True story: A man found an old video in a Calgary landfill with footage from a Dan Aykroyd movie in which he's standing over a dead body. The man gave the video to police because he thought he uncovered a real life snuff flick.
The scene that the man gave to police came from a little known flick LOOSE CANNONS. Cops spent hours analyzing the footage. The finally cracked the case and happily closed it out..
Dan Aykroyd seemed to accept the news story.. he humorously quipped to TMZ that the film should have stayed in a landfill where it belonged..
I suppose seeing something like this would have raised suspicion in any of us:
And really, who ever saw LOOSE CANNONS anyway?
But being this recent event is the best publicity the 1990 film ever got, perhaps it's worth strolling back down amnesia lane to find out what the movie was even about anyway..
It was a comedy.. about a Nazi sex tape featuring Adolf Hitler. it is also one of the only films to have a 0% rating on ROTTEN TOMATOES. It was just that bad. Hence the fact it's in a landfill..
I like Dan Aykroyd, please don't get me wrong.. I think his movie career has been great, and he's a reputable believer and investigator of the strange and fortean. There's nothing to dislike about him.
Except this movie.
I recall vividly watching a few minutes of it.. and then happily turning it off.
Besides UFOs and ghosts, what Dan Aykroyd may really fear is that the 1990 dud may be rearing its ugly head again. I am sure there's a surge on Google of people attempting to find out what the movie is about. Maybe someone out there will even buy a copy.. And after they watch it, they will take it to the police to report just how criminal it was to make such a lousy movie.