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• Actors: Ray Sager, Rodney Bedell, Agi Gyenes, Nancy Lee Noble, Steve White
• Directors: Herschell Gordon Lewis
• Writers: Herschell Gordon Lewis, Allison Louise Downe
• Producers: Herschell Gordon Lewis, Alex Ameri, David Chudnow, Sidney J. Reich
• Format: Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Special Edition, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: March 1, 2006
• Run Time: 234 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000059H8L
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,053 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Just For the Hell of It/Blast-Off Girls" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Juvenile Deliquent Epic from H.G. Lewis..., January 31, 2007

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Eyes and Teeth (Detroit, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just For the Hell of It/Blast-Off Girls (DVD)

(note: the below review is strictly for 'Just For The Hell Of It')

H.G. Lewis was on quite a roll in the late 60's... In fact, he directed
11 films (!) in '67 and '68. I realize that Lewis has his share of
detractors. Many consider him a no talent hack who relentlessly
regurgitated disposable entertainment at a disturbingly prodigious rate
during the mid-to-late 60's. They often bemoan the nailed-down camera
work, wooden acting, and ridiculous situations depicted on screen.
Interestingly, these are the exact elements that make Mr. Lewis's films
so endearing to me...

When I watch movies, I do so for two main reasons. Either I want to be
entertained and amused; or I want be pulled out of my comfort zone, and
placed in a mental area in which I am forced to think about and ponder
various facets of life. This film entertains in a big way. In fact,
most H.G. Lewis films never fail to entertain me and bring a big smile
to my face...

Mr. Lewis is best know as being the Godfather of Gore. Not many
film-goers realize that Mr. Lewis was an incredibly versatile movie
making machine; dipping into children's films, morality tales,
hillbilly musical comedies, juvenile delinquent tales, nudies,
roughies, and other assorted ephemera...

'Just For The Hell Of It' is H.G. Lewis's juvenile delinquent
masterpiece. These are some bad kids...

The film starts out with a bang, and within 45 seconds a reckless
groups of youths can be found laying waste to and completely trashing a
house. These bad boys (and girl) are led by Ray Sager(as Dexter). The
entire film is dedicated to the exploits of Dexter and company, as they
terrorize a town and it's inhabitants. The pranks and mischief start
out relatively harmlessly (setting newspapers on fire, dousing citizens
with water, destroying laundry, trashing a restaurant), become more
bizarre and off-color (putting a baby in a trash can, beating a blind
man with his own cane), and of course become very malicious (gang rape
and murder)...

I really enjoyed this film quite a bit. With subsequent viewings, it
has never ceased to put a smile on my face. I also liked that Mr. Lewis
didn't try to justify or explain the actions of the rowdy youth- they
did it all 'Just For The Hell Of It'.... they did it for the kicks...
In fact, You should watch this highly entertaining piece of nostalgia
for the same reason...

13 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Simple but effective tale of exploitation in the music biz., March 12, 2001

By 

K. Brown "El Rudo Lucky Pierre!" (Walnut, Ca USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just For the Hell of It/Blast-Off Girls (DVD)

Blast-Off Girls, a little known art film that spins the web of a music promoter's need for power, delivers in true Americana fashion. Finally on DVD, true Athenian irony presents itself as a rock promoter tries to steer the career of an up and coming rock & roll band. The cane wielding promoter's intent readily unveils itself. He merely wants control and loyalty above everything else, even above his wallet. Rumored by Guajardian literary critic Miguel Hansoo to be the work that inspired Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here." Whether that be the case or not, this film is worth viewing simply for a cameo by American fast-food icon Colonel Sanders, in which he proudly clucks ", OooEEEEEEE! We DO serve fried chicken!" The band in the movie plays an improvised concert for Sanders in exchange for a bucket of chicken. Read into this apparent comedy relief closely though; Sanders places the bucket of chicken before the boy band whilst they play, then dances a step or two away from their performance. The Colonel may have done some ad-lib here to make a subtle declaration: that the free exchange of old school culinary treasure for modern day subversive rock music results in an unbreakable union that thwarts the possible resurrection of McCarthy like tactics that nearly destroyed the great Artisans of the USA. The contributions this underrated gem possesses is worth the price. Some may write this off as just another B-Movie, but look closely and you will find so much more.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dystopian destructploition at its best, February 4, 2011

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Irma C. (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Just For the Hell of It/Blast-Off Girls (DVD)

Just for the Hell of it was, and even now it's name screams, 'Grind house' (before that term became vogue). It was recently featured at the Grindhouse Film Festival at Tarrantino's beautifully renovated New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles (thanks for saving history Q). As many know a novel by Burgess was said to have been altered a bit for CWO after Kubrick saw JFTHOT in NYC. It's one of HGL's films where someone, generally a defenseless, sobbing and franticly screaming woman, is NOT hacked up alive, eaten and then laughed at...probably because he did not write it. This film would not be on Dahmers, Manson's or Gacy's entertainment shelf.

After watching a 'godfather of garbage' production I understand one feels sickened, disturbed and mentally abused....is it because of the content or is that the normal state of someone who would watch that specific genre of his? His repertoire includes exploitation, hixploitation, sexploitation and destuctploition and to NOT see a Lewis movie that does NOT have the usual Lewis aforementioned gore scenes is NOT seeing the complete man. Lewis has won the right to have all his work seen. It's impossible to cubbyhole Herschell Gordon Lewis..

Just for the Hell of It is a typical low budget 'indie' (long before that term became vogue) production of an interesting view of non-stop criminal havoc and gang mentality, initiated by an inept 'leader' Dexter (Sager/ Slash Cut w/ Sasha Grey), carried out after being twisted into truly demented evil by Denny (White/ Capitol Records, Forever is a Dream) on everyone in south Florida and specifically Doug (Bedell/??) and Jeanne (Gynes/??), with the assistance of perky bad girl Bitsy (Nobel/ She Devils on Wheels). White, the 'most vicious of the gang' dies like a real bad boy should, in a Motorcycle accident after a chase scene that needed more than $32.50 on production and editing, after all however, it was going directly to Drive-ins.
Lou Ferrigno had started a fight with White about who was Denny Fortune in the film, him or White (DUHHH). In his own inimitable fashion, in the middle of Sunset Blvd, Johnny Legend tries to get to the truth and calm things down in Sleazemania on Parade w/Gene Autry, Steve Allen, Angie Dickenson and
Mr T.

Just for the Hell of it has been teamed up on a SWV DVD with Blast-off Girls. Together again, Sager did what all boys from Chicago do....BAD and White wrote and performed Bad Day, the opening tune.

Considering other movies Lewis has done, the story lines and poor performances of today's films, I am thinking this is worth the 10 bucks.