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- From: donnell@tuna.micro.umn.edu (BogusMan)
- Subject: Re: MOST GROSS MOVIE EVER AWARD
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- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 16:54:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec26.203416.17046@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> econrad@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Eric V Conrad) writes:
- >In article <Bzpx6o.5uL@rahul.net> kpapai@rahul.net (Ken Papai) writes:
- >>I am surprised no one has mentioned Blood Sucking Freaks. Guess what you
- >>can do with a soda straw and a bone drill down in the basement. Anyone
- >>seen this movie from the mid 60s? Herschel Gordan Lewis I believe.
- >
- >According to Steven Scheuer's guide, Bloodsucking Freaks was directed
- >by Joel Reed. The reviewer (who obviously hated the flick) lists an
- >alternate title, namely The Incredible Torture Show.
- >
- >I rented a video version during the summer. It features some delightfully
- >campy bad acting and dialogue. The gore reminds me of some of the
- >better passages in Juliette (by the Marquis De Sade). Pleasantly
- >tasteless and outrageous. This is a film to be avoided by the truly
- >prudish, but prurient hypocrites and fans of the Grande Guignol (sp?)
- >should enjoy. People who don't care for the tongue in cheek stuff won't
- >find it as attractive. (It also has lots of female nudity which is
- >probably why they didn't bother to send it to the MPAA to be rated.:)
- >
-
- It wasn't sent to the MPAA because Reed couldn't afford to pay the fee.
- It was only shown in three theaters in America. At a midnight show in
- New York, it was picketed by Feminists, and removed. At a theater in
- St. Paul, Mn., it was picketed by Parents and removed. At a showing
- in San Francisco, it was picketed by Feminists and fundamentalists, and
- the print was stolen from the theatre and burned in a trashcan in front of
- the theatre.
-
- Why is it deemed so offensive by some? Probably because the only women in
- the film are crazed savages who have reverted to primitivism, and they are
- always nude. Sure there is a ballerina character, but she too is just a
- plaything of the men, and she is drugged and tortured until she too is
- half crazed. The Men are definately in control with this film.
-
-
- Regardless, this is a film made for almost nothing, that is still being
- watched and discussed years later. Joel Reed hit the nail on the head, and
- by giving audiences something they couldn't get from Hollywood, he deserves
- his <admittedly minor> place in Cinema History. He has done several other
- films, but nothing this noteworthy.
-
- Have a New Year!
- Pax
- --Judex--
-
-