Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers

1988
R
1h 15m

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Michelle Bauer and Gunnar Hansen in Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)

A detective embarks on a mission to track down a woman in L.A.'s seedy nightclubs, only to come face-to-face with a blood-thirsty cult of lethally beautiful prostitutes. Is he the next victi... Read allA detective embarks on a mission to track down a woman in L.A.'s seedy nightclubs, only to come face-to-face with a blood-thirsty cult of lethally beautiful prostitutes. Is he the next victim of Hollywood's demented Chainsaw Hookers?A detective embarks on a mission to track down a woman in L.A.'s seedy nightclubs, only to come face-to-face with a blood-thirsty cult of lethally beautiful prostitutes. Is he the next victim of Hollywood's demented Chainsaw Hookers?

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5.3/10

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Jack Chandler
(as Jay Richardson)

Dawn Wildsmith

Lori

Michelle Bauer

Mercedes
(as Michelle McLellan)

Esther Elise

Lisa
(as Esther Alise)

Tricia Brown

Ilsa
(as Tricia Burns)

Fox Harris

Hermie
(as Jerry Fox)

Jimmy Williams

Michael Sonye

Jake the Bartender
(as Dukey Flyswatter)

Dennis T. Mooney

Harrison
(as Dennis Monney)

Jerry Miller

Murphy

Steve Welles

Lab Tech #1

Charles O'Hair

Lab Tech #2

Susie Wilson

Sally

Gary J. Levinson

Nubian
(as Gary Levinson)

Jeffrey Hill

Cop #1

Gerry Jenkins

Cop #2

Storyline

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Trivia
Some of the hooker extras in the background might have been actual prostitutes. The director said that girls were chosen off the street and drank all the wrap beer on set before they left.

Goofs
When woman cuts Jack with a knife, she is clearly just applying paint to his body.

Quotes
Jack Chandler: I'd stumbled into the middle of an evil, insidious cult of chainsaw worshipping maniacs. I had to wonder if we'd let our religious freedom go too far in this country, or maybe our immigration laws were just too lax.

Crazy credits
The CHAINSAWS used in this Motion Picture are REAL and DANGEROUS! They are handled here by seasoned PROFESSIONALS. The makers of this Motion Picture advise strongly against anyone attempting to perform these stunts at home. Especially if you are naked and about to engage in strenuous SEX. My conscience is clear, (signed) Fred Olen Ray.

Alternate versions
The UK DVD was matted to widescreen, meaning you lose 1/3 of the picture that was in the 4:3 version with nothing gained.

Connections
Featured in Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout (1990)

Soundtracks
Baby So Long
Written by S. Traversa
Performed by The Fugitive Kind

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Featured review

7/10

The Virgin Dance of the Double Chainsaws!

A cult of chainsaw-worshipping prostitutes headed over by pleasantly plump guru "The Master"(Gunnar "Leatherface" Hansen") are out to make human sacrifices to their god "Anubis" and cut into poor guys just looking for a good time. Jay Richardson (very funny here) is dry, thick-witted detective Jack Chandler, who's searching for a young runaway (Linnea Quigley) and stumbles onto the cult. The film is played out as both a spoof of film noir (with some Columbo/Perry Mason-style detective shows thrown in) AND horror films (naturally THE TEXA S CHAINSAW MASSACRE), and it actually succeeds! Of course, you also have to be willing to deal with some bad lighting and grainy photography associated with budget restraints, but that's forgivable, I think.

I agree with the mention of choreography--this has two hilarious (and damn sexy) dance sequences with Michelle Bauer and Linnea Quigley in the buff (the latter doing the "Virgin Dance of the Double Chainsaws"), that should please their fans. Richardson is a howl and Hansen gets a few funny moments in there as well, though he's not nearly as animated as the leading ladies or Richardson. Nearly every line of dialogue is extremely campy and whoever scripted this thing has a playful ear for puns and wordplay. There's also plenty of blood/gore (I think Steve Johnson did some of it), a few AIRPLANE-style gags and a great mock- Elvis song for Michelle to dance to. In short, a must see for fans of B-movies and probably Fred Olen Ray's finest hour.

Score: 7 out of 10.