Tag Archives: cult cinema
The Tingler (1959)
“I know a wonderful psychiatrist with a perfectly divine strait jacket just your size.” After reading that The Tingler is on director John Waters’ top film list, this made it a must-see for me, and I wasn’t disappointed. Campy and … Continue reading
Filed under Cult Classics
She-Man (1967)
“I’ll dig ditches. I’ll empty the garbage, but I’m not letting her turn me into any drag queen.” Leave it to the eclectic minds at Something Weird to reprint She-Man and unleash it on the unsuspecting public. She-Man is a … Continue reading
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The Woman Chaser (1999)
“Thanks for the party, kid. Any night, you feel like you want it, come on over.” Bizarre, perverse and subtly subversive, The Woman Chaser from director Robinson Devor is difficult to define and will, unfortunately appeal only to certain tastes. … Continue reading
Filed under Cult Classics, Film Noir
Gambling With Souls (1936)
“You filthy operator of a sex exchange.” Strict censorship rules of the Hays Code spawned the production of many sexploitation films–films that were presented as exposes of the lurid charms of various human vices. These films took a strong moral … Continue reading
Filed under Exploitation
Trash Trio: Three Screenplays: Pink Flamingos, Desperate Living, and Flamingos Forever by John Waters
“I’d like to report a lewd and disorderly party.” I’m a John Waters fan. I love his films, and to me, one of the very best things about a Waters film is the dialogue. Those funny lines come fast and … Continue reading
Filed under Books about film, John Waters
Die Mommie Die (2003)
”They found me being spun around nude on the lazy susan.” Former glamorous songstress Angela Arden (Charles Busch) is unhappily married to Hollywood director, Sol Sussman (Phillip Baker Hall). Spoiled brat, daughter Edith (Natasha Lyonne) has a slightly incestuous … Continue reading
Filed under Comedy, Cult Classics
Child Bride (1938)
“I’d put her in boiling oil and watch her fry.” It’s amazing what you can get away with even when you have censors breathing down your neck. With the Hays Code of film censorship enforced in 1934, a number of … Continue reading
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The Flesh Merchant (1956)
“The guys are here to have a ball–not a ball and chain.” Naive young country girl, Nancy (Joy Reynolds), unexpectedly arrives in Los Angeles to move in with her sister, “fashion model” Paula (Lisa Rack). Nancy thinks that Paula has … Continue reading
Filed under Exploitation
The Loved One (1965)
“Death has become a middle class business. There’s no future in it.” The Loved One is based on the wonderful, satirical novel written by Evelyn Waugh, and while so many film versions of novels disappoint, this is one film that … Continue reading
Filed under British, Comedy, Cult Classics
Switchblade Sisters (1975)
“Stop that fighting, girls.” It’s 70s. It’s camp. It’s sexploitation, but to categorize Switchblade Sisters as just these three things simply doesn’t do this film justice. I’ve had a copy of Switchblade Sisters on my unwatched film shelf for some … Continue reading
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