About This Film
Nancy Weston (Amy Farrell), a reporter for The Globe, approaches Abraham Gentry (Frank Kress), an obnoxious private investigator, and offers him $25,000 on behalf of The Globe to investigate the brutal murder of stripper Suzie Cream Puff (Jackie Kroeger). She sweetens the deal with a $25,000 bonus for solving the case. Of course this comes contingent that The Globe gets the exclusive story. Gentry takes the case and begins the investigation of the murder with Weston in tow. When at the club, Gentry encounters a waitress, Marlene (Hedda Lubin), whose obnoxiousness rivals his. He gets through her to speak to another stripper and gets his first suspect, Joseph Carter.
Soon, another stripper, Candy Cane, gets murdered and Gentry expands his suspect list to Grout (Ray Sager), an unstable veteran who takes pride in crushing the heads of corpses he found when on the battlefields of Vietnam. He relieves tension by drawing faces on squashes and tomatoes and then crushing them with his bare hands. Gentry also suspects the leader of a radical feminist group that riots in the strip club, carrying banners with catchy phrases like "Lewd is Crude", "Quit with Tit" and "Women Right On!". Pickles, another stripper, is murdered and has her buttocks mutilated with a meat tenderizer hammer before having it salt and peppered. A badge with "Women Right On!" is found at the scene.
Meanwhile, Gentry buys Weston many drinks to keep her drunk and out of his way. During one of Weston's drunken episodes she admits she's attracted to Gentry. Gentry ignores this and concentrates on the case. His investigation takes him to the owner of the strip clubs in town, Mr. Marzdone Mobilie (Henny Youngman). Gentry then coerces Mobilie into holding an amateur stripper contest with a $1,000 prize, which also works as the beginning of a plan for Gentry's trap.
After having a few too many drinks, Gentry encourages Weston to perform the amateur stripper contest in which she goes all out by "taking it all off" and wins the $1,000 cash prize. Gentry accompany's Weston back to her apartment and lets her rest on her couch as he seemingly leaves. Soon, the killer arrives and Gentry, who anticipated that the killer would do just that, appears after hiding behind a door and takes off the killer's hood revealing Marlene. He also further reveals more when he pulls off her shirt revealing burn marks on her chest, literally obscuring her breasts. After a brief struggle, Marlene falls out a balcony window and lands on the street below where her head is crushed by an oncoming car.
Gentry then reveals his case in a long monologue to Nancy Weston about following the clues which Gout told him earlier about Marlene being burned in a fire which her breasts were burned off. This drew the conclusion that she was killing all those strippers out of jealousy and hatred to their own beauty which Marlene's was now taken from her. Weston is somewhat angry that Gentry used her as bait to trap Marlene into revealing herself as the killer, but accepts for the risk was worth it. Gentry and Weston profess their love for each other as she tells him that the story will make a great contribution to The Globe and both of them get "down to business" (making out), before Gentry looks at the camera and tells the viewers that it's over and to leave them alone.
The closing title card then appears reading: "We announce with pride: this movie is over!"
Soon, another stripper, Candy Cane, gets murdered and Gentry expands his suspect list to Grout (Ray Sager), an unstable veteran who takes pride in crushing the heads of corpses he found when on the battlefields of Vietnam. He relieves tension by drawing faces on squashes and tomatoes and then crushing them with his bare hands. Gentry also suspects the leader of a radical feminist group that riots in the strip club, carrying banners with catchy phrases like "Lewd is Crude", "Quit with Tit" and "Women Right On!". Pickles, another stripper, is murdered and has her buttocks mutilated with a meat tenderizer hammer before having it salt and peppered. A badge with "Women Right On!" is found at the scene.
Meanwhile, Gentry buys Weston many drinks to keep her drunk and out of his way. During one of Weston's drunken episodes she admits she's attracted to Gentry. Gentry ignores this and concentrates on the case. His investigation takes him to the owner of the strip clubs in town, Mr. Marzdone Mobilie (Henny Youngman). Gentry then coerces Mobilie into holding an amateur stripper contest with a $1,000 prize, which also works as the beginning of a plan for Gentry's trap.
