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On his deathbed, billionaire O.M. Rivers (Howard Duff) is tricked into altering his will by a grasping Catholic priest (Jim Haynie). The dying man is persuaded to add a stipulation to his bequests: one of Rivers’ two offspring must produce an heir within a year of his death or his millions will go to the church. The catch is that Rivers’ son Sonny (Eric Idle) is gay and his daughter Bitsy (Andrea Martin) is a lesbian.Read More »
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Robert Downey Sr. – Too Much Sun (1990)
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John Waters – Cecil B. DeMented (2000)
John Waters1991-2000CampComedyUSARoger Ebert
August 18, 2000My best guess is that John Waters produced the talent shows in his high school. There’s always been something cheerfully amateurish about his more personal films–a feeling that he and his friends have dreamed up a series of “skits” while hanging out together.
“Cecil B. Demented” takes this tendency to an almost unwatchable extreme, in a home movie that’s like a bunch of kids goofing off.Read More »
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Russ Meyer – The Immoral Mr. Teas (1959)
Russ Meyer1951-1960CampComedyUSAA door to door salesman of dentist’s appliances encounters beautiful well-endowed nude women everywhere he goes.Read More »
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Mardi Rustam – Evils of the Night (1985)
1981-1990CampMardi RustamSci-FiUSAVacationing teens are systematically kidnapped and taken to a strange, rural hospital, run by a mysterious group that needs their blood.Read More »
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Akira Katô – Yakyukyô no uta AKA Poetry of Baseball Enthusiasts (1977)
Akira Katô1971-1980CampComedyJapanLive-action adaptation of Shinji Mizushima’s manga.Read More »
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Phillip R. Ford – Vegas in Space (Troma) (1991)
1991-2000CampPhillip R. FordQueer Cinema(s)Sci-FiUSAThree soldiers are ordered to change their gender (via a pill) and are sent on a secret mission (undercover as show girls) to the women only planet of Clitoris’ capital city “Vegas in Space.” Once they arrive, they must maneuver through complex politics and decadent parties, to uncover a plot to disrupt the most important pleasure planet in the Universe. This release from Troma Entertainment is a hilariously camp John Waters-esque sci fi.Read More »
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Michael Benveniste & Howard Ziehm – Flesh Gordon (1974)
1971-1980CampEroticaHoward ZiehmMichael BenvenisteUSAEmperor Wang is leader of the planet Porno and sends his mighty “Sex Ray” towards Earth, turning everyone into sex-mad fiends. Only one man can save the Earth, football player Flesh Gordon.Read More »
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Joseph W. Sarno – Pandora and the Magic Box (1965)
1961-1970CampComedyJoseph W. SarnoUSAWhen King Minos discovers Theseus is on a mission to locate the rightful ruler of Greece, he sends his buxom servant Pandora to disrupt the search.
Meanwhile, Zeus selects Theseus to protect a wooden box “full of trouble.”
Add a handful of Amazons and one king in drag, and you have Sarno’s zany spin on a classic Greek myth.Read More » -
Russ Meyer – Heavenly Bodies! (1963)
1961-1970CampEroticaRuss MeyerUSATaking a look at the connection that glamour models have to photography, a group of film makers follow a number of glamour magazine photographers around, to discover the skill involved in getting “magic” to appear on the photos.Read More »