Favorite Rotten Movies — Page 4

QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE starring Zza Zza Gabor. As Maltin describes it, "Manned rocketship from Earth is abducted to Venus, where the planet is ruled entirely by women."

Smelly silliness in Cinemascope. And it was.

Bulldog

Updated On: 1/15/04 at 11:22 PM

Mister Matt, I can't let you suffer any more sleepless nights. Is the movie you are referring to Brian De Palma's 'Dressed To Kill'?

Plot: Sexually bored housewife Kate Miller allows herself to be picked up in an art gallery by a complete stranger for a afternoon's casual sex back at his apartment. But as she leaves she is hacked to death in the elevator by a woman in a blonde wig and dark glasses wielding a razor. The police suspect callgirl Liz Blake who was leaving another apartment at the same time. Liz teams with the Kate's teenage son Peter to find the real killer and clear herself.

Javi

Javi - No it wasn't, but thanks for trying. This film was much earlier. Probably early 70s. A very strong image occuring in an attic of a "woman" (actually revealing herself to be a man in drag)in a white nightgown holding a wig in one hand and a knife in the other advancing on her victim with a very disturbing pyschotic expression on his/her face.

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No. The Psycho sequels didn't start until the 80s. I don't think there was anyone as renown as Crawford in this film. ARRRRGHH!!!! It's driving me crazy! I can visualize the whole thing. It may have had something to do with a babysitter (perhaps in the title?).

It's like that other film with the sculptor guy who encased his victims in clay (and it wasn't House of Wax). I know the main character was a popular actor at the time - late 60s early 70s. The typical lead female discovers them by accidentally knocking one over in his studio and starts screaming. Of course, she cannot get away because he is walking very slowly towards her. No matter how fast the victims run, they will never get away and the killers just sort of stroll along...

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I'm so glad someone remembers at least one of the films I was talking about. I was beginning to think I was going nuts.

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SueleenGay - No. I remember they were those cheesy Saturday Afternoon movies. You know the ones. Low-budget uknown flicks they assume no one will watch because they shouldn't be sitting in front of a TV in the middle of a Saturday. Something like "Horror at 37,000 Feet" or "The Babysitter".

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Here you go Matt. I knew I'd find it. Now how could it have been so difficult? The title came to me immediately...

A Bucket of Blood (1959)


Walter Paisley, nerdish waiter at a Bohemian cafe, is jealous of the talent (and popularity) of its various artistic regulars. But after accidentally killing his landlady's cat and covering the body in plaster to hide the evidence, he is acclaimed as a brilliant sculptor - but his new-found friends want to see more of his work. Lacking any artistic talent whatsoever, Walter has to resort to similar methods to produce new work, and soon people start mysteriously disappearing...

Gee, sounds a bit like LITTLE SHOP...hmmmm.

Bulldog

Bulldog - I'm going to check out Bucket of Blood. I'm not sure if that's it, but it sounds right. The funny thing is, my father always talks about seeing that movie at the drive-in as a double-feature with 2000 Maniacs when dating my mother.

Javi - OMG!! I sure that's it! The thing about the mannequin sounds exactly like the scene I remember! Now I just have to see if I can find a copy...

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I'm afraid I'll have to get this one. Thank goodness it's so cheap, but I can't wait to see it again.

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