The Gore Gore Girls, directed by Herschell G. Lewis, tells the story of a string of serial killings of go-go dancers and the efforts of a detective and reporter duo to track down and stop the killer. The plot is very simple, very linear, laying a surface foundation a mere two inches in depth with which to support a lake of blood. The acting is wooden, campy and silly, the dialogue inane and tongue in cheek. This is not Shakespeare. But is it entertaining? Damn straight!

The strength of The Gore Gore Girls lies within its creative murder scenes and sheer raw pounds of brutalized flesh. The killings shown within this movie are absurd, a riot. Celebratory music, fit for a circus, plays loudly as the killer finds new and bizarre methods for the termination of his victims. The style of Herschell G. Lewis is to show it all; nothing is held back. We see flesh torn and eviscerated, mangled to bare recognition until we notice that, hey, there's an eyeball in that bloody goop, it must have been a face before! The creativity with which the murders are performed, along with the out of place music, provide a humor both black and absurd. Have you ever thought to use the words "pulpified" and "buttocks" together in the same sentence before? Well, me either. But if you watch this movie, you'll have an opportunity to.

Sprinkled in between the whacky slayings is assorted other oddities, including exhibits of cheesecake gogo dancing, a Vietnam vet with a fruit squishing obsession, and a short performance by comedian Henny Youngman.

This release by Something Weird Video includes a digitally remastered copy of the film, along with an audio commentary by the director, a wonderful peek at the gut twisting gore-fest of Love Goddess of Blood Island, and a H.G. Lewis gallery of exploitation art.

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TRISTAN SINNS