{"id":3916,"date":"2007-08-21T12:21:16","date_gmt":"2007-08-21T19:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3916"},"modified":"2021-01-30T14:33:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T21:33:39","slug":"thundercrack-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3916","title":{"rendered":"Thundercrack! (1975)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;My name is Mrs. Gert Hammond. Welcome to Prairie Blossom!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Poster.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Poster-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Poster-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Poster-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Poster.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nOn a dark and stormy night, various strangers gather at the house of a disturbed widow (Marion Eaton), who has decidedly kinky ideas about sex.\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>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Peeping Toms<\/li>\n<li>Sexuality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis ultra-bizarre, ultra-low-budget campy porno flick (written by underground maverick George Kuchar) is most definitely not for all tastes. While it starts out as an atmospheric gothic horror tale, it quickly turns into a raunchy, graphic, blackly comedic sex-fest, as polymorphically perverse Gertie (Eaton) gets off (with the help of a cucumber) by watching her houseguests explore a room full of naughty toys. Sexual encounters then continue in full force, as various partners of both genders hook up; there&#8217;s even an infamous flashback to a bestial love affair. If none of this sounds appealing (chances are it won&#8217;t to most viewers), you&#8217;ll find that Eaton, with her hopelessly skewed eyebrows, is by far the best aspect of the film &#8212; her performance is so sincerely melodramatic that one <em>almost<\/em> begins to root for her, despite her clear mental imbalance. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Marion Eaton as Gert Hammond<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Eaton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Eaton.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Eaton.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Eaton-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Eaton-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Eaton-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A perversely campy sensibility<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Room.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Room.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Room.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Room-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Room-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Room-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The melodramatic, low-budget flashback scenes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Flashback.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Flashback.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Flashback.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Flashback-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Flashback-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/Thundercrack-Flashback-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mark Ellinger&#8217;s eclectic, often humorous score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for its status as an underground cult favorite. Listed as a Camp Classic in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0073806\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shockcinemamagazine.com\/thundercrack.html\">Shock Cinema Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/thundercrack\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;My name is Mrs. Gert Hammond. Welcome to Prairie Blossom!&#8221; Synopsis: On a dark and stormy night, various strangers gather at the house of a disturbed widow (Marion Eaton), who has decidedly kinky ideas about sex. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Black Comedy Peeping Toms Sexuality Review: This ultra-bizarre, ultra-low-budget campy porno flick (written by underground maverick George Kuchar) is most definitely not for all tastes. While it starts out as an atmospheric gothic horror tale, it quickly turns into&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3916\"> 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-3916","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\/3916","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=3916"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67118,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3916\/revisions\/67118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}