Let’s Exploit This Sleaze: Answers 19-26
19. Communist agents recruit American schoolgirls to wreak havoc as juvenile delinquents.
Answer (af); The Violent Years (1956)
One of Ed Wood’s earlier films, The Violent Years was a poor man’s Blackboard Jungle with a hint of espionage. In essence, it was one of a number of 1950s anti-teen movies, forerunners of the anti-hippie flicks of the 1960s.
As you can see from the below trailer, this movie upheld Wood's normally (ahem!) high standards.
Figure 3. The Violent Years trailer
20. A Dr. Frankenstein clone and his monster have to teach a visiting extraterrestrial about love.
Answer (p); Kiss Me Quick (1964)
Harry Novak’s first successful independent picture, he often made references to this nudie-cutie in his other films.
21. A biker gang strings up a piece of piano wire between two trees so that when a biker from a rival gang passes by, he loses his head.
Answer (z); She-Devils on Wheels (1968)
Another one by the team of Friedman, Lewis and Downe, She-Devils on Wheels has something to offend just about anyone. In this picture, a female biker gang (the Maneaters) prove themselves as tough and as vicious as the Hells Angels. It’s not so much a feminist movie so much as it is a depiction of the feminist as a new-fangled pinup girl.
To see for yourself, click here (NSFW).
22. The protagonist, dressed as a matador, picks a professional wrestler (played by boxer Jake LaMotta) to death.
Answer (j); Confessions of a Psycho Cat (1968)
Here’s the setup. A woman blackmails three unconvicted murderers into playing a game. She’ll give each and every man $100K if he can stay alive in Manhattan for twenty-four hours. Of course, she’s the hunter, and they are the prey.
Geez. They don’t make prey like they used to.
As to why she’s doing it….well, you’re just going to have to watch the picture.
23. A woman wreaks revenge by smothering the bad guys in her, um, décolletage.
Answer (k); Deadly Weapons (1974)
Another late Doris Wishman roughie, Deadly Weapons starred Polish Actress Liliana Wilczkowska, better known as Chesty Morgan (73FF-32-36). The film also stars Herbert Streicher (aka Harry Reems), best known for playing the doctor in Deep Throat.
Click here to watch the trailer (NSFW).
Answered by Ray.
24. This 1968 movie spoofed Star Trek.
Answer (aa); Space-Thing (1968)
Produced by David Friedman and Byron Mabe, Space-Thing looks a lot like Star Trek with the design of its doors, its soft-blue internal coloring schemes, its outdoor desert scenes, its quasi-Federation insignia, the uniform design (left), and the occasional twin-nacelle engine. Unfortunately, the special effects are sorely lacking, with the main ship looking very much like a toy top (which it is).
25. An artist can’t find just the right hue until he cuts himself.
Answer (h); Color Me Blood Red (1965)
Herschell Gordon Lewis’ homage to the Roger Corman film A Bucket of Blood is about an artist (Gordon Oas-Heim) whose critics badmouth him for not having a good sense of color. He uses his own blood to make a series of well received paintings, but finds that the whole process leaves him woozy. So in order to replenish his stock, he must turn to murder.
Friedman and Lewis were going to make another splatter pic titled Suburban Roulette. However, rampant imitation of their masterpiece, Blood Feast, had over-saturated the market for gore. Instead, they redeveloped Suburban Roulette into another idea completely (see answer for #27).
If you wanna watch another gory trailer, click here (warning: violent content)
26. An African-American man has to explain to his grown white daughter that they aren’t biologically related.
Answer (ac); Swamp Girl (1971)
Escaped convicts kidnap a young woman, a native of the Okefenokee swamp, and force her to guide them safely amid the alligators. Country music legend Ferlin Husky co-stars.
Answer (af); The Violent Years (1956)
One of Ed Wood’s earlier films, The Violent Years was a poor man’s Blackboard Jungle with a hint of espionage. In essence, it was one of a number of 1950s anti-teen movies, forerunners of the anti-hippie flicks of the 1960s.
As you can see from the below trailer, this movie upheld Wood's normally (ahem!) high standards.
Figure 3. The Violent Years trailer
20. A Dr. Frankenstein clone and his monster have to teach a visiting extraterrestrial about love.
Answer (p); Kiss Me Quick (1964)
Harry Novak’s first successful independent picture, he often made references to this nudie-cutie in his other films.
21. A biker gang strings up a piece of piano wire between two trees so that when a biker from a rival gang passes by, he loses his head.
