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Like several people here, I too saw this in the wee hours of the morning on TCM, where yes folks, it ran with no introductory info, and NO TITLES. It simply ended and faded into nothingness where TCM switched back to some old Black and While film suitable for Gramma like it never happened. Maybe it didn't.

Plot: It's one of those "woman fights for her life versus redneck" films that were around a lot in the 70s. This one has an African-American singer getting stuck in the rural south where she stays at a run down inn/bar while she waits for her car to get fixed.

Meanwhile, the dashing bar owner falls in love with her, which results in the expected rape scene, this one rendered even more distasteful by the inter-cutting of shots of local mouthbreathers watching dogs screw.

She goes almost catatonic from that point forward, and every person she turns to for help just leads her deeper into a maze of grotesque public officials who don't really want to help. It's like Kafka rolled around in batter and deep-fried.

It's all so off-putting, the result is less one of bloody revenge than it is of confusion...that something so odd could have ever existed, or actually been shown on late-night television on a channel that so many people get.

Be aware film fans...reruns of this could be lurking around your next sleepless night. Try to get some sleep.

Leslie Uggams stumbles into redneck run motel with stereotyped Southerners running amok. Creatively photographed, the rural setting is effectively creepy, as are the characters, all of whom can barely write their names in the mud with a sharp stick. Some eerie, Morrocone - like music adds to the oppressive atmosphere. The cast of hicks is led by Shelly Winters, with Slim Pickens and Dub Taylor lending support as a perverted sheriff and justice of the peace respectively. The big question has to be, who was the intended audience, since there is something here to offend almost everyone? A slow motion shotgun wedding finale is somewhat reminiscent of the Halloween party massacre in "Ms.45" - MERK

This great but weird film is certainly among my favorites .Its probably not for all tastes ,but a superb film I think.Y'know its like that car wreck you can't take your eyes off it.The acting by all incredibly good !And the direction excellent. What makes this film so much better than a hundred exploitation films like it ? The detail in each scene is fascinating !I've often wondered what creating this film must have taken on the cast and crew etc. Its a real shame this piece of artistic fantasy remains obscure and forgotten .Maybe the powers that be want it that way ,no doubt.Fortunately I obtained the videotape many years ago. If you can find this ,grab a rare 70's cult classic (dare I say?).You won't believe your eyes .

I bought this film from a car boot sale in Finland (Yes, this wonderful film was apparently released in Finland as a rental in the early eighties.) mainly because of its cover that suggested that it would be a blaxploitation film. That it was not. Instead it proved to be a genuinely stylish piece of cinema with some upsetting (exploitation) scenes not unlike Texas Chainsaw or The Last House on the Left. Probably, though it was not violent enough to compete with them or sick enough to challenge Pink Flamingos. So it was never recognized and quickly forgotten. Anyhow, the thing that surprised me the most was that this film looked stunningly good. The compositions were beautiful as was the lightning. The story was fast paced and had enough twists to keep me interested till the end.

Sadly, however, there is one big minus to this film; it seems to me, that the filmmaker(s) were a bit too conscious with the "shocking" content of their script. Whenever an event with shock value occurs it is highlighted in the worst "look, we dare show this"- manner.

All in all a very enjoyable piece of trash with a difference- competence in filmmaking!

P.S. If you still have doubts after reading this I must say that any film that has both Shelley Winters and Slim Pickens cannot be nothing but good!

