Heavy Metal Parking Lot

USA 1986, 16 minutes
Dir. John Heyn, Jeff Krulik
Rating: [M] Offensive language
Genres: Documentary, Music

“A time capsule...stoned worshipers at the shrine of their own bewilderment.”~Roger Ebert

Aroview: A public access TV crew turn their cameras to a concert venue parking lot before a 'Judas Priest' performance, resulting in a hilarious short film about metal fans that become a cult favourite due to wide bootleg distribution on videotape.

The main 'feature' is only 16 minutes long, but there's plenty of supplementary material on the DVD, with particular highlights being 'Parking Lot Alumni' which tracks down the fans two decades later, 'Heavy Metal Basement' in which an avid metal collector gives a personal tour through his 'Judas Priest' vinyl collection, and even a 1997 sequel called 'Neil Diamond Parking Lot'.