Ramrodder the / Revenge of the Virgins Review

THE RAMRODDER (1969)/REVENGE OF THE VIRGINS (1960)
Directors: Van Guylder/Pete Perry
Something Weird Video/Image Entertainment

If ane matter remained consistent in the western genre, it was a glimpse into the sex activity lives of the Former W. Dating back to the silent days and continuing to modern times, every western offers at to the lowest degree a cameo by a "lady of sick repute," a grizzled madam with guts of steel, or the boondocks whorehouse, filled with drunks and giggling prostitutes. By the 1960s, the skinflick industry struck aureate with the idea of expanding on sex in the Old W past producing a subgenre of nudie Westerns. The ii presented on DVD here are nowhere virtually the best (those would be THE SCAVENGERS and perhaps HOT SPUR), but they're representative of the types of films audiences experienced at the bulldoze-in or the grindhouse and ane affair is certain: the Old West had just as many perverts as it does 150 years later!

Rick is THE RAMRODDER, a cowpoke who befriends a local Indian tribe and falls in love with the chief's daughter Tuwana (the lovely Kathy Williams). But when a tribal maiden (the Manson Family'southward Catherine Share?!) is beaten and raped by a toothless bum, Rick is blamed and he must run for his life from the vengeful Indians!

Considering the politically incorrect times of the 1960s, David F. Friedman'southward THE RAMRODDER comes off as very respectful of the Native American people. They don't speak in the hackneyed English of endless Roy Rogers westerns. As a sex activity moving-picture show, RAMRODDER falls pretty short. Kathy Williams is a lovely presence in all of her films, and she unfortunately had a brusque-lived nudie career. She is the highlight of the show here, despite a supporting turn by Marsha Hashemite kingdom of jordan (bedecked in brown makeup and partaking in a lesbian scene!). Other than the well-done Trip the light fantastic of the Virgin, a staged catfight, and the expected Friedman whipping scene, RAMRODDER can only be recommended to the Manson Family unit completist. As well Catherine "Gypsy" Share in a supporting role as the raped Indian maiden, a vengeful castrating warrior is played past the darkly handsome, only ultimately psychotic Bobby Beausoleil, Charlie Manson's right-paw human being whose imprisonment for the murder of Gary Hinman inspired the Manson murders!! Fans of Russ Meyer films volition find Robert Aiken (VIXEN; Cherry, HARRY AND RAQUEL) as the warrior in beloved with Tuwana.

If THE RAMRODDER is passable entertainment, REVENGE OF THE VIRGINS is the dispensable cease of the double pecker. While information technology could arguably be the starting time nudie western (Russ Meyer's WILD GALS OF THE NAKED WEST came in 1962, two years later on), it just isn't very good. Pete Perry would acquire some creative talent within the adjacent nine years before directing a number of entertaining corn-porn flicks for Harry Novak. Hither, he displays some of that promise with some interesting photographic camera movements and editing, merely the storyline volition leave you lot dozing within the first 10 minutes. A grouping of white gold-diggers head into the mountains to seek their fortune, but are ambushed by a tribe of topless women with bows and arrows! And that'southward about it... Non fifty-fifty worth viewing one time, really.

The transfers for both films are well above average. THE RAMRODDER has some specklings at reel changes and grain in night scenes, merely for the near part is bright and colorful. Like all of Something Weird's black-and-white films, REVENGE OF THE VIRGINS looks amazing. The contrasts are breath-taking, very little grain is present, and not enough dirt or speckling to be distracting. Superb chore done here! The mono audio is practiced, only is at times far too low, which isn't uncommon on Something Weird's discs, but they serve their respective films well.

Right off the bat, the main carte du jour sets the tone: a blank ass in warpaint shaking to tribal music! Before moving on to the extra features, it should be made articulate that y'all can view both films in a "double feature" format, i later on the other. Just! If you practise, the presentation eliminates Chapter 9 of THE RAMRODDER, featuring the catfight and a kidnapping of a white settler by Bobby Beausoleil and his henchmen. So it'southward recommended you watch them separately.