A friend and I watched "Poor Pretty Eddie" on the big screen, during a film night special appropriately entitled Rednecksploitation. Let me tell you, along with the ramshackle cinema hangar & the poor quality of the original film spool, the story & atmosphere of this movie catapulted us straight back to the glorious highlight-years of rancid 70's drive-in grindhouse exploitation! Movies like "Poor Pretty Eddie" will not and simply cannot be made anymore nowadays, because they're filthy, always discriminating to someone, rough, women-unfriendly and shameless. If someone made something like this today, groups of protesters would march outside the theaters until the owners have no other choice but to cancel the showings. Anyway, this fabulously entertaining film is shockingly perverse, hilarious and nightmarishly uncanny all at the same time. You've never encountered a bigger bunch of disturbed rednecks, not even in "Deliverance" or "Just before Dawn", and the script covers even the most controversial themes, like racism and rape. Leslie Uggams portrays a popular (and rather cocky) whose car naturally breaks down at the wrong place at the wrong time. On her way to a vacation Liz Wetherly strands in Southern Redneck Hell, at a miserable motel owned by a faded showgirl (now an obese and depressed old lady), a creepy-looking hunting dog lover and last but not least the wide-smirking & clearly deranged Elvis lunatic Eddie Collins. Eddie wants to keep her there, very much against the will of ol' Bertha, and continuously tries to impress her with his questionable singing talents, big white smiling teeth and flamboyant outfits that reveal his muscles and massive amount of chest hair. When all friendly approaches fail, Eddie rapes Liz and forces her into marrying him. Needless to say she slowly & tragically starts losing her senses. This low-budget exploitation classic naturally thrives on atmosphere & demented character drawings instead of on convoluted plotting and special effects. The lead characters are wondrously twisted, but literally every single one of the supportive characters are remarkable as well, like the sleazy tomato-sucking sheriff (the late grate Slim Pickens), his slingshot operating retard-sidekick and the perverse & fat-bellied judge/pool bar owner. Many of the crazed sequences in "Poor Pretty Eddie" literally need to be seen to be believed, for example the astonishingly tasteless montage of Liz' rape interlarded with images of two dogs copulating in front of an assembly of seemingly aroused farmers and to the tunes of another great country song. The acting performances are great; notably outstanding are Shelley Winters (Oscar winner AND exploitation siren, respect!), Ted Cassidy (the original Addams Family's Lurch) and of course Michael Christian as the titular not-so-poor and not-so-pretty Eddie. The climax sequence, set during an authentic and joyful hillbilly wedding party, is terrifically violent with slow-motion massacres and a total absence of sound. The film is overall poorly made, but several shots are surprisingly imaginative and the filming locations were definitely enchanting. "Poor Prettie Eddie" is most definitely a hidden gem. Sometimes falsely promoted as a Blaxploitation flick (with an a.k.a title "Black Vengeance") and the cover image here on the website makes it look like an average Psycho-inspired slasher movie, in reality the film is a totally unique and unforgettable drive-in experience.

...of time (mine) and talent (the actors) Some very talented actors were involved, but they were given BAD material, BAD direction and BAD production values. I think there was an attempt by the director/writer to be "artistic" - with the weird footage like dogs f**king during the rape, etc., overall this is dull, boring and a blot on the careers of everyone involved. And I wasted my money on the DVD/BD version. AVOID IT, if you can! I have nothing more to say about this movie, and i detest the 10 line minimum for comments, so I will repeat myself: time and talent (the actors) Some very talented actors were involved, but they were given BAD material, BAD direction and BAD production values. And I wasted my money on the DVD/BD version. AVOID IT, if you can!

One of the great undiscovered jewels of Truly Bad Cinema! It's almost useless to try to write a commentary on this, because this film is indescribable. Leslie Uggams (whose acting consists of exactly two expressions, defensive and shrieking) plays a famous singer adrift in a redneck landscape that's like the love child of Franz Kafka and HEE-HAW; she's up against a horny young Elvis wannabee, Shelley Winters (surprise - she's drunk through most of the film!), Slim Pickens, Dub Taylor, Ted Cassidy, and a DELIVERANCE kid with a slingshot. What else can you say about a film that includes one of the most memorable montage sequences in film history: Uggams' rape is intercut with Cassidy and his friends watching dogs goin' at it, while a lilting country tune plays over the soundtrack. Or how about the scene in which Slim Pickens (as the Sheriff!) interrogates poor Leslie about her rape while begging her to "suck on one'a these tomatoes"?

This film screams (like poor Leslie) for a DVD release. Listen up, you distribs out there - this is the great lost cult film of the 70s, just lying around like some petrified critter waiting to be put on display. Pull out that jug of moonshine and enjoy!

Shelley Winters is one of the great film actresses of the late twentieth century. Her work in Night of the Hunter, Lolita and A Place in the Sun establish her as one of the best of the era.

