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In the 1940s, Veronica Lake made a meteoric rise to film stardom, thanks to her sultry beauty and, her highly exploited "peekaboo" hairstyle. She starred opposite big names like Alan Ladd and Fredric March, scoring screen successes in films like "This Gun For Hire" and "I Married A Witch". She held her own with female stars as well, and she surprised even her detractors with her performance as a bitter navy nurse in "So Proudly We Hail". But changing times and her own failings caught up with her, and by the end of the decade, her heyday was over. With two unsuccessful marriages behind her (and two more in her future) Veronica headed for New York City, where she made occasional television and summer stock appearances before dropping completely out of sight. It was briefly big news when she was found working as a barmaid in a second rate hotel in the early sixties. But by now, her longtime alcoholism and years of hard living had robbed her of her looks. Without them, public interest in her soon faded again. She did return to the stage in assorted vehicles, but her success was minimal. Eventually, she relocated to Miami, Florida, where she lived in relative obscurity. In 1966 she went to Canada for a part in an obscure movie called "Footsteps In The Snow" which had no U.S. release. The following year, she was discovered by some industrial filmmakers who had long wanted to produce a commercial feature. They approached her to star in their film "Time Is Terror" and convinced her to invest in the project. As one author put it, "If ever a movie queen suffered a terminal comedown, this was it". Surrounded by amateur performers and pathetic production values, she failed even to rise to a minimal level in this Miami, Florida shot quickie. Looking utterly ordinary in long shots, and luridly aged in close-ups, poor Veronica didn't act so much as walk through her part. As a deranged doctor, who has hit upon a successful youth restoration formula, using flesh-eating maggots!, she looks both bored and confused, her best moment coming when she is forced to ad-lib while she struggles desperately to don a pair of rubber gloves. The supporting cast is no help at all,merely advancing the plot by talking it to death, (when they aren't wandering aimlessly around the set, that is). Director Brad Grinter apparently only required the actors to move while the camera was pointed at them,so the fault isn't entirely theirs. As for the ''twist ending'' involving an attempt to put a supposedly long dead Dictator back in power- forget it. Just like the script does. There is, admittedly, one unintentionally hilarious scene involving a Private Detective/Nurse and a corpse in a wheelchair that predates ''Weekend At Bernie's'' by almost 20 years.)But there's a whole lot of nothing before you get there. According to Veronica herself, the film was shelved for three years because no master shots were filmed. Then, in 1970, the opportunistic production company scraped it together, changed the title to "Flesh Feast", and released it to cash in on Lake's just published biography. Because former leading ladies such as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Olivia De Havilland had unexpectedly revived their careers in horror movies, this travesty was promoted as Veronica's "comeback film". This was a strange course of action for the filmmakers to pursue, though, because it's unlikely that the audience for a horror movie of THIS quality either knew (or cared) who Veronica Lake was. As expected, it did nothing for her career, and she died in poverty, three years later. A previous reviewer cites a scene in which the female detective working undercover as a nurse in the doctor's laboratory (overseeing the theft of bodies from a nearby morgue) enlists the help of a multi-talented chauffeur to cut up the body parts. "Poor Mrs. Lustig," she sighs, "I hope she doesn't mind leaving her body to science." "Try not to think about it," advises the chauffeur, sawing away. "I guess you are right, Hans." concludes the detective/nurse, "What is done is done." Alas, the unintentional humor is the only remotely entertaining part of this tripe. What a sad end to the career of a still fondly remembered star.

