Mark Pirro Movies
- 1992
- R
When a restaurant owner is hospitalized, he offers his bimbette bunny waitresses a reward if any of them can cure his son's mental problem: fear of women. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jim Hanks, Rikki Brando, (more)
An average housewife (Susan Blakely) is transformed into a werewolf after being seduced by a stranger (John Saxon). Only her daughter and friend can save her from remaining an animal forever. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Susan Blakely, John Saxon, (more)
- 1987
This mildly amusing horror spoof was filmed on Super-8 film by fledgling indie director Mark Pirro (Nudist Colony of the Dead). The plot concerns a swinging bachelor, Larry Smallbutt (Michael Palazzolo) who is bitten on the rear end by a transvestite "queerwolf" whom he believed was a woman. He ends up transforming into an effeminate creature with a red handkerchief and earrings. Various gay stereotypes and horror conventions are parodied, and Conrad Brooks (Plan 9 from Outer Space) appears along with Forrest J. Ackerman, longtime editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland, who plays a patient forced to ingest alcohol until he explodes. Tasteless and raunchy, the film will offend many, but those looking for a sick, offbeat comedy will enjoy Pirro's irreverence. The director returned with Deathrow Gameshow. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- 1987
- R
Low-budget filmmaker Mark Pirro (A Polish Vampire in Burbank) directed this satirical comedy which heavily echoes The Running Man. Unctuous emcee Chuck (John McCafferty) hosts a television gameshow called Live or Die, in which convicted felons compete for the right to escape execution. As in most of Pirro's films, bathroom humor outweighs the occasionally clever parodies of popular culture. Debra Lamb and Conrad Brooks co-star. The director made Curse of the Queerwolf the same year. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John McCafferty, Robyn Blythe, (more)
- 1983
Cult filmmaker Mark Pirro directed, wrote, produced, and starred in this first of his irreverent low-budget horror-comedies, made for under $3000 on Super-8 film. Pirro plays a virgin vampire whose sister (Lori Sutton) introduces him to the life of bloodsucking. The director replaced Eddie Deezen in the lead when the cult favorite quit, but Deezen still shows up as Pirro's brother in flashback scenes. Genre veteran Conrad Brooks (Plan 9 from Outer Space) also appears. Pirro returned four years later with the outrageous Curse of the Queerwolf. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mark Pirro, Lori Sutton, (more)
- 1980
A group of naturists open a nudist camp near a small town, but local religious fanatics pressure the authorities to close the camp down. The nudists are so ashamed and outraged by this act that they commit mass suicide -- but not before vowing revenge on the zealots who had their camp closed. Five years later they return as zombies to the site -- now a church summer camp -- and start killing off the campers. ~ Brian Gusse, All Movie Guide
