Category Archives: Theater Psychotronic
Double Feature: White Slaves of Chinatown/Olga’s House of Shame (1964)
Throughout September I’ll be spending A Month at the Grindhouse, taking a look at a handful of the disreputable, distasteful, violent, sexy, shocking, and mind-melting films that helped define the term. And really, post-Tarantino and Rodriguez (whose collaborative film I … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, A Month at the Grindhouse, Audrey Campbell, Drama, S&M, sexploitation
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Good Morning and Goodbye! (1967)
This is what a Russ Meyer fable looks like. Good Morning and Goodbye! (1967) makes its point clear with the subtlety of a jackhammer (you will note all the quarry imagery in the film). This is a film about being … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, Alaina Capri, cheesecake, Haji, impotence, Psychedelic, Russ Meyer, sexploitation, witches
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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
There’s a scene early in Russ Meyer’s Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) which deserves to stand alongside the diner scene from Five Easy Pieces in iconic stature. A bumpkin working the pump at a gas station is making innocuous small … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, Action, cheesecake, drag racing, Haji, Russ Meyer, sexploitation, Tura Satana
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