Without a doubt one of the most attractive and seductive ladies of the silver screen was Veronica Lake. She had a distinctive look and a distinctive quality that few actresses were ever able to duplicate. With such landmark films as Sullivan's Travels, The Glass Key, The Blue Dahlia, and This Gun for Hire under her belt, Veronica was a a star of epic proportions, and then things fell apart. She made a string of poorly conceived and received films, spiraled into the dark world of alcoholism and faded into obscurity. She died in the early 70's at the age of 53 from hepatitis. The 4'11 blonde bombshell reduced to an obscure reminder of a faded glory. Before her unfortunately uneventful death, Veronica made one last film in 1970 called Flesh Feast. The premise for Flesh Feast is as follows: a female doctor once connected with the Third Reich has developed a way to make men look younger through a treatment of using maggots, that have fed on human flesh, applied to their face. Intrigue abounds as former Nazis(strangely most of them having fake Italian accents)congregate in this home where science is buzzing with new scientific progress. The doctor and her espionage friends are waiting for Mr. Big to come. Well, to tell you any more would ruin the inane ending. It certainly is a very poorly crafted story. The film is poorly made on so many levels. You know you are in trouble when the name of the actor with top billing AFTER Ms. Lake is named Phil Philbin. I laughed for minutes seeing just his name and knew where this film was going: no where. There is almost no blood in this film. There are no scary moments. There is no suspense. The film seems to be nothing more than a few guys getting together in Florida with a personal movie camera and shooting the film. Of course it is the presence of Veronica Lake that is being sold. She had not made a movie at this time in five years and only one in the last ten years. It seems that alcohol had become such a part of her life that she was once found as a barmaid in a hotel. Ms. Lake gives a stilted performance at best, but clearly has more talent than anyone involved in front or behind the camera. The director shows her in those old woman pant suits so fashionable then...and now...and never tries to copy the common sense of Ms. Lake's previous directors. When your leading lady is 4'11, you just don't shoot wide shots that make her look like an aged midget against the backdrop of everything and everyone. Veronica has put some weight on and her face is a bit pudgy, but you can tell it is her. She still has that sparkle in her eyes. Although the movie is God awful in almost every way, it certainly should be seen for its value as a cinematic oddity. It is one of the rare chances of seeing a star that burned out... to soon. Fortunately for me, I shall always remember Ms. Lake for her films with Alan Ladd. They were Veronica Lake at her best. But I will remember Flesh Feast as well. It is not good nor horrifying, but a sad reminder what happened to such a wonderful actress.

Yes, this is an awfully conceived, shot, acted and presented film, truly the bottom of the barrel.

However, a lot of comments here about how bad Lake looked, and how sad and horrible this is.

Yes, she had aged due to alcohol. So did a lot of actors and actresses. And she had health issues that killed her just a few years later. But I would temper that by suggesting a viewing of the Dick Cavett interview with her a year after this film (you can see it on youtube). You might be surprised. She is apparently happy, good humored, talkative, bright and intelligent. She was once asked to accept $100,000 to marry a guy that wanted to be able to say "I was married to Veronica Lake" and she could divorce him in Reno immediately afterwards! She would not agree to that, even in writing, for her kids' sake of hearing her mom did something so foolish. She then remarked "I wish I had the offer now!" making one conclude that she didn't have a ton of money.

She looked much older in the interview than she was, due to drinking and I would also say smoking a lot. But she looked a lot better than in the movie.

One should keep in mind that Lake had the intellect to know that this was a goofy movie, she could use the money, and just went for it. She is laughing in the movie like a crazy witch, mugging the camera, intentionally looking as bad as possible. She knew exactly what she was doing, creating a monstrous character with little to work with production-wise.

Watch the Cavett interview and you will rest easier knowing that, although she had heath issues, she wasn't nearly the sad basket case that commenters here seem to believe.

Expectations were not high at all for 'Flesh Feast', it has to be admitted. My only real reason for seeing it was, other than my appreciation for the genre, seeing Veronica Lake in her swansong. She was a beautiful woman and excelled in the femme fatale sort of roles, while also faring well cast against type (like she was in 'I Married a Witch'). But the title alone is enough to give one a good idea of what to expect and even the premise sounded like schlock.

