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Just for the Hell of It

  • 1968
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
4.2/10
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Just for the Hell of It (1968)
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A young teenage boy is blamed for a Florida neighborhood being terrorized. But the real culprits are a gang of four punks leading a group of local delinquents on a nihilistic lifestyle of de... Read allA young teenage boy is blamed for a Florida neighborhood being terrorized. But the real culprits are a gang of four punks leading a group of local delinquents on a nihilistic lifestyle of destruction and mayhem.A young teenage boy is blamed for a Florida neighborhood being terrorized. But the real culprits are a gang of four punks leading a group of local delinquents on a nihilistic lifestyle of destruction and mayhem.

  • Director
    • Herschell Gordon Lewis
  • Writer
    • Louise Downe
  • Stars
    • Ray Sager
    • Rodney Bedell
    • Agi Gyenes
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.2/10
    572
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Herschell Gordon Lewis
    • Writer
      • Louise Downe
    • Stars
      • Ray Sager
      • Rodney Bedell
      • Agi Gyenes
    • 23User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Ray Sager
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    • Dexter
    Rodney Bedell
    • Doug
    Agi Gyenes
    • Jeanne
    Nancy Lee Noble
    Nancy Lee Noble
    • Bitsy
    Steve White
    • Denny
    Ralph Mullin
    • Lummox
    Larry E Wiliams
    • Cransy
    • (as Larry Williams)
    Geraldine Young
    Geraldine Young
    • Teenybopper
    John Shackleford
    • Policeman #1
    John Chaffin
    • Policeman #2
    A.V. Dreeson Sr.
    • Police Chief
    A.V. Dreeson
    • Lt. Sanders
    Paul Jensen
    • Diner Owner
    Barry Whitmore
    Barry Whitmore
    • Blind Man
    Jim Pindras
    • Office Worker
    Toni Newsholme
    • Teenybopper
    Andrea Barr
    • Teenybopper
    Julia Ames
    • Teenybopper
    • (as Julie Ames)
    • Director
      • Herschell Gordon Lewis
    • Writer
      • Louise Downe
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    KGB-Greece-Patras

    Mindless fun, exploitations fans delight

    Not being a fan of exploitation films, but for years after violent, extreme, provocative films in general, I stumbled upon this little flick from the 1968. I hadn't yet seen any other film from Herschell Gordon Lewis {shame!), so I thought I should give it try.

    It's quite strange this is not more popular, because, if this is what Herschell Gordon Lewis films feel like, then I would like to see more. It is probably one of the earliest samples of mindless politically incorrect cinema done pretty sloppy but effectively, a classic exploitation, if you ask me, and even if you regularly don't take it too seriously, it's quite daring for 1968. Some scenes might raise a smile to some, intentionally or not.

    So, this quite unknown film is recommended for those after a nice old party film for a night with friends, pizza and beers {the music just feels great with this one), exploitation fans {this is a must) and in general, those who are looking for mindless fun, not shocked by somewhat explicit material.
    8chas77

    Hilarious J.D. film! Rides the line between black comedy and high camp

    H.G. Lewis' films are not for everyone. He uses amateur actors that he finds in the cities he films in and the sets are probably houses that the actor's parent's own. But his films are so out there and so bizarre that I can't see how you wouldn't get a kick out of them. "Just for the Hell of it" centers on a large group of white-bred kids who, for no reason whatsoever (hence the title) decide to engage in pranks ranging from fairly harmless (hiding a blind man's cane) to truly evil (raping a girl on a beach and putting her boyfriend in a sinking boat). If you want to know what a stereotypical late '60's drive-in film was like, this would probably be your best bet.
    Horror Fan

    Even I was never this bad!

    This film has about the naughtiest juvenile delinquents ever shown in a motion picture. They do horrific things to their poor neighborhood. They destroy property and their school, dumb paint on people, torment a blind man, attack elementary kids playing soccer, put a baby in a trash barrel and roll it away, and axe and splatter paint all over newspapers about these things. What's their excuse? "We did this just for the hell of it." This is incredibly violent, and it sure served as a lesson to me when I saw it, I totally stopped carving my name on benches, writing messages on mirrors with marker, and drag racing.
    4Herrkritik

    No big deal...but Alan Smithee...

    White did not throw the baby in the garbage can and at Tarantinos Beverly theatre it opened the Grindhouse Film Fest so it must be recognised by the Grindhouse elite community somehow, so maybe to some it is not as bad to some as it appears to you. In Berlin, knock off copies are still available, it still plays regularly in subject appropriate theatres and there has been recently been gang actions mirroring the illness that the gang in Just For The Hell of It portrayed, again, using the opening figure with the knife on T-shirts. If it can get Berliners crazy enough, maybe we get back into the international scene again. Linking up with the Russians that are fans, maybe we can get our demands faster. Maybe we need a wacko like Denny Fortune to run for Anti-Christ. His attitude is not unlike our (and the Russians) early leaders who could of taken over the world.
    BaronBl00d

    Bully, Bully

    A group of crazy, violent teens makes life a living hell for a town of babies, handicapped people, blind men, and single women with nary a cop in sight when anything happens, shortly after anything happens, or even after that. Herschell Gordon Lewis tries his hand at making a teen gang violence picture with some kind of social commentary. But the result is a film with a very sadistic side and loads of intentional(I think they were at least) and many unintentional laughs. Acting, a far off feeling in most Lewis films, is fairly decent here. The youthful leads convey menace enough to hope something terrible happens to them. The group plays all kinds of pranks...some harmless at first but then work their way up to murder and rape. The Lewis touch is clearly evident in the relentless, unfeeling tone of the film. It has no heart at all. Because it has some laughs and shows some situations of intended violence hitherto unseen in any of Lewis's works, I would take a moment and see the film....just for the hell of it!

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    • Trivia
      Included in a 1990 VHS series hosted by Joe Bob Briggs (John Bloom) titled "The Sleaziest Movies in the History of the World."
    • Goofs
      The news story underneath the headline "Five Cars in Lots Burned by Hoods" covers the funeral of seven children from the Richardson family, where a Florida father, James Richardson, was sent to death row for killing all his kids with parathion in 1967. He was set free in 1989 after the babysitter he hired confessed to the crime.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Lummox: You know, those guys are gonna be in a lot of trouble.

      Dexter: Who cares, man?

    • Crazy credits
      All the footage under the opening credits is used again later in the film, as a block, frame for frame.
    • Connections
      Edited into Sleazemania! (1985)
    • Soundtracks
      Destruction
      Music by Herschell Gordon Lewis (as Sheldon Seymour)

      Lyrics by Robert Lewis

      Performed by Tary Rebenar (The Faded Blue)

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    • Release date
      • November 6, 1968 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Nacidos para este infierno
    • Filming locations
      • Miami Palmetto Senior High School - 7460 South West 118th Street, Pinecrest, Florida, USA
    • Production company
      • Argent Film Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 21 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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