Drug-fueled terror hits the set when a maniacal director takes realism way too far.
IS THIS TRIP REALLY NECESSARY?
A crazed movie director (Marvin Miller), aided by a deranged doctor (John Carradine), gives LSD to aspiring actresses before murdering them with an iron maiden in his torture chamber.
Proof that realism-obsessed directors are bad for your health—and your third act.
When your director is more interested in authenticity than your survival, it's time to check your contract. LSD, iron maidens, and an eighteen-year-old Carole Kane thrown to the wolves—this trip is a bad one, even by grindhouse standards.
— SassyFlix Programmer
Is This Trip Really Necessary? is a 1970 American horror film directed by Ben Benoit about a crazed movie director and a deranged doctor who dose actresses with LSD and murder them in a torture chamber.
- Director
- Ben Benoit
- Writer
- Lee Kalcheim
- Release
- 1970
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Genres
- Horror
- Also Known As
- Trip to Terror, Is This Trip Really Necessary?, Blood of the Iron Maiden (original title)
Synopsis
Why Cult
The film takes a psychedelic detour as actresses are dosed with LSD before being hunted by a deranged director and his accomplice.
See eighteen-year-old Carole Kane in one of her earliest screen performances, surrounded by veteran horror talent.
Lovingly detailed torture devices, including an iron maiden, await the unlucky cast in this movie-within-a-movie nightmare.
A film director played by Marvin Miller orchestrates real murders for the sake of realism, blurring lines between performance and horror.
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Questions from the Vault
What is Is This Trip Really Necessary? about? +
It's about a movie director and a deranged doctor who give LSD to aspiring actresses before murdering them in an elaborate torture chamber.
When was Is This Trip Really Necessary? released? +
Is This Trip Really Necessary? was released in 1970.
Who directed Is This Trip Really Necessary?? +
The film was directed by Ben Benoit.
How long is Is This Trip Really Necessary?? +
The runtime is 84 minutes.
What genre is Is This Trip Really Necessary?? +
It is a horror film.