'Flesh Feast's' execution was even more schlocky. To me, it does have to be down there as being one of the worst final films for any actor/actress in a list that includes Bette Davis in 'Wicked Stepmother'. It is easily Lake's worst film (and she did a lot of pretty bad films when her career declined) and even she doesn't come over too well. Also consider it one of the worst films seen in a long time by me and the worst since 'Baby's First Christmas' way back in March. Very rarely give out my lowest possible ratings these days when reviewing, but 'Flesh Feast' is a more than worthy recipient.

Its least bad aspect was the final 10 minutes or so which finally showed signs of some energy. Even that portion lacked tension, fun or the scare factor, and was instead every bit as nonsensical as what came before. So sadly it can't be seen as a redeeming quality in my eyes.

All the acting is awful, nobody looks interested and just wade in and out in thinly written plot device parts. Basically it is ineptitude of the highest order, and that is including Lake herself who looks miserable throughout and like she wanted to be elsewhere. Equally inept is the direction, no sense of style, pace or an ability to make the action interesting or cohesive. Have not seen a film this cheap-looking in a long time, the effects when used are shoestring budget-level, it looks rushed, the make-up is worse than bad fancy dress and the disorganised photography shows Lake at her least visually flattering.

The sound is similarly disorganised and can be very discordant with the action. The dialogue is hokey awkwardness and pure ham that exceed maximum limit, that it induced a lot of cringing and unintentional laughter. Then there is the story which, when there is signs of any, is a complete mess from start to finish. No tension. No suspense. Nothing remotely scary (contrary to what the title suggests), and the little horror there is looks cheap and too reliant on gratuitous shock value. Most people with this premise would expect 'Flesh Feast' to be silly, but few would expect it to be this nonsensical and intelligence-insultingly stupid, and even understanding what was going on was difficult often. The pace is all over the place, the film is not that long but feels like an eternity with the amount of dull stretches and irrelevant parts there for padding reasons.

Overall, dreadful all round. Best avoided unless you are trying to see all of Lake's films, and even in that instance you would see pretty much nobody considering this a must see film of hers and instead say that it is a bad representation of her. A deserving and generous 1/10

The very definition of ultra cheap and incredibly bad. The one time mega-star Veronica Lake has the sorriest wrap-up to any cinematic career of any once great performer.

Apparently filmed in someone's house decorated in awful late 60's fashion-orange carpeting, textured wallpaper etc. on a budget of apparently 1.98 this thing is beyond dreadful. To say Veronica is the best thing in the film isn't even damning her with faint praise considering this is full of some of the worst acting imaginable, honestly you could see better in a third grade school play. She really isn't even that good and the hard years and booze have left her a frowzy mess dressed in a very unbecoming sweater and slack suit. On top of the unrelenting cheapness and non existent direction is a repulsive story that is as unbelievable as it is tasteless.

For Lake completest ONLY and even for them a very sad experience. She would be gone within three years of completing this horrid, worthless mess.

Once upon a time, way back in the 1940's, there lived an actress named Veronica Lake. A beautiful, talented young woman who was once in high demand for many big-budget, Hollywood pictures. Fast Forward to the late 1960's, age, alcoholism, and all-around bad luck has tarnished everyones favorite actress. Now a hasbeen, Miss Lake decides the time has come to follow in the foot steps of her peers(?), Joan Crawford, and Bette Davis, and fall back on good ol' reliable Horror. But Flesh Feast? Really? She couldn't have possibly been that washed up. To put it delicately, Flesh Feast is a lifeless pile garbage, possibly one of the top 5 worst films I've ever seen, and I've seen them all. Lake plays a scientist, who is plotting, with Nazi's, to bring Hitler back to life, with youth restoration experiments involving maggots, that's right, maggots. Unless you're a huge fan of Heather Hughes, run away and never look back!!

