Screaming in High Heels: The Rise & Fall of the Scream Queen Era

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release date August 28 2012
director Jason Paul Collum
writer Jason Paul Collum
starring Brinke Stevens, Linnea Quigley, Michelle Bauer

Synopsis

Three actresses "accidentally" became cult horror film icons in the late 1980s and created the modern interpretation of the "Scream Queen" image.

Official Review

A lot of my B horror movie knowledge stems from sleepovers with my friends watching USA Up All Night. Two movies stand out in my memory from those Saturday nights – Flesh Eating Mothers and Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama. The latter is a 1988 flick directed by David DeCoteau which starred legendary 80′s scream queens Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens, and Michelle Bauer. The movie scared me, I kid you not. A sadistic imp is let loose from a magical bowling trophy and goes on to wreak havoc in monkey paw fashion. While I must say the movie is actually horrible watching it years later, I am almost certain it subliminally planted something in my brain that led me to later pledge Tri Delta as my sorority in 1997. …Read More

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Official Score: 4 / 5