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Drama Cult Classic

A deranged stalker turns two ballet students' lives into a nightmare in 1968's exploitation drama.

TWO GIRLS FOR A MADMAN

1968 · 1h 18m · NR · Drama / Horror · IMDB TMDB

Two young girls in New York City studying to be ballet dancers are chosen by a crazed sex fiend to be his next victims. He rapes one of them at gunpoint and then proceeds to stalk and terrorize both of them.

Quick Answer

What is Two Girls for a Madman about?

Two Girls for a Madman is a 1968 American drama-horror film directed by Stanley H. Brassloff about two young ballet students in New York City who become the targets of a deranged stalker.

Programmer's Pick

This is pure exploitation grit: ballet shoes, backroom orgies, and a toothy psycho on the loose in Greenwich Village. Stanley H. Brassloff doesn’t shy away from the roughie formula, serving up a seedy slice of sexploitation with a New York edge.

— SassyFlix Programmer

Overview

Set in the seedy underbelly of late-1960s Greenwich Village, Two Girls for a Madman follows dance students Toni and Sonya as their pursuit of ballet artistry takes a dark turn. After the unstable Frank Yeager spots the alluring Toni at a bizarre back-room orgy, his obsession quickly escalates. Frank’s fixation leads him to stalk Toni, infiltrate her life, and eventually discover her friend Sonya. As Frank’s predatory interest deepens, the dance school becomes a stage for his twisted desires. Loaded with the hallmarks of exploitation cinema, this film blends the world of aspiring dancers with the looming menace of a relentless pursuer.

Details & Specs

Director
Stanley H. Brassloff
Writers
Stanley H. Brassloff, Dustin Williams
Release
1968
Runtime
1h 18m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Genres
Drama, Horror

Why Cult

Greenwich Village Exploitation

The film plunges viewers into the wild side of 1960s Manhattan, mixing bohemian dance scenes with sleazy urban menace.

Roughie Sexploitation

A textbook example of the 'roughie' subgenre, mixing eroticism with violent, taboo-breaking threats.

Ballet Meets Horror

The genteel world of ballet collides with raw horror as the girls’ dance aspirations are disrupted by a violent predator.

1960s Independent Grit

An early independent film that doesn’t flinch from nudity or taboo subjects, all shot on the streets of New York.

Scene Gallery

Threat File

Trigger

Frank Yeager sees Toni at an orgy

Threat

Sex-crazed stalker

Effect

Rape, stalking, and terrorizing the girls

Setting

Greenwich Village, New York City

Questions from the Vault

When was Two Girls for a Madman released? +

Two Girls for a Madman was released in 1968.

Who directed Two Girls for a Madman? +

Stanley H. Brassloff directed Two Girls for a Madman.

How long is Two Girls for a Madman? +

Two Girls for a Madman has a runtime of 78 minutes.

What genre is Two Girls for a Madman? +

Two Girls for a Madman is a drama-horror film.

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