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Excellent but underrated film

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Absolutely the worst movie.

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

I feel sorry for the former film student posting here who was fortunate enough to be in one of Steckler's classes and managed to get nothing out of it. Steckler was, and continues to be, an inspiration to those who are determined to do, as in DIY, regardless of obstacles. The negative Nelly seems to have been appalled at Steckler's lack of slickness: well, Nelly can wait for Hollywood or NY to give her the wherewithal and permission to realize her vision, but it's not going to happen. She'll die without having done anything worth remembering (brings to mind the passage in Willeford's The Woman Chaser where the narrator decides the only way to counter the brevity of life is to make a film). Steckler, on the other hand, is remembered, revered, and loved by people who never knew him.Note that the reviews that give one star are doing it as a tribute and indicate that the film should be seen. This is one of the few films that I've seen more than fifteen times and still enjoy (the others being Apocalypse Now, Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens, and Once Upon A Time In The West).

It's amazing that Ray Dennis Steckler has somehow avoided the distinction of being named the worst film maker in history. Heck, compared to his super-cheap looking films, even some of Ed Wood's films films look not all that wretched. I was fortunate enough to have seen two of Steckler's great films in the same evening, this and THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED UP ZOMBIES and can, without a doubt, say that Steckler might just be worse than Wood. If not worse, then at least in the same league as Wood.The first half of the film is a drama about three pals who take delight in tormenting women by robbing and beating them. This portion of the film is handled rather seriously aside from some irrelevant footage of Ron Haydock and his girlfriend romping about as he sang rock 'n roll songs. His singing wasn't all that bad, but the whole thing had a real cheap homemade look to it.Then, midway through the film, the money apparently ran out and the film got a lot cheaper----light-years cheaper!! Now, instead of a drama, from out of nowhere, Haydock and his pal jump into a closet and come out as crime fighters named "Rat Pfink" and "Boo Boo"! The costumes looked exactly like you'd expect 7 year-olds to look if they are pretending to be super-heroes and no attempt was made to maintain the serious tone of the film. It was like two entirely different films combined. Oddly, however, the second half managed to be somewhat entertaining on a camp level--mostly because the film never attempted to be serious from here on and was all done in fun. While dumb, it did make me laugh a few times as I was marveling at the awfulness of the production values. The fighting, in particular, looked like it was choreographed by Ray Charles.So is this a film for the average viewer? Certainly not! However, for fans of bad films, this is a great party film--one to watch with your friends in order to laugh at just how bad a film can be.

Although this super hero spoof is kind of a mess it does have some amusing moments. It starts off as a serious film then changes gears very suddenly. I don't know if this method of film-making worked for me but a lot of people seem to find this movie a pretty good one. As with a lot of Steckler movies, it is well photographed and looks like a bigger budget movie then what it is. The characters Rat Phink and Boo Boo kind of come out of nowhere but they do have some funny moments. One thing I thought was funny was that even though they are chasing kidnappers in their motorcycle to save a girls life, they stop at every stop sign and look both ways because they are the "good guys". An uneven film with some funny moments.

I watched for the first time yesterday. It wasn't as bad as "Batman and Robin" it was entertaining . I like all the old cars ,Corvairs, Thunderbirds , F100 pick-up. Starts out slow with dimwit kidnappers making crank calls to the victim. The Hammer knocks out the Gardener with a hammer. There is some singing and the Rock star team up with the gardener to become "you know who". The 2 heroes chase the kidnappers and there is fist-fights. The parade I have read about too. Ray Dennis Stecker said his $20.00 shows in the film. A lot of girls in Bikinis and a gorilla sort of a cross between Batman series and Beach movies. This film shows you don't need millions of dollars to make a movie. Don't know the final total money made on it ?