This movie is a sad piece of junk and Shelley certainly appears to be washed up like the character she plays in the film. Still, enough of Shelley's great talent remains as to keep me barely awake during all the ugliness of the plot.....sort of like Roots meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre without the Chainsaw.

How can anyone not be interested in a film that features not only Shelley but also Leslie Uggams, Ted Cassisdy and Slim Pickens. Put them all together, subtract most of their talent, increase their stereotypical imagery and call it this mess.

An obscure treat! This flick deserves to be a new cult classic. It is rich in tawdry sick sexuality and over the top performances. Shelley Winters gives a tour-de-force as the faded burlesque beauty surrounded by a court of simpletons who indulge her fantasies and create a bizarre, Fellini-esque world of sad rejects. The twisted plot ostensibly centers around Leslie Uggams' hellish enslavement at a backcountry inn that makes the woods of "Deliverance" seem tame. But the real story is between Shelley and her men. This movie is fabulously tasteless!

Well, I'm the next person who couldn't sleep last night and turned on the TV at 3:00 AM to Turner Movie Classics channel! What I saw was the most bizarre, offensive, scary, compelling and bloody movie I've seen in a long time – 'Poor Pretty Eddie.' And, I could tell it was heavily edited.

Personally, I don't like movies with graphic blood, kidnapping, and abuse. I wouldn't choose to watch them. But, this movie had so many other weird and interesting aspects that I did like it.

Y'all are correct that you get the feeling that you're witnessing something so horrific and inhumane, yet you can't stop watching it..., (although, you might have to look away every now and then), because of the creative way that it was filmed and the strong and creepy acting. At the same time, there was a thread of bizarre humor and almost comical 'over the top' acting, as y'all call it. The casting was outstanding.

The movie ended without identification, credits, or commentary. …very strange – and that adds to the bizarre aura of this thing. (I understand from a previous post that it began the same way.)

I got the impression that it was very artistic – in a trashy and cheesy kind of way. The cheap special effects were beautifully overdone. It was a "very 1970's" style to me - kind of a cross between 'A Clockwork Orange' and 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' with themes of racism and abusive rednecks. (Oh, and by-the-way, I live in Georgia and the river mentioned in the movie is just a few miles away. I can relate to the 'redneck' theme!)

I've never seen this genre of movie before, and I'm no movie critic, but this was a very interesting film, and I'm going to try to find the remastered DVD (and someone I think might like this kind of 'art' to watch it with me. It's not for everyone).

I'd recommend this movie to anyone who thinks he might like it, based on the good and fair descriptions of it in these reviews. The entertainment experience I had was well worth the offense I took to it, and the revulsion that I felt.

(WARNING: Buy or rent the unedited movie. Do not watch it on television at 3AM when you can't sleep. Then you really won't be able to go back to sleep, for trying to mentally process what you just saw.)

Poor yes. Pretty NO!!!A real candidate for one of the worst films ever made. Really obnoxious,mean spirited film that insults the viewer. Uggams, Winters, Pickens,Taylor and the rest ought to be ashamed of themselves for being associated with this pile of skunk pooh. An insult to the senses on all levels. You have probably guessed from the tone of my review that I didn't care for it. It's one of those films that I can't "unsee", no matter how much I would like to. Ironically my father-in-laws name was Eddie Collins.

I had the misfortune to be working in a movie theater that was showing this...er...film as part of a double feature with Earl Owensby's "Challenge". An older couple who were regular patrons walked out and wanted their money back. They said they were going to write a letter to the editor of the local newspaper demanding that movies like this be prevented from being shown. There was one really strange little guy that came every night to see it. Anyway it's not a film I can recommend.

One of the most deeply disturbing films of the early 70s, bar none, POOR PRETTY EDDIE is also, at times, morbidly comical as well. A murky, surreal tale centering on a black superstarlet singer(Leslie Uggams) who becomes stranded alone in a small, backward Southern town. She takes a room in a tumbledown lodge run by Shelley Winters and "Eddie", her handsome "kept" boy. Eddie becomes discordantly smitten with Uggams, rapes her, beats her, and vows his undying love to her as a distraught Ms. Winters looks on.

