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you think this sort of thing is "entertainment". Evil is not a joke. People are naturally designed to be revulsed by violence and gore. If you have trained yourself to overcome this human trait, you have jaded yourself into a spiritually and psychologically dangerous place. <
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>When I was eight years old my loving parents took me and my sister to see "Samson and Delilah" at the local drive-in theater. Before the movie started, a graphic trailer for this piece of trash was projected onto the screen. Our whole family was horrified, and I was forever changed. I had never seen anything like that, and now, at age 45, I wish I still had not. I have never been able to fully expunge the disgusting images from my mind, though I have tried. <
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>It wasn't funny or entertaining. It was horrifying to see, and perhaps more horrifying to think that anyone would want to see this for entertainment, or that anyone would make it, or that anyone would WANT to make it. <
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>The theater operators should have been sued for foisting it upon unsuspecting customers. <
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>Most of you reading this will instantly conclude that I am a puritanical prude or some such. I ask you to consider that perhaps it is your own perspective that is out-of-whack, and it's time to look for the pure, the true, the beautiful, the good, and the love in life. These are the creations of God; against these there is no law, and no expiration date. The truth IS just the same old story. I pray that you may find it.

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nonsense+horrid acting+gore+H.G.LEWIS=blueprint classic!!!!!
sick mommy & sick son run a human wig shop & trap the local college girls in a back room of the shop to get there hair cut/or a scalp!!!!!!!!!this is not HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS'S best effort by no means!!! but it is a classic blueprint gore flick from the original master of gore himself!!! this flick is gooooofy & thats what its supposed to be so when your watching it DON'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY!!!! THIS IS A PIONEER GORE FLICK TO THE BONE!!! & if you don't have it then your gonna want to get it to help complete your H.G.LEWIS collection!!!!! so hurry up & get it before you cant find it anymore. its got a decent commentary by H.G.LEWIS & a couple of other gooooooofy (aged) extras all & all this is a blueprint classic low budget gore flick!!!! GET IT & E!!!!N!!!!J!!!!O!!!!Y!!!!

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A mother, her son, and his new electric knife!
For those of you unfamiliar with the work of director Herschell Gordon Lewis, I advise you to start with 2000 Maniacs (his best in my opinion) or Blood Feast. For those who have seen those classics, I would consider this a "minor" yet worthwhile work along the lines of Color Me Blood Red. You get four good gore scenes, which may not seem like a lot, but when the movie only runs about 1 hr. 15 min. that's actually pretty decent.

The plot concerns the elderly Mrs. Pringle and her drooling, mentally deranged son who run a wig shop. The wigs are made out of human hair which the son obtains by killing and scalping beautiful young women. Clearly the old-woman-helping-her-son-kill idea influenced several newer horror films, most obviously the classic Mother's Day. Mrs. Pringle also has a stuffed cat (I'm guessing a leopard) named Napoleon who she talks to repeatedly throughout the movie. Napoleon has a central role in this film; those familiar with Lewis' work will appreciate the fact that an embalmed animal can steal a scene from some of the human actors involved.

Objects also become actors in the much-discussed introduction to the movie, which features two styrofoam heads with wigs talking to one another. It's this kind of low-budget inventiveness that makes Lewis' movies entertaining. Sure it pads out the running time, but what the heck! it's creative and bizarre. I also enjoyed the movie that was playing at the drive-in: the camera never shows the couple's faces but instead shows their actions at the dinner table during their conversation. Their hands pour beer, handle food, crush potato chips, and smash fruit in a way that corresponds with what they're saying. Truly weird.

The heroine of The Gruesome Twosome is a meddling college girl who is trying to figure out the recent murders. Don't expect rocket science or great acting here. Do expect her and her college girlfriends to start dancing in unison, whether in the dorm room or at the beach. I especially liked the girl who danced on the bed while eating a KFC drumstick. Careful not to choke!

The usual nice extras are here from Something Weird Video. There's a short film about wig making, Lewis' running commentary through the feature, and Lewis' gallery of exploitation art (print ads, posters and other promotional material from his films). I really enjoyed the ads, but in some cases the small print was difficult or impossible to read. My main complaint about the DVD (and every other Something Weird release of Lewis) is the inside cover. If you've never seen the movie before, don't look at it! It gives away key gore scenes in full-color close up. Other than these minor drawbacks, I recommend Lewis' horror films to fans of gory sick humor and bizarre, low-budget film making.