A teenage runaway gets more than she bargained for when she moves into an old hotel in this wildly offbeat shocker from director Paul Bartel. Cheryl (Ayn Ruymen) fled an unhappy home in Ohio for the sunny skies of California with her best friend in tow; however, after they have a falling out, Cheryl is left with no place to stay. Remembering that her Aunt Martha (Lucille Benson) runs a hotel, Cheryl arrives at the King Edward, a decaying residential inn located in one of L.A.'s less desirable
Oct 4, 2005
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A sexually curious teenage runaway negotiates the deviant scumbags in her crazy aunt's creaky boarding house. Director Paul Bartel slathers on the spooky, sleazy psychosexual atmosphere in this tastefully depraved debut film.
October 16, 2011
Super Reviewer
My experience with Paul Bartel's films continues to impress me, another bizarro transgressive film set among a set of oddball characters who live near the seedy underbelly of society.Great stuff, worth a look.
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