If the feature films didn't interest you lot in the nudie western genre, the trailers will. Besides THE RAMRODDER, most of the films here would actually have been meliorate choices for the DVD format than the two hither. BRAND OF SHAME is another David F. Friedman flick; the trailer has music from She-Freak! Directed by Byron Mabe, it tells the tale of a schoolteacher beingness pursued by friend and foe for a map to a gilded mine she possesses. Marsha Jordan and Samantha Scott (BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS star; look fast for David F. Friedman in a cameo equally a phase driver and it'due south ever great to see another of Friedman'southward token whipping scenes. Looks great! THE DOUBLE-BARRELLED DETECTIVE STORY is a western comedy presented in widescreen (!) based on a Marking Twain story. A villain wields a true cat past its tail! DR. CARSTAIR'Southward 1869 Dear-ROOT ELIXIR is a borderline hardcore sexual practice flick with favorites Marsha Hashemite kingdom of jordan and Kathy Hilton. It is, by all accounts, lost, and the trailer has stock music from Novak'due south corn-porn pictures! FANDANGO is some other Novak motion picture starring James Whitworth (The Hills Have Eyes) every bit a cowboy. Doesn't expect like it has much of a story.... HOT SPUR is real-life sadist producer Bob Cresse'south tale of the sick, sick West! Later introducing the trailer, proclaiming its importance in the adult movie industry (!), the viewer is treated to scenes of women beaten, raped, whipped, humiliated, dragged, chased past a diversity of cowboys, in addition to some queasy violence. Only this isn't a tongue-in-cheek Friedman flick here, folks, this is real disturbing stuff, all directed by Lee Frost! INDIAN RAID INDIAN Fabricated is i of the infamous Morganna's few film appearances, here as a topless native dancer! Ii musclehead lunkheads with sideburns look like rejects from a gay porn film. LADY GODIVA RIDES is aka LADY GODIVA MEETS TOM JONES, starring Marsha Jordan every bit Lady Godiva and Forman Shane as Tom Jones. Both should accept been in better films. Expect fast for Liz Renay laughing in the background during the frenzied dance sequence! Marsha takes a shower, has a mudfight with another girl, and has a sexual practice scene with Forman, who keeps his pants on. Information technology'due south a typical A.C. Stevens motion-picture show of the time, his films would get better during the Sexual Revolution. THE SCAVENGERS is probably the all-time nudie Western, successfully combining nudity and violence in one film (something that HOT SPUR failed at doing). In-between tearing shoot-outs, a group of Union deserters take over a whorehouse (cue the nudity and sex, including the incomparable Uschi Digard!) and clash with Confederate soldiers and their accompanying slaves. Features some disturbing violence, good acting, wonderful sets and atmosphere, and excellent cinematography. Bruce Kimball and Maria Lease were both in DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN the same year.

The brusk subjects are a mixed handbag. The Lenny Bruce cartoon "Thank You Mask Man" isn't that funny, but is worth seeing for Bruce's wacked-out humor. "Cowgirl Stripper" is familiar to all SWV viewers; snippets of it announced in their lengthy promo trailer at the start of every DVD (the shots of a woman angle over and with a cowboy chapeau positioned over her breasts). It looks similar it was shot in NYC, judging by the film stock and the appearance of the model, and is a portion of a feature motion picture. "The Nude Dude" isn't what it sounds like; it'southward a vii-part (!) arcade loop with a nude adult female running rampant through a ghost town after killing ii men, the only other inhabitants. She wears a patch over her pubic region!! The finale, where she shoots herself in the caput with two guns, is kinda sick... "Cowgirl Shootout" is a less interesting 8mm stag reel with a lovely topheavy bar owner competing with a haughty hooker to get customers in their saloons. An Easter Egg on the Special Features carte volition please SWV's gay and female viewers; afterward seeing a multitude of nude cowgirls, you get uncut nude cowboys and Indians sunbathing in the nude and having target practice with a can tin! Bizarre, to say the least, but very daring and cool of SWV to include this! The Gallery of Underground Sexploitation Moving picture Magazine Covers is a nice change from the movie posters and pressbooks, and I actually spotted some I endemic! Lots of rare pictorials for nudie cuties and all accompanied past a very bizarre soundtrack piece!

While the films themselves are mediocre at best, the intent of the disc is appreciated and information technology'south a welcome addition to my DVD shelf after the abomination that was WHEN WOMEN PLAYED DING DONG. Skillful job on this one, SWV, keep 'em coming! (Casey Scott)

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