A really good read on the whole thing (which I'd never heard of before):
www.nashvillescene.com/news/article/13004920/failed-fortunes
Describing almost a Trump-lite in the earlier days of franchising (Minnie was not the Trump-figure).
This film is at just the right level of color degradation that you could change out the soundtrack for some creepy music, slow it down slightly and produce a short horror film.
Or whatever that melody originates from, it's almost note for note the guitar part from the Grateful Dead version of Betty & Dupree but that doesn't really have much overlap with the traditional arrangements.