Flaming Creatures (1963)
Overview
Filmmaker and artist Jack Smith described his own film as a “comedy set in a haunted movie studio.” Flaming Creatures begins humorously enough with several men and women, mostly of indeterminate gender, vamping it up in front of the camera and participating in a mock advertisement for an indelible, heart-shaped brand of lipstick. However, things take a dark, nightmarish turn when a transvestite chases, catches and begins molesting a woman. Soon, all of the titular “creatures” participate in a (mostly clothed) orgy that causes a massive earthquake. After the creatures are killed in the resulting chaos, a vampire dressed like an old Hollywood starlet rises from her coffin to resurrect the dead. All ends happily enough when the now undead creatures dance with each other, even though another orgy and earthquake loom over the end title card.
What is Flaming Creatures about?
Filmmaker and artist Jack Smith described his own film as a “comedy set in a haunted movie studio.” Flaming Creatures begins humorously enough with several men and women, mostly of indeterminate gender, vamping it up in front of the camera and participating in a mock advertisement for an indelible, heart-shaped brand of lipstick. However, things take a dark, nightmarish turn when a transvestite chases, catches and begins molesting a woman. Soon, all of the titular “creatures” participate in a (mostly clothed) orgy that causes a massive earthquake. After the creatures are killed in the resulting chaos, a vampire dressed like an old Hollywood starlet rises from her coffin to resurrect the dead. All ends happily enough when the now undead creatures dance with each other, even though another orgy and earthquake loom over the end title card. Flaming Creatures is a Horror, Comedy, Drama movie, released on 1963-04-29, runtime 42 minutes.
Is Flaming Creatures worth watching?
TMDB users rate Flaming Creatures 4.8 out of 10 from 63 ratings. Reviews are mixed.
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Directed by
Jack Smith
Cast
- Francis Francine as Francis Francine
- Sheila Bick as Delicious Dolores
- Joel Markman as Our Lady of the Docks
- Mario Montez as The Spanish Girl
- Arnold Rockwood as Arnold
- Judith Malina as The Fascinating Woman
- Marian Zazeela as Marian Zazeela
- Beverly Grant as Whirling Dervish
- Piero Heliczer
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