Release Date: Apr 25, 1976 Wide
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Allan Arkush and Joe Dante co-directed this campy spoof of exploitation films -- Roger Corman's schlock factory in particular. Candice Rialson stars as Candy Wednesday, a movie hopeful who wants to be a star. Her slimy agent Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) directs her to the portals of Miracle Pictures, where she lands a plum role in the film "Machete Maidens of Maratau." Lead actress Mary McQueen (Mary Woronov) becomes jealous, and a series of disturbing murders occur, culminating in a shoot-out
Apr 25, 1976 Wide
Apr 24, 2001
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The slapped-together élan is enchanting
My idea of heaven would be a drive-in theater on an eternal summer night . . . with an endless procession of movies like this.
Hollywood Boulevard Starring: Candice Rialson, Dick Miller, Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, and Rita George Directors: Joe Dante and Allan Arkush When Candy (Rialson) arrives in Hollywood with dreams of being an actress, she falls in with the crazy low-budget filmmakers at Miracle Studios. It soon turns out that one is
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