I know very little about this Veronica Lake person, as well as 40's flicks, but to think that such a successful career actually became that dismal, is actually pretty sad. Flesh Feast is almost impossible to get through, and by almost, I mean absolutely. Directed by Brad Grinter, director of Nudist Camp pictures, and the man who, coincidentally brought us the greatest B-movie ever made, Blood Freak, just a couple years later. One has to wonder, is this what Blood Freak would have been like if Grinter hadn't co-directed with Steve Hawkes? If so, then God bless Steve Hawkes. You wouldn't think that a Religious, dope-blood craving, Turkey Monster could be THAT much better than experiments involving Maggots and Hitler, but it really, really is. So forget you ever heard of this one and go find Blood Freak, it's just waiting to entertain you. Fast Forward a couple years later, Veronica Lake dies of Hepititas, broke, and forgotten. The End. I hate you, Flesh Feast. 1/10

The only reason I watched "Flesh Feast" was because it's Veronica Lake's final film. She had many ups and mostly downs in the later part of her life, and it's a shame she was in a film as dubious as this one. This is because filmmaker Brad Grintner was a hack, responsible for such awful films as "Death Curse of Tartu" and "Flesh Freak"....not exactly a sterling reputation. Obviously Lake must have really needed the money!

The film finds a mad scientist (Lake) working on creating some super maggots...maggots which supposedly can make a person look and feel young again. But to culture these miracle maggots (patent pending), she needs to feed them fresh corpses! As for her 'friends', they want her to use this miracle to revive a very elderly man....Adolf Hitler!!!!!

It is amazing when you read through my summary that the film is as dull as this one turned out to be. Yes, Grintner took a schlocky plot and managed to make it dull...something that really surprised me. It really SHOULD have been more cheesy and over-the-top....at least it would have been funnier and more entertaining. Stilll, watching this and "They Saved Hitler's Brain" would make an interesting double-feature.

It appears that every review for Flesh Feast, where ever you look, mentions that this was Hollywood star Veronica Lake's final movie. Well I'm not familiar with her work but her career obviously plummeted to a great depth with this appearance. An utterly bonkers plot she stars (for want of a better word) as a Florida based scientist who uses flesh eating maggots to restore bodily youth, her first human patient being none other than Adolf Hitler!!! There is also a subplot about investigative journalism but the script is so poor it is pretty irrelevant. The acting is abysmal, the dialogue equally bad. Poor editing, cheap sets (is that a kitchen doubling for a laboratory?), some incredibly slow dialogue and sadly very little gore (despite some claiming the contrary). Some bad movies are so bad that they entertain me and I can be a little generous with my ratings but I've given this an honest one, there are even worse films out there but this one is truly awful, mercifully fairly short at 72 minutes.

So sad to see the glamorous Veronica Lake in what was her final film. V Lake, Joan Crawford, and Bette Davis all ended their careers with trashy movies. Were they that broke?

It's quite hilarious how the plot synopsis, as very briefly and nonchalantly described here on IMDb, bluntly reveals the one and only surprise plot twist this film so desperately and secretively builds up towards to! The viewer is not at all supposed to know who the mysterious person is who will undergo a revolutionary new rejuvenating method in a secret laboratory, located somewhere in a mansion in Miami Beach, but the two-line summary carelessly spoils the film's entire raison d'être; - ha!

Regarding the rest of "Flesh Feast" I can be really short. It's one of the worst and most boring horror movies ever made, by one of the worst directors who ever lived (the dude also made the equally horrendous "Blood Freak"). Despite having all the necessary ingredients to cook a tasty horror stew (mad scientists, hot nurses, South American mercenaries, maggots, ...) the film manages to only feature characters who are endlessly talking and sitting around at kitchen tables doing nothing. The acting performances are disastrous, but still much better than the editing and the photography. "Flesh Feast" only has a running time of barely 68 minutes, but it felt longer than watching the entire "Lord of the Rings" franchise; - including the hobbit spin-offs.