Flush with heterodox characters and nightmarish imagery, POOR PRETTY EDDIE is a mind-bending, jaw-dropping, head-scratching freak-on-wheels which is equal parts effective and defective.

6.5/10...file under "uncategorizable".

Attractive jazz vocalist Leslie Uggams (as Elizabeth "Liz" Wetherly) takes a vacation in the backwoods of Georgia, and her car breaks down. She walks to nearby "Bertha's Oasis" for repairs and lodging. The motel/bar is run by boozy, overweight Shelley Winters (as Bertha) and her hunky young boyfriend Michael Christian (as Eddie Collins). Handyman Ted Cassidy (as Keno) lurches around. Though promising to fix Ms. Uggams' car, Mr. Christian really wants to ride Ms. Uggams. Told by tomato-sucking sheriff Slim Pickens (as Orville) that Uggams is giving him come hither looks, Christian rapes Uggams.

When Uggams threatens to press charges, Ms. Winters comes to Christian's defense. Describing herself as "an ugly bitch," Winters doesn't want to lose her lover, who also prepares her Bloody Mary breakfasts. Getting over her assault quickly, Uggams, who is also an amateur photographer, willingly agrees to take private pictures of Christian, who wants to be a singer. Finally, they end up in a bizarre wedding party. Remember - Shelley Winters wants to marry Michael Christian who wants to marry Leslie Uggams. This is an excellent sleazy movie, thanks especially to Christian and Winters, who keep you watching.

******* Poor Pretty Eddie (6/75) Richard Robinson, David Worth ~ Michael Christian, Shelley Winters, Leslie Uggams, Ted Cassidy

Just seen this film on the new 'Movies4Men' channel on UK digital satellite. Judging by the time it was shown (7pm), and the obviously chopped editing - this was a heavily-cut PG version.

So, I guess I got a flavour only! But the adjective that springs to mind when summarising this film is "weird". Yes, it's the weirdest movie I've ever seen.

I did not realise that Slim Pickens had no chin.

The lead actor (whose name I have forgotten already) has the most annoying smile of all time, and once you have seen it, his facial expression will stay with you for ever.

Good old Shelley Winters as reliable as ever.

But the story! Who thought this one up! Why did the leading lady just not escape from the nightmare? Some scenes are priceless (notably the tomato-eating one mentioned above). Towards the end we must have the greatest parade of rednecks ever. I mean, these people make the dudes from 'Deliverance' look normal.

If you're curious, it's worth checking out. Art it ain't though. Tacky and (intentionally) funny. Just don't expect logic.

Horror. This is a Horror film. Because Racism, Rape, Slave play, and Misogyny are HORRIBLE.

That said, Leslie Uggams retains her dignity as Shelly Winters plays brilliantly to her particular faded flower boozy wackadoodle type, and also we get a significant hero turn from Ted Cassidy (Lurch from 60's Addams Family). Tbh, I was in a Lurch-hole and found this movie and, loving Shelly Winters, I had to have it. It's actually entertaining if you keep one eye closed and the other do a tincture drip.

This movie is a cross between an Elvis movie without Elvis, Misery (not the just plot, it's more about what we have to go through), Deliverance, and the Texas Chainsaw massacre--Novelty--yes, the rest--no; Sound--experiential, from the start, the sound editor was trying to learn her craft while torturing us and torturing us is what is happening. Cinematography--experiential, the area I give the most leeway for artistic license, she can't even get the lenses right let alone focus--seriously there is trouble focusing. The directing is nonexistent--put down the hash pipe; oh by the way, rape is alright if it is done to an African-American woman. This movie is confused at best (choose a style), Writing as they smoke, toke, snort?? I don't know why this movie was made, unless it was an answer to the porn industry, stylized rape/canine sex (you win). For what it is worth, the music editor gets it right most of the time.

It's not that there are any huge plot twists to Poor Pretty Eddie. There aren't. You can pretty much predict what's going to happen and when. If you want plot, don't watch this.

If, however, you want low-level unsettling Southern Gothic that builds the tension, fear and dread until it's almost unbearable this is the movie for you.

