Carnal Madness
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Carnal Madness is a 1975 exploitation film
directed by Gregory Corarito and starring the unlikely trio of Stephen Stucker
, Bob Minor and Michael Pataki
as three escaped mental patients wreaking havoc in a female detention center.
costumes and violently turn the tables on their tormentors.
ordered over nine minutes of cuts before granting it an 18 certificate
. The film had a British cinema release in 1976 under the title Sizzlers, on the bottom half of a double bill with the British made Intimate Games (1976). (The BBFC website records show the film was passed with an X rating
after cuts, with a running time of 82 minutes.)
Exploitation film
Exploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising. These films then need something to exploit, such as a big star, special effects, sex,...
directed by Gregory Corarito and starring the unlikely trio of Stephen Stucker
Stephen Stucker
Stephen Stucker was an American actor, known for portrayals of larger-than-life flamboyant characters, notably the insane control-room worker Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs in the Airplane! movies and the cross-dressing, rubber-penis-waving stenographer in the courtroom sequence in 1977's The Kentucky...
, Bob Minor and Michael Pataki
Michael Pataki
Michael Pataki was an American character actor.-Early life:Pataki born in Youngstown, Ohio. He attended the University of Southern California with a double major in Political Science and Drama...
as three escaped mental patients wreaking havoc in a female detention center.
Plot
Stucker, Minor and Pataki are cast as a gay fashion designer, a horny soul brother (catchphrase - "this is the best lookin' piece I've seen in a long time!") and an incompetent impressionist, respectively. The three escape their mental asylum and sexually assault their way into a girls' school. Their broad, knockabout performances attempt to keep the film's (fairly objectionable) content amusing rather than disturbing. The entire female cast comprises softcore porn models (mostly drawn from men's magazines of the era) who don skimpy karateKarate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
costumes and violently turn the tables on their tormentors.
Cast
- Michael PatakiMichael PatakiMichael Pataki was an American character actor.-Early life:Pataki born in Youngstown, Ohio. He attended the University of Southern California with a double major in Political Science and Drama...
as Carl C. Clooney - Bob Minor as Dick Peters
- Stephen StuckerStephen StuckerStephen Stucker was an American actor, known for portrayals of larger-than-life flamboyant characters, notably the insane control-room worker Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs in the Airplane! movies and the cross-dressing, rubber-penis-waving stenographer in the courtroom sequence in 1977's The Kentucky...
as Bruce Wilson - Colleen BrennanColleen BrennanColleen Brennan , also known by other aliases such as Sharon Kelly, is an American porn actress and member of the XRCO Hall of Fame.-Career:...
as Greta Anderson - Brenda Miller as Penny Archer
- George "Buck" Flower as Earl
- Jane Steele as Betsy Benton
- Ralph CampbellRalph CampbellRalph A. Campbell, Jr. was for three terms the state auditor of North Carolina. A Democrat, Campbell was the first African-American to hold a state-wide elected executive office in North Carolina....
as Mr. Miller - Zoe Grant as Miss Crowley
Distribution
Corarito's film was shot on 35mm during 1974 and was released to American cinemas in its 89m cut in March 1975. A heavily truncated 58m print titled Delinquent School Girls appeared on home video (both in America and England, on the TCX label) in the early 1980s, the shorter version of the film deletes most of the opening half hour including all of George ‘Buck’ Flowers scenes. Another pseudonym the film had at this time was Scrubbers 2, obviously designed to cash in on the success of the entirely serious reform school drama Scrubbers (directed by Mai Zetterling) which had recently shocked cinema audiences. However, when Corarito's grindhouse flick was submitted to the BBFC in 1986 in its pre-cut 58m form, its title now changed to Delinquents, the board's then-director James FermanJames Ferman
James Alan Ferman was an American television and theatre director. He was the Secretary of the British Board of Film Classification from 1975 to 1999....
ordered over nine minutes of cuts before granting it an 18 certificate
18 certificate
The 18 certificate is issued by the British Board of Film Classification to state that, in its opinion, a film, video recording, or game should not be seen or purchased by a person under 18 years old....
. The film had a British cinema release in 1976 under the title Sizzlers, on the bottom half of a double bill with the British made Intimate Games (1976). (The BBFC website records show the film was passed with an X rating
X-rated
In some countries, X is or has been a motion picture rating reserved for the most explicit films. Films rated X are intended only for viewing by adults, usually legally defined as people over the age of 17.-United Kingdom:...
after cuts, with a running time of 82 minutes.)