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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeff Krulik is a director of independent films and a former Discovery Channel producer. Krulik's work frequently explores the fringes of popular culture from an enthusiastic and appreciative point of view. He is best known for his 1986 documentary Heavy Metal Parking Lot, co-produced by John Heyn, a gently disturbing (but, for the most part, fun-loving) look into hard-rock fandom recorded at the Capital Centre parking lot in Landover, Maryland, before a Judas Priest concert. Most of the fans appear drunken and drugged, with "bare feet, muscle shirts, bare-chested, bleach blonde frizzy perms, mullets from hell, big hair, bad teeth, scar tissue, and by far the largest collection of late '70s Camaros ever seen in one location." Cult director John Waters said of the film, "It gave me the creeps." Heavy Metal Parking Lot, for a decade or more, circulated through word-of-mouth, via the internet and on second-to-nth-generation bootlegged copies. A 20th-anniversary DVD edition with sequels, outtakes, where-are-they-now bonus footage and other inspirations is now available for sale. In his first professional position, Krulik served as the Metrovision Public-access television cable TV channel coordinator for the southern portion of Prince Georges County, Maryland, a community that has inspired several of his films, including Public Access Gibberish (1990), a "greatest hits" montage of the most bizarre acts during his tenure at the cable access channel. Other films are Neil Diamond Parking Lot (1996), about the fans before a Neil Diamond concert at the same stadium as Heavy Metal Parking Lot, one decade later; and Ernest Borgnine On the Bus (1997), a documentary about actor Ernest Borgnine, his son and his custom RV; a compilation of many of the director's short films titled Heavy Metal Parking Lot: The Films of Jeff Krulik was released several years ago. Most of these films, along with flims made by Krulik's friends and some additional found footage, are viewable for free in streaming formats on his official website, In 2004, the Trio cable channel began broadcasting a show by Krulik titled Parking Lot, which expanded on the "parking lot" documentary series started in the 1980s. Created & co-produced by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn (in association with Radical Media), eight episodes were filmed, although it is unclear as to how many of them were actually broadcasted. It does not appear that the program will be shown again on the channel. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Krulik, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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1984 Comic Books: A World of Illustrated Adventure
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1984 Comic Books: A World of Illustrated Adventure
1995 Mr. Blassie Goes To Washington
1997 Ernest Borgnine on the Bus
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1984 Comic Books: A World of Illustrated Adventure
1986 Heavy Metal Parking Lot
1986 The Hypnotist
1987 Twenty-Five Cents Before Noon
1988 Show Us Your Belly
1989 The Butch Willis Show
1990 Public Access Gibberish
1990 Scenes from the Last Drive-In
1994 Texas Chainsaw Massacre: 20th Anniversary Cast Reunion
1995 Mr. Blassie Goes To Washington
1996 King of Porn
1997 Ernest Borgnine on the Bus
1997 Go Go Girls Don’t Cry: The Art of Fred Folsom
1997 Neil Diamond Parking Lot
1997 The Fall of the Roma
1998 The Films Of Jeff Krulik and Friends
1999 I Created Lancelot Link
1999 Vox Pops
2000 King of Porn 2: The Retirement
2000 Obsessed with Jews
2000 Planet Krulik 2000
2001 Heavy Metal Basement
2003 Hitler's Hat
2003 Traveling Sideshow: Shocked and Amazed!
2006 Heavy Metal Parking Lot Alumni: Where Are They Now?
2008 The House That Kent Built
2010 Heavy Metal Picnic
2013 The Real Pinball Wizard
2014 Led Zeppelin Played Here
2016 Washington Capitals Time Capsule
2018 Sickies Making Films
2020 Tales Of Belair At Bowie
2021 Return to Heavy Metal Basement
2021 You Can't Take Pictures in Here
2023 "We Are Fugazi From Washington, DC"
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1984 Comic Books: A World of Illustrated Adventure
