was allowed to watch most movies as long as I was supervised. I’ll never forget when my mom brought home Army of Darkness just because she thought the cover looked “cool."