This Stuff'll Kill Ya! (1971)

User Rating:

3.6/10   

Director:

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Writer:

Herschell Gordon Lewis (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Tagline:

It Moves, Brother -- Better Git On In Here!

Plot:

A redneck con artist sets himself up as a preacher in a small Deep South town to run his moonshine distillery and clashes with a number of locals and a federal agent bent on shutting his operation down.

Plot Keywords:

Preacher | Murder | Blood | Corruption | Shot In The Head

Cast

Jeffrey Allen	...	Rev. Roscoe Boone
Tim Holt	...	Agent Clark
Gloria King	...	Elsie
Ray Sager	...	Grady
Eric Bradly	...	Sam (as Erich Bradly)
Terence McCarthy	...	Carter
Ronna Riddle	...	Lynn
Larry Drake	...	Bubba
Jack Garner	...	Turnip (as John Garner)
Bill Mays	...	George the Sheriff
Lee Danser	...	Zeke
Pamela Polsgrove	...	Mary Ellen
Doffy Candler	...	Beau
Skip Nicholson	...	Lawyer Grimes
Carol Merrill	...	Bubba's Nurse

Also Known As:

The Devil Wears Clodhoppers (USA)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:GP (original rating) | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Checotah, Oklahoma, USA

Company:

Ultima

Trivia:

Larry Drake's first film.

Quotes:

Carter: Reverend, look, if by some miracle I can get you out of this mess, you have got to give me your word that you'll close down the White Lighting still.
Grady: Don't listen to him! He's sided with them!
Carter: I don't care what you think, Grady! I'm trying to help.
[police cars are approaching]
Carter: Here they come!
[to Boone]
Carter: What's your answer?
Rev. Roscoe Boone: Well, boy, if you can put oil on the water, I ain't gonna set that oil on fire.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Sleazemania Strikes Back (1985) (V)

Soundtrack:

Love That White Lightin'!

Good Ol' Mountain Madness Part II

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

**POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD**

H.G. Lewis fans weren't disappointed when they saw that this, his second moonshine movie, was every bit as corny, over-blown and downright bad as MOONSHINE MOUNTAIN (1964). Rotund Jeffrey Allen dominates the picture as Reverend Roscoe Boone; more than one writer has noticed similarities between Boone and Foghorn Leghorn. This backwoods man of the cloth has no problem with folks taking a drink, as long as it's provided by his own illegal corn likker racket. FBI agents and city slickers invade his territory which leads to enforced drunkenness, blackmail, death by stoning and a double crucifixion. The passage between the crucifixion and the final death by shotgun is real long and boring. Tim Holt, who once co-starred in TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE and other good movies, makes his final screen appearance as a G-man. He was reportedly fed up with Hollywood at this point, and THIS STUFF is about as far from Hollywood as one could get. Fans of DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW and DARKMAN will have no trouble spotting big Larry Drake in one of his earliest roles. After appearing in this flick, he couldn't help but go on to bigger and better things.