Satan's Bed (1965)

Genre:

Crime

Tagline:

The story of angry youths who terrorize young innocents.

Plot:

A young Japanese girl arriving in New York City gets mixed up with mobsters and dope dealers.

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Female Nudity | Lesbianism | Bondage | Switchblade

Cast

Yoko Ono	...	Ito
Val Avery
Glen Nielson
Gene Wesson
Robert Williams
Steve Shaw
Lydia Martin
Cathey Stevens
Judy Adler		(as Judy Young)
Sarah Gold
William Stein
Marvin Holtz
Philip Dunn
Franklin Clark
Ruth Rawson

Also Known As:

Satan's Hot Bed (USA) (reissue title)

Runtime:

72 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Prometheus Ventures Inc.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Extra Weird (2003) (V)

Exploitation at its finest

This amazing time-capsule is a must-see primer for psychotronic movie fans. Like many other 60s grindhouse efforts, it outrageously combines more serious footage from an unreleased pic with unrelated and mismatching exploitation fare. In this case, the exploitation is provided by the incomparable Findlays (of "Flesh" trilogy fame), whose shadowy lit rape-fantasy shenanigans provide a stunning example of the "roughie" genre, mixed precariously with j.d. and lesbian-leather elements. Add to this the bizarre celebrity angle (a young Yoko Ono, threatening to, but thankfully never appearing in the nude), the lack-of-live sound and filmed-in-someone's backyard technique common to such features, and you have an absolute compendium of 60s sleaze stylings. The naked-girl-tied-to-a-pool-table opening itself is worth the price of the video, not to mention the half-naked girls hiding in trees.