Six She's and a He

So, this film is legendary. Well..legendary to those that even know of it's existence, that is. Now, the awesome guys at Something Weird Video have compiled a near complete version of the film. This is the first film to be really inspired and released after Blood Feast.

The version on the Death Curse/ Sting Of Death DVD runs only 25 minutes, but as stated before, that is more than enough to know what you are getting into here. The full running time on this newer release is still short. It only clocks in just over an hour but for those hungry for more of the beautiful inanity that we were teased with, this will have to do.

An (almost ?) complete (i.e. 47:52 long) version of this once long lost flick has been discovered and is finally available from the fine folks at SWV. This review is of that version.

WOW!..I'm almost left speechless. How can I possibly describe this just as bizarre as obscure flick? Think of it as a rather intoxicating cocktail that's part Blood Feast part Orgy of the Dead (unfortunately sans nudity) with ten gallons of blood and a big pile of dime-store gore...mixed together in a coconut shell with a sharpened stick by six sadistic bikini clad blood thirsty nymphomaniacs. Yep, it's that surreal.

It opens with a rocket launch..sort of. What we see is an oscilloscope, open reel tape deck, and the console of an AM radio station while the sound of the control tower is heard. This just may be the lowest budget rocket launch sequence in the history of film (the launch in Nathan Shiff's super-8 home movie "Weasels Rip My Flesh" is more elaborate). Mmmm...delightfully cheezy. The rocket ship crash lands into the sea and the Astronaut (Fred Rogers, yes really.) washes ashore. He lands on what appears to be a pre-destroyed 1963 (or so) Florida beach..before the condos ruined the scenery. There he is met by six scantly clad women..sadistic women who make him their love and labor slave. Lotsa pool frolicking, and hitting Mr. Rogers with a stick ensues.

What will happen when he can no longer satisfy their wants and needs? You could ask the last guy, but his head's on a stick. It got up there via a gruesomely detailed flashback sequence.

Will Fred meet the same fate? See this wonderful early '60s Floridian exploitation classick and find out for yer self.

Oh..and..did I mention that this flick was directed and produced by the then owner of the Tunderbird Drive-In in Ft. Lauderdale (Richard Flink)? The Tunderbird is not only still going, but it's the biggest drive-in on Earth with 13 screens, rides, and even a circus!

8/10 on the Drive-In-Freak-O-Meter....that's good stuff.

I can't believe anyone else even knew what this film was! I was 8 years old and my Mother and Aunt had taken us to the drive-in theater to see the cartoons and some Disney film & after intermission this movie came on. As us kids(5 of us) were all falling asleep around 10:00 or 10:30 was this movie. Our bedtime was 9/10ish, even on weekends & summer time, earlier during school days, because my Mother was a liberal (haha but true ) My older sister & I woke in the back seat to look up about the time the women were dancing & disemboweling some guy 😱 , we all left very fast after that. My Aunt was getting sick & was going to throw up lol. It was a horrible movie. Worse for kids.

My sister & I never forgot this movie. It bared on our minds horribly. I'm sure real cheesey by today's standards. Horror & gore is never for kids. Until 18 anyway. Why this world is so screwed up now. Idiot parents letting their kids see R rated or even some PG-13. The world is worse now than ever & getting a lot more horrible by the day now.

LOVE GODDESSES OF BLOOD ISLAND can be seen on the DEATH CURSE OF TARTU/STING OF DEATH DVD. According to one of the commentary tracks on the DVD, the LGOBI on the DVD is not the complete film but just a very long sample of the movie, which, needless to say, has to be seen to be believed. It's truly out of this world. The ultra gory moments during a dream sequence would make HG Lewis proud. And the music alone is worth watching this oddity from the 1960s. The scene when the "curvaceous" women start dancing around the pool with the guy singing the Love Goddess song is priceless. Or the scene when the women enter the pool, with a couple of them almost slipping off balance. Arf!

Those who love obscure stuff should check this out. 10 stars for being pure trash.

Even as a ten year old, I recognized this movie as a hilarious attempt to entertain my older sister and her b/f with near-naked women, sexual innuendo, and "shock horror". Of couse, they were too busy making out in the back seat to notice that I laughed at most of the silly plot, tacky acting, and terrible "special effects".

Still, they enjoyed their groping time, I suppose. This movie brings back memories of a period when movies were made in rapid succession to entertain with sex, violence, and no plot!!

Considering that the actors for the most part never were seen again in film, you wonder if they enjoyed, or forever regretted, their roles ...