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| An appropriately ghastly, sensational poster for Brad F. Grinter's Flesh Feast |
Two villainous doctors conduct dubious science with maggots and stolen corpses in a cellar laboratory with the aim of rejuvenating an expat top Nazi! - Yikes!
Flesh Feast is written by Thomas Casey (Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (1971)), who also photographed the film, and co-writer/co-producer/director Brad F. Grinter (Blood Freak (1972)). It is a schlocky, ultra-cheap grade Z film, - but it has a certain attraction, if you approach it with low expectations, (or none.)
Psychedelic elements and hot ladies are combined with maggots, dangling, putrefying body parts and former major Hollywood star Veronica Lake (Sullivan's Travels (1941)), whose infamous last film this is, (she even co-produced it.) She plays a grotesque part, which she nevertheless pitches into full throttle. Lake seems genuinely mad in Flesh Feast.
The script is almost terrible, and the film bores in stretches. SPOILER Its Hitler/maggot end scene has to be seen to be believed!
Watch a short trailer for the film here
Cost: Unknown
Box office: Unknown
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[Flesh Feast was released 20 May (USA) and runs 72 minutes. Shooting took place in Miami Beach, Florida on a tiny budget. Rice was used to pass off as a sea of maggots in closeup shots. Despite its R rating, it was shown with 'GP' and 'PG' ratings printed on it in parts of the US, where it also continued playing on double and triple bills all the way up to 1983, likely accruing a very healthy gross over the years. Grinter returned with Devil Rider! (1970). Lake never acted again and died from hepatitis at age 50 in 1973. 513 IMDb users have given Flesh Feast an average 2.2/10 rating.]
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