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She Demons
A couple wash up on an uncharted island where Nazi experiments are going on.
Release : | 1958 |
Rating : | 4.5 |
Studio : | Astor Pictures Corporation, Screencraft Enterprises, |
Crew : | Production Design, Director of Photography, |
Cast : | Irish McCalla Victor Sen Yung Rudolph Anders Gene Roth Bill Coontz |
Genre : | Horror Science Fiction |
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Why so much hype?
I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
Shipwrecked on an uncharted island, beautiful, bratty socialite, Jerrie Turner (Irish McCalla) is miffed by the sudden end of her sightseeing tour. With only the tour guide, Fred Maklin (Tod Griffin) and his two comrades for company, Jerrie has a difficult time adjusting to her new surroundings. She soon realizes that they are not the only ones on the island. Death ensues, and the remaining trio ventures forth into the heart of the jungle. Then, Bongo drums! It's time for the She Demons (aka: The Diane Nellis Dancers) to dance the forbidden dance! Then, Nazis show up to spoil the show! Yep, those old troublemakers are up to no good once more! Jerrie and company have entered the belly of the beast, witnessing the nasty Nazi, Igor (Gene Roth- THE SPIDER, ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES) torturing a she demon / dancer! Also, inhuman experiments are being carried out by the eeevil Col. Karl Osler (Rudolph Anders- PHANTOM FROM SPACE, THE SNOW CREATURE)! Oh! The hellishness of it all! SHE DEMONS is about as big a hunk of lunkheaded nonsense as is allowed by law. The loveliness of Ms. McCalla does little to dull this thudding pain...
This low budget horror attempt ( the teeth of the she-demons is the kind you get out of bubble gum machines ) is never the less entertaining because of its campiness and bad acting .The stunt doubles are about a foot shorter in height and have different hair color , and the so called Nazi guards are as sadistic as school teachers but its all good fun .Spoiled Jerrie learns about sincerity and how great it is to be boring from her leading man , who's a true hero .The acting is really bad here though , Irish McCalla's big crying scene is not even soap opera caliber , but it matches Tod Griffen's level of being convincing . It is fun though so give it a try .
Nazis, she-creatures, Hop Singh & the lovely Irish McCalla (Sheena, Queen of the Jungle on TV) populate this low-budget mess that couldn't be more fun. Bad dialogue abounds, Victor Sen-Yung (from Bonanza), Tod Griffin as a less than charismatic hero, and of course the beautiful, tall, athletic spoiled rich girl played by Ms. McCalla. Comical SS soldiers, beautiful dancing girls getting "make-overs" that don't quite work out and a "deserted" island. All the ingredients necessary for a shlock epic.A 5 out of 10. Best performance - the head Nazi doctor. Not to be missed if you have a hankering for b/w drive-in fare from the late, great 1950's. It's too bad I. McCalla didn't make more of these. She couldn't act a lick, and admitted that in interviews, and later became a well-known artist (painter) in the 60's. One of the real beauty pin-up queens of the 50's.
A pleasure cruise for a self-proclaimed "beauty"(Irish McCalla)ends with a crash into a remote island controlled by an ex-Nazi scientist. The mad doctor transforms pretty girls into rubber-faced monsters. Skimpy clad dancing girls is the only redemption for this stinker. Also in the cast are: Tod Griffin, Rudolph Anders and Leni Tana.