Answer (z); She-Devils on Wheels (1968)
Another one by the team of Friedman, Lewis and Downe, She-Devils on Wheels has something to offend just about anyone. In this picture, a female biker gang (the Maneaters) prove themselves as tough and as vicious as the Hells Angels. It’s not so much a feminist movie so much as it is a depiction of the feminist as a new-fangled pinup girl.
To see for yourself, click here (NSFW).
22. The protagonist, dressed as a matador, picks a professional wrestler (played by boxer Jake LaMotta) to death.
Answer (j); Confessions of a Psycho Cat (1968)
Here’s the setup. A woman blackmails three unconvicted murderers into playing a game. She’ll give each and every man $100K if he can stay alive in Manhattan for twenty-four hours. Of course, she’s the hunter, and they are the prey.
Geez. They don’t make prey like they used to.
As to why she’s doing it….well, you’re just going to have to watch the picture.
23. A woman wreaks revenge by smothering the bad guys in her, um, décolletage.
Answer (k); Deadly Weapons (1974)
Another late Doris Wishman roughie, Deadly Weapons starred Polish Actress Liliana Wilczkowska, better known as Chesty Morgan (73FF-32-36). The film also stars Herbert Streicher (aka Harry Reems), best known for playing the doctor in Deep Throat.
Click here to watch the trailer (NSFW).
Answered by Ray.
24. This 1968 movie spoofed Star Trek.
Answer (aa); Space-Thing (1968)
Produced by David Friedman and Byron Mabe, Space-Thing looks a lot like Star Trek with the design of its doors, its soft-blue internal coloring schemes, its outdoor desert scenes, its quasi-Federation insignia, the uniform design (left), and the occasional twin-nacelle engine. Unfortunately, the special effects are sorely lacking, with the main ship looking very much like a toy top (which it is).25. An artist can’t find just the right hue until he cuts himself.
Answer (h); Color Me Blood Red (1965)
Herschell Gordon Lewis’ homage to the Roger Corman film A Bucket of Blood is about an artist (Gordon Oas-Heim) whose critics badmouth him for not having a good sense of color. He uses his own blood to make a series of well received paintings, but finds that the whole process leaves him woozy. So in order to replenish his stock, he must turn to murder.
Friedman and Lewis were going to make another splatter pic titled Suburban Roulette. However, rampant imitation of their masterpiece, Blood Feast, had over-saturated the market for gore. Instead, they redeveloped Suburban Roulette into another idea completely (see answer for #27).
If you wanna watch another gory trailer, click here (warning: violent content)
26. An African-American man has to explain to his grown white daughter that they aren’t biologically related.
Answer (ac); Swamp Girl (1971)
Escaped convicts kidnap a young woman, a native of the Okefenokee swamp, and force her to guide them safely amid the alligators. Country music legend Ferlin Husky co-stars.
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9 Comments:
At 7:34 AM,
SJ said…
So what you are saying is...if I make a few very very bad movies today a couple decades later a weird guy might write about me on his blog?
At 7:46 AM,
foam said…
i watched all the links. the last one about blood for arts sake only partially though since i have this thing about blood, even fake schlocky blood.
i'm getting a feel for the exploitation aspect of these movies .. i guess ..
i'm supposing the polish actress let herself be exploited. having large breasts like can actually be painful and cause posture, spine and back problems.
At 6:27 PM,
X. Dell said…
I've written about you before, SJ. There's no need to make a movie.
Foam, with the back problems you've been having, I should have known you would have been sensitive to that issue. And I'm not a big fn of the gore aspect of scary movies, but the genre narrative I find interesting.
At 9:41 AM,
Middle Ditch said…
I laughed out loud reading number 26. Hilarious
At 9:52 AM,
Middle Ditch said…
I completely forgot to mention that we recorded your episode today which was great fun to do. And also Ruela wants to have the mp3 and do some visuals with it on his blog. I think it's going to be great. The episode should be posted (because we post once a month now) at the beginning of August. Sue Tarrant does a most remarkable performance.
At 6:42 PM,
X. Dell said…
Yeah, Monique, there's just some things that you'd think require no explanation.
That's great. I'll have fun listening to it, especially Susan's part.
At 8:46 PM,
Charles Gramlich said…
Hey, I want to see Space thing man. Never heard of it but I think I'd enjoy.
At 10:12 PM,
SJ said…
And foam has mentioned me on her blog so I am good.
At 1:01 PM,
X. Dell said…
Charles, it's one-fourth camp, and three-fourths utter garbage. But if you're into Star Trek it's kinda worth a look, just for the novelty aspect of it.
See, SJ? You're a celebrity already.
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