Greetings And Salutations, and welcome to my review of Flesh Feast; here's the breakdown of my ratings:

Story: 1.00 Direction: 0.50 Pace: 0.50 Acting: 0.75 Enjoyment: 0.75

TOTAL: 3.50 out of 10.00

After reading some of the reviews for Flesh Feast, many people believe this to be the worst horror movie ever filmed. True, it is terrible, but it's not the worst - check out Son Of Blob, residing in the lowest spot on my Absolute Horror list. Plus, I don't see Flesh Feast as a horror flick. It's more of a science fiction thriller.

The one redeeming factor the film possesses is the story concept. A scientist uses the corpses of recently deceased residents from a care home she owns to progress her experiments to revert humans to their youthful years. Throw into the mix a band of Nazis who have a mysterious elder in need of rejuvenating - bet you can guess who. If I had been Veronica Lake and read a favourable synopsis like this one, which also holds a delightful twist at the climax, I would've thrown my money into the picture too. However, what she should have checked out before committing herself was who the writer and director were because they are the downfall of the movie. Thomas Casey and Brad Grinter (who also directed) are not too talented when writing a fully-fledged screenplay. Flesh Feast is yet another intriguing concept spoiled by lack of skill. None of the characters is more than two-dimensional. And there's an awful amount of waffle and nothingness in both the narrative and the film.

Grinter is as talented behind the camera as he is behind a typewriter. Though, I do have to admit to liking the telephone booth assassination of the reporter. It's a clever scenario, and Grinter captures it pretty well. There's also a lovely scene where a male and female nurse is deconstructing a cadaver. It's enjoyable for its minor realism of the carers having trouble sawing through the old gal's bones. Sadly, the scenes are only on screen for a few seconds, and the rest of the movie is your standard point-and-shoot. When you add the poorly written and uninteresting script, it becomes obvious why the film received rotten reviews. Notwithstanding the two above-par scenes, Grinter also includes some awfully constructed segments. There's a section where another nurse stumbles upon the fully decapitated, and swaying on meathooks, desiccated corpse of another resident. We watch as she enters the room, not noticing the body parts in front of her face, to walk past them to the end of the room. She then has an eerie feeling and slowly, very slowly, too slowly, turns to face the ruined and withered remains. Then she stands there screaming for what appears to be an eternity.

The cast is fine, though, not outstanding. This matter, however, could be down to Grinter's lack of directional skill and not the performers' lack of talent. Though, I'd call it to attention as Veronica Lake's over-the-top performance lets down the climactic twist. This change in her acting style is confusing as, up to this moment, she gives a good performance. Sadly, it makes little difference, the movie's lost by this point.

I would recommend staying away from this Sci-Fi thriller. Though, if any aspiring screenwriters and directors out there are looking for a project...you could do worse than resurrecting this story - just do it right, that's all I ask.

Once you've finished goose-stepping, come and check out my The Final Frontier and Killer Thriller Chillers lists to see where I ranked Flesh Feast - But, better yet: You can find a more enjoyable movie to watch.

Take Care & Stay Well.

I'm always game for low budget films of any genre because every now and again you run across a gem. "Detour" has popped up as a noir masterpiece and "Night of the Living Dead" has become a cult classic. So maybe "Flesh Feast" would be worth a look. That was my first mistake.

It appears that there is not much story line and what there is makes no sense...maggots that chomp on your face and reverse the aging process....huh?? And then Adolph Hitler pops up. But besides this weak premise, there is absolutely nothing to recommend about this film. It appears to be shot in somebody's basement with an old Bell and Howell home movie camera. The acting of all involved is atrocious which leads me to Veronica Lake.

I realize that Miss Lake was down on her luck and had alcohol and mental problems but was it so bad that she had to end her career with this horror? I don't have to review her career from the 1940s and her wonderful films with Alan Ladd. She was the pin-up girl with the hair to die for. Her descent into oblivion really started when she cut her peekaboo hair and it was suddenly revealed that she really wasn't quite as beautiful as she appeared. Since her stardom depended upon her looks rather than her talent, it was all down hill. Luckily, many of her fans don't even know that this film exists and it is just as well. To see her fall to these depths is so very sad. She was such a treasure of her time.