1986 Heavy Metal Parking Lot
1986 The Hypnotist
1987 Twenty-Five Cents Before Noon
1988 Show Us Your Belly
1989 The Butch Willis Show
1990 Public Access Gibberish
1990 Scenes from the Last Drive-In
1994 Texas Chainsaw Massacre: 20th Anniversary Cast Reunion
1995 Mr. Blassie Goes To Washington
1996 King of Porn
1997 Ernest Borgnine on the Bus
1997 Go Go Girls Don’t Cry: The Art of Fred Folsom
1997 Neil Diamond Parking Lot
1997 The Fall of the Roma
1998 The Films Of Jeff Krulik and Friends
1999 I Created Lancelot Link
1999 Vox Pops
2000 King of Porn 2: The Retirement
2000 Obsessed with Jews
2000 Planet Krulik 2000
2001 Heavy Metal Basement
2003 Hitler's Hat
2003 Traveling Sideshow: Shocked and Amazed!
2006 Heavy Metal Parking Lot Alumni: Where Are They Now?
2008 The House That Kent Built
2010 Heavy Metal Picnic
2013 The Real Pinball Wizard
2014 Led Zeppelin Played Here
2016 Washington Capitals Time Capsule
2018 Sickies Making Films
2020 Tales Of Belair At Bowie
2021 Return to Heavy Metal Basement
2021 You Can't Take Pictures in Here
2023 "We Are Fugazi From Washington, DC"
???? Heavy Metal Parking Lot: The Lost Footage
???? Invocation of My Demon Bus Driver
???? RAZZ (The) DOCUMENTARY
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1984 Comic Books: A World of Illustrated Adventure
1986 Heavy Metal Parking Lot
1986 The Hypnotist
1987 Twenty-Five Cents Before Noon
1988 Show Us Your Belly
1989 The Butch Willis Show
1990 Public Access Gibberish
1990 Scenes from the Last Drive-In
1994 Texas Chainsaw Massacre: 20th Anniversary Cast Reunion
1995 Mr. Blassie Goes To Washington
1996 King of Porn
1997 Ernest Borgnine on the Bus
1997 Go Go Girls Don’t Cry: The Art of Fred Folsom
1997 Neil Diamond Parking Lot
1997 The Fall of the Roma
1998 The Films Of Jeff Krulik and Friends
1999 I Created Lancelot Link
1999 Vox Pops
2000 King of Porn 2: The Retirement
2000 Obsessed with Jews
2000 Planet Krulik 2000
2001 Heavy Metal Basement
2003 Hitler's Hat
2003 Traveling Sideshow: Shocked and Amazed!
2006 Heavy Metal Parking Lot Alumni: Where Are They Now?
2008 The House That Kent Built
2010 Heavy Metal Picnic
2013 The Real Pinball Wizard
2014 Led Zeppelin Played Here
2016 Washington Capitals Time Capsule
2018 Sickies Making Films
2020 Tales Of Belair At Bowie
2021 Return to Heavy Metal Basement
2021 You Can't Take Pictures in Here
2023 "We Are Fugazi From Washington, DC"
???? Heavy Metal Parking Lot: The Lost Footage
???? Invocation of My Demon Bus Driver
???? RAZZ (The) DOCUMENTARY
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1984 Comic Books: A World of Illustrated Adventure
1986 Heavy Metal Parking Lot
1986 The Hypnotist
1987 Twenty-Five Cents Before Noon
1988 Show Us Your Belly
1989 The Butch Willis Show
1990 Public Access Gibberish
1990 Scenes from the Last Drive-In
1994 Texas Chainsaw Massacre: 20th Anniversary Cast Reunion
1995 Mr. Blassie Goes To Washington
1996 King of Porn
1997 Ernest Borgnine on the Bus
1997 Go Go Girls Don’t Cry: The Art of Fred Folsom
1997 Neil Diamond Parking Lot
1997 The Fall of the Roma
1998 The Films Of Jeff Krulik and Friends
1999 I Created Lancelot Link
1999 Vox Pops
2000 King of Porn 2: The Retirement
2000 Obsessed with Jews
2000 Planet Krulik 2000
2001 Heavy Metal Basement
2003 Hitler's Hat
2003 Traveling Sideshow: Shocked and Amazed!
2006 Heavy Metal Parking Lot Alumni: Where Are They Now?
2008 The House That Kent Built
2010 Heavy Metal Picnic
2013 The Real Pinball Wizard
2014 Led Zeppelin Played Here
2016 Washington Capitals Time Capsule
2018 Sickies Making Films
2019 Led Zeppelin Treasure Chest
2020 Tales Of Belair At Bowie
2021 Return to Heavy Metal Basement
2021 You Can't Take Pictures in Here
2023 "We Are Fugazi From Washington, DC"
???? Heavy Metal Parking Lot: The Lost Footage
???? Invocation of My Demon Bus Driver
???? RAZZ (The) DOCUMENTARY
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