She Demons (1958)

Director:

Richard E. Cunha

Writers:

Richard E. Cunha (story) and
H.E. Barrie (story) ...

Release Date:

1 January 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Horrific Nazi Experiments Gone Awry!

Plot:

Heroic, but dull, Fred Maklin and beautiful, but spoiled, Jerrie Turner wash up on an uncharted tropical island...

Plot Keywords:

Island | Disfigurement | U.S. Air Force | Nazi | Bomber

Cast

Irish McCalla	...	Jerrie Turner
Tod Griffin	...	Fred Maklin
Victor Sen Yung	...	Sammy Ching
Rudolph Anders	...	Col. Karl Osler
Gene Roth	...	Igor
Leni Tana	...	Mona Osler
Charles Opunui	...	Kris Kamana
Whitey Hughes
Bill Coontz	...	Storm Trooper
Billy Dix	...	Storm Trooper
Larry Gelbman	...	Storm Trooper
Maureen Janzen	...	She Demon
Grace Mathews	...	She Demon
Michael Stoycoff	...	Storm Trooper
The Diane Nellis Dancers	...	The She Demons

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Company:

Screencraft Enterprises

Goofs:

Continuity: The German soldier gets pushed into the cage with the She-Demons. The impact forces the cage gate open, he is then attacked by the She-Demons with the gate still open. The camera cuts away and then back to the cage and now the gate is closed even though his body is in the same position. He is in the way of the swing of the gate, so it couldn't have closed.

Quotes:

Fred Maklin: Please... I beg of you. Do what you want with us, but in heaven's name release the girl!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Horrible Honeys (1988) (V)

50's schlock/horror cheese

Let me say first off, that I like cheesy movies, especially far-fetched ones like this. Not that the films of today aren't far-fetched, but they did some pretty good reaching back in the 50's. A small group of people are shipwrecked on what they think is a deserted island, after a big storm (which hit Surf City, of all places, woo hoo!). They discover that they aren't alone though after finding footprints, and these footprints seem to indicate some kind of ritual? As in the owners of those feet performed some kind of dance (one, two, cha cha cha?) Then they find a woman on the beach, or at least the body of a woman with the face of a demon. Then they find the Nazis that are experimenting on these women. But of course, they stumble across the women first, and on this supposedly deserted island there's a bunch of white women performing native dances....? According to the credits these women are the "Diane Nellis Dancers" but till I saw that I was going to assume they were a bunch of strippers hired for the film, it looks like THAT kind of dancing. Of course they eventually get snagged by the Nazis while snooping around their labs, etc. etc. Pretty silly escapist stuff, definitely "midnight movie drive in" stuff, but kind of fun, in a stupid way. 6 out of 10.