Avoid this film at all costs. It has no redeeming qualities and will only depress you to see Miss Lake hitting bottom.

Flesh Feast is a film not worth viewing or seeing, it was sad to see Veronica Lake make this her last film. She was a pin-up girl for our G.I.'s during World War II and had great sex appeal with her sexy hair style covering her eye. Veronica was not appreciated by the film industry who placed her in B movies throughout her career. This film was her last effort to get back into the business after a long struggle with drinking problems. Flesh Feast and its maggots are all for the garbage can.

Don't judge a movie by it's title. This movie is terrible. The effects are non existent...There is no(I repeat NO) gore in this movie! No flesh, no feasting, just a boring and horribly edited waste of time. The only thing close to the flesh feast promised are occasional shots of maggots. Scary indeed. Avoid this film AT ALL COSTS

This is a legendary, seedy and satisfying horror movie. The camera work and special effects are outstanding considering the production date of this scary masterpiece. The story line could have been ironed out allot more before production, but who would have ever dreamt up a movie about flesh eating maggots? I recommend you watch this film before making any purchase, but I'm sure you will not be disappointed.

FLESH FEAST stars Veronica Lake as Dr. Elaine Frederick, who is working on reversing the aging process through maggots (!). It's obvious that more is going on. Dr. Frederick's experiments have attracted attention from various people, including agents from South America who represent someone known only as "The Commander".

After much absurdity and meandering, fake bodies are dumped into the maggot vat. If all goes well, this will help "The Commander" to bring about his plan for world domination. It becomes clear who "The Commander" is, though it doesn't become any more interesting, as the story plods along.

In spite of its promising title, this movie is mostly driven by idiotic, mind-searing dialogue, having little to do with whatever the "plot" is supposed to be. The tedium is only broken up sporadically by some giggle-inducing scene, like the discovery of a "mutilated body" that resembles a life-size sculpture made of Play-Doh!

A cinematic abomination that requires a soul of steel and several special beverages per viewing.

P. S.- Henceforth, I want to be known as "The Commander"...

Flesh Feast (1970)

BOMB (out of 4)

Yes, sadly Veronica Lake's final film is as bad as you've heard. In the film a newspaper editor starts to do some investigating after his star reporter phones him up on a hot story only to soon after be murdered. The story then turns to Dr. Elaine Frederick (Lake), a mad scientist who is doing work on dead tissue for a secret experiment. FLESH FEAST is without question one of the worst horror films out there and the only question it really leaves the viewer with is if it's actually worse than director Brad F. Grinter's next movie BLOOD FREAK. No matter how you slice it this is a really bad movie that has very little going for it. I read a lot of posts with people asking why Lake would appear in something like this but the biggest question is why she'd put her own money up for a project like this. However, if you really think about it it's rather clear that her career wasn't going anywhere and I'm sure many told her that appearing in a film like this would get her name back out there and that the genre was easy to make money in. I'm really not sure where to start on the badness of this film but lets just say that there's really nothing good to mention. The performances are all extremely bad, although Lake doesn't come off as bad as she could have. Just check out the one lady who witnesses some "meat" in a basement around the forty-eight minute mark. The woman goes into a hysterical scream but before she runs out of the basement she turns to check out what made her scream again. The direction really can't be found but I'm going to guess that the main job was to bring it in on budget. The story itself is all over the place as it seems to jump around whenever it wants and without any explanation. The only half-way decent thing going on is the big twist in the final minutes, which has sadly been ruined by most reviews (even Leonard Maltin) that give it away. It's certainly campy to the extreme and it's a shame the rest of the movie wasn't as campy so that it would have been more entertaining. The 72-minutes really drag along and there's really nothing more that can be said.