Girls, you may well ask, "What the hell is this?
A re-imagining of "A Chorus Line?" God forbid!
Three of the Diana Nellis Dancers, the year before they made their signature appearance in "She Demons???????????????"
That might be closer to the answer. Actually, this is a clip from the highly abreviated dance scene in Roger Corman's 19557 film, "The Undead," which has to be seen,to be believed.
These girls, dressed in costumes foreshadowing Cassie's in 1975, writhe on the floor, and heave their bosoms. Actually, there are a lot of heaving bosoms in this film, what with Pamela Duncan, as Diana Love, the most well dressed Fifties prostitute of them all. This was when a woman could still look classy as a prostitute; unlike today, where torn skirts, legs exposed almost to the cooch, and torn stockings spell out SLUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But, don't worry! When we get to the medieval story, Allison Hayes appears in all her pulchritudinous glory, as Livia, supposedly a most powerful witch, yet one who is easily done in by a knife stabbing. Hons, I am telling you, her bosoms heave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The two best performances in the film are Billy Barty, as The Imp, (Why he was not in "The Wizard Of Oz" eludes me.) and Dorothy Neumann as Meg Maud, a sort of good witch, who can't make up her mind what type of film she is in--a fantasy or a comedy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The whole thing was filmed in an abandoned supermarket, by director Roger Corman, in just eleven days! Maybe that was one day too many.
Interestingly, the film foreshadows the visual style of Mario Bava's much superior 1960 film, "Black Sunday." Wonder if this influenced him??????????
"The Undead" is turgid, fun in spots, but not enough to be highly successful camp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those heaving bosoms make up for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 comments:
An abandoned supermarket?
I’d rather watch a documentary about the filming lol
Victoria,
Me, too. I wish there was one.
By the way, Roger Corman turned 95 this week!
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