The homely daughter of a rich, vain woman gets mixed up with a kinky, menacing pop singer and his weird friends.The homely daughter of a rich, vain woman gets mixed up with a kinky, menacing pop singer and his weird friends.The homely daughter of a rich, vain woman gets mixed up with a kinky, menacing pop singer and his weird friends.
Lester Fletcher
- Sydney Guilaroff
- (uncredited)
Kathryn Janssen
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Jeff Lawrence
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaJeanne Crain turned down the role of Astrid Steele.
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Astrid Steele: I made thirty stag films and never faked an orgasm.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Grindhouse Horrors (1992)
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Groovy, misunderstood trash classic
I recommend that this is watched on a double-bill with Wild in the Streets, also written by Robert Thom. Both films contain similarities - a Messiah-like pop star with pretensions for a new social order, overbearing parents, LSD sequences, pop music, alternative forms of sexuality, camp and "established" actresses freaking out.
This film is like being in a long trance - there's so much imagery and symbolism that you'll need to watch it three or four times before it starts to make sense.
It's a little nihilistic for my liking, but well worth watching - Jennifer Jones gets to call her maid a sadistic lesbian, her husband appears in the first scene naked in the shower with his young male friend, while the daughter's voice-over says "My first memory is that my parents were perfect." There's all sorts of weird stuff like the cast taking a walk along Santa Monica Beach and Jennifer Jones buying candyfloss with her jewellery and then discarding it.
The songs are reasonably good too, especially The Fat Song, Bloody Mama (also another Robert Thom film) and Angel, Angel Down We Go. This is one freaked out movie. I love it!
This film is like being in a long trance - there's so much imagery and symbolism that you'll need to watch it three or four times before it starts to make sense.
It's a little nihilistic for my liking, but well worth watching - Jennifer Jones gets to call her maid a sadistic lesbian, her husband appears in the first scene naked in the shower with his young male friend, while the daughter's voice-over says "My first memory is that my parents were perfect." There's all sorts of weird stuff like the cast taking a walk along Santa Monica Beach and Jennifer Jones buying candyfloss with her jewellery and then discarding it.
The songs are reasonably good too, especially The Fat Song, Bloody Mama (also another Robert Thom film) and Angel, Angel Down We Go. This is one freaked out movie. I love it!
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- Jan 31, 2002
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- Cult of the Damned
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- Ocean Front Walk and Moss Avenue, Santa Monica, California, USA(Astrid buys cotton candy)
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- $2,000,000 (estimated)
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