Man I would
love to know the story behind this picture! I can just
imagine how the initial pitch at MGM went: "Alright, last year those assholes
over at 20th Century Fox made a ton of dough with BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
and we only got
one film in the Top 20 Box Office list, so let's make our
own campy sex movie! We get Rock Hudson all furred up with sideburns and a
"Magnum P.I." mustache. He's got a hot wife but he's so hip, with his
peace signs and love pad guidance counselor's office, that these long-legged
teenage chicks in miniskirts can't keep their pussies off of him. He's
banging like 3 or 4
before lunch!!! Anyway, so here's the kicker:
every one of these chicks is dripping pussy juice all over the school for this
groovy old dude but whenever they ask him about leaving his wife...he kills
them!!!!!!!! It's brilliant. Slasher movies haven't been invented
yet, but it's gonna be just like a slasher movie, just without the gruesome
kills and the Final Girl. Get some other big names involved like Telly
Savalas, Angie Dickinson (we need to get her to bang some teenage boy also),
Roddy McDowall, a theme song sang by The Osmonds (sex comedy audiences love the
Osmonds!), throw in some
topless chicks
and this thing is going to be a hit! So whatta ya think?" "Go for
it, but make sure to throw in some corny dialogue that people can giggle at in
50 years."
When the film first started I was kinda taken back at how interesting the
opening credits were with the horny teenager boy going to school and walking
down the hallway, the whole time being bombarded with sexy chicks everywhere he
looks. Suddenly, Rock Hudson shows up like some over-the-top 70's stud,
slingin' ding-a-ling non-stop like John Holmes! It was great!!!
Then...after like 30 minutes the film just stalled. It was weird.
Instead of continuing with the same momentum of the opening act, the second and
third acts don't really go anywhere. The girls were still beautiful, of
course, but the story dies a slow death.
Worth watching if just for the oddity value of the whole thing. And I
honestly would
love to learn the truth behind the making of this movie.
Oh yeah, I nearly forgot, this movie was produced and written by Gene ("Star
Trek") Roddenberry.
