Flesh Feast (1970)

A ring of Nazis in Florida is in possession of the body of Adolf Hitler, and plan revive him so they can take over the world.

Director:

Brad F. Grinter

Writers:

Thomas Casey (screenplay), Thomas Casey (story),

Stars:

Veronica Lake, Phil Philbin, Doug Foster

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Veronica Lake	...	Dr. Elaine Frederick
Phil Philbin	...	Ed Casey
Doug Foster	...	Carl Schumann
Harry Kerwin	...	Dan Carter
Brad Townes	...	Tyler
Martha Mischon	...	Virginia Day
Dete Parsons	...	Sharon
Heather Hughes	...	Kristine
Dianne Wilhite	...	Nurse
Yanka Mann	...	Miss Powell
Craig McConnel	...	Father
Chris Martell	...	Max Bauer
Bill Rogers	...	José
Otto Schlessinger	...	Benito
Eleanor Vale	...	Mrs. Lustig

Storyline

Dr. Elaine Frederick has just perfected a way of using maggots to make her test subjects not only look younger, but actually become younger. When they hear of the results of her experiments, her first clients, a team of hispanic neo-nazis, are delighted with the news. It seems they have a very elderly VIP in their group who needs to be rejuvenated before he can begin rebuilding his thousand-year reich. As their plan moves toward its completion, Dr. Frederick's habit of experimenting on stolen corpses begins to attract the attention of an investigative reporter.

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Plot Keywords:

maggot | neo nazi | hitler | human experiment | science | 

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Taglines:

Creeping, crawling, flesh-eating maggots!

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Genres:

Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 May 1970 (USA)

Also Known As:

Time Is Terror

Filming Locations:

Miami Beach, Florida, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Viking International Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

72 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rice was used to pass off as a sea of maggots in close-up shots.

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Connections

Referenced in Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)

User Reviews

The Warts of the Genre

Flesh Feast (1970)

BOMB (out of 4)

Yes, sadly Veronica Lake's final film is as bad as you've heard. In the film a newspaper editor starts to do some investigating after his star reporter phones him up on a hot story only to soon after be murdered. The story then turns to Dr. Elaine Frederick (Lake), a mad scientist who is doing work on dead tissue for a secret experiment. FLESH FEAST is without question one of the worst horror films out there and the only question it really leaves the viewer with is if it's actually worse than director Brad F. Grinter's next movie BLOOD FREAK. No matter how you slice it this is a really bad movie that has very little going for it. I read a lot of posts with people asking why Lake would appear in something like this but the biggest question is why she'd put her own money up for a project like this. However, if you really think about it it's rather clear that her career wasn't going anywhere and I'm sure many told her that appearing in a film like this would get her name back out there and that the genre was easy to make money in. I'm really not sure where to start on the badness of this film but lets just say that there's really nothing good to mention. The performances are all extremely bad, although Lake doesn't come off as bad as she could have. Just check out the one lady who witnesses some "meat" in a basement around the forty-eight minute mark. The woman goes into a hysterical scream but before she runs out of the basement she turns to check out what made her scream again. The direction really can't be found but I'm going to guess that the main job was to bring it in on budget. The story itself is all over the place as it seems to jump around whenever it wants and without any explanation. The only half-way decent thing going on is the big twist in the final minutes, which has sadly been ruined by most reviews (even Leonard Maltin) that give it away. It's certainly campy to the extreme and it's a shame the rest of the movie wasn't as campy so that it would have been more entertaining. The 72-minutes really drag along and there's really nothing more that can be said.