The Gore Gore Girls

[The Burgomaster]

Well, I finally saw it, and I still don't believe it.

I purchased the DVD and watched it over the weekend. This one is over the top, even for a Herschell Gordon Lewis movie.

The main character is an arrogant, effeminate private investigator. He sort of reminded me of David Niven. He and a female reporter hang around in strip clubs (mostly during the day . . . I guess they went for the matinee shows) looking for a killer.

In between the investigation scenes, we get to see various ridiculous murders, including one where the killer beats a woman's ass with a wooden meat tenderizer until it turns into a bloody pulp. Other murders include the usual throat cuttings (which look like they put some red paint on a fake knife) and eyeball gougings.

The guest star is . . . ugh . . . Henny Youngman. On the commentary track, Lewis says that he paid Henny $500 to be in the movie. They shot all his scenes in a strip club on a Sunday afternoon before the club opened.

The acting is terrible, the dialogue is ridiculous, and the murders are gory (but silly).

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

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[lester1/2jr]

I love HG Lewis.  It's a great film.  Speaking of over the top, I just saw "Blood Freak" where the guy has a turkeys head and he puts their blood n his beak.  I won't try to explain it.  Sort of "Robot Monster" meets, well, the Gore Gore Girls

[K-Sonic]

Even though he plays a moderate role in a few scenes, Henny Youngman wanted nothing to do with this picture afterwards and it is not listed in some biographies.

[Brother Ragnarok]

What about that title card at the end?  Crazy stuff.  And Blood Freak, well, that's a story for another time.  I think 2000 Maniacs is Gordon's best, myself.  It doesn't quite seem to know when to end, but it's a great idea.

Brother R

[The Burgomaster]

Lester and Brother Ragnarok:

BLOOD FREAK was one of my most recent purchases. All I can say is, "incredible." And what's up with the star of that movie? He seemed to have some sort of strange accent or maybe a speach impediment (and that was BEFORE his head turned into a turkey). Did you guys notice the accent or is it just my imagination?

As for HG Lewis, I have DVDs of THE GORE GORE GIRLS, 2000 MANIACS, BLOOD FEAST, COLOR ME BLOOD RED, GRUESOME TWOSOME, WIZARD OF GORE, and A TASTE OF BLOOD as well as his short feature THE MAGIC LAND OF MOTHER GOOSE (which appears on the WONDERFUL LAND OF OZ DVD from Something Weird Video). I found GRUESOME TWOSOME and A TASTE OF BLOOD to be a bit disappointing because they had less over the top gore than the others.

[lester1/2jr]

I love his non gore stuff too.  Especially Just for the hell of it! and Blast -off girls, if only for the Colonel Saunders cameo.

[lester1/2jr]

what's up with the Grinter brothers (Blood Freak)?  Is it true that after watching "Bob Grinter: Nudist" you'll die 8 hours later a la "The Ring" ?