After having a few too many drinks, Gentry encourages Weston to perform the amateur stripper contest in which she goes all out by "taking it all off" and wins the $1,000 cash prize. Gentry accompany's Weston back to her apartment and lets her rest on her couch as he seemingly leaves. Soon, the killer arrives and Gentry, who anticipated that the killer would do just that, appears after hiding behind a door and takes off the killer's hood revealing Marlene. He also further reveals more when he pulls off her shirt revealing burn marks on her chest, literally obscuring her breasts. After a brief struggle, Marlene falls out a balcony window and lands on the street below where her head is crushed by an oncoming car.
Gentry then reveals his case in a long monologue to Nancy Weston about following the clues which Gout told him earlier about Marlene being burned in a fire which her breasts were burned off. This drew the conclusion that she was killing all those strippers out of jealousy and hatred to their own beauty which Marlene's was now taken from her. Weston is somewhat angry that Gentry used her as bait to trap Marlene into revealing herself as the killer, but accepts for the risk was worth it. Gentry and Weston profess their love for each other as she tells him that the story will make a great contribution to The Globe and both of them get "down to business" (making out), before Gentry looks at the camera and tells the viewers that it's over and to leave them alone.
The closing title card then appears reading: "We announce with pride: this movie is over!"
Film Details
Director
Herschell Gordon Lewis
Writer
Alan J. Dachman
Tags
Keywords
Female Nudity
Independent Film
Murder
Female Rear Nudity
Psychotronic Film
Female Full Frontal Nudity
Violence
Female Frontal Nudity
Blood
Cult Film
Gore
Grindhouse Film
Sadism
Slasher
Torture
Knife
Psychopath
Stabbed To Death
Dead Body
Low Budget Film
Young
Brutality
Evil
Serial Murder
Looking At Oneself In A Mirror
Stripper
Maniac
Drunkenness
Throat Slit
Camera Shot Of Feet
Evil Man
Villain
Slaughter
Psychopathic Killer
Bloody Face
Pantyhose
Reporter
Psycho Killer
Homicidal Maniac
Murder Spree
Victim
Slasher Killer
Campy
Body Count
Mysterious Man
Human Monster
Psycho
Strip Club
Breaking The Fourth Wall
Female Victim
Sadistic Psychopath
Slashing
Bad Guy
Psycho Thriller
Acid
Female Serial Killer
Bloody Violence
Independent Horror
Topless Woman
Private Detective
Butcher
Black Gloves
Black Cat
Butchery
Mysterious Killer
American Horror
Gloves
Throat Cut
Drunken Woman
Bleeding To Death
Psycho Terror
Woman Wears A Wig
Mysterious Villain
Cane
Black Gloved Killer
Extreme Violence
Sadistic Horror
Mystery Killer
Drunk Girl
Attacked From Behind
Sadistic Killer
Cleaver
Slasher Comedy
Feminism
Unknown Killer
Gruesome
Woman Dresses As A Man
Unconsciousness
One Liner
Body Parts
Face Slashed
Stage Show
Female Reporter
Pasties
Strip Tease
Erotic Dancing
Dark Killer
Psycho Film
Corvette
Blowing Bubbles
Eye Gouged Out
Ten Dollar Bill
Stand Up Comedian
Camera Shot Between A Woman's Legs
Ex Marine
Walking Cane
Meat Tenderizer
Man Wears A Red Bra And Panties
Hit With A Mallet
Cucumber As Dildo
Lying On A Couch
Face Smashed Against A Mirror
Starts With A Murder
Bank Check
Woman Dancing In Tassels And Panties
Rude Cocktail Waitress
Paying For Information
Shadow Of An Attacker
Mutilated Face
Slashed Multiple Times
Close Up Of Woman's Butt In A G String
Woman Dancing In Pasties And G String
Smashing A Melon
Placard
Woman Dances In A G String Bikini
Falling Down Drunk
Paddled With A Meat Hammer
Vicious Serial Killer
Ironing Clothes
Burned With A Clothes Iron
Face Scalded In Oil
Amateur Strip Contest
Head Crushed By A Car
Scarred Body
Also Known As
Blood Orgy