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Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers

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"Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers." The name pretty much says it all. When you have a movie with a title like that starring Linnea Quigley, you are not going to get an in depth look at the human condition. If you want a way to kill an hour and a half without turning on your brain, this is for you. Personally, I thought it was a lot of fun. It starts with a detective looking for a missing girl (Quigley) and winds up running afoul of a chainsaw cult led by Gunnar Hansen.
The movie does not take itself too seriously. The gore effects are so over the top that they are far from frightening, but rather fun. If you are a fan of 80's B movies, you will not be disappointed. I have never regretted buying this flick.

This movie has everything any red-blooded American male B-movie buff could ever ask for. Beautiful women. Killing. Beautiful women. Comedy. Beautiful women. A wiseacre detective a la Mike Hammer on valium. And all of it on the cheap. If you're one of those PC Nazis, you'll hate it, but if you can take low-brow comedy with a grain of salt it'll be a fabulous movie-going experience.

This movie is definitely not for everyone. Fans of low-budget horror and B-movies (you know, the ones so bad that they are good) will love it! Linnea Quigley is great in her role; she even does an erotic (sort of) dance with a chainsaw. What more could you ask for? I highly recommend this one. A+

This is the greatest movie I have ever seen. Not only does it have a lot of nudity, but a brilliant script as well. Excellent word play and a great score. I have a copy on VHS and DVD and I bought the soundtrack and listen to it in my car. This is classic that will live beyond the end of time!

In the tradition of Evil Toons, here is Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers. If you are someone that is into Hollywood high budge movies and is not familiar with the B movie style, proceed with caution. For a B movie, the acting is fairly good in this flick. Poor acting in this movie is far less distracting than in other movies of this nature. Also in the tradition of the B movie style the effects are very low tech and often times way over done, but to the right group of people it is entertainment at its best. So what if twice the amount of blood is spilled during the murder than exists in the entire human body. It's entertainment....remember?
The plot of this movie is way out there, but in a good way. We have hookers in Hollywood murdering people with chainsaws in order to make the chainsaw gods happy. These people also need the fresh blood to keep their leader among the living. The idea of a chainsaw cult is truely unique and pure cheese. A real Fred Olen Ray classic.
If you like Fred Olen Ray's style, grab this movie. If you are affraid of B movies, be very afraid of this movie. It is entertaining from begining to end which is more than we can say about many Hollywood hits. So grab the kids (just kidding due to all the nudity) and enjoy this classic B movie hit.

I just love this movie and it is perfect Drive In Movie Fare. It has nudity, beautiful women , gratuitous violence and the "Queen Of The B's" Ms. Linnea Quigley!!! Gee. What more could you want?If you don't like this movie then I suggest you get your Levels Of the Male Hormone Testosterone examined. Or maybe you are just suited to a sucessful career as a Politician or an Accountant!!!!

From the time when Thomas Edison made his first moving picture, to when George Lucas released his latest installment of the Star Wars series, there has never been such a masterpiece anything near HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW HOOKERS. The award-winning performances of the humungously talented cast, combined with state-of-the-art, dazzeling special effects wizardry, made this film the greatest cinematic accomplishment ever! Gunnar Hansen stetches all his acting muscles and puts forth a heartfelt performance that would leave Orson Wells in a jealous rage. The demure acting skills of both Michelle Bauer and Linnea Quigley were so strong and beliveable that I was nearly moved to tears. How could a supurb piece of showmanship like this go unnoticed for so long? Its a crime that this movie never won an oscar. Im still waiting for the big-budget sequel. Maybe they'll spend a cool $70,000, rather then a simple $58,000 and bring this original, beliveable idea to the big screen again in the way it was meant to be. I recommend everyone buy ten copies, just for the prestige alone.

