{"id":35201,"date":"2015-11-05T10:06:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T17:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35201"},"modified":"2020-11-30T09:57:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T16:57:40","slug":"gruesome-twosome-the-1967","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35201","title":{"rendered":"Gruesome Twosome, The (1967)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Napoleon, I&#8217;m afraid we have a problem!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-35205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Poster-672x1024.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA curious co-ed (Gretchen Wells) investigates a case involving a demented older woman (Elizabeth Davis) with a stuffed pet cougar who enlists the help of her mentally retarded grown son (Chris Martell) in scalping beautiful young women to turn their hair into wigs.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amateur Sleuths<\/li>\n<li>Herschell Gordon Lewis Films<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Serial Killers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThe ineptitude of this Z-grade exploitation film by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herschell_Gordon_Lewis\">goremeister Herschell Gordon Lewis<\/a> is as profound as one would expect: terrible acting, tediously gratuitous splatter sequences, and the inexplicable inclusion of snippets from an even MORE inept drive-in movie involving attempted romance over burnt potato chips and beer. The opening &#8220;flashback&#8221; sequence of talking wigs on styrofoam heads &#8212; apparently added to pad the running time &#8212; is just surreal enough to hold one&#8217;s strained attention, in a slack-jawed fashion. Sadly, Peary lists no less than six films by Lewis in his <em>GFTFF<\/em>, when viewing one or possibly two &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=33993\"><em>Blood Feast<\/em> (1963)<\/a> and\/or <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=124\"><em>2000 Maniacs<\/em> (1964)<\/a> &#8212; would be more than enough for even the most curious and inclusive film fanatic. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete ineptitude and\/or surreality across the board<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Wigs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Wigs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"698\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Wigs.png 698w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Wigs-128x88.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Wigs-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Amateur.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Amateur.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"698\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Amateur.png 698w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Amateur-128x88.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Amateur-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Wig-Shop.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Wig-Shop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"698\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Wig-Shop.png 698w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Wig-Shop-128x88.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Wig-Shop-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Movie.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Movie.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"698\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Movie.png 698w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Movie-128x88.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gruesome-Twosome-Movie-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nMost definitely not. If this kind of thing appeals to you, you know who you are.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0061733\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/1964\/gruesome-twosome-se-the\/\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/horror\/gruesome-twosome-1967.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifilm.org\/musing201.html\">SciFilm Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Napoleon, I&#8217;m afraid we have a problem!&#8221; Synopsis: A curious co-ed (Gretchen Wells) investigates a case involving a demented older woman (Elizabeth Davis) with a stuffed pet cougar who enlists the help of her mentally retarded grown son (Chris Martell) in scalping beautiful young women to turn their hair into wigs. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Amateur Sleuths Herschell Gordon Lewis Films Horror Serial Killers Review: The ineptitude of this Z-grade exploitation film by goremeister Herschell Gordon Lewis is as&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35201\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35201"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55817,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35201\/revisions\/55817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}