Like Deliverance, this is an exercise in mood and tone. It's a great big eggshell of a movie, always just on the verge of shattering.

Poor Pretty Eddie is a kept man. He's a gigolo that found a broken down former girl singer and latched on to her. And she to him. It's somewhat of a trailer park Viginia Woolfe only much sadder and desperate. There's no future for anyone here. It's a never ending purgatory. Liz Weatherly, a jazz diva from New York, takes off on the spur of the moment to get some peace and quiet. Her car breaks down and there's the movie.

The most amazing element of the movie is the sound mixing. It goes off into truly terrifying flights of discordance like Tom Waits or Carnival of Souls. The climax of the movie rewrites the vocal to Amazing Grace so that it's unrecognizable and then piles on more and more sound until you can feel the oppression and fear that Liz goes through.

It's one of the most brutal films I've seen. And I won' watch it again. But I'm glad I saw it.

Saw this film at a drive-in in Bellingham, Washington (hometown of Hilary Swank)under the title Massacre in Redneck County in 1979, four years after its listed release. It was also released simply as Redneck County. Can't recall too much of the movie (yes, I was watching it, but its been 30 years) except for a scene early on where Shelley Winters looks at herself in the mirror and declares" 'What an ugly bitch" (or something like that and the Elvis-clone 'Eddie' of the title. Good supporting cast for this type of fare. Enjoyable as typical drive-in trash of its day, wouldn't mind watching at least part of it again when it plays on TCM Friday Nov. 13/09.

This film essentially begins with a famous black singer by the name of "Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly" (Leslie Uggams) finishing up a tour and then getting in her car to enjoy a relaxing vacation before continuing on with her next performance in a couple of weeks. Unfortunately, while traveling on a backroad somewhere in rural Georgia, her car breaks down and she is forced to seek repairs at a run-down garage located next to a cheap hotel in the middle of nowhere. As fate would have it, although the mechanic named "Keno" (Ted Cassidy) believes he can have the car fixed relatively soon, the manager of the hotel "Eddie Collins" (Michael Christian) has other plans and deliberately sabotages it in order to ensure that Liz stays even longer. So, with nowhere else to go, Liz reluctantly takes a room in one of the nearby cabins. That evening, she becomes acquainted with a few of the local residents but it's not until after she is violently raped by Eddie that she realizes the nightmare world she has just entered. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this film turned out to be one of the most bizarre movies I have seen in quite a while things became even more unpredictable the longer it progressed. On that note, I should mention that this film includes several scenes of a violent and sexual nature and, as such, is definitely not suited for younger audiences. It does, however, feature several good performances with Shelley Winters (as "Bertha") and the aforementioned Leslie Uggams standing out the most, in my opinion. Be that as it may, while this movie may not appeal to everyone, I found it to be somewhat unique in its own right and I have rated it accordingly. Above average.

Obscure exploitation film. Singer Liz Wetherly's (Leslie Uggams) car breaks down somewhere in the wilderness. The closest place with help has alcoholic Bertha (Shelley Winters) and her psychotic boy toy Eddie (Michael Christian). Eddie immediately falls for Liz but she rejects him. That doesn't stop him though and he'll do anything to keep her...whether she likes it or not.

The print I saw of this was in terrible shape. The title was missing, there are no end credits and it was full of scratches and noise but this is probably the only print of this that exists. It's not a good movie at all (it's pretty terrible in fact) but you can't stop watching. There's bizarre mixes of shots--my favorite is when Eddie rapes Liz intercut with two dogs having sex while a cheerful little country tune plays on the soundtrack! There's a total absence of sense or logic and you spend half the movie trying to figure it out. There are more than a dozen times that Uggams could have gotten help--and never does a thing! To make things worse Uggams gives a truly terrible performance. We're supposed to sympathise with her but she's so obnoxious from the beginning you could care less. Also her face never once changes expression. Winters bulldozes through her part taking no prisoners. Christian was very good--he's handsome and a little sexy but you see the cruelty and madness seeping through. Also good is Ted Cassidy in a small role as Keno.

So--NOT a good film but a truly fascinating bad one. Don't go out of your way to see it though. I can only give this a 5.