Brad F. Grinter Movies
This mind-numbingly odd product from the Gator State has so many moments of absolute mania it practically exists in a genre of its own: the Sunday-School-Horror-Rock-N-Roll-Biker-Anti-Drug-Message flick. The vague suggestion of a plot is narrated (i.e. interrupted, editorialized and hacked upon) by producer/director/lunatic Brad Grinter, who comes across as a bizarre gene-splicing of a tent preacher and a raving bus-depot derelict who smokes like a chimney and has to stop periodically to cough up what's left of his lungs. When able to complete a sentence, Grinter presents his wacky morality tale of an Elvis-styled biker named Herschel (Steve Hawkes, who shares some of the guilt as co-producer) who gets caught up in a duel between good sister Angel and her devilish sibling Ann. Hersh winds up toking off a little of Ann's devil weed which, when combined with a heaping helping of dad's experimental poultry, transforms him into a rampaging turkey beast. Horrendously fake gore murders ensue when the fowl freak goes for the throats of the local dope pushers, until the aptly-named Angel prays the dumb cluck back to normal. Despite the occasional hint that this entire exercise might be an elaborate, straight-faced put-on, the most blood-curdling aspect of this movie is the notion that its backers were probably sincere. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
- 1971
Devil Rider! came near the tail end of the motorcycle-gang genre launched by Wild Angels in 1966. The cycles are cool, the photography is OK, the acting stinks. It's fun to watch star Sharon Mahon as she sidles past the camera in skin-tight cycle garb (so long as she doesn't open her mouth to speak). The film was clearly designed for the lower half of double bills, as indicated by its 68-minute running time; and it was not screened for the Ratings people, as indicated by the fact that it carries no rating despite an excess of violence. Devil Rider! has a sliver of value as a "time capsule." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1969
- R
In this gory thriller an artist goes mad from lack of success and decides to carve actual human faces instead of clay to create hideous models for his latest paintings. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1969
- R
Some people will do anything to maintain the appearance of youth as can be seen in this stomach-churning, off-beat horror movie. The tale centers on Dr. Elaine Frederick (played by Veronica Lake who hadn't appeared in a film for 22 years), a plastic surgeon in Miami. She is a former mental patient and has a rather unique way of operating upon her aging patients: first she has specially bred maggots munch away all of the old skin, and then she reconstructs the face. Her practice is thriving and she remains mentally stable until she takes a good look at her newest patient and discovers that he is Adolf Hitler. Unfortunately for him, Frederick's mother died in one of his concentration camps. Now the Dr. uses her carnivorous worms to get graphic, gruesome revenge upon the deposed madman. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
