The Gore Gore Girls – Herschell Gordon Lewis ( 1972)
One of the last splatter movies H.G.Lewis directed,(god i luv the term splatter movie)
Herschell Gordon Lewis,there isn't a film of his i don't like and yes I have watched Gruesome Twosome and Something Weird and still managed to stay awake.
The Gore Gore Girls is some what different in tone to his other blood and guts films in that the film swings from brutal gore to almost absurdest comedy,most of which falls flat but is so bizarre in tone.The violence is also quite strong but has an air of bizarreness in its vary-est guises with Ass pummeling with a meat tenderizer,nipple snipping (milk from one breast and chocolate from another)eye gouging and just all round chunks of gore being fondled.
The whole proceedings are over seen by detective Abraham Gentry played by Frank Kress who almost looks and acts like a more camper Jason King (if that's at all possible)aided by a Nancy Drew wannabe Nancy Weston (Amy Farrell).
Strippers are being murdered,Who is the killer?Yes its your usual scooby doo plot-line but with more meat on show than a butchers window.There are some really wild and wonderful characters in this film,in fact there doesn't seem to be a single well balanced character in the whole proceedings main example being Grout (Ray Sager) an ex Vietnam vet.
And seeing as this is the early 70's H.G. Lewis, the Godfather of Gore even crow bars in the feminist movement ( I think your wasting your time trying to win them over Mr Lewis).
There really is something for everyone in here,skanky 70's strippers,oodles of gore and for lovers of tedium (count me in) inane dialogue that really goes nowhere plus a mind bending jazz score.And an air of sleaze that oozes from the very pours of your DVD player like a scene from Videodrome.
Long live the old Flesh long live Herschell viva Zapata.