One of the few sleazy low budget horror movies that actually delivers on the promise of its title (and what a title!), this trashy treasure from Fred Olen Ray also has a classic exploitation cast, toplined by Scream Queen Linnea Quigley (her shining moment is the virgin dance of the double chainsaws!). You could obviously tell from the title that this film was not meant to be taken seriously, the 1988 cult classic definitely doesn't avoid the campiness implied by its title. Prostitutes in Hollywood start to chop up clients, and private detective Jack Chandler (Jay Richardson) finds himself on their trail. Chandler ends up on this path when runaway Sam Kelso's (Linnea Quigley) parents hire him to find her. It turns out she's one of the chainsaw killers but she's not the only one. Chandler discovers a cult run by none other than Texas Chainsaw Massacre's Leatherface, Gunnar Hansen behind the crimes and tries to dig deeper into this crazy series of murders.

Over the last 20 years, I guess Hookers has earned a reputation as a "great" "B" movie. While the film wasn't exactly great it was still a bit of fun. All the cast members involved realise that it's a cheesy and tacky film, but they find its charm comes from its over the top nature. Hookers combines the horror and film noir genres as it creates a rollicking spoof - or at least that's what it hopes to do. Its plot seems incidental to the action but then again you wouldn't mind since the story just exists as an excuse for nudity and over the top violence, both of which it delivers. I think it was more like a parody of the genre. The script is ridiculously entertaining (or maybe even more entertainingly ridiculous), the dialog is totally over-the-top and most of the jokes/puns are truly fantastic. This was definitely one of Fred Olen Ray's better films, it's not like I've seen that many of his films but the ones that I've seen were pretty awful. If you are after a fun little comedy/horror film with the typical fix of nudity, corny one liners and gore which is genuinely funny and clever, this should be on top of your list.

This 20th anniversary edition is pretty neat, it's a good edition with a decent amount of extras, since the older print was out of print for a while this edition will do for now and it seems like it had a better picture quality than the previous one. The picture appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions. Although I don't expect much from a 20 year old low-budget flick like Hookers, the result was slightly disappointing though. Sharpness had issues as well. Some parts of the movie showed decent delineation, but much of the film seemed soft and flat. According to the disc's commentary, the original source footage is missing and this print was the best the producers could do so now we know why it looks this way. We open with an audio commentary from writer/director Fred Olen Ray and writer TL Lankford. Both sit together for this running, screen-specific chat. They discuss cast and crew and shooting on a low budget with a very short schedule, sets and locations, the script and their collaboration, and a mix of other connected topics. This commentary provides a lot of fun and both guys were funny (wait till you hear what the guys have to say about Gunnar Hansen, priceless!).

Next comes a 23-minute Making of Featurette. It includes remarks from Ray and actors Linnea Quigley and Michelle Bauer. The show looks at the flick's origins and path to the screen, cast and crew, budgetary and production constraints, stunts, the movie's legacy and general stories from the shoot. In addition to the film's trailer, we get a five-minute episode of Night Owl Theater. This was a promotional attempt by "Retromedia" and it was created a few years ago. Ray introduces a film and talks about a "free stuff" program discontinued in 2003. It does seem abit pointless but there's a little skin, and we get to meet Fred's wife Kim and her "big fake (...)", so it's worth a look ;-). This is a must see for B/cult/horror fans and probably Fred Olen Ray's best film. I highly recommend this.

Cheese never tasted so good.Director Fred Olen Ray gets the most out of his shoe string budget with the actors help.A religious cult that worships chainsaws saw people up as sacrificial gifts to the 2 cycle engine oil running,spining,rotating blades of metal. A detective(Jay Richardson) is hired to find a runaway teen played by Linnea Quigley who really was probally well into her 20's.He finds the runaway along with the cult she's invovled with and a hooker(Michele Bauer) who wants to cut him up. Hookers,chainsaws,murderous cults,whats not to like. Plenty of nudity, fake blood,gore and ham and cheese packed action to satisfy any trash enthusiast.There's also Gunnar Hansen(Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre)here without his human face mask and grunting playing the cult leader.Lots of giggles.

This movie has it all from full frontal nudity too chainsaw side spliting laughs . The acting anit too bad and the one liners had me laughing a few times . Some cheesy gore and great naked ladies makes this